Game Reviews8.9/10
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Review — A Mercenary Campaign Aboard the Hyperion
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard's 2010 Terran campaign, sent Jim Raynor against Mengsk across 29 missions aboard the Hyperion.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.9/10
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: A Licensed Game That Actually Works
A look back at The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, the 2004 prison-break stealth game that beat its own film.
Game Reviews9/10
Gears of War 2 sharpened the cover shooter without sanding off its edges
Gears of War 2 review: Epic's 2008 Xbox 360 sequel added Horde mode, chainsaw duels, the Ink Grenade and Dom's search for Maria.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Clover Studio closed, and Ōkami’s brushwork still hasn’t been matched
A white wolf goddess, a drawing tool that performs miracles, and a studio that closed too soon. Why this 2006 PlayStation 2 classic still holds up today.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Pokémon Black Version’s Unova Is the Franchise’s Hardest Region to Love
Pokémon Black Version review: Game Freak's 2010 DS reboot locked away every old Pokémon until the story ended, and that gamble still holds up.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Virtua Fighter 5 Still Rewards the Player Willing to Learn Its Systems
Virtua Fighter 5 review: Sega's 2006 arcade fighter rebuilt for 20 years, from the Clash System to Bound combos, R.E.V.O. and the J6 story.
Game Reviews8.9/10
FTL: Faster Than Light Review — Losing Well, 14 Years On
FTL: Faster Than Light review — Subset Games' 2012 roguelike spaceship sim still earns its 8.9/10, where every jump costs fuel and every run ends in fire.
Game Reviews8.8/10
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa: 199 Nations, 10 Stadiums, and a Tournament That Starts at Qualification
A review of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, EA's World Cup game with 199 qualifying teams, 10 licensed stadiums, altitude fatigue and Wii differences.
Game Reviews8.9/10
City of Heroes: The Superhero MMO That Refused to Die
City of Heroes launched April 28, 2004, ran eight years, shut down in 2012, and came back via rogue servers and a 2024 NCsoft license. Our 8.9 review.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Review — A Brilliant Fighter Undone by a Thin Package
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 review: three-button fighting, 2.5D models, a deep roster and a thin online mode that Capcom resold as Ultimate nine months later.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Rez Made You Shoot the Music
A retrospective on Rez, Sega's 2001 rail shooter about a hacker virus waking the AI Eden, and why its synesthesia-driven design still lands 25 years on.
Game Reviews9/10
Why NBA 2K16 Still Holds Up as the High-Water Mark for Basketball Sims
NBA 2K16 review: three covers with Davis, Curry and Harden, a real broadcast team, 1,500-plus tattoos and deep MyCareer. Scored 9.0 of 10.