Nexuiz thrills with speed and variety, bores with weapons and long waits (review)
Xbox Live Arcade's latest shooter is no Sunday driver. But is speed (and a fascinating instant-mod "Dynamic Mutators" system) enough to keep this game competitive?
Journey will take you into the cloudy heights of video game artistry (review)
Your first words when you start playing Journey, the new PlayStation Network game from Thatgamecompany, will be something like “Wow,” or “Cool!” From the...
Soulcalibur V boasts excellent swordplay even as it cuts down on features (review)
Namco Bandai’s Soulcalibur returns to the crowded fighting-game genre with this fifth installment. The company originally wanted to focus on a new property after...
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare doomed to live in original’s shadow (review)
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is change-up for hardcore fans of Remedy Entertainment‘s story-driven psychological thriller Alan Wake. It is available as an Xbox Live...
GamesBeat Only weekly roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational is Vita’s surprise delight (review)
I’m not much of a golfer. I had one stint at making it as the next Tiger Woods 10 years ago, but I was...
PlayStation Vita: THE hardware review
There is something extravagant about the release of a new game system: the promise of new and previously unheard of software experiences … hardware...
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is a flawed flagship for the PlayStation Vita (review)
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is the marquee game for Sony’s all-or-nothing bet in portable gaming, the PlayStation Vita. This handheld device is Sony’s last stand...
Reality Fighters: All style, no substance (review)
Reality Fighters is misleading from the start. I’ve yet to meet a Bavarian giant in the English countryside or stumble across a murderous ballerina...
Wipeout 2048 boldly stays where it has always been before (review)
As a prequel to all previous entries in Sony’s long-running anti-gravity racing series, Wipeout 2048 immediately piques your interest with its opening cinematic. The...