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On the ice, NHL 13 is the strongest sequel in the series to date. Off it? That's a bit more complicated...

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 works great online and offers enough variety to make it stand out from other recent Tekken efforts.

The ideas behind Madden NFL 13 are great ones. It's the execution that lets this year's installment down.

Harmonix builds on its collective knowledge of rhythm games for a downloadable experience that offers something old and something new.

Hybrid's less-is-more approach somehow makes shooting other players on an Xbox feel sort of new again.

Fall of Cybertron has some truly excellent moments, but you'll need to look past some serious downsides to enjoy the overall package.

Deep and involving mechanics, lavish, fluid artwork, and an emotionally resonant storyline--Dust pretty much has it all.

Minority Media's debut game is at once a beautiful, affecting tale of childhood tragedy, and a generally lackluster puzzle platformer.

It's derivative as hell, but Sleeping Dogs' borrowed ideas are of a high enough quality to form an entertaining open-world experience.

Darksiders II builds upon the previous game in some really exciting ways, but even people who can't make that comparison will enjoy the weighty combat and multifaceted character development.

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

Whether you're interested in the Arc school of fighting game design or reading a Persona 4 visual novel set two months after the events of the real game, Persona 4 Arena has you covered.

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

The zombie-survival setting fits nicely with its deliberate style of 2D action, but Deadlight sometimes plays too fast and loose for its own good.

There are flashes of old brilliance in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD, but a lot of those moments are buried under questionable design decisions and a sterile feeling that leaves this downloadable release feeling a bit flat.

Skyrim's first DLC offers a broad array of quality new content that smoothly integrates into the game without feeling forced.

Some of Lego Batman 2's new ideas work better than others, but at least this isn't just the same old Lego game.

If this is the best Kinect can do with a "hardcore" game, you should just pack it up and wait for the next Xbox.

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.