With its movielike pacing and streamlined gameplay, "Final Fantasy XIII" aims to be a role-playing game for folks intimidated by massive, wide-open game worlds and complex combat systems. But should such experiments have come in a game with such a large Roman numeral at the end of its title, and all of the expectations a "XIII" conveys?
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.
Did BioWare shy away from gay relationships in "Mass Effect 2" because of commercial pressures, or was it simply an issue of having enough time or space on the disc? Regardless of the situation, gay gamers, or players who like to role-play as gay characters, deserve a more nuanced approach to sexuality in their video games.
I left a preview of BioWare's "Kasumi's Stolen Memory" add-on for "Mass Effect 2" with one nagging question: What fool would send the galaxy's most famous human on an undercover mission?
If you own a PlayStation 3, this week is all about "God of War III." If not, well, there are plenty of other games to play.
At the end of last week, Electronic Arts and BioWare announced that those of us who bought "Mass Effect 2" new will be getting more free downloadable content through the game's Cerberus Network. (For the uninitiated, new copies of the game come with a one-time code to access something called [...]
While "Mass Effect 2" isn't perfect, BioWare might be two-thirds of the way through telling gaming's greatest story. (Updated)
The new "Star Trek" MMO is the lone major release, but you can pick up "'Splosion Man" on the cheap on Xbox Live. If you're a PC gamer who hasn't played the first "BioShock" yet, a couple of sites are giving away the original if you preorder the sequel.
Are Electronic Arts' public relations missteps for "Dante's Inferno" just that, or an attempt at carefully managing minor controversies to raise awareness of the game before it launches next week?
At times, "Mass Effect 2" can feel a bit too much like "This Is Your Life."