Civilization V: Gods and Kings can’t fix what is fundamentally flawed (review)
While this expansion improves diplomacy with the addition of espionage and religion, it proves unable to correct the major issues of the original release.
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is a triple-A fighting game with an iffy price tag (review)
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown has some irritating flaws, especially thanks to an oddball pricing structure. At the core of it all, though, lies some of the best 3D martial arts around. That’s enough to make it worth a download.
Cerebral online gunfights carry Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (review)
The new Ghost Recon's solo campaign has some flaws, but the online action shines.
Gravity Rush’s beautiful open-world soars the Vita to dizzying, dazzling heights (review)
Since launching in February, the PlayStation Vita really hasn’t had that “must own” title that every new piece of hardware needs. Well, enter Gravity Rush, an open-world, physics-bending game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment’s Japan Studio.
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
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Go Ninja is like Canabalt with gore and swords (review)
Go Ninja is like Canabalt if you were a ninja slaughtering demons rather than running from the apocalypse. Oh, it's also a lot bloodier.
Mad Riders is beautiful but flawed (review)
Mad Riders really wants to be a trendy arcade ATV racing game but can't balance its level design with its controls.
Dragon’s Dogma is an ambitious open-world action fest (review)
Dragon's Dogma blends plenty of action, role-playing addictiveness, and a perfect cyclops-climbing simulator.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II has less meat than a vegetarian chili dog (review)
Sonic the Hedgehog revs up for a sidescrolling adventure in another attempt to recapture those wonderful days when his games didn’t suck. While last fall’s Sonic Generations took some good strides in helping the spiky rodent reclaim his place among gaming royalty, Episode II feels like a return to the Sonic we got to know during the last 15 years...
...the one that always disappoints us.
Max Payne 3 is a glimpse into the future of video games (review)
Fact: Max Payne shoots more rockets out of the air than Nathan Drake falls off of stuff.