Brad Shoemaker

Ground Zeroes makes up for its initial brevity with plentiful side content, a gorgeous look, and the most dynamic, satisfying stealth gameplay Metal Gear has seen in some time.

Naughty Dog has delivered a tasteful, heartfelt expansion for a game that didn't even need expanding.

The third outing of Capcom's other, more ridiculous zombie franchise ably walks the line between approachability and the series' trademark off-the-wall quirk.

Ryse leans too heavily on its merely decent combat, but at least it looks really, really nice doing so.

Resogun might be the best PlayStation 4 exclusive so far. It's certainly a must-download for new owners of the console.

Starbreeze's fairytale adventure is so finely crafted, you'd be hard pressed to find many better games this year.

Riptide is more Dead Island, but not better Dead Island.

If you're still at all invested in keeping up with StarCraft II, there's no reason you shouldn't have Heart of the Swarm.

Dead Space 3 mixes some solid new ideas in with its stock horror-action tropes, but the overall quality of the production falls short of the series' standards.

The character action genre hasn't been this stylish or crazy in a good long while.

This is both a perfectly fine Wii U launch game, and a little too much "new" Super Mario a little too soon.

Warfighter makes no successful effort to stand out in a very crowded genre.

However you felt about Doom 3 when it came out, BFG Edition isn't the best way to play it today.

The Journey's heart is in the right place. It's too bad Kinect is the only way to play it.

Resident Evil 6 may be the most lavishly produced bad game in history.

Mark of the Ninja is one of the most playable, rewarding, and downright fun stealth games ever made.

Hybrid's less-is-more approach somehow makes shooting other players on an Xbox feel sort of new again.

Deep and involving mechanics, lavish, fluid artwork, and an emotionally resonant storyline--Dust pretty much has it all.

The zombie-survival setting fits nicely with its deliberate style of 2D action, but Deadlight sometimes plays too fast and loose for its own good.

Skyrim's first DLC offers a broad array of quality new content that smoothly integrates into the game without feeling forced.