Skilled, stylish, well-balanced kart racing. [Jan 2013, p.101]

Deep, hilarious, and simply brilliant fun. [Jan 2013, p.98]

Worth checking out for online and the sci-fi novelty value alone. [Jan 2013, p.95]

Get through visual hitches and a strained finale to find a spirited open-world gem packed with extreme pursuits, stunning scenery and hoards of savage beasts. [Jan 2013, p.91]

Unlike anything else out there: beautiful and inventive. [Christmas 2012, p.100]

Rough edges aside, it's a genuine portable blockbuster. [Christmas 2012, p.98]

Prince Ash's underworld is a sadistic delight. [Christmas 2012, p.97]

Crucially, it's great fun, and you'll want to play Absolution through more than once. [Christmas 2012, p.90]

A decent game stymied by the setting. [Christmas 2012, p.86]

A gargantuan, lavish historical epic that pushes PS3 to its limits, only to be led down by linear missions and a clunky interface. [Christmas 2012, p.82]

Too much has been thrown in at once, and that grates on the overall enjoyment of the exceptional on-field action. [Dec 2012, p.104]

Think pinball FIFA and you're halfway there. A fast, frantic sports sim, with simple controls that belie hidden depths. [Dec 2012, p.104]

F1 2012 may be an evolution of the formula, but it's evolving in all the right ways. [Dec 2012, p.102]

A noticeable step-up in class from 2K12, especially on court and in the My Career mode. Only poor navigation spoils an otherwise incredible sport sim. [Dec 2012, p.100]

Smart, funny, charming and beautiful. Needs a strategic brain, and requires patience, but otherwise great. [Dec 2012, p.99]

It may not provide a quick arcade fix, but as a full on guitar tutor this is one of the most enjoyable ways to learn how to play. [Dec 2012, p.99]

XCOM has more meaningful decisions and consequences than Mass Effect and more scares than Resident Evil. Turn-based strategy games are cool again. [Dec 2012, p.98]

Resident Evil 6 is one hell of a long ride, and there are some amazing stunts along the way. Even a few original ones. But next to the shooter that it tries so assiduously to out-do, Resi 6 feels stale, and compounds things with OTT action sequences that are more B-movie than Bourne. [Dec 2012, p.94]

A world of unparalleled potential, married to an Orwellian tale of deception and redemption. Adventures this epic only come along once in a generation. [Dec 2012, p.90]

A deeply personal story created with love and imagination. [Nov 2012, p.105]

Simply, the best LBP on any format. [Nov 2012, p.104]

A beautifully detailed experience. [Nov 2012, p.105]

Tweaked in all the right places, 2013 is the finest PES of the PS3 generation, delightfully recreating the ebb and flow of the modern game. [Nov 2012, p.102]

A thoughtful shooter that works well within the limitations of the license. [Nov 2012, p.100]

Learn its language and you'll find unnerving depth. [Nov 2012, p.98]

Best played in tag mode with mates, not solo mode in the duff story mode. [Nov 2012, p.96]

Robotic perfection is replaced by organic error. [Nov 2012, p.94]

Light on story and heavy on guns, Borderlands 2 is saved from XP strip-mining by a sharp sense of humour and a slick, destructive multiplayer. [Nov 2012, p.90]