With a paucity of new releases this week, it's a great time to go back and play those old Xbox games, since Microsoft is ending online support for "Halo 2," Crimson Skies" and a host of older games on Thursday. Plus, the first two "Borderlands" add-ons show up on a retail disc, and "Geometry Wars 2" is on sale.
I've been a pretty busy guy lately, but I've been making my way through "Final Fantasy XIII" a little bit each night. I'm midway through Chapter 8, finally almost to the part where my party leaves the linear world of Cocoon behind for the wide-open adventures of Gran Pulse. While [...]
There's not much in the way of compelling new games this week, but a handful of existing titles got compelling downloadable content.
"Final Fantasy XIII" (rated T, $60 on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360): After nearly five years, Square Enix's flagship franchise finally arrives on the PS3 and 360. Plotwise, it's the standard fare of a band of misfits teaming up to save the world, but the gameplay has been shaken up [...]
"Battlefield: Bad Company 2" (rated M, $60 on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, $50 on PC): Like its closest competitor, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," this game features a single-player campaign but is really all about the online multiplayer. The main things this game offers over its rival are [...]
I spent Tuesday afternoon playing "Final Fantasy XIII" and interviewing the developers. Here are my impressions of the game's battle system and a few comments from producer Yoshinori Kitase, director Motomu Toriyama and battle system director Yuji Abe.
Last year, the video game industry finally realized that so many games were coming out in October and November, deserving titles got lost in the shuffle. In response, a bunch of games were pushed back into the relatively quiet January-to-March window. Here’s a guide to games worth watching between now and the end of March.