Game Reviews7.5/10
Rock of Ages Rolls Boulders Downhill and Into a Genre All Its Own
Rock of Ages review: ACE Team's tower defense boulder-roller for Xbox 360, PC, and PS3 — building, rolling, Sisyphus, and a 7.5 verdict.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.7/10
LEGO Rock Band Sands Off the Edges and Loses the Bite
LEGO Rock Band review: the 2009 Harmonix and TT Fusion rhythm game that bricked up Rock Band's formula, with Super Easy mode and a 45-song soundtrack.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Mario & Sonic’s Winter Olympics outing still holds up 17 years on
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games review: 27 motion events, Balance Board steering, Festival mode and 6.53 million copies sold.
Game Reviews7.3/10
The Simpsons: Hit & Run Review — A Conspiracy Worth Revisiting
A retro review of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, the 2003 open-world conspiracy game from Radical Entertainment, scored 7.3 out of 10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Pandemic’s Paris Resistance Game Turns Nazi-Occupied France Into a Black-and-White Playground
The Saboteur's black-and-white Paris map was its best idea. A review of Pandemic Studios' 2009 open-world revenge game, its color system, and its flaws.
Game Reviews7.5/10
MadWorld’s black-and-white brutality still looks like nothing else on the Wii
MadWorld, PlatinumGames' black-and-white Wii brawler, reviewed: its Bloodbath Challenges still work, its controls and sales story still don't.
Game Reviews7.8/10
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Review — A Superhero Sequel That Earns Its Alliance
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse review: the 2005 co-op action RPG that forced X-Men and Brotherhood to fight together, scored 7.8 of 10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
The Bigs Review: Arcade Baseball That Knows What It Is
The Bigs brought arcade baseball to Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PSP in 2007 with Albert Pujols on the cover, turbo power-ups and four-player online play.
Game Reviews7.3/10
EA Sports Active 2’s Online Services Are Gone, and the Game Went With Them
EA Sports Active 2 turned living rooms into gyms in 2010 with a 30-day challenge and Kinect support, until EA killed its online features in 2012.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Excitebots: Trick Racing — A 7.8/10 Racing Game That Never Left North America
Excitebots: Trick Racing review — the Wii racer about pie throwing and bowling pins that never left North America, scored 7.8/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Greak: Memories of Azur Review: Three Siblings, One Escape, and a Score of 7.5
Greak: Memories of Azur review — a 7.5/10 puzzle platformer about three Courine siblings escaping a dying land by airship, one controller, one screen.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Review — A Launch Title That Tilts More Than It Jumps
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz launched with the Wii in 2006, pairing 100 tilt-controlled levels and 50 mini-games with a jump that never quite worked.