Game Reviews7.2/10
Burnout Crash! Review: A Clever, Colder Pile-Up Puzzle
Burnout Crash! review: Criterion's 2011 aerial-view puzzle game about causing car wrecks, with Autolog leaderboards, Kinect, and a 7.2/10 score.
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Game Reviews7.3/10
Mafia II Still Won’t Let You Drive Anywhere but Forward
Mafia II review: Vito Scaletta's debt-driven rise through Empire Bay's crime families, plus the Director's Cut, DLC and a 7.3 score.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X Puts His Name on a Jet Game That Never Needed It
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X review: Ubisoft's 2009 arcade flight shooter, its smart ERS toggle, fifty aircraft, and the PMC plot that never lands.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Halo 3: ODST: The Strangest, Quietest Halo Bungie Shipped
Halo 3: ODST review — Bungie's quiet, uneven noir shooter for Xbox 360, built around a fragile soldier, a jazz score and a Firefly cast.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Cheap, ugly and enormous: why Earth Defense Force 2017 still holds up after 20 years
Earth Defense Force 2017 review: Sandlot's 2006 Xbox 360 cult classic with giant ants, 150+ weapons, destructible cities and split-screen co-op, scored 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Grand Slam Tennis 2 Review: A Control Experiment That Mostly Holds Up
Grand Slam Tennis 2 review: EA Canada's 2012 tennis game brings Total Racquet Control, four Grand Slams, a 10-year career mode and ESPN Classics. Score: 7.6/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Kinect Sports: Season Two Review — More Sports, Same Ceiling
Kinect Sports: Season Two review — six sports, 300+ voice commands, and a Kinect camera that still needs big motions to work. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Uno on Xbox Live Arcade Made a Card Game the Best Reason to Own a Camera
Uno on Xbox Live Arcade (2006) turned a simple card game into a social hangout with voice chat and camera support. Our retro review scores it 7.2/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood — A Prequel That Earns Its Place
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood review — Techland's 2009 Western prequel puts two McCall brothers on one screen, and that choice carries the whole game.
Game Reviews7.6/10
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Review — A Confident Sequel That Plays It Safe
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin review — Monolith's 2009 horror shooter adds mechs, iron sights and grab-and-drag cover, but trades dread for room to move.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Gotham City Impostors: A Smart, Funny, Well-Built Shooter Where Nobody Is Batman
Gotham City Impostors review: Monolith's 2012 shooter where nobody is Batman, with grappling hooks, roller skates and a free-to-play second life. Score: 7.3.
Game Reviews6.7/10
State of Decay’s best ideas are buried under its own combat
State of Decay review: Undead Labs' 2013 zombie survival sim nails base-building and resource management but stumbles on shooting and story. Score: 6.7/10.