Game Reviews7.8/10
Dragon’s Dogma’s pawns still outthink most open worlds
Capcom's Dragon's Dogma (2012) review: the Arisen, the dragon Grigori, nine vocations, and the Pawn system that made borrowed companions a real idea.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.5/10
NBA 2K13 Review: Jay-Z, the Dream Team, and a Very Good Basketball Game
NBA 2K13 put Jay-Z in charge as executive producer, with Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose on the cover. A solid 7.5/10 basketball sim.
Game Reviews7.8/10
LittleBigPlanet 3’s campaign never matched its creation tools, and the players proved it
LittleBigPlanet 3 review: Sumo Digital's 2014 PS3/PS4 platformer adds Oddsock, Toggle and Swoop, but a short campaign and technical issues hold it back.
Game Reviews8/10
Wool, Felt and a Franchise That Finally Stopped Coasting
Yoshi's Woolly World turned Nintendo's fading mascot into yarn and thread, and the 2015 Wii U platformer still holds up as a craft-built gem.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Get Even’s story is buried under its own combat
Get Even is a first-person shooter that punishes you for shooting, wrapped around a memory-reading device. A look at The Farm 51's 2017 psychological thriller.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse (2015): A Premise That Outran Its Machinery
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse review: Dimps' 2015 3D fighter, its custom hero, Toki-Toki City hub and seven-stop tour through broken Dragon Ball timelines.
Game Reviews7.9/10
One Button, One Chance: OlliOlli’s Perfect-Landing Obsession
OlliOlli review: Roll7's one-life skateboarding game on Vita, its perfect-landing scoring, Daily Grind, ports, sequels, and a 7.9 score.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Dirt Showdown at 7.5: A 2012 Arcade Spin-Off Whose Online Servers Are Now Gone
Dirt Showdown, Codemasters' 2012 arcade racing spin-off, lost its online servers in March 2026. Here's what still works and what's gone.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Pac-Man 256 turns the most famous bug in arcade history into a feature
Pac-Man 256 turns the arcade's level 256 kill screen into an endless runner, from Crossy Road studio Hipster Whale. Our review scores it 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Review: Sanzaru Games Clears the Bar the Earlier Boom Games Set
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice review — Sanzaru Games' 3DS platformer fixes the spin-off with elemental powers, five heroes and a 7.3/10 score.
Game Reviews7.5/10
A fox changes the seasons to solve a forest’s puzzles, and the game’s calm is the point
Seasons after Fall review: a gentle 2016 puzzle-platformer where a red fox switches seasons to reshape the forest, with no enemies and no death.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Clustertruck Review: A Physics Comedy Where the Floor Is a Highway
Clustertruck review: Landfall's physics comedy about jumping between speeding trucks, nine worlds, power-ups, a level editor, and chaotic Twitch integration.