Alex Navarro

Both aesthetically and mechanically, Sound Shapes is an absolute delight.

The Expendables 2 somehow manages to turn the act of blowing anything and everything up into a dreadful bore.

Civ V's first real expansion is no revolution, but it's as good an excuse as any to take the plunge back into Firaxis' wonderfully addictive strategy game.

Though Gravity Rush's gravity shifting mechanic is genuinely awesome, the game itself doesn't offer enough interesting ways to use it.

There is probably a great role-playing game to be made out of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels, but Game of Thrones isn't it.

Bloodforge is the half-baked XBLA God of War clone you never asked for.

Competence is the greatest achievement The Splatters manages, and that's not quite enough to justify its price.

Tenorman's Revenge would merely be another bland, unremarkable licensed video game were it not so fundamentally atrocious at its core.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is little more than a shadow of the games that came before it.

SSX is an intriguing mix of old and new that doesn't always pan out, but the absurdist snowboarding gameplay remains as thrilling as ever.

Rhythm Heaven Fever's catchy tunes and surprisingly varied two-button gameplay combine into an experience that's as wonderfully silly as it is frequently challenging.

Touch My Katamari offers up one distinctly cool new idea for the series while more or less surrounding that idea with the same stuff we've already played to death.

Escape Plan never quite breaks out beyond its initial level of promise, but such as it is, it's a decent little puzzler for an OK price.

The Vita version of Rayman: Origins may lack a few of the mechanical touches of its console brethren, but in terms of sheer beauty and fun, little is lost in translation.

Digital Extremes ably picks up where Starbreeze left off, crafting a satisfyingly brutal adventure that only rarely loses its way.

NeverDead's one-note dismemberment gimmick wears out its welcome long before you reach the game's miserable conclusion.

This game is practically a war crime.

The interactive elements of To the Moon exist solely in service of pushing you through its story, but it's a story very much worth pushing through.

Though it's miles from perfect, WWE '12 represents the biggest step forward THQ's wrestling franchise has made in years.

It's not exactly the Burger Time you remember, but World Tour is a decent little multiplayer game in its own right.