New Releases

Software-based sadism returns, with the release of Dark Souls III across eighth-generation consoles and PCs, extending another Everest-sized mountain of challenge toward players. For those seeking less exhausting, but no less nauseating treks, there’s always ...

No April fooling, the first batch of virtual reality titles are here, with games for both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive arriving on Steam this week. For those who didn’t put place a ...

Choices abound with this week’s schedule of new game releases. For baseball fans, the annual release of MLB The Show is poised to please hardball fans, while horror aficionados might appreciate the Resident Evil 6’s ...

Both Xbox One and 3DS owners get to enjoy a bit of early exclusivity this week. For Microsoft’s machine, Stranger of Sword City proceeds next month’s Vita release, while Mario & Sonic at the Rio ...

Remember that halcyon era when handing over a healthy sum for a deluxe edition meant going home, carefully removing the shrink wrap from the case, and playing the game until completion? Well, Agent 47 has ...

After a string of either critical or commercial disappoints ranging from The Crew, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, and even Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft is looking for a hit. This week’s release of The Division just might ...

Metallia and Pikachu are back, and so is Mortal Kombat X’s roster- this time supplemented with a quartet of new Kombatants like Leatherface and Alien’s Xenomorph. With the sheer number of returning characters, this week’s ...

From a coquettish witch who defeats foes via an elegant ballet of brutal batterings to Ryu Hayabusa’s ever-agile navigational abilities, nimble protagonists prove plentiful this week. But beyond the single-disk addition of Bayonetta 2 and ...

Who knew February was National Tactical Role-Playing Appreciation Month? Between the releases of Rainbow Moon and Project X Zone 2, as well as Fire Emblem Fates on the 19th, there’s a ton of grid-based battling ...

While it’s refreshing to see franchise like Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm and Warriors variants shirk the confines of consoles, PC ports of high-profile games aren’t a guaranteed slam dunk. Both publishers have struggled to ...