Back in 2007, the underwater city of Rapture made waves, joining a mature narrative with thoughtful, interesting action. BioShock was widely successful under the sea, and now stands Columbia, a city in the sky, built on jingoism and quantum physics. Have we found the Higgs Boson particle of video games...
In a landscape populated by bald space marines, helmeted heroes, and military mavericks, 2007's journey under the sea with a blank-slate named Jack was a refreshing shock to the system. An impressive setting, an uncanny atmosphere, and a humdinger of a dilemma with what to do with these creepy little girls put BioShock on the...
Gaming's greatest mobster franchise is finally getting back into the family business this year with Mafia II. The original stood as a hallmark of its time, but open-world games have come a long way since. It's no doubt gunning for the top, but does Mafia II have what it takes to put a hit on the competition? Returning from the war...
The Batman: Arkham series has now been officially institutionalized. After moving from the asylum to the big city, developer Rocksteady has handed off their hero to WB Montreal to ensure Batman’s most successful video game franchise continues on schedule. Riddle us this: with a new team and a new cast, can a prequel possibly be as pleasantly...
It's baffling that we've yet to see a game that does Batman justice, given how easy it seems to put all the right pieces together. Batman: Arkham Asylum is taking a stab, and aiming for the stars with its wholesale raiding of Gotham history. It may drop all the right names, but does it amount to anything more than a pale imitation of the Dark...
Arkham Asylum's release in 2009 confounded the expectations of those who assumed it'd be just another third-rate superhero adaptation. The circumstances surrounding Arkham City couldn't be more distinct. Expectations for Rocksteady's second rendition of the Dark Knight are sky-high, and rightly so, given just how much a larger, more open world...