More than two years after hitting Nintendo 3DS in Japan, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate finally makes its way to the US to try and bring the series to new players. Thanks to subtle but affecting changes, the game is more welcoming than any of its predecessors.

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell’s shift in character focus and overall mediocrity makes for a deeply disappointing follow up to Saints Row IV.

Saints Row IV is a fun game, and it’s a funny game. While it’s absurd comedy about an alien invasion is solid on a surface level, it’s the underlying perspective on the sum total of video games that makes it genius.

This new HD re-mastering of the 2002 Gamecube version of Resident Evil is the best way there is to enjoy Shinji Mikami’s puzzling horror thanks to admirable presentation and smartly reconsidered controls.

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix is an admirable preservation, warts and all, of gaming's weirdest, most personal success story.

Bayonetta 2's gargantuan barrage of sex, violence, and surrealism sets the mind on fire in ways most other action games never dream of, let alone on Nintendo's game-hungry Wii U.

An excellent sequel to Persona 4 Arena, Ultimax broadens both the accessibility and the technical mastery of its fights while making welcome tweaks to its single-player content. Unfortunately it's even more inaccessible to series newcomers.

Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami turns in his first horror game in nearly a decade. Rather than a triumphant return, The Evil Within is a naked effort to recapture past highs that fails almost entirely.

A remarkable work of science fiction tension and stress, Alien: Isolation's brilliant first half is almost eclipsed by an abysmal second following what should be its climax.

EA's second attempt at an MMA video game series is admirably focused and creates an impressively versatile control scheme to approximate the sport, but it fails to communicate how to use those controls in any meaningful way.

Beenox's fourth Spider-Man game in as many years isn't an outright failure but its bafflingly dumb design choices prevent it from being the guilty pleasure it might have been.

Drakengard series producer and co-creator Takamasa Shiba chats with Digital Trends about his plans for Drakengard 3 and his attitude toward shifting desires in the video games space for more casual-friendly fare.

Batman: Arkham Origins -- Blackgate is a moody architectural success from the creative leads behind Metroid Prime, but it's not the great game it could have been.

Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified is dragged down not by a strange campaign, basic multiplayer, or a rushed development. The yoke around the game's neck is actually it's name, a misleading franchise title that does a disservice to its action.

Dynasty Warriors returns again, another absurdly theatrical retelling of the ancient Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel in Tecmo Koei's decade old series. That's no bad thing, and this old dog has even learned some sweet new tricks.

NCAA Football 14 enters its super senior season after seven years of development on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Does it graduate with honors or does it coast? Electronic Arts doesn't deliver a redshirt, but doesn't deliver a champion either.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 makes the jump to the Fox Engine, the new tech powering Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The new gear doesn't seem to be enough to topple FIFA Soccer.

Eidos Montreal is resurrecting yet another classic action role-playing game in Thief for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Steampunk burglar Garret impresses.

Drinbox Studios was the secret star of the PS Vita launch in 2012 thanks to its game Mutant Blobs Attack. Now the studio is back on Sony's machines with Guacamaelee!, a grand luchador quest to save the lands of the living and the dead built in the mold of Metroid.

The Army of Two series was born in a time when cooperative play wasn't a major priority in video game development. Years later, Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel, is a game without an identity of any kind, a gross exercise in the medium's worst habits.

There are plenty of great fighting games starring the Marvel heroes, but not many starring DC Comics' icons. NetherRealm is responsible for one of the worst, 2008's Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, but all's forgiven thanks to the excellent Injustice: Gods Among Us.

2012's Dragon's Dogma was overshadowed by similar looking peers like Dark Souls and Skyrim, but Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is something more than a second chance. It's a perfected version of the original game, with a second, decidedly different adventure built alongside it.

Resident Evil: Revelations was roundly ignored when it came out in Nintendo 3DS back at the beginning of 2012, but Capcom's giving its horror game another shot. With an HD facelift, the game proves a solid entry in the Wii U library and a palette cleanser after Resident Evil 6.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was well made but lacking its own identity. In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, developer Mercurysteam has found its own voice, making a game that feels like a part of the series' grand history while also being unique.

Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is returning to the genre, survival horror games, that skyrocketed his career in the mid-'90s with The Enemy Within.

Who needs new games when you've got classics to remake? Hot on the heels of DuckTales remastered, Disney has announced a remake of Castle of Illusion.

Fariko Impact took the worldwide title at the Call of Duty Championship on Sunday, beating out rival team EnVyUs and walking away with a $400,000 grand prize.

Fez is making its way to more platforms, starting with a May release on Valve's Steam. Creator Phil Fish is even talking to Sony about a PS Vita edition.

A brand new free update and a $2 downloadable expansion extend the spectacular Sound Shapes campaign, but the best parts are almost painfully brief.

Sound Shapes players that wanted more of the curated "albums" that made up the game's campaign have more to celebrate in the upcoming expansion to the game.

Ubisoft is jumping to yet another time period for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and putting you in the boots of an assassin pirate on the high seas.

Army of Two The Devil's Cartel drops the self-seriousness of past entries opting for some light humor, but it doesn't elevate the game above fast food status.

As satisfying as it is to play through Crysis 3's dystopian shoot outs, it's hard not to wish it were something more. Crysis 3 gives you plenty to do, but never a good reason why.

The game formerly known as Overstrike is just weeks away from release, so how is Insomniac's first multiplatform game Fuse shaping up?