“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″
Genre: First-person shooter
Developer: Infinity Ward
Publisher: Activision
Number of players: 1-18
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
ESRB rating: “M” for mature
Price: $59.99
Grade:B-

For weeks, Game Guy was caught up in the same hullabaloo surrounding “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ as everyone else. This was supposed to…

Activision Blizzard this week is answering another kind of call to duty — one worth about $1 million.

That’s how much the gaming corporation plans to donate when it sets up a foundation to help out-of-work veterans find jobs, according to an…

Gamers are warned that the upcoming “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ may have at least one scene they find offensive.

Footage leaked from the first-person shooter, due out Nov. 10, supposedly contains a scene in which innocent people caught in a…

“DJ Hero”
Genre: Music, rhythm
Developer: FreeStyleGames
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: PlayStations 2 and 3, Xbox 360, Wii
Number of players: 1-2
ESRB rating: “T” for Teen
Price: $119.99
Grade: B

By now, you have to wonder just how much further this concept of simulated music making in video games will play out.

The fake rock bands, fake guitar…

“Guitar Hero 5″
Genre: Rhythm/music
Developer: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: PlayStations 2 and 3, Xbox 360, Wii
ESRB rating: “T” for Teen
Price: $59.99
Grade: B

Honestly, what’s left for the “Guitar Hero” franchise to do?

It introduced the rhythm-game genre in 2005, has since scored over $2 billion in sales in the United States alone…

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
Genre: Action-adventure
Developer: Raven Software
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: Nintendo DS and Wii PlayStations 2, 3 and Portable; Xbox 360; PC
ESRB rating: “M” for mature
Price: $59.99
Grade: C-

Superheroes get that name by administering justice with a minimum of blood and fuss. The furniture might be overturned and some holes left…

Looks like the Killers will make another appearance on the latest “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” at the same time.

Game publishers Activision and Harmonix say they’ll offer three downloadable Killers tracks for each title on the same day, Nov. 25, though not the…

“Guitar Hero World Tour”
Availability: Sunday, Oct. 26
Genre: Music video
Developer: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: T (teen)
Price: $59.99-$49.99
Grade: B+

With “Guitar Hero World Tour,” the franchise starts outgrowing its name and starts looking like its rival.

The fourth installment in the GH music video game series includes…

Up to now, Game Guy never thought Secret Service work seemed like a party. Agents dress like narcs most of the time, don facial expressions that suggests chronic constipation, stand in stifling heat or bitter cold trying to pick out…

In a world now clogged with guitar heroes, can a dancing hero be far off the horizon?

This week, game publisher Activision Blizzard filed a request for the right to trademark the name “Dance Hero,” presumably to compete with Konami’s popular “Dance Dance…