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Military action is tailor-made for video games, whether it’s a historically accurate first-person shooter game like the “Call of Duty” or “Medal of Honor” series, or a futuristic, sci-fi extravaganza like the “Gears of War” games or the now-classic “Halo” series. Our reviewers get the latest titles to hit the PlayStation 2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii and PCs and push them to their limits.
  • Video game version of ‘Battleship’: It sinks
    It's no secret most video games tied to a movie franchise are a huge disappointment.
    Posted Thursday May 24, 2012 11:37:32 EDT
  • Gunning for game revenue: Army licenses weapons for PS3 games; MWR programs to benefit
    Run-and-gun gamers soon will have an Army-branded arsenal to draw from with a new line of video gaming accessories from New York-based CTA Digital.
    Posted Thursday Jan 19, 2012 16:12:44 EST
  • Blackwater is back: Founder of controversial contractor launches Xbox 360 shooter
    Is there nothing those crazy mercs won't do for a buck?
    Posted Thursday Sep 22, 2011 11:02:23 EDT
  • Intense competition may fuel aggression in gamers
    It may not be violence but instead intense competition that fuels aggression among video gamers, according to a new study of college students who played such games as "Fuel," "Mortal Kombat" and...
    Posted Thursday Sep 8, 2011 14:07:13 EDT
  • Chinese game takes aim at U.S. troops
    Chinese soldiers have started playing their own version of the first-person shooter "America's Army," and guess who's in the cross hairs? America's Army.
    Posted Thursday May 26, 2011 16:22:52 EDT
  • Mighty misfire
    I'm disappointed to report that "Apache: Air Assault" is another video game with an excellent concept that suffers from underwhelming execution.
    Posted Thursday Jan 13, 2011 15:27:59 EST
  • Plug in to video game history at N.Y. museum
    An army of crazed gorillas, deadly space aliens and doomsday missiles has just invaded The Strong museum in Rochester, N.Y.
    Posted Thursday Jan 13, 2011 14:55:59 EST
  • Time warped: Cold War-era ‘Call of Duty’ rewrites history, but doesn’t break new ground
    "Call of Duty: Black Ops" is an acceptable but underwhelming installment in the behemoth first-person shooter franchise, conservatively laying out the same high-quality stuff as before.
    Posted Thursday Nov 18, 2010 16:25:03 EST
  • ‘Fallout’ franchise wins big with trip to ‘New Vegas’
    The lights of Las Vegas have always been a draw, but for a wasteland traveler trudging around a post-apocalyptic desert, a night's rest in a luxury penthouse suite never seemed so appealing.
    Posted Thursday Nov 18, 2010 16:16:12 EST
  • The run-up to the holidays means new console, PC titles
    The floodgates have opened for the new season of pre-holiday video game releases. The word on a few of the most talked-about games of the fall:
    Posted Thursday Oct 21, 2010 16:46:22 EDT
  • ‘Call of Duty’ goes 3-D
    As if the gun-toting action in "Call of Duty: Black Ops" wasn't expected to feel real enough in high definition, Activision Blizzard Inc. has announced that the latest entry in its...
    Posted Thursday Oct 14, 2010 18:21:27 EDT
  • ‘Honor’ restored
    The designers of the new "Medal of Honor" set out with a simple goal: To invigorate a middling first-person shooter franchise that has been just all right for almost all of its 11-year history...
    Posted Thursday Oct 14, 2010 18:19:02 EDT
  • Gaming gets a shot in the arm with Move
    Sony gets gamers off the couch with its new motion controller, the PlayStation Move.
    Posted Friday Oct 1, 2010 13:50:50 EDT
  • Action within ‘Reach’: Latest ‘Halo’ delivers a compelling prequel — with a jet pack!
    "Halo: Reach" is the greatest video game in the "Halo" franchise since the original, the strongest first-person shooter so far this year, and well worth your time and money.
    Posted Thursday Sep 23, 2010 13:45:31 EDT
  • New video games: Sept. 13
    Hit the ice, hockey fans: NHL 11 has a revamped system that promises to make every slapshot, faceoff and body check more realistic than ever. Xbox 360, PS3. List price: $60.
    Posted Thursday Sep 9, 2010 16:02:43 EDT
  • Game Review: ‘Crackdown 2’ is unavoidably stale
    The protagonist of "Crackdown 2" is a SWAT cop whose most distinctive skill is a vertical leap that lets him scale the sides of skyscrapers. However, once you're 20 stories high, you'll discover that...
    Posted Friday Jul 23, 2010 12:29:13 EDT
  • E3 in brief: 5 top trends in gaming
    With a new 3-D gadget, motion controllers and a buffet of never-before-seen gaming goodness, this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, was a feast for the eyes — and hands....
    Posted Thursday Jul 8, 2010 12:56:07 EDT
  • ‘Green Day: Rock Band’ may leave you jaded
    Only a few bands have catalogs deep and versatile enough to carry their own version of "Rock Band." The Beatles have already pulled it off. But beyond the Fab Four, it's a short list: the Rolling...
    Posted Thursday Jun 24, 2010 11:23:56 EDT
  • Too dimensional
    "Attack of the Movies 3-D" is a perfectly acceptable little game, as long as your expectations are under control and you're not looking for an immersive, outside-world obliterating experience such as...
    Posted Friday Jun 11, 2010 12:50:44 EDT
  • Chaos, on track and off
    Judging from the NASCAR fans in my family, the old gag that they watch auto racing for the crashes has some truth to it.
    Posted Friday Jun 11, 2010 12:29:40 EDT
  • You’ll fear the dark in ‘Alan Wake’ mystery
    Light might be Alan Wake's best weapon against the dark-possessed townspeople who hunt him through the woods, but the episodic psychological thriller that bears his name is best enjoyed in total...
    Posted Friday May 28, 2010 17:55:09 EDT
  • ‘3D Dot,’ ‘Nier’ owe debt to ‘Zelda’
    Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda" is one of the most beloved series in the history of video games, but few competitors have tried to duplicate its winning formula. Blending epic drama, fast-paced...
    Posted Thursday May 20, 2010 17:18:08 EDT
  • More maps
    Here's our question of the day: Should you, as an owner of the genre-standard first-person shooter "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," buy its new pack of supplemental maps? Answer: It depends.
    Posted Saturday May 15, 2010 11:20:21 EDT
  • Kratos is back ... with friends
    The highly anticipated new video game "God of War III," out for Sony PlayStation 3, is epic in the most traditional meaning of the term: The story concerns the Greek gods and the powerful Titans who...
    Posted Saturday Apr 3, 2010 13:16:45 EDT
  • Not bad
    The Army's least orthodox, most sarcastic four-man squad returns in "Battlefield: Bad Company 2," a worthy successor to the team's debut with ambitions of taking on today's foremost first-person...
    Posted Friday Mar 19, 2010 15:55:39 EDT
  • ‘Mass Effect’ sequel delivers, like the original
    Let's get straight to the point: The sequel to 2007's critically heralded "Mass Effect" role-playing game — and the second sci-fi epic in a planned trilogy — is an early contender for the...
    Posted Thursday Feb 18, 2010 12:53:47 EST
  • ‘MAG’ time
    The PlayStation 3 boasts a distinguished catalog of sports games and those endless-story fantasy titles — in which you're an insurance claims-adjuster for dragon eggs, or something.
    Posted Wednesday Feb 17, 2010 17:06:31 EST
  • 5 top picks for 2010
    Here are five video games scheduled for release in 2010 that look, from afar, as though they could carry on noble traditions, break new ground or just be really cool.
    Posted Friday Jan 22, 2010 12:24:59 EST
  • Tag-teaming bad guys
    When we last left mercenaries Elliot Salem and Tyson Rios, they were killing their way through the Third World in the pay of a shady private security corporation in "Army of Two."
    Posted Friday Jan 22, 2010 12:08:49 EST
  • ‘Avatar’ game disappoints
    More often than not, a video game based on a movie plays like a piece of merchandising, rather than delivering a quality entertainment experience on its own merit. There are some exceptions, of...
    Posted Tuesday Jan 12, 2010 9:24:43 EST
  • Let’s hear it for the anti-hero
    Are you tired of playing as the same characters over and over in first-person shooters? Marines? Special operators? Marine special operators — in space? Try this one on for size: Sean Devlin,...
    Posted Monday Jan 4, 2010 20:24:53 EST
  • New ‘Silent Hill’ game delivers thrills and chills
    It might be one of the last video games to trickle out of the gate in 2009, but Konami's "Silent Hill: Shattered Memories" is one of the best Nintendo Wii titles of the year — if you're into...
    Posted Monday Jan 4, 2010 15:10:00 EST
  • ‘Dragon’ flashes hot
    Like its classic predecessor, "Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising" is not for everyone. However, if you're a stickler for "realistic" games — which are just as stylized as nonrealistic titles,...
    Posted Friday Dec 4, 2009 23:25:40 EST
  • Answering the ‘Call’
    Let's get right down to the heart of this thing — is "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" an excellent first-person shooter? Yes. Should you run out and purchase it immediately, if you haven't...
    Posted Friday Dec 4, 2009 23:22:01 EST
  • The future is unfriendly in latest action games
    Two new sci-fi games cast you in the futuristic role of a space marine who must face off against deadly creatures. However, while "Halo 3: ODST" and "Dead Space: Extraction" share this theme, and are...
    Posted Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 8:27:58 EDT
  • You’ve played it before
    The new first-person shooter "Section 8" is like a good fugue, or a sonnet, or an episode of "Law and Order": A well-executed formula that relies on the strength of its structure to take you to...
    Posted Wednesday Sep 23, 2009 12:40:03 EDT
  • ‘Halo 3: ODST’: Lots of firepower, nothing fresh
    The "Star Wars" movies should have taught all science-fiction writers a lesson: One trilogy is enough.
    Posted Wednesday Sep 23, 2009 12:38:17 EDT
  • Less green, fewer games
    The struggling economy is scoring a hit on the video game industry, which until recently seemed recession resistant. And game fans will pay the price come the holidays.
    Posted Monday Aug 24, 2009 13:04:31 EDT
  • Pros vs. GI Joes
    Think you can pwn Pedroia? Put the smack down on Shaq? Hammer Holyfield?
    Posted Wednesday Jul 29, 2009 11:44:00 EDT
  • Honor among gamers
    What's the angriest you've ever been?
    Posted Wednesday Jul 29, 2009 11:36:48 EDT
  • ‘Devil Survivor’ takes you to demon-haunted Tokyo
    The "Shin Megami Tensei" series may be the epitome of cult video-game franchises, barely known by most players but beloved by a small but devoted core of fans.
    Posted Wednesday Jul 15, 2009 20:52:46 EDT
  • Out of this world
    "Red Faction: Guerrilla" is a fun, refreshing, well-made sci-fi shooter that makes you wonder why so few other video games take advantage of the possibilities of the medium, instead of just rehashing...
    Posted Thursday Jul 9, 2009 12:23:58 EDT
  • ‘AA3’ recruits players into a detailed, full-on land war
    The real Army may still be fighting in counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, but its virtual counterpart has moved onto a full-scale war against a new enemy in "America's Army 3," the latest...
    Posted Thursday Jul 9, 2009 11:43:31 EDT
  • Test your gaming skills against peers, pros
    A nonprofit that lets service members pit their stick skills against professional athletes is spreading the word about its new military gaming network with a worldwide video game competition.
    Posted Thursday Jul 2, 2009 19:57:29 EDT
  • Humorous hazard
    In the mostly humorless and self-indulgent world of violent video games, "Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard," is like hunting for blind hogs with an M4 — there's an endless supply of big...
    Posted Tuesday May 19, 2009 12:19:19 EDT
  • Off-target
    What this world needs is a really good first-person shooter, exclusively for the PlayStation 3.
    Posted Sunday Mar 29, 2009 13:58:45 EDT
  • Something else to ‘F.E.A.R.’
    If they give you a choice of assignments after your current tour is over, I recommend against applying to First Encounter Assault Recon — not that those guys aren't some high-speed operators,...
    Posted Saturday Mar 7, 2009 13:02:05 EST
  • Plug in, pump up, slim down
    Unless you've been working out at Mullah Omar's Cave of Iron, no doubt you've heard of Nintendo's "Wii Fit" phenomenon, which wirelessly tethers the new Wii Balance Board to provide onscreen sets of...
    Posted Friday Feb 27, 2009 12:13:53 EST
  • Exergaming offers real-world workouts
    From iPhone push-up counters to virtual yoga instructors, video games are increasingly morphing into full-on workout tools designed to toughen, tone and train.
    Posted Friday Feb 27, 2009 12:00:21 EST
  • The quick and the undead
    Isn't it lucky how every time zombies attack, some thoughtful Good Samaritan has sprinkled the city with piles of crew-served weapons for use in fending off the undead? You will make good use of the...
    Posted Thursday Jan 8, 2009 19:53:03 EST
  • The quick and the undead
    Isn't it lucky how every time zombies attack, some thoughtful Good Samaritan has sprinkled the city with piles of crew-served weapons for use in fending off the undead? You will make good use of the...
    Posted Monday Dec 29, 2008 12:11:12 EST

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