Giant Bomb

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

Bland. Very bland.

Firaxis honors the XCOM name with turn-based strategy that shepherds players as expertly as it punishes, confidently balancing the micro and the macro all the while.

Plenty of racing games have tried to split the difference between simulation and "arcade" racing in the past, but there aren't many that do it as well as Forza Horizon.

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

NBA 2K13 lacks the big, flashy hooks of its more recent predecessors, but it's still a pretty terrific basketball game all the same.

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

For a game that sounds like the setup for a bad SyFy film, Tokyo Jungle is a well-designed, supremely funny video game well worth your time.

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

Borderlands 2 gives you more Borderlands. No more, no less.

On the ice, NHL 13 is the strongest sequel in the series to date. Off it? That's a bit more complicated...

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 works great online and offers enough variety to make it stand out from other recent Tekken efforts.

The ideas behind Madden NFL 13 are great ones. It's the execution that lets this year's installment down.

Harmonix builds on its collective knowledge of rhythm games for a downloadable experience that offers something old and something new.

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

Fall of Cybertron has some truly excellent moments, but you'll need to look past some serious downsides to enjoy the overall package.

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

Minority Media's debut game is at once a beautiful, affecting tale of childhood tragedy, and a generally lackluster puzzle platformer.

It's derivative as hell, but Sleeping Dogs' borrowed ideas are of a high enough quality to form an entertaining open-world experience.

Darksiders II builds upon the previous game in some really exciting ways, but even people who can't make that comparison will enjoy the weighty combat and multifaceted character development.