Pure Suda, Killer is Dead is a really good action game with lots of flavor and many of the elements that have made special this director.

Divekick has a simple combat system, but turns into a boring game in a few matches. The offline modes are poor, too. However, the game has a good online system based on GGPO.

Gone Home is a great and necessary experiment in interactive narrative. But while the presentation of its story is fantastic, the story itself has its flaws and its emotional punches won't connect with everyone. A recommended experience, but only when its price gets cheaper.

Kamiya's first Wii U video game is a fast paced action game with its own style. Platinum Games tries to innovate in terms of gameplay and offers a colorfull and enjoyable experience with minor problems.

This is exactly the wrong way of making an homage to a classic. The original was stylish, mysterious and tense, this version just can be described as bland in every possible way.

Europa Universalis IV is a fantastic reissue of the popular series and it is very necessary in order to adapt it to the present day. The depth of the changes and the new features included result in an entertaining game that is more accessible to new players. This is one of the best grand strategy titles currently available, and can not be missing in your shelf if you're a fan of this genre.

With Ironside gone, it's much more obvious that Splinter Cell is not Splinter Cell anymore. The illusion of "going back to the roots" is just that, an illusion disguised as an option that is never as appealing as the stealth and elimination, "Panther" style the team is so fond of. Still, a good action game with plenty of content.

2K Marin has done their best with the almost impossible task to create a narrative rich, tactic driven TPS that justifies the name of "XCOM". The result is a decent and professional effort from a team that could have done better without being tied to that name.

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time keeps the fresh gameplay and the sense of humor from the first game and offers new funny situations to its tower defense formula; and all that just for free.

Charlie Murder is one of the best beat'em ups we've seen recently on any system. Is not perfect and has some flaws, but his RPG elements and the funny mechanics are pretty good. Also, it has a cool co-op mode. If you like Castle Crashers, you'll love this one.

Take the mayhem of Saints Row The Third. Now add some aliens, dubstep weapons, superpowers and rectal probes. What do you get? Just one of the funniest, craziest an entertaining sandbox games we've ever played. Some graphical issues and secondary missions are just that, some. Maybe it doesn't take things seriously in any moment, but if you want to spend a good and funny time (and feel like the real Neo of Matrix Reloaded), just get back with the Saints.

A good finale for a really good DLC run for Dishonored. Arkane closes with expertise the Daud's arc but let us wanting for more of this fascinating world.

Payday 2 is a very attractive offer for fans of the FPS genre and it's ideal for those who like frantic multiplayer games. We are facing a powerful title with big potential that will keep you glued to your monitor or TV for hours. The only thing to fear is the threat of an excessive repetition of its elements, which should be solved by distributing new types of heists and armament in sufficient frequency. If they do so, it could become one of the most played alternatives over the network.

DuckTales offers the best platformer gameplay that existed in the late 80s. WayForward has done a flawless XXI century update to a great classic from Capcom's golden age. The game is also closer to the original animated series in a surprising way.

A nordic-esque fable narrated with a feeling of peace and sadness, Brothers A Tale of Two Sons is just the kind of game a fan of Starbreeze's last titles should avoid. The story of two brothers and their journey will take us on a ride similar to other jewels like ICO or Journey. A ride that maybe has a very peculiar use of the pad -simultaneously 1 player cooperative-, but where we can interact with two characters to a level never done before, in a journey of search that requires us to accept its rules and let us go into the experience by the hand.

It really took its time to arrive on Western shores, but at last we have Tales of Xillia, a good example of the essence of true Japanese RPG. With two characters, a deep and customizable battle system, many options and strategies, the visual scale of the scenarios is as good as the new character's Tales of style, more realistic. Sure its not perfect -Motoi Sakuraba is not at his best precisely, Pop up in some elements around the towns, rough ending-, but its enough entertainment. Now, its time to ask Namco about Tales of Xillia 2.

Cloudberry Kingdom aims to be an old school game. It's not, but it is well made ​​to be challenging and fun, very hard. You will not like its aesthetics, characters, sound effects or music.

A good example to show there are not too-old formulas, just wrong approaches to reignite them. Taking the base of D&D Arcade and introducing plenty of RPG and Hack'n Slash elements, Vanillaware has made its finest game.

Shadowrun Returns is a fun game. It is solid and with enormous potential. What is being shown now is just a small part of what may be achieved and everyone knows that when the community has the necessary tools, they end up doing great things. Harebrained Schemes has managed where to draw the line between the possible and the ambitious, but seems to have behaved too conservatively and it shows with the lack of content. If those responsible and users know how to profit what has been created, we will have a game that will be worth much more. But all of this is about to happen.

Halo: Spartan Assault is a good Top Down Shooter with simple but clever mechanics and a great recreation of the Halo Universe. However, it has some problems with enemy AI and the "pay for boost" system.

The Sims 3: Island Paradise is one of the most comprehensive and original expansions of the last years. It does not only extend previous content but also adds features never seen before in The Sims 3. We have no doubt that we are facing a number of additions that will surely have its place in future installments of the series, now that its third iteration could be coming to its end. It is a must for fans of the series. For others, an expansion that we should not pass up ... unless you hate everything related to the sun and the beach.

Pikmin 3 is the best Wii U game at the moment for its deep and accessible gameplay, its variety of situations and the brilliant visuals and sounds.

Dynasy Warriors 8 offers a hack and slash experience prepared for fans of the series with hours of contents and an interesting gameplay, but the game fails when is compared with other games in the genre.

DOTA has marked the life of millions of persons. Valve and IceFrog has made sure DOTA 2 will be making the same for next decade. An extraordinary formula and a extraordinary work around it.

Pacific Rim The Videogame is far away to Guillermo Del Toro's movie. Not spectacular, not frantic, This fighting game has limited and simplistic mechanics and it's poor in content, too.

The RPG never been so much fun and accessible for everybody. Mario and Luigi have a fresh and deep proposal, very long and with new worlds, finally. The best 3DS game of this summer.

As always, Duel of the Planewalkers is a perfect entry point for people interested in Magic but are intimidated by the real thing or the ultra competitive Magic The Gathering Online. And, as always too, it lets us wanting for more. Duels series won't be able to stay as the "the entry point" forever.

Civilization V: Brave New World integrates perfectly with the mechanics of previous versions and achieves to extend the gameplay of this great 4X. It is becoming clear that Civilization V is one of the largest of its kind with each new expansion pack and an image in which many would like to be reflected. If not for its flaws in the AI and that feeling of being buying a complete game in easy monthly payments... this would be an almost perfect game.