Category: Arcade/Puzzle

Title: Angry Birds: Star Wars
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS4
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/18/2013
Overview: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Red Skywalker finds himself surrounded by some Bad Piggies. Yes, the Angry Birds Empire strikes back. So grab your lightsaber and leap into the next generation as the popular mobile game lands on your PS4. Go hyperdrive into outer space and join the Rebel Bird Alliance as you use the Force to fight against the Empire and their plans for the dreaded Pig Star. Travel to Tatooine, Hoth, Cloud City, and other far-flung regions of the galaxy to blast Pigtroopers and go mano a mano with the one and only, Lard Vader! Be careful though, or you just might join the Pork Side.

Title: Pinball Arcade
Publisher: Alliance
Platform: PS4
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 12/17/2013
Overview: Remember the good old days when you stepped into a musty arcade, quarters in your pocket, ready to take on the latest pinball machine? Now’s your chance to go old school and relive those glory days with Pinball Arcade for the PS4. Experience classic pinball machines from the likes of Williams, Bally, Stern, and Gottlieb. Among the tables featured are Twilight Zone, Big Shot, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, and Tales of the Arabian Nights. Trekkies can get in on the action as well, with the inclusion of a Star Trek: The Next Generation table. So lean in, get those flippers ready, and tilt your way to retro pinball fun!

Title: Angry Birds: Star Wars
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox One
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/21/2013
Overview: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Red Skywalker finds himself surrounded by some Bad Piggies. Yes, the Angry Birds Empire strikes back. So grab your lightsaber and leap into the next generation as the popular mobile game lands on your Xbox One. Go hyperdrive into outer space and join the Rebel Bird Alliance as you use the Force to fight against the Empire and their plans for the dreaded Pig Star. Travel to Tatooine, Hoth, Cloud City, and other far-flung regions of the galaxy to blast Pigtroopers and go mano a mano with the one and only, Lard Vader! Be careful though, or you just might join the Pork Side.

Title: Midway Arcade Origins
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/5/2012
Overview: Get the ultimate old-school arcade with this collection that brings together over 30 classics made by the arcade masters at Midway. Play all-time favorites like Gauntlet, Defender, Spy Hunter, Marble Madness, Joust, and Rampage with achievement support for all titles and many that offer online leaderboards and co-op multiplayer. The collection also includes A.P.B., Arch Rivals, Bubbles, Championship Sprint, Defender II, Gauntlet II, Joust 2, Pit-Fighter, Rampart, Robotron 2084, Root Beer Tapper, Satan’s Hollow, Sinistar, Smash TV, Spy Hunter II, Super Off-Road, Super Sprint, Toobin’, Total Carnage, Tournament Cyberball 2072, Vindicators Part II, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Xybots, and 720 Degrees.

Title: Wheel of Fortune
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 10/15/2012
Overview: I’d like to solve the puzzle! Your favorite game show has been recharged for exciting at-home play! Guess letters, buy vowels, and take home big prizes as you spin the Wheel of Fortune on PS3. This home version of the long-running game show gives you a chance to experience one of TV’s enduring favorites. Give the wheel a whirl and try and pick the right letters to fill in the puzzle. Compete against virtual contestants or play against friends. Solve thousands of puzzles, play mini games, and get the authentic Wheel experience with the voices of stars Pat Sajak and Vanna White.

Title: Angry Birds Trilogy
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: Experience Angry Birds on the big screen as the worldwide hit mobile game gets the HD treatment! The Angry Birds Trilogy combines Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio, and the original that started it all, and gives them new cinematics, visuals, and bonus content made for HDTVs. Battle the pesky pigs with smooth PlayStation Move motion controls that have you swiping through the air to launch your birds and smash the pigs who stole your eggs. Take the battle to the colorful surroundings of Rio, and celebrate festive occasions around the world in Seasons. In all, the games include more than 290 levels of pig-pummeling action!

Title: Order Up!
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/7/2012
Overview: See if you can run your own business without running yourself ragged in this restaurant sim that serves up addictive fast-paced action with a heaping side of frantic fun! Wait tables, cook food, and deal with hungry customers, doing your best to keep them happy and build the reputation of your new restaurant, Kung Fusion. Serve up tasty Asian fusion dishes in quick and quirky single-player action, split-screen co-op, or turn-based head-to-head multiplayer. Use classic Six Axis controls or PlayStation Move controls in a challenge where every table is a wacky new adventure.

Title: Bejeweled 3
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Mega-popular match-three puzzler Bejeweled now has a triple of its own with this third installment that’s bigger, brighter, and more addictive than ever! The world’s #1 puzzle game shows why it’s a runaway hit with eight modes designed to keep your puzzle experience fresh. Match sets of three gems in Classic Bejeweled. Explore 40 Quest puzzles, wind up with non-stop Lightning action, then relax with a Zen experience you can customize to perfection. Choose from two control schemes, earn trophies based on your skills, check your rank on the worldwide leaderboards, and more.

Title: Plants vs. Zombies
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Zombies are invading. And the last line of defense is…plants! Put down that chainsaw and fire up your green thumb to fend off the zombie apocalypse in this quirky, addictive adventure. Set up your defense by planting dozens of different plants with different anti-zombie powers. Beat back all kinds of bizarre zombies – including miners, football players, businessmen, and a bobsled team – with peashooters, melon-pults, cherry bombs, and more. Play in seven modes, including Adventure, Survival, Puzzle, Zen Garden, and the new Co-op and Vs. multiplayer options, plus 21 mini-games. Post your progress online, where friends can cruise by your house and see how many zombies you’ve piled up outside.

Title: Smart As
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS Vita
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/6/2012
Overview: Who are you as Smart As? Find out in this brain-testing challenge for PS Vita! Prove your smarts in 15 activities designed to use the Touch Screen and motion controls of the PS Vita. Test your dexterity in Chain Reaction, practice problem solving in Cube Mania, and show off your knack for analysis in Roller Blocks. The more puzzles you solve, the harder the next challenge gets. See how you stack up on sortable leaderboards designed to show you who you’re as smart as…and who you’ve still got to work to catch up to. Measure your rankings against against friends, nearby players, and players in different regions across the world.

Title: Midway Arcade Origins
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/5/2012
Overview: Get the ultimate old-school arcade with this collection that brings together over 30 classics made by the arcade masters at Midway. Play all-time favorites like Gauntlet, Defender, Spy Hunter, Marble Madness, Joust, and Rampage with achievement support for all titles and many that offer online leaderboards and co-op multiplayer. The collection also includes A.P.B., Arch Rivals, Bubbles, Championship Sprint, Defender II, Gauntlet II, Joust 2, Pit-Fighter, Rampart, Robotron 2084, Root Beer Tapper, Satan’s Hollow, Sinistar, Smash TV, Spy Hunter II, Super Off-Road, Super Sprint, Toobin’, Total Carnage, Tournament Cyberball 2072, Vindicators Part II, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Xybots, and 720 Degrees.

Title: Angry Birds Trilogy
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: Experience Angry Birds on the big screen as the worldwide hit mobile game comes to Xbox 360! The Angry Birds Trilogy combines Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio, and the original that started it all, and gives them new cinematics, visuals, and bonus content made for HDTVs. Battle the pesky pigs with smooth Kinect motion controls that have you swiping through the air to launch your birds and smash the pigs who stole your eggs. Take the battle to the colorful surroundings of Rio, and celebrate festive occasions around the world in Seasons. In all, the games include more than 290 levels of pig-pummeling action.

Title: Zuma’s Revenge
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/17/2012
Overview: Revenge has never been sweeter for fans of addictive puzzlers! Blast balls through 60 levels of puzzle action as you guide a frog through a world ruled by evil tiki bosses in Zuma’s Revenge. Fire off circular stones to make matches and put a stop to a stream of deadly balls. Conquer Story Mode, Boss Rush Mode, or Iron Frog Mode, which amps up the difficulty, then race against the clock in time-based bonus challenges. Use new power-ups, including a triple cannon shot and a laser blast. Every ten levels you’ll be rewarded with the chance to take down one of the tikis in a giant boss battle.

Title: Capcom Digital Collection
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/26/2012
Overview: This variety pack collects eight of Capcom’s most popular downloadable titles, all with the same features, online options, and Achievements found in the versions on the Xbox LIVE Arcade. No matter what kind of challenge you want, you’ll find it here. There’s legendary brawling action from Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, WW2 dogfighting action in 1942: Joint Strike, and classic side-scrolling play in Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. Herd animals with a UFO tractor beam in Flock!, tackle a Capcom puzzle challenge in Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, or choose the two throwback arcade favorites of Final Fight: Double Impact. And, if shooters are your thing, fire up the arcade-style Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 or the RPG-style Rocketmen: Axis of Evil, which includes the Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus expansion.

Title: National Geographic Challenge!
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 12/13/2011
Overview: Test your knowledge of nature in this quick-moving trivia game featuring the award-winning photography of National Geographic. The light-hearted fun is powered by over 4,000 questions in four themes: Amazing Planet, Aquatic Life, Dangerous Encounters, and Predator vs. Prey. Fifteen trivia challenges include memory, true/false, anagrams, odd one out, and more. Challenge friends in multiplayer or take a trivia trip around the world in Explorer Mode. The game features some of the best visual clues around, with over 2,000 high-res photos and 60 minutes of high-def video from the world-renowned National Geographic archives.

Title: Bejeweled 3
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Mega-popular match-three puzzler Bejeweled now has a triple of its own with this third installment that’s bigger, brighter, and more addictive than ever! The world’s #1 puzzle game shows why it’s a runaway hit with eight modes designed to keep your puzzle experience fresh. Match sets of three gems in Classic Bejeweled. Explore 40 Quest puzzles, wind up with non-stop Lightning action, then relax with a Zen experience you can customize to perfection. Choose from two control schemes, earn trophies based on your skills, check your rank on the worldwide leaderboards, and more.

Title: Tank! Tank! Tank!
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/17/2012
Overview: What starts as a friendly little competition turns into a smoldering ball of fiery wreckage in this game that fuses the multiplayer mayhem of kart racing with the explosive action of tank battle! TANK! TANK! TANK! turns you loose on a sprawling combat playground where there’s nothing to do but blow stuff up. Up to four players can hit the battlefield and destroy buildings, shoot down giant monsters, and take out targets with maximum firepower in co-op and competitive modes. Go out on your own for a solo Campaign Mode where you’ll level-up your tank by defeating increasingly powerful enemies. Take pictures with the Wii U camera and give your avatar the perfect look before heading into battle.

Title: Game Party Champions
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/12/2012
Overview: The Game Party series delivers another winner with this experience custom built for Wii U! Play eight classic sports, party games, and arcade favorites using easy pick-up-and-play controls enhanced by the interactive functionality of the GamePad. Choose from ping pong, table hockey, hoop shoot, mini golf, and more. Turn, tilt, and touch the screen to control your player on-screen. Compete against AI opponents in a quest to reach World Championship Stadium in Story Mode or get right to the game in Quick Play. The four-player Party Mode adds a freewheeling challenge. Using the GamePad, you’ll try and stay focused on your game while three friends try and derail you using Wii Remotes.

Title: Scribblenauts Unlimited
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/12/2012
Overview: One imagination builds on another in Scribblenauts Unlimited, where you’ll bring creations to life, share them, and see how other players make them their own! Experience a new side-scrolling, puzzle-filled Scribblenauts world where you’ll solve challenges by drawing objects on the screen. Draw any object you can imagine and store it in your magic backpack to use later in the game. Other players can use the objects you create in their own quests or customize them in their own ways, leading to an endless cycle of imagination. Progress through 41 open-world levels or pick your favorite and stay as long as you like, using it as a playground for your imagination.

Title: Wipeout 3
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Wii
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: The hit TV obstacle course challenge returns for a third smash-and-splash romp that adds two key words: Instant Replay. Test your balance as you try your luck on 12 new winter and summer obstacle courses in solo or team modes for up to four contestants. Successfully survive courses to unlock new characters, episodes, and power-ups. A new over-the-shoulder point of view lets you see firsthand that squishy foam obstacle that’s about to derail your dreams of victory and send you splashing into defeat. Each splashdown can now be rewound and played over and over again with the new Instant Replay feature, so you can get maximum payout from every wacky wipeout!