Xbox 360 Games

Fuel

Fuel

Platform: Xbox 360
June 2, 2009
Get fuelled up and prepare to race and explore the world's largest ever racing environment - over 5,000 square miles of spectacular wilderness. Set to revolutionise multi-terrain, multi-vehicle racing, FUEL is a fiercely competitive game without boundaries. On and off-road, two and four-wheeled vehicles race a massively diverse environment, from scaling the highest snow-capped mountain to racing the deepest arid canyon. In a fictional present, vast swathes of the United States have been ravaged by the extreme effects of accelerated global warming: tornados, brush fires, hurricanes and tsunamis have driven people from their homes leaving huge areas of America abandoned. Now these dangerous areas have created the perfect playground for a new breed of adrenaline junkies who set out to conquer each other, and Mother Nature, in closely fought races. There are over 70 different vehicles with which to take on any challenge that FUEL’s stunning environment throws at you. On-road and off-road bikes, cars, quads, trucks, buggies and dragsters take dangerous short-cuts, perform death-defying jumps and tear through spectacular cross-over points. FUEL's landscape is powered by cutting-edge technology and, using satellite data, features some of the most exciting and inspiring areas of America - including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park, Mount Rainier and much more. In FUEL, if you can see it, you can drive to it, taking any route - on or off-road - that you want. With a draw distance of 40KM, 100,000 miles of roads, tracks and trails and hundreds of race events FUEL’s epic world demands to be explored. [Codmasters]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.0
1 vs. 100

1 vs. 100

Platform: Xbox 360
June 1, 2009
1 vs 100 Live on Xbox LIVE transforms you from spectator to player in this new socially interactive game experience based upon the hit TV game show. Enjoy the fun and freshness of a television show in a massively multiplayer online game. Win real prizes not just for skills but for participation. Have fun playing with your friends and family, or compete with other LIVE Gold members in a friendly game of 1 vs 100 Live. With live events, real hosts, featured players, and fresh content it's a new experience every time you play.
Metascore:
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User Score:
7.5
Saints Row 2: Corporate Warfare

Saints Row 2: Corporate Warfare

Platform: Xbox 360
May 28, 2009
[Downloadable Content] There is a civil war brewing within the Ultor Corporation. Dex, Ultor's newly appointed Head of Security, is running a black market nuclear weapons operation aided by Ultor management. Meanwhile, a defected Ultor executive offers the Saints a chance to bring the entire operation down. Take revenge in style with new transportation options for aircraft, exotic cars, and superbikes. Redefine your character with all new customization options including brand new outfits and facial bandanas to change your identity. Take the battle to the streets with brand new Strong Arm and Gangsta Brawl multiplayer maps or challenge your friends in an all new Co-Op competitive mode. Now it's time to put a permanent end to Ultor's corruption. [THQ]
Metascore:
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User Score:
7.4
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees

Platform: Xbox 360
May 27, 2009
Enter the colorful world of West Wallaby Street in the first of four cracking adventures in Wallace & Gromit Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees. In this first episode, the inventor and his loyal pooch are faced with a big problem. They need 50 gallons of honey by tonight--far more than their bees can handle. When Wallace's plans to step up production go horribly awry, it falls to Gromit to fight off the angry swarm. Featuring a brand new story with the same slapstick humour, cinematic visuals, and charm that fans of the Wallace & Gromit films have come to love, Fright of the Bumblebees kicks off this four-episode series in cracking style!
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.9
Yosumin! LIVE

Yosumin! LIVE

Platform: Xbox 360
May 27, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Yosumin! is a puzzle game where you find rectangles of matching tiles known as "yosumin" and make them disappear. Make massive rectangles for the ultimate feeling of satisfaction! Yosumin! is a deceptively simple yet fiendish challenge, and it's not just about solo play - there are online battle modes to enjoy as well. Online battle Yosumin! Take on opponents from across the globe in online battles on Xbox LIVE. Endless Yosumin! Go it alone in this non-stop single-player mode. Battle Yosumin! Challenge the system itself in battles against computer-controlled opponents. Local battle Yosumin! Beat your buddies in local vs. matches! [Square Enix]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
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Damnation

Damnation

Platform: Xbox 360
May 26, 2009
Evolving the shooter genre with its unique combination of fluid action and combat, Damnation features huge, open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, Damnation features vast, breathtaking landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet. Billed as a "shooter gone vertical" and visually inspired by iconic elements of American history, these massive streaming landscapes form the battlegrounds for a post-industrial conflict between humanity and an unstoppable arms dealer hell-bent on total world domination. Players choose their own paths and navigate the world by performing daredevil feats on the edge of human ability. Intelligent enemies give chase and engage players in frantic gun fights and attacks that can come from any direction. With up to three hours of actual gameplay stretching out in front of them per level, players need more than just muscle power to get across each level safely. Damnation offers players a selection of vehicles, from motorbikes capable of launching across seemingly infinite chasms, to huge, armour-piercing marvels that induce mayhem with every huge shell. The high action is supported by an epic and in-depth story which, while focusing on the exploits of the hero character Rourke, is truly an ensemble piece. Players meet and become involved in intricate story plots that reveal much more than the obvious. In addition to the single player experience, Damnation comes complete with a unique set of multiplayer options that take full advantage of the game’s expansive levels. [Codemasters]
Metascore:
36
User Score:
5.3
Disney/Pixar Up

Disney/Pixar Up

Platform: Xbox 360
May 26, 2009
The UP video game takes players on an exotic adventure with Carl Fredricksen and his young sidekick, Wilderness Explorer Russell, as they set off on a wild journey through the undiscovered jungles of South America. Players experience all four main characters from the movie - Carl, Russell, Dug the lovable dog or Kevin the prehistoric bird - while playing as a single-player or with a friend cooperatively throughout the entire game. Players encounter exciting, new environments as they navigate through treacherous jungle terrains, battle dangerous creatures and trek the slippery slopes of the Amazonian Tepuis. In addition, the game also features multi-player game modes, including an epic level that will allow up to four players to compete in aerial combat. [THQ]
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.0
Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack - The Pitt and Operation: Anchorage

Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack - The Pitt and Operation: Anchorage

Platform: Xbox 360
May 26, 2009
The Pitt - Explore a sprawling settlement ravaged by time, neglect, nuclear radiation, and moral degradation. The Pitt is filled with morally grey choices, shady characters, new enemies, new weapons, and much more. Operation: Anchorage - Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe - the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders.
Metascore:
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User Score:
8.3
Sonic Unleashed: Apotos & Shamar Adventure Pack

Sonic Unleashed: Apotos & Shamar Adventure Pack

Platform: Xbox 360
May 21, 2009
Download all-new Apotos & Shamar adventures! Five daytime & four nighttime stages will take you through a quaint seaside town and ancient ruins in a desert oasis! This pack includes three brand new stages and six new missions. Be sure and download the other location packs to unleash the full Sonic experience! Note: These stages are accessed in Apotos & Shamar, so unlocking Apotos & Shamar are requirements to play these additional stages.
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Blazing Birds

Blazing Birds

Platform: Xbox 360
May 20, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Compete in the sport of robot badminton in Blazing Birds. Challenge sixty computer controlled opponents over three levels of difficulty. Invite your friends to play multiplayer matches or round robin tournaments with up to twenty players. The unique control scheme allows for blazing fast action and quick responsiveness. Score points using smash, drop, and clear shots with either manual or automatic aiming. Unleash seven deadly power shots including Meteor Strike, Firecracker, Hyperspace, Lightning Bolt, Dragon Flight, Hunting Season, and Wormhole. Only the best will face Signum IV. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
57
User Score:
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Gel: Set & Match

Gel: Set & Match

Platform: Xbox 360
May 20, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Gel: Set & Match offers brain-busting fun for everyone with its unique take on puzzle gameplay. Match colored blocks together and they melt, but throw a melting block into another one and the chain continues! In Puzzle Mode, blocks are arranged to test your wits. Action mode throws in a side-scrolling twist and challenges you to clear a path. Battle mode puts you up against your friends in fast-paced multiplayer showdowns. Jiggle up, and get ready for fun. [Gastronaut]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
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Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation

Platform: Xbox 360
May 19, 2009
Assume the role of John Connor and battle for survival against the far superior forces of Skynet.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
4.9
UFC Undisputed 2009

UFC Undisputed 2009

Platform: Xbox 360
May 19, 2009
UFC 2009 Undisputed is an explosive fighting game that details the action, intensity and attitude of a UFC live event. Players explore a deep roster of more than 80 top fighters in UFC competition across all five weight classes. In addition, they enter the Octagon surrounded by the sport’s popular commentators, announcers, referees, trainers, Octagon girls and more. Photorealistic models are at the forefront, as players view amazing ripple effects across the faces and bodies of their fighters from the impact of devastating punches and kicks. A brand new fighting game engine designed specifically for next generation systems delivers innovative, responsive and easy-to-play controls that give unparalleled command of fighters, as players take down opponents with a variety of mixed martial arts disciplines like Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In addition, the game’s Create-A-Fighter system jumpstarts the careers of future champions through character customization and training management, while a robust Career Mode develops a fighter's attributes and skill sets while fighting to enter the UFC Hall of Fame through a series of dynamic storylines. Furthermore, players can enhance their UFC 2009 Undisputed gameplay experience through online support, including downloadable content. [THQ]
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.9
Rock Band Track Pack Classic Rock

Rock Band Track Pack Classic Rock

Platform: Xbox 360
May 19, 2009
Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock is a musical expansion to the Rock Band platform that lets you jam to classic rock heroes like The Who, Rush, Boston and The Police. With Rock Band, you can play on your own, or show off your mad skills by forming a band to live out your rock and roll fantasies with music's greatest soundtrack. Play as a standalone game! Rock Band Track Pack:: Classic Rock is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 to keep the party going with 20 of the greatest hits from the heyday of classic rock and beyond, hand-picked with care by the music-loving Harmonix team. All tracks from the Rock Band Classic Rock Track Pack are also available for play in Rock Band and Rock Band 2 by entering a special export authentication code for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 versions. This Track Pack is also compatible with most other music-based video game peripheral controllers and microphones. [Harmonix]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
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Halo Wars: Strategic Options

Halo Wars: Strategic Options

Platform: Xbox 360
May 19, 2009
Experience Halo Wars in a whole new way with the Strategic Options Game Add-on. Three new game modes will require players to re-think their entire strategy and approach to the game. The modes include: Keepaway - capture the flag style game; Tug of War - who can field and maintain the strongest army; and Reinforcements - adapt your tactics as you are granted waves of troops.
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Bionic Commando

Bionic Commando

Platform: Xbox 360
May 18, 2009
The first true sequel to the classic 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System original, Bionic Commando sees the return of the bionically-enhanced Nathan "Rad" Spencer, voiced by Mike Patton, the former lead singer of Faith No More. Time has not been kind to Spencer: 10 years after his heroic defeat of the Imperials in the original game, he has been betrayed by the government he swore to serve, imprisoned for crimes he didn't commit, and sentenced to death. On the very day of Spencer's execution, terrorists detonate a massive experimental weapon in Ascension City, unleashing an intense earthquake that has turned the city into rubble and wiped out its population. With the terrain in ruins and the city's air defense grid now in the control of a massive terrorist force whose goal remains unclear, the FSA have only one option left - a behind-the-lines assault. The perfect job for a Bionic Commando. Bionic Commando transposes the swing-and-shoot gameplay of the 8-bit original to a stunning 3D environment of towering buildings, suspended roadways and monorails, deep canyons and sheer rock faces, where every environment is scalable using swinging, scaling, climbing and wall-walking techniques. [Capcom]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.2
Texas Cheat 'Em

Texas Cheat 'Em

Platform: Xbox 360
May 13, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] It's not whether you win or lose … it's about how far you can bend the rules without getting caught. In Texas Cheat 'Em, that's pretty darn far. Play casino-themed mini-games to activate one of 15 cheating abilities—then make your own luck. Turn a bad hand into a sure thing. Send your opponent's Royal Flush right down the drain. Steal chips, fold for free, or know the community cards in advance. Cheat strangers out of their fortunes over Xbox Live before they do it to you. Remember: glory is forever, but broke is only funny when it happens to someone else. [Wideload Games]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
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Star Trek: D-A-C

Star Trek: D-A-C

Platform: Xbox 360
May 13, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Star Trek: D-A-C is a fast-paced, top-down space shooter inspired by the new motion picture. This pick-up and play game allows you and your friends to choose starships (from a list that includes the all-new U.S.S. Enterprise) and battle it out online. Enlist in Starfleet or join the Romulan Empire as you battle with up to 11 friends in game play modes including Solo Play, Online Versus, and Online Co-op. Command the powerful Flagship, the nimble Fighter or the devastating Bomber, each with their own unique capabilities. Choose your side, fire your weapons, boldly go where no man has gone before. Three game play modes: In single-player, practice against A.I. bots to become an expert captain. Jump into online multiplayer, where twelve players (six per team) compete in intense online battles. Team up with friends to combat in space in online co-op. Three game types: Team Deathmatch lets teams go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all fight to the finish. In Assault, teams must protect and conquer control points in space. In Conquest, teams take turns trying to dominate or defend a sector of space. Three ship classes: Each faction has the powerful Flagship, the nimble Fighter, and the devastating Bomber, each providing unique capabilities in combat. [Paramount]
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.6
Battlestations: Pacific

Battlestations: Pacific

Platform: Xbox 360
May 12, 2009
Battlestations: Pacific takes the action/strategy gameplay of Battlestations: Midway to the next level with more intense, strategic combat. Players can take to the skies and seas through two massive, action-packed campaigns across 28 missions, featuring some of the most decisive naval battles in history. A historically accurate U.S. campaign puts players in command of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet through the Battles of Guadalcanal and on to Iwo Jima, Okinawa and victory. For the first time, players have a chance to rewrite history, commanding a Japanese campaign as the Imperial Japanese Navy from Pearl Harbor to Asia, Australia and beyond, expanding its empire throughout the Pacific Rim. Battlestations: Pacific takes the battle online with a massively enhanced multiplayer experience, offering five new and innovative co-op and team-based modes for up to eight players. ‘Siege’ and ‘Duel’ offer an all-out action experience, allowing players to control a selection of war machines as each side battles to turn the tide of war; joining forces for ‘Competitive’, players compete side-by-side against the opposing AI forces; ‘Escort’ allows for a mix of action and strategy, with players escorting or attacking a key naval unit as it heads to its destination; and ‘Island Capture’ offers a compelling strategic experience, with players not only battling for supremacy of the seas, but also capturing and controlling the island archipelago. [Eidos Interactive]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.4
Fable II: See the Future

Fable II: See the Future

Platform: Xbox 360
May 12, 2009
(Downloadable Content) See the Future is an action-packed journey that requires you to lift the curses placed on three mysterious items that have come into the possession of Murgo the Trader. In See the Future, heed the call for a hero to restore color and balance to the world, or let Albion fall to the wayside. Those who emerge victorious will receive the ultimate reward - a quest that provides a vision of Albion's future and what lies ahead for those born into the heroic bloodline. The fantastical new quests in See the Future will bring you face to face with new characters, creatures, events and legendary artifacts. Get ready to meet new characters and creatures. Murgo: Remember him from the childhood sequence of Fable II? Murgo returns to Bowerstone Market to bring an amazing array of new wares, including potions that can transform canine companions into new breeds. The Ghosts of the Snowglobe Quest: Holding a disturbing secret, the small model village inside it was once a real town in Albion. The people who once inhabited it are now ghosts condemned to endless torment until the shadowy threat that cursed them is defeated. The Cursed Knight Quest: Forever banished to a land beyond the dead, the Cursed Knight awaits a hero who has the strength and will to dress up in convincing costumes, even imitating a hobbe or balverine, to save him from his fate. The Colosseum: The Colosseum puts even the Crucible to shame. Only the greatest heroes have triumphed here. Your abilities will be put to the test to prove yourself in combat once and for all, to win the ultimate in prizes. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.7
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Platform: Xbox 360
May 11, 2009
Ancaria already awaits you! The mighty realm of the Highelves lies in ruins. The raging war for control over the T-Energy wears down the land and lures its denizens into fear and chaos. The world calls for a hero to end this war. Accompany six characters through the mystic - technological universe of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. Dwell on dreary paths or follow the ways of the light. The decision is yours alone, but be aware this decision will change the world. [Ascaron Entertainment]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.4
Raiden Fighters Aces

Raiden Fighters Aces

Platform: Xbox 360
May 7, 2009
The First and last Word in Action. The Raiden Fighters series has finally arrived on the Xbox 360. All three arcade classics have been faithfully recreated in this ultimate collection. A new Training mode lets you modify every aspect your ships and wingmen, skip to any level, or play in slow-motion. Comprehensive screen and control settings let you play each game full-screen as a side-scroller, or even vertically on a rotated 4:3 display. Play 2-player co-op games offline, or play Arcade Mode as a lone-wolf, posting high-scores and gameclips to Xbox Live. [Valcon Games]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.7
Zombie Wranglers

Zombie Wranglers

Platform: Xbox 360
May 6, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Be very, very quiet ... we're wrangling Zombies! Save the city of Potters Field from an infestation of zany zombies in the quirky and comical Zombie Wranglers. Armed with a trustworthy Wrangler-Pack and your own unique special abilities, play as one of the four gallant apprentice Wranglers and rescue your neighborhood before it's too late. Engrossing humor: The many laugh-out-loud moments enhance the game play. Distinct Wranglers: The four powerful Wranglers have unique upgradeable abilities, powerful weapons, and screwball personalities. Co-op play: Join up with up to three of your friends, either on one console or over Xbox LIVE, through the single-player story or the competitive arena mode. [Sierra Online]
Metascore:
49
User Score:
7.0
Space Invaders Extreme

Space Invaders Extreme

Platform: Xbox 360
May 6, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Space Invaders Extreme is a total reinvention of the classic Space Invaders, offering a true high-definition experience with upbeat electronic tracks, and dazzling new graphics and gameplay. Multiplayer features are now expanded with four-player versus and co-op multiplayer modes for even more Xbox LIVE fun. There's something here for fans and new players alike. Space Invaders Extreme stays true to the simple, yet highly addictive core gameplay of the classic Space Invaders arcade game and its 2-D aesthetics, while introducing innovative new features, faster gameplay, and new modes for an even more fun and intense game. [Taito]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.0
ARKANOID Live!

ARKANOID Live!

Platform: Xbox 360
May 6, 2009
The classic ARKANOID comes back to life in HD! Destroy every block on screen in ARKANOID Live! by bouncing an Energy Ball against them with your Vaus! It's the all-time classic arcade game now with achievements and multiplayer co-op play over Xbox Live. Arcade classic: ARKANOID was one of the all-time classic arcade games that sparked a huge number of imitators. Now you can play the game in glorious high-def. Tons of gameplay: The full version contains 62 rounds divided into two episodes that can be played under either Lives Rules or Barrier Rules. A boss awaits you in the last round of each episode: DOH, as well as a new boss, SKULL. Multiplayer: Defeat the game with a friend in co-op play or compete online against other players over Xbox LIVE and aim for the top. [Taito]
Metascore:
58
User Score:
4.7
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Platform: Xbox 360
May 5, 2009
Get ready for a story so epic it could only unfold in the corridors of the world's largest museum--the Smithsonian Institution. Museum guard-turned entrepreneur Larry Daley discovers that his favorite exhibits, and some of his best friends, from New York's Natural History Museum are being shipped off to the archives at the Smithsonian. Larry gets a distress call from the miniature cowboy, Jedediah, reporting that Egyptian ruler Kahmunrah and a trio of heinous henchmen--namely Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon and Al Capone--are plotting to take over the museum, then the world. Speeding to the nation's capitol, Larry is clearly in over his head. But with some impressive new pals, including the irrepressible Amelia Earhart, along with familiar friends Teddy Roosevelt and Octavius, Larry will stop at nothing to restore the Smithsonian before dawn. [Majesco]
Metascore:
50
User Score:
7.1
Fallout 3: Broken Steel

Fallout 3: Broken Steel

Platform: Xbox 360
May 5, 2009
(Downloadable Content) Continue your existing Fallout 3 game and finish the fight against the Enclave remnants alongside Liberty Prime. Broken Steel moves the level cap for your character from 20 to 30, allowing you to experience even more of the game, including new perks and achievements. Story: You may have dealt the Enclave a serious blow at Project Purity, but their forces are still out there, and still pose a grave threat to the people and security of the Capital Wasteland. In Broken Steel, you'll continue your current Fallout 3 character past the events of Project Purity, and work with the Brotherhood of Steel to eradicate the Enclave threat once and for all. Travel to new locations like the Olney Powerworks, wield destructive new weapons like the Tesla Cannon, and fight powerful new creatures like the Super Mutant Overlord. [Bethesda Softworks]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.3
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Platform: Xbox 360
May 1, 2009
Unleash the razor sharp adamantium claws, feral instincts, and mutant regeneration powers of the world's fiercest Super Hero - Wolverine - and uncage the story of how the ultimate weapon was created. The team at Raven Software has dedicated Wolverine's development to unstoppable, true-to-character authenticity. Take on impossible odds and exact revenge. [Activision]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.3
Velvet Assassin

Velvet Assassin

Platform: Xbox 360
April 30, 2009
Velvet Assassin is a stealth-action game set in World War II and is inspired by real-life British secret agent Violette Szabo. Players assume the role of Violette Summer and head deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British Government. Violette risks her life fighting to defeat the German war machine one stealth mission at a time. Velvet Assassin combines lush, surreal visuals and a ground-breaking stealth combat system to deliver a gaming experience which is truly the first of its kind. [Gamecock Media]
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.0
Sonic Unleashed: Mazuri Adventure Pack

Sonic Unleashed: Mazuri Adventure Pack

Platform: Xbox 360
April 30, 2009
Download an all-new Mazuri adventure! From tree-tops to sand-stone structures, four daytime & two nighttime stages await you in this exotic town built on reddish-brown soil. This pack includes three brand new stages and three new missions. Be sure and download the other location packs to unleash the full Sonic experience! Note: These stages are accessed in Mazuri, so unlocking Mazuri is a requirement to play these additional stages.
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Burnout Paradise: Cops and Robbers

Burnout Paradise: Cops and Robbers

Platform: Xbox 360
April 30, 2009
Fans of the game will be familiar with the PCPD Special and the Hunter Citizen - our two cop cars. We've added Police liveries to another 33 cars and built a brand new team game for up to 8-players online. Your goal is to find and retrieve Gold located throughout Paradise City. Cops must recover the Gold before the Robbers get it back to their base. Simple Online Fun!
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Banjo-Tooie

Banjo-Tooie

Platform: Xbox 360
April 29, 2009
The bear and bird’s second outing available in full. Loads of rollicking fun to be had here and with the legendary Stop 'N' Swop feature reinstated. The best use of a backpack in a game ever! [Microsoft]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.3
Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram Ver.5.66

Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram Ver.5.66

Platform: Xbox 360
April 29, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade; Also known as "Virtual On"] The arcade classic CYBER TROOPERS VIRTUAL-ON ORATORIO TANGRAM comes to Xbox LIVE Arcade! Keeping the classic mech fighting style, Virtual-On returns enhanced with intense HD graphics and a thrilling 1-on-1 online multiplayer battle mode. Giant mechs: Enjoy all the thrills of the classic arcade mech fighter in the comforts of your home on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Full roster: Choose from 15 playable Virtuaroids, each highly stylized with unique characterstics and moves. Multiplayer: Online multiplayer mode allows players to battle head-to-head with friends from around the world. Fast action: Fast visceral action is heightened by the intense HD graphics. Customization: The unique "color editing" feature lets you customize your Virtuaroid in the style of your choice. [Sega]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.3
The Maw: Speeder Lane

The Maw: Speeder Lane

Platform: Xbox 360
April 29, 2009
In this "deleted scene" from The Maw, Frank steals a Bounty Hunter Speeder and uses it to break through their blockade. This part of the story takes place before the Mesas level.
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Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed

Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed

Platform: Xbox 360
April 23, 2009
(Downloadable Content) In Ultor Exposed, the first downloadable content for Saints Row 2, gamers return to Stilwater to expose the Ultor Corporation's latest plans while trying to bring down the evil company once and for all. Players can battle through three all new co-op enabled missions starring adult film star Tera Patrick, while commandeering new air and ground vehicles such as an attack aircraft and a luxury sports car. Ultor Exposed offers all new customization options, including new hairstyles, clothing and costumes, along with new multiplayer maps for the Strong Arm and Gangsta Brawl multiplayer modes. [THQ]
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.1
Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Vehicle Pack 2

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Vehicle Pack 2

Platform: Xbox 360
April 23, 2009
South Central Vehicle Pack 2 brings even more power and status to your Midnight Club Los Angeles experience with 4 new high-performance vehicles: Features the following 4 vehicles: Bike: 2008 Ducati 1098 R (FREE) Luxury: 2008 Cadillac XLR V Tuner: 2008 Lancer Evolution X Exotic: 2007 Aston Martin DB9
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Lode Runner

Lode Runner

Platform: Xbox 360
April 22, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] The classic action game Lode Runner is back, with 220 new levels and even more surprises! Confront crazed enemies in fresh sets of single-player levels and fun-filled co-op challenges, or lean back and master increasingly complex puzzles. Battle it out with endlessly spawning enemies in a feverish new mode, or challenge up to three friends in a cunning game of high speed tag, where the first to die are the first to avenge - as enemies! Create custom levels and host matches over Xbox LIVE. Lode Runner legacy: Inspired by the classic action title, but the game is recreated from the ground up for Xbox LIVE Arcade with 3-D graphics, all-new levels, and play modes. Game modes for everyone: Play expansive single-player and co-op Journey campaigns, frantic Hang On survival challenges, complex puzzles, and a four-player Last Man competition that rewards sabotage, revenge, and outright deviousness. New content: Explore five worlds inhabited by unique enemies and special terrain such as avalanche blocks, stalactites, and teleports. Blast blocks with bombs and collect energy balls to add lives. Unearth hidden enemies! Transition from one level to the next seamlessly. Master new co-operative play techniques like blasting blocks while riding on a buddy's head. Level editor and community: Design custom levels for any game mode and environment to challenge your friends. Host Xbox LIVE matches with your cunning creations or upload and download the coolest custom levels from the Lode Runner community. [Tozai]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.2
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2

Platform: Xbox 360
April 21, 2009
In the future, rebel space colonies launch a brutal war of independence with a series of coordinated orbital strikes against Earth. The chaotic assault signals the dawn of a new age of combat and the ultimate instrument of warfare is born, the Mobile Suit. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 combines the devastating power of the Mobile Suit, the rich legacy of the Gundam universe and the furious Tactical Action game play of the Dynasty Warriors series. The game thrusts players into incredible battles against legions of enemy Mobile Suits on distant planetary surfaces and in the far reaches of outer space. For the first time, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 lets players engage in melee battles against colossal enemies such as the Psycho Gundam. The massive Psycho Gundam can quickly reconfigure their bodies into titanic mobile fortresses which can move with remarkable speed. However, highly-trained pilots can utilize their own Mobile Suit’s speed, agility, and of course firepower to defeat these deadly juggernauts. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 also includes new stories featuring mecha from the latest Gundam anime, plus mecha from Char’s Counter Attack and more. With mecha parts collected throughout the course of the game, players can adapt a Mobile Suit which can be piloted into combat. [Namco Bandai Games]
Metascore:
49
User Score:
6.5
Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Vehicle Pack 1

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Vehicle Pack 1

Platform: Xbox 360
April 16, 2009
South Central Vehicle Pack 1 adds some extra class to your garage with 3 new high-performance vehicles: Luxury: 2008 Mercedes-Benz CL 65 AMG, 2008 Audi S5 Tuner: 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
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OutRun Online Arcade

OutRun Online Arcade

Platform: Xbox 360
April 15, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Experience the mayhem and action of OutRun Online Arcade as you test your time, speed, and handling ability, bringing your next-gen skills online with this coin-op classic. Feel the kick as you put your foot to the floor in one of 10 high-performance Ferraris racing your way across the U.S. with an open top and a girl by your side. Winding roads, beautiful beaches and big city lights - it's mile after mile of unrelenting acceleration through 15 action-packed courses, all visually enhanced in stunning high definition. Jump behind the wheel for the ultimate arcade racing experience and push yourself on the road as you race up to six others with online multiplayer. OutRun Online Arcade - it's a beautiful journey! Competition: OutRun delivers online multiplayer for up to six players for the first time on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Courses and cars: Race through 15 glorious courses in 10 licensed Ferrari cars for the ultimate OutRun ride. Arcade modes: The fast-paced arcade action thrills with heart attack and time attack modes. Classic tracks: Catch the cool sounds of OutRun as these smashing tracks feature alongside stunning new visuals. [Sega]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.2
Sonic Unleashed: Holoska Adventure Pack

Sonic Unleashed: Holoska Adventure Pack

Platform: Xbox 360
April 9, 2009
Download an all-new Holoska adventure! Covered in snow, this northern land dotted with houses made of ice will let you play four daytime & two nighttime levels, but be warned - you'll have to maneuver through some icy caverns and sharp icicles! This pack includes four brand new stages and two new missions. Be sure and download the other location packs to unleash the full Sonic experience! Note: These levels are accessed in Holoska, so unlocking Holoska is a requirement to play these additional levels.
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Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack

Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack

Platform: Xbox 360
April 9, 2009
The long-awaited Mythic Map Pack drops into Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Investigate Orbitals abandoned hallways - before it was evacuated, the Quito Space Tether was heralded as the Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium. Witness Assembly, where Scarab hulls loom overhead, being decontaminated in preparation for the city-sized Lekgolo colonies that will breathe life into the massive metal husks. An excavation site surrounded by deadly Forerunner defenses, the mysteries of Sandbox are hidden high above, deep below, and right before your eyes.
Metascore:
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User Score:
8.4
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

Platform: Xbox 360
April 8, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] The puzzle game of the future has arrived with Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. The original best-selling Puzzle Quest franchise is back in an all-new dimension with its signature match-3, turn-based battles in a masterful hybrid of the RPG and puzzle genres. Take on the role of a rogue pilot scouring the galaxy to uncover clues in an intergalactic mystery that affects the fate of the entire universe. Build up a fleet of ships, discover hundreds of different weapons, and master the new puzzle board. A new dimension: Customize and build a fleet of ships to master the galaxy, with an all-new redesigned puzzle board. New weapons: Use over 150 different weapons to control the board. New quests: Play hundreds of missions within a single-player game. Multiplayer: Battle across the universe in one-on-one ranked online multiplayer matches. [Infinite Interactive]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.6
FLOCK!

FLOCK!

Platform: Xbox 360
April 8, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Protect your cornfields and lock up your livestock, because Flock! is here! Pilot a UFO around vibrantly-colored landscapes in this charming sandbox puzzle game where you must herd animal life back to the Motherflocker. Using a powerful physics engine that drives many of the game's elements, Flock! features over 50 pastoral puzzles. Pick up wood to form bridges, move boulders to create obstructions, and flatten fields into pathways all to help deliver your herd before time runs out! Flock together with a friend and even create and share your own crazy levels online. Animal control: Herd, poke, prod and manipulate cute, cuddly animals that react to each other and their hazardous surroundings. Unique style: Enjoy the whimsical hand stitched and stuffed art style using beautiful next-gen graphics. Level editor: The level editor allows for custom puzzles to be created, shared, and rated. Multiplayer fun: Two-player local co-op lets you flock with a friend. Extras: Explore with lots of fun surprises, secret collectibles, and upgrades to find along the way. [Capcom]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.6
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

Platform: Xbox 360
April 7, 2009
Taking advantage of new hardware technologies, this package presents a reinvention of "Escape from Butcher Bay", delivering 2004's award winning experience in high definition with enhancements. Also included is the Dark Athena chapter, an expansion of the original game with a new story and new gameplay features. With The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, players are not only be challenged to survive Butcher Bay, but also engage in a new single-player experience and, for the first time in the Riddick universe, take action in intense multi-player combat. The game introduces the ominous Merc-ship Dark Athena, which sits silent like a marauding spider, awaiting helpless prey in the dark reaches of the galaxy. Players must face a large, bloodthirsty operation led by the dreaded Captain Revas and her slaves-turned-controllable combat drones, storm though death-defying events and fight fierce enemies in a battle of malice and gore. [Sierra Entertainment]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.2
The Godfather II

The Godfather II

Platform: Xbox 360
April 7, 2009
After being promoted by Michael Corleone to Don of New York, players expand to new cities, as they build up their families through extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings and defeating new families in an effort to become the most powerful mob family in America. To help players manage their empire, The Godfather II introduces "The Don's View" – an innovative strategy meta-game that allows players to oversee the entire world as they grow the family business. Using the Don's View, players will be able to build, defend and expand their crime rings, while keeping an eye on the movements and plans of the rival families. Players will also learn to master the business of organized crime by building a family of Made Men, hiring crew, handing out orders, and promoting their best men up the ranks. Set in a stunning open-world environment, The Godfather II expands on the popular gameplay mechanics of the first game and doubles down on the series' signature BlackHand control scheme, which now features even more visceral hand-to-hand brutality at your fingertips, introducing a new combo system, pressure tactics and executions. In The Godfather II, players fight alongside their hand-picked crew, who have their own skills and expertise. Each family member specializes in a specific field such as demolitions, arson, engineering, first-aid and more. As The Don you control the family, sending some of your men on missions while heading off into action with others. The combination of strategic organized crime gameplay and brutal BlackHand action promises to set The Godfather II apart from other open-world games. Play The Godfather II online multiplayer modes and become the true Don of Dons. Take your money, weapons, and crew from your single-player experience online and wage mob warfare against up to 16 players from around the world. Play as one of the family’s crew specialists and put your best strategies to the test as you take over territory and strike back at rivals. Earn upgrades and money that can be used in your single-player experience. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.9
Ninja Blade

Ninja Blade

Platform: Xbox 360
April 7, 2009
Ninja Blade is an action adventure game set within modern day Tokyo. Parasites known as alpha-worms have mysteriously appeared, unleashing a wave of human destruction as they rapidly spread east, reaching the shores of Tokyo. With the future of humankind hanging in the balance, an exclusive and elite team possessing highly specialized skills is formed to eliminate the enemy onslaught, and ultimately save mankind from complete obliteration. Unique ninja abilities: Use your Ninja Vision to detect and analyze potential enemy weak points, secret paths, and hidden information within the environment, but be careful, as you are susceptible to extra damage while using your vision. And perform the todomé attack to destroy an enemy's core (heart), by dealing a fatal wound. Balanced and calculated use of both these abilities will be critical to progressing through the game. Variety of weapons, tools, and Ninjutsu: Specialized ninja powers offer an enticing array of options. Varied environments force players to think strategically about which set of weapons and tools will be most effective at conquering the different levels. From dual wielding swords to grapple wire hooks to grenades, every item has distinctive features and characteristics, so choose wisely! Ninjutsu is a special power that results in an explosive electrical force to either stun enemies or protect oneself from attack. Only true Ninja Masters can achieve this technique. Interactive quick-time events: Scattered throughout integral parts of the storyline, characters come across various quick-time events providing the opportunity to directly interact with in-game cut scenes. Quick reflexes are rewarded during the intense battles. Modern realism: Ninja Blade offers a fresh twist to the classic ninja saga by basing all 3-D gaming maps directly from the actual skyscrapers and building tops in modern day Tokyo. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.8
Hannah Montana: The Movie

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Platform: Xbox 360
April 7, 2009
Step into the secret dual life of Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana in Hanna Montana The Movie video game. Journey beyond the movie and for the first time ever perform as Hannah Montana or Miley Stewart! Explore Miley's hometown of Crowley Corners as she rediscovers the world she left behind. Launch signature dance moves and jam with band members on the drums, guitar, keyboard and microphone. Rock out on 6 concert stages as you perform for your fans. Perform 15 hit songs - including 5 new tracks from the movie. [Disney Interactive]
Metascore:
25
User Score:
4.2
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges

Platform: Xbox 360
April 7, 2009
Enjoying Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts? With L.O.G.s Lost Challenges you can tackle a whole worlds worth of new Jiggy Games and a grab bag of bonus multiplayer scenarios. Ever wondered how the Test-O-Track would look as a fully fledged Game World stuffed full of characters and challenges? Heres your chance to live that crazy dream! Test drive new vehicles, win new Jiggies and unlock even more content (two words: Klungos Arcade). Wide-ranging new multiplayer game types are also included for the benefit of players who would rather trash-talk real people than moles or aardvarks.
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The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

Platform: Xbox 360
April 1, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai is a 2-D stylistic action platformer for Xbox LIVE Arcade showcasing fast action, deep gameplay, and a unique visual style. An undead samurai dishwasher in a dystopian universe is on a quest for revenge against the evil cyborg army. To dispatch hordes of zombies, cyborgs, and robots, the Dishwasher has at his fingertips a devastating array of attacks using ancient blades, disturbing machinery, and screen-obliterating Dish Magic. Compete with the rest of the world in a variety of speed run and high score challenges to become the most formidable Dishwasher yet. Fresh take on gameplay: Gameplay in The Dishwasher is a fresh take on popular stylistic action combat, taking combo- and timing-intensive combat into a 2-D, blood-soaked environment emphasizing speed, vertical movement, and maneuverability, and player-driven pacing to create a truly unique, fluid and visceral experience, with an appealingly psychotic art style. New game modes with guitar peripheral: The Dishwasher has arcade co-op, drop-in solo campaign co-op, and drop-in solo phantom guitar co-op using the guitar peripheral. Phantom guitar players can unload electric death by playing wicked solos, perform basic movement, and use the guitar's motion control to rip through enemies with a razor-sharp headstock. The power of XNA: The Dishwasher is a testament to the power of XNA. The game was created by one guy with no professional game development experience (and a self-described lousy programmer) in about a year and a half. [Ska Studios]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.8
Ski Doo: Snowmobile Challenge

Ski Doo: Snowmobile Challenge

Platform: Xbox 360
April 1, 2009
Take to the snow with the most comprehensive and exciting Snowmobile game ever made. Compete in adrenaline filled snow cross races, extreme hill climbs, and gravity defying stunt challenges as you try to win it all. Featuring 20 fully authentic Ski-doo snowmobiles presented in HD for the first time along with accessories and clothing from the full Ski-Doo range. In addition to the fully featured single player mode, Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge also provides a complete online experience with voice support, leaderboards and online tournaments. [Valcon Games]
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Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Platform: Xbox 360
March 31, 2009
The Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust video game gives gamers an all-access pass to the glitz, glamour and gorgeous women of Tinseltown. In this 3rd person adventure game, Larry takes a summer job working on his uncle Larry’s movie lot doing odd jobs and trying to uncover a mole from another studio who threatens to air the studio's dirty laundry in the tabloids. Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust is a rollicking, innuendo-laden lampoon of Hollywood that features open world sand box game play that includes exploration, platforming, racing and puzzle-solving to complete missions. Additionally, the game features an all-new Directors Game that allows the player to create their very own "Larry Feature." True to form, Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust features sophomoric comedy and bombshell babes thanks to the writing talents of Allen Covert and an All-Star cast of actors and actresses, including Jay Mohr, Dave Attell, Shannon Elizabeth, Carmen Elektra, Patrick Warburton, Jeffrey Tambor, Nikki Cox, Peter Graves, Jane Lynch and Josh Keaton as the voice of Larry Loveage. [Sierra Entertainment]
Metascore:
25
User Score:
2.5
Guitar Hero: Metallica

Guitar Hero: Metallica

Platform: Xbox 360
March 29, 2009
Guitar Hero: Metallica takes music fans through the band’s fabled library of songs, plus the music and musicians who influence them. When the house lights go down, virtual rock stars across the globe will shred, drum and wail to an explosive set list featuring over 45 tracks from Metallica’s illustrious career and a wide variety of other legendary artists personally selected by the band, such as Queen, Foo Fighters, Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Slayer and Judas Priest. Featuring tracks from every Metallica studio album, the complete Guitar Hero Metallica on-disc set list includes their following hits: All Nightmare Long, Battery, Creeping Death, Disposable Heroes, Dyers Eve, Enter Sandman, Fade To Black, Fight Fire With Fire, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Frantic, Fuel, Hit The Lights, King Nothing, Master of Puppets, Mercyful Fate, No Leaf Clover, Nothing Else Matters, One, Orion, Sad But True, Seek And Destroy, The Memory Remains, The Shortest Straw, The Thing That Should Not Be, The Unforgiven, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Wherever I May Roam, and Whiplash. Complementing Metallica’s intensity are 21 rockin’ tracks personally chosen by the band, including "War Ensemble" by Slayer. [Activision]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.0
PopCap Arcade Vol 2

PopCap Arcade Vol 2

Platform: Xbox 360
March 27, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Get three best-selling hits for one amazing price in PopCap Arcade Volume 2! Enjoy the ball-bouncing, peg busting phenomenon Peggle, the underwater action of Feeding Frenzy 2, and the shoot-em-up arcade fun of Heavy Weapon in one fantastic collection. Play the games solo, or experience co-op, party, and competitive multiplayer modes with two to four players over Xbox LIVE. Over 135 levels, lots of play modes, leaderboards, achievements, and more deliver over dozens of hours of gameplay. Multiplayer: Play multiplayer over Xbox LIVE with between two to four players in co-op and party game modes, or play locally with your friends. Downloadable content: Support for game add-ons is provided for the popular Peggle. New goals to achieve: New achievements and leaderboards challenge you to reach the top. Graphics and sound: 720p HD and Dolby 5.1 Digital surround sound are fully supported. [PopCap]
Metascore:
67
User Score:
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Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Premium Upgrade

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Premium Upgrade

Platform: Xbox 360
March 27, 2009
South Central Premium Upgrade is the total South Central experience for Midnight Club Los Angeles delivering 9 new vehicles, 26 new races, 12 new battle maps, 10 new delivery missions, over 100 new red light race challenges, new vinyl packs, new parts and new music. Features the following 9 vehicles: Luxury: 2008 Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black SUV: 2008 Range Rover Supercharged, 2008 Range Rover Sport Super Charged Lowrider: 1955 Chevy Bel Air, 1963 Buick Riviera, 1964 Chevy Impala, 1965 Chevy Malibu Muscle: 1970 Chevy Chevelle, 1966 Pontiac GTO
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Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Map Expansion

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Map Expansion

Platform: Xbox 360
March 27, 2009
Get tons more streets to race in by grabbing the free South Central Map Expansion which expands Midnight Club: Los Angeles by one third, adding four new neighborhoods to make up the iconic district of South Central. Download the South Central Map Expansion to race online with friends who have the South Central Premium Upgrade or for single-player offline cruising. The South Central Map Expansion features real world L.A. landmarks such as Exposition Park, the USC campus, Shrine Auditorium, Crenshaw Plaza, and the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.
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Sonic Unleashed: Spagonia Adventure Pack

Sonic Unleashed: Spagonia Adventure Pack

Platform: Xbox 360
March 26, 2009
Download an all-new Spagonia adventure! Play four daytime & two nighttime levels from a beautiful area filled with cobble stoned streets, outdoor cafes, red-rooftops and old buildings rich with history. This pack includes three brand new stages and three new missions. Be sure and download the other location packs to unleash the full Sonic experience! Note: These levels are accessed in Spagonia, so unlocking Spagonia is a requirement to play these additional levels.
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Uno Rush

Uno Rush

Platform: Xbox 360
March 25, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] UNO RUSH is a four-player, social party game that's easy to jump into, but hard to leave because you'll have so much fun playing. Sort your cards (even off-turn) so you can play them sequentially when it is your turn. The first player to get rid of all their cards wins the round, and scores points based on the remaining cards in opponents' hands. This fast-paced, family-friendly game is sure to become a hit with you and your friends. Full support: Full avatar, LIVE Party Chat, Xbox LIVE Vision camera, and Big Button Pad support is provided. Multiplayer action: It's couch play for the whole family, with up to four players per console, and full guest support for multiple users per console over Xbox LIVE. Exciting UNO-style gameplay: Several special command cards affect different aspects of the game, including skipping the next player's turn, reversing the direction of play, changing the color of the discard pile, scrambling the next player's hand, or making the next player draw two or four cards. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.2
Wheelman

Wheelman

Platform: Xbox 360
March 24, 2009
Wheelman takes gamers on a white knuckle thrill ride that unfolds throughout the streets of Barcelona. Featuring car chases inspired by Hollywood's most famous action-sequences, Wheelman delivers powerful cinematic moments throughout the game's compelling storyline. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs. [Midway]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.4
WWE Legends of WrestleMania

WWE Legends of WrestleMania

Platform: Xbox 360
March 24, 2009
WWE Legends of WrestleMania embraces the leading sports entertainment organization's rich history to relive, rewrite or recreate the definitive elements of WWE from the Eighties and Nineties. Players relive the entertaining lives of more than 40 larger-than-life Legends and have control over Legendary Managers, each of whom play crucial roles in match outcomes. The game's new grapple-based fighting system captures the high-energy action and drama seen in vintage WWE matches, while a historically accurate representation of past WWE telecasts sets the stage, including dynamic visual treatments, signature ring entrances, renowned commentators and notable venues. WWE Legends of WrestleMania also includes a WrestleMania Tour Mode that allows players to participate in key matches from multiple WrestleMania events, a Create-A-Legend system to develop the Legends of tomorrow, as well as online functionality for players to compete on the biggest stages in WWE history. [THQ]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.1
Stormrise

Stormrise

Platform: Xbox 360
March 24, 2009
Stormrise offers fans of the classic RTS genre an immersive and dramatic twist while challenging the conscience of the gamer. Experience the heat of the battlefield by leading your troops from the front line, instead of the traditional way of controlling the units from a detached view point. Stormrise also allows units to be commanded in the air, across rooftops, on the earth's surface and even underground, this unique idea of "verticality" introduces multiple layers of gameplay that must be mastered for strategic advantage. The experience is heightened by a simple yet effective control system tailored specifically for consoles, which allows easy unit selection, rapid navigation and precise deployment. Set on a bleak and barren earth, devastated by a catastrophic event centuries ago, Stormrise sees the Echelon and the Sai battling to survive in a hostile and uninhabitable wasteland. Remnants of a superior technological people the Echelon survived the event through self-educed hibernation, while the Sai, a more tribal faction, still exist having learned to adapt to their surroundings and the new environment. Having evolved in vastly different ways, the differences between the two factions have spurred much animosity and hatred between the two races and the future of the planet is now hanging by a thread. [Sega]
Metascore:
48
User Score:
6.6
Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Platform: Xbox 360
March 24, 2009
Based on Universal Pictures' action-thriller Wanted, this game promises to deliver the same fantastic visual style, in-your-face attitude and edge-of-your-seat action as the blockbuster motion picture. The game continues the story of hero Wesley Gibson, picking up the action where the film leaves off and creating an entirely new chapter exploring both Wesley's journey to becoming an unmatched überassassin and the epic fiction of "The Fraternity." Featuring intense third-person action, the Wanted video game will take combat to the next level with iconic moves -- such as "Curving Bullets" and "Assassin Time" -- drawn directly from the film, as well as an innovative, multi-layered cover mechanic.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.3
DreamWorks Monsters vs. Aliens

DreamWorks Monsters vs. Aliens

Platform: Xbox 360
March 24, 2009
Based on the DreamWorks 3D feature film, Monsters vs. Aliens puts the fate of the planet in players' hands, to save the world as only a monster can. Bash, skate, and ooze as the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link, the 49’11" tall woman, Ginormica, and the gelatinous, indestructible, and brainless B.O.B, with the help of the monstrous 350’ tall grub Insectosaurus. Plus, team up with the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. in co-op mode, to save the earth from the megalomaniacal alien Gallaxhar. Unleash unique powers as all your favorite monsters from the film - The Missing Link: Bash, bounce, swing, tail whip, and climb as this prehistoric brawler! B.O.B: Ooze through cracks, stick to ceilings, and absorb and spit out enemies as this gooey blob! Ginormica: Tower over the landscape, test your strength, and use cars as roller-skates as this battling behemoth. Battle through locations from the movie and beyond - Adventure across 20 distinct levels set in locations from the film and beyond, including the streets of San Francisco, Gallaxhar’s gargantuan spaceship, and the government’s super-secret monster containment facility. Play as a team in co-op mode - A second player can pick up a controller and drop in at anytime as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. As the most brilliant scientist in the world, players can blast apart robots, toss away enemies, plus grab hard-to-reach upgrades and other rewards.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.7
Fallout 3: The Pitt

Fallout 3: The Pitt

Platform: Xbox 360
March 23, 2009
[Downloadable Content] Pittsburgh was once the industrial center of the pre-war world. The city was spared the horrors of nuclear fire, only to have its people infected by a nightmare plague of disease, infection, and mutation. Travel to the ruins of this industrial city, now called The Pitt, and discover a secret that could send shockwaves through the entire Wasteland. Battle vicious mutated Trogs, employ deadly new weapons like the AutoAxe and Infiltrator silenced assault rifle, and decide the fate of the infected slaves and slavers that call this city home. [Bathesda Softworks]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Hasbro Family Game Night: Scrabble

Hasbro Family Game Night: Scrabble

Platform: Xbox 360
March 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Join your host Mr. Potato Head as you play your favorite Hasbro games including CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders, as well as exciting new versions created for Xbox LIVE Arcade in Hasbro Family Game Night. Great family games: Play all your favorite Hasbro games that you know and love so well. Exciting new versions: And play those games like never before with exciting new variants including CONNECT 4 Power Chips, BOGGLE Portal Cubes, Reverse YAHTZEE, and BATTLESHIP Barrage! Customized game room: Choose the game room theme that's right for you. Earn new game themed trophies, furniture, and decorations to customize your game room. Party time: Build a custom Party Game by choosing your favorite games, number of players, and time you want to play. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.4
Hasbro Family Game Night: Boggle

Hasbro Family Game Night: Boggle

Platform: Xbox 360
March 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Unlock the full version of Boggle and you'll be able to play the original Hasbro board game or new versions - Advanced, Word Hunt and custom modes! You'll have access to party games, unlockable items, leaderboards and achievements!
Metascore:
68
User Score:
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Hasbro Family Game Night: Battleship

Hasbro Family Game Night: Battleship

Platform: Xbox 360
March 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Join your host Mr. Potato Head as you play your favorite Hasbro games including CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders, as well as exciting new versions created for Xbox LIVE Arcade in Hasbro Family Game Night. Great family games: Play all your favorite Hasbro games that you know and love so well. Exciting new versions: And play those games like never before with exciting new variants including CONNECT 4 Power Chips, BOGGLE Portal Cubes, Reverse YAHTZEE, and BATTLESHIP Barrage! Customized game room: Choose the game room theme that's right for you. Earn new game themed trophies, furniture, and decorations to customize your game room. Party time: Build a custom Party Game by choosing your favorite games, number of players, and time you want to play. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
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Hasbro Family Game Night: Yahtzee

Hasbro Family Game Night: Yahtzee

Platform: Xbox 360
March 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Join your host Mr. Potato Head as you play your favorite Hasbro games including CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders, as well as exciting new versions created for Xbox LIVE Arcade in Hasbro Family Game Night. Great family games: Play all your favorite Hasbro games that you know and love so well. Exciting new versions: And play those games like never before with exciting new variants including CONNECT 4 Power Chips, BOGGLE Portal Cubes, Reverse YAHTZEE, and BATTLESHIP Barrage! Customized game room: Choose the game room theme that's right for you. Earn new game themed trophies, furniture, and decorations to customize your game room. Party time: Build a custom Party Game by choosing your favorite games, number of players, and time you want to play. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
4.3
Hasbro Family Game Night: Connect Four

Hasbro Family Game Night: Connect Four

Platform: Xbox 360
March 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Join your host Mr. Potato Head as you play your favorite Hasbro games including CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders, as well as exciting new versions created for Xbox LIVE Arcade in Hasbro Family Game Night. Great family games: Play all your favorite Hasbro games that you know and love so well. Exciting new versions: And play those games like never before with exciting new variants including CONNECT 4 Power Chips, BOGGLE Portal Cubes, Reverse YAHTZEE, and BATTLESHIP Barrage! Customized game room: Choose the game room theme that's right for you. Earn new game themed trophies, furniture, and decorations to customize your game room. Party time: Build a custom Party Game by choosing your favorite games, number of players, and time you want to play. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
74
User Score:
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Hasbro Family Game Night: Sorry!

Hasbro Family Game Night: Sorry!

Platform: Xbox 360
March 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Join your host Mr. Potato Head as you play your favorite Hasbro games including CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders, as well as exciting new versions created for Xbox LIVE Arcade in Hasbro Family Game Night. Great family games: Play all your favorite Hasbro games that you know and love so well. Exciting new versions: And play those games like never before with exciting new variants including CONNECT 4 Power Chips, BOGGLE Portal Cubes, Reverse YAHTZEE, and BATTLESHIP Barrage! Customized game room: Choose the game room theme that's right for you. Earn new game themed trophies, furniture, and decorations to customize your game room. Party time: Build a custom Party Game by choosing your favorite games, number of players, and time you want to play. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
71
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Hasbro Family Game Night: Sorry! Sliders

Hasbro Family Game Night: Sorry! Sliders

Platform: Xbox 360
March 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Unlock the full version of Sorry! Sliders and you'll be able to play the original Hasbro board game or new versions – Advanced, Battle Boxes and custom modes! You'll have access to party games, unlockable items, leaderboards and achievements. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
74
User Score:
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Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

Platform: Xbox 360
March 13, 2009
The biohazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down players' spines. Chris Redfield, returning Resident Evil hero, has followed the path of the evil literally around the globe. After joining a new organization, Chris heads to Africa where the latest bioterrorism threat is literally transforming the people and animals of the city into mindless, maddened creatures. He is joined by a new partner, Sheva Alomar, who lends her strength, intelligence and sharp-shooting skills to the mission. In order to survive, Chris and Sheva must work together to take on the challenges of discovering the truth behind this evil plot. Utilizing a revolutionary new 2-player co-op mode of gameplay, players assume control of either Chris or Sheva and experience Resident Evil in new ways. In Resident Evil 5, Capcom has players fearing the daylight as much as they have feared shadow in previous games. [Capcom]
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.5
Sonic Unleashed: Chun-nan Adventure Pack

Sonic Unleashed: Chun-nan Adventure Pack

Platform: Xbox 360
March 12, 2009
Download an all-new Chun-nan adventure! Play four daytime & two nighttime stages from a mountainous region best known for its dragon roads and majestic peaks. This pack includes four brand new stages and two new missions. Note: These stages are accessed in Chun-nan, so unlocking Chun-nan is a requirement to play these additional stages.
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Burnout Paradise: Boost Specials Collection

Burnout Paradise: Boost Specials Collection

Platform: Xbox 360
March 12, 2009
We know you all love Boost. These 2 brand new vehicles are perfect for all those players wanting more. Featuring both the Hawker Mech and the Carson Extreme Hot Rod, getting this collection will give you a great saving over purchasing these cars individually.
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Peggle

Peggle

Platform: Xbox 360
March 11, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Experience the ball-bouncing, peg-busting phenomenon sweeping the globe, now on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Do you have what it takes to become a Peggle master? Conquer dozens of levels with 10 different characters, each with a unique special power. Face off against two to four friends in multiplayer play over Xbox LIVE, and test your skills with the Grand Master Challenges. Take your best shot. Game modes: Enjoy multiple game modes like Adventure and Quick Play. Multiple challenges: Play through more than 55 levels and 75 challenges, using 10 Peggle Masters with unique abilities. Multiplayer: Join with friends for 2-4 way multiplayer over Xbox LIVE plus local multiplayer, co-op, and party game modes. [PopCap Games]
Metascore:
89
User Score:
7.8
Crystal Defenders

Crystal Defenders

Platform: Xbox 360
March 11, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Protect your party's crystals from encroaching monster hordes in Crystal Defenders, a defensive strategy game featuring characters from Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Deploy your various units in strategic locations to prevent the enemy from escaping the area with your crystals. Favorite characters: Popular characters such as Black Mages and Soldiers are used from Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Use them to protect your crystals. Tons of gameplay: Over 300 stages of action are included with three different game versions. Try W1 to learn game basics, W2 where Power Crystals are introduced for deeper, more detailed strategies, and W3 that features complex maps and fierce monsters to challenge even the most seasoned players. Fun and intuitive: The simple, multi-faceted game system is easy for a novice to pick up, and hard for a veteran to put down. [Square Enix]
Metascore:
52
User Score:
6.1
NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition

NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition

Platform: Xbox 360
March 11, 2009
[Downloadable Game] EA SPORTS presents NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition, your chance to play through the NCAA Tournament Bracket. Play with any of the 64 tournament teams and fight your way through each round, all the way to the Final Four. Featuring the exciting gameplay from NCAA Basketball 09, play to your team's ideal tempo and style of play to take your team to the title. Update your tournament bracket with the latest teams and seedings and take your team to the Final Four! NCAA Basketball 09: Bracket Pack lets you replicate the 2009 NCAA Tournament with an authentic field of teams including updated teams ratings for all tournament teams.[Microsoft]
Metascore:
74
User Score:
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The Maw: River Redirect

The Maw: River Redirect

Platform: Xbox 360
March 11, 2009
In this "deleted scene" from The Maw, raging fires block Frank and Maw's way, but with the powers of the Gastro and Puff-tor creatures, they change the course of a river and reopen their path. This part of the story takes place after the Looferland level.
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Trivial Pursuit

Trivial Pursuit

Platform: Xbox 360
March 10, 2009
The console version of Trivial Pursuit brings the party to the living room TV allowing players to customize the experience with several ways to play. Players can connect with friends in classic Trivial Pursuit mode, hone their knowledge with the single player mode, and gather their buddies and bet on their brains with the high stakes mode where every answer counts. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.6
Tomb Raider Underworld: Lara's Shadow

Tomb Raider Underworld: Lara's Shadow

Platform: Xbox 360
March 10, 2009
[Downloadable Content] Exclusive to Xbox Live, Tomb Raider: Underworld - Lara's Shadow allows gamers to experience Lara's universe from an entirely new perspective; that of the Doppelganger. With faster movement, shadow powers and a melee attack that decimates enemies with devastating accuracy and speed, the Doppelganger opens up all new gameplay mechanics, areas and puzzles which wouldn't be possible while playing as Lara Croft. [Eidos Interactive]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.2
Prince of Persia: Epilogue

Prince of Persia: Epilogue

Platform: Xbox 360
March 5, 2009
[Xbox Live Downloadable Content] As the Prince and Elika, chased by unleashed Evil forces, enter the Underground Palace area and play a brand new region in the fantastic universe of Prince of Persia. With an all new powers, fighting skills, and bosses you’re sure to enjoy hours of additional gameplay and continue the epic saga right from where you left off at the original Prince of Persia. New Region: The Underground Palace - A corrupted underground palace from which the Prince and Elika need to escape in a new epic journey. New Power: Energize - Reconstruct destroyed areas of the environment to create a path and rush through it before it vanishes. New High Pace: The new trap challenge - The Prince and Elika will face more cunning foes, more clever traps and level design, adding more to the difficulty level in over three hours of gameplay. New Attack: Sprinting Clash - A duel move that lets you or the enemy trigger a sprint attack, charging towards each other, clashing your weapons fiercely. New Unlockable Skins: From the early development of the game, the Prototype characters of the Prince and Elika. [Ubisoft]
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.4
Burnout Paradise: Toy Car Collection

Burnout Paradise: Toy Car Collection

Platform: Xbox 360
March 5, 2009
This collection gets you all of the fantastic Burnout Paradise Toys in one pack. Hunter bring you the Cavalry, Manhattan, Citizen and Takedown 4x4. Carson wade in with the GT Concept and Inferno van, Jansen offer up the wonderful P12 and the Krieger WTR rounds off the cars. Last but not least, Nakamura have created a Toy version of the fantastic Firehawk bike. All of the fan favourites in Toy form at incredible value.
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Watchmen: The End Is Nigh

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh

Platform: Xbox 360
March 4, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] The lines between good and evil have been blurred and crime and terror run rampant in the streets. The alleys, rooftops, and sewers are crawling with criminals and brutal gangs. And now, Underboss - in a daring escape - has broken out of prison and is ruling with vicious darkness. The city is in need of saviors and only masked hero vigilantes answer the call. Answer the call in Watchmen: The End Is Nigh. Two Watchmen characters: Play either as Rorschach, a feral, street-wise fighter who can disarm enemies to use their own weapons against them, or Nite Owl, a refined fighter who uses martial arts expertise and high-tech wizardry. Fierce action: Fight and watch the blood fly through six chapters of gut-wrenching in-your-face action. Intense, visceral battles: Fight up to 20 enemies at the same time with bloody, street-fighting moves. Multiplayer: Clean up the streets with friends in split screen co-op multiplayer competition, or solo. [Deadline Games]
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.8
Halo Wars

Halo Wars

Platform: Xbox 360
March 3, 2009
Halo Wars is the next big real-time strategy game from Ensemble Studios, creators of "Age of Empires." Designed exclusively for the Xbox 360, Halo Wars allows you to take charge of the human UNSC armies and see the Halo universe from a totally new perspective. Halo Wars takes place before Halo 1 during the UNSC’s first deadly encounters with the Covenant. Players lead the crew of the UNSC's "Spirit of Fire" from initial skirmishes to an all out war against the evil Covenant. [Ensemble Studios]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.6
Tom Clancy's HAWX

Tom Clancy's HAWX

Platform: Xbox 360
March 3, 2009
Tom Clancy's HAWX (high-altitude warfare) promises to revolutionize the way players think about combat in the sky. The story begins in the year 2012. As the era of the nation-state draws quickly to a close, the rules of warfare evolve even more rapidly. More and more nations become increasingly dependent on private military companies (PMCs), elite mercenaries with a lax view of the law. The Reykjavik Accords further legitimize their existence by authorizing their right to serve in every aspect of military operations. While the benefits of such PMCs are apparent, growing concerns surrounding giving them too much power begin to mount. The Enhanced Reality System is the backbone of the HAWX flight experience: radars and incoming missile detection, anti-crash system, damage control system, tactical map and information relay, and weapons trajectory control. E.R.S. also allows players to issue orders to their squadron, making this system as iconic to HAWX as the Cross-Com system is to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. Players can ease into their flight missions and gain a level of comfort with the use of the assistance mode. Once employed, players can take full advantage of their technological support through the E.R.S and gain maximum piloting security. If the situation calls for the player to unleash the full potential of the aircraft, the assistance mode can be switched off and all safety features will be deactivated. For the first time ever in the air-combat genre, players can experience the entire solo campaign in four-player JUMP IN co-op mode. In PVP mode, players can challenge up to 15 friends in intense dogfighting sessions and find out who's the top gun. Winning players are rewarded with experience points and money to unlock more weapons. Players have the opportunity to take the throttle of over 50 of the world's most famous aircrafts, as well as being able to dogfight over realistic modern landscapes that have endured years of post-war trauma. [Ubisoft]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Major League Baseball 2K9

Major League Baseball 2K9

Platform: Xbox 360
March 3, 2009
While attending the University of Washington, MLB 2K9's cover athlete Tim Lincecum won the coveted Golden Spikes Award which is given to the nation’s top college baseball player. He was drafted 10th overall by the San Francisco Giants in 2006. Known to fans as "The Franchise" and "The Freak", Lincecum was named to the National League All-Star team this past season while putting up astonishing numbers and leading the Majors™ with a remarkable 265 strikeouts. Lincecum also led the National League in other key pitching categories including win percentage (18-5, .783), opponent’s batting average (.221), and strikeouts per nine innings (10.51), along with ranking second in earned run average (2.62). For all of his historic accomplishments, Lincecum won the Players’ Choice Award as the National League Outstanding Pitcher this season, along with the National League Pitcher of the Year Award from Sporting News. Both awards were voted on by his peers. More significantly, Lincecum today was named the National League Cy Young Award winner, given annually to the top pitcher in both the American League and the National League, and voted on by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. [2K Sports]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
5.3
Stoked

Stoked

Platform: Xbox 360
February 26, 2009
Head into the backcountry and experience Stoked, the open-world snowboarding game that lets you choose where, when and in what conditions you want to ride as you work your way up the ranks of the sports to become the hottest rider in the world! Every single inch of five huge mountains can be explored, complete with dynamic weather conditions that change how and where you can ride. Set a trend with Style Crafting as other riders on the mountain adapt to mimic how you ride and how you dress.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.6
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard

Platform: Xbox 360
February 26, 2009
In Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, videogame action hero Matt Hazard gets his chance to prove once and for all that he is the king of shooters when the new owner of mega game publisher, Marathon Megasoft, gives Matt his comeback role starring in a new title for next-gen consoles that pits him against all of his memorable foes from videogames past. In the world of Eat Lead, however, everything stops being a game and becomes reality when it is clear that someone is using the new game to bring about Matt’s death once and for all. With only the mysterious QA to help him, Matt must fight against a legion of Marathon Megasoft catalogue of videogame characters to keep it from being Game Over forever. Eat Lead pays homage to the games of yesteryear with a menagerie of classic enemies such as zombies, space marines, cowboys, genetically mutated super snipers, and more and an expansive level environment design that reflects videogame history in a next-gen package. The game fires on all cylinders with explosive artillery and combat moves to help gamers escape from a variety of predicaments including radically-changing environments during gameplay via hack effects Hazard's nemesis uses by altering the game’s code on the fly. Throughout the adventure, players will utilize a strategic cover system dubbed point and cover, upgradeable weapons and different interactive melee moves to attack and outsmart foes. [D3Publisher]
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.0
Exit 2

Exit 2

Platform: Xbox 360
February 25, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Mr. ESC, the escape artist, is back in Exit 2, and this time he is rescuing people all over the world before time runs out. To escape safely, use your head to find a route and work with people you rescue to overcome tricky obstacles. Compete for the fastest clear time and aim to become the world's top escape artist. Exit 2 is the definitive escape puzzle game. More characters and excitement: Rescue people from danger all over the world, and welcome "Macho" and "Dog" as new companions, joining those from the previous game. More challenges: Over 10 new challenges have been added, increasing the puzzle and action elements even further. Massive gameplay: This massive game consists of 240 stages with an additional 30 original Xbox 360® stages available for download. [Taito Corporation]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
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ShellShock 2: Blood Trails

ShellShock 2: Blood Trails

Platform: Xbox 360
February 24, 2009
ShellShock 2: Blood Trails is a violent, first-person, survival horror game set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Gameplay centers on the use of psychological horror and fear, relying on the power of suggestion, mood, tension and foreshadowing - implying the notion of danger, potential danger, imminent danger, and horrifying acts that have or are implied to have occurred or will come to pass. On course for war torn Vietnam, a plane carrying a top-secret cargo known only as Whiteknight is lost over the uncharted jungles of Cambodia. The special ops squad sent in to retrieve it disappear wtihout trace. Until, a month later, one of them walks out. Something in the darkness has driven him insane... Something from the darkness has followed him out. [Eidos Interactive]
Metascore:
30
User Score:
5.7
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

Platform: Xbox 360
February 24, 2009
After performing a sold-out concert in a fictional war-torn country, 50 Cent and the G-Unit are robbed of their cash and paid in kind with a priceless diamond encrusted skull, which is subsequently stolen by the local crime-lord’s gang. Determined to collect his payment and enact revenge on the gangsters foolish enough to disrespect him, 50 Cent sets out to get rich or die trying. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand features intense third-person action/shooter gameplay, an intuitive cover system, drop in and drop out online multiplayer co-op, merciless melee counter-kills and a soundtrack that combines 50 Cent’s greatest hits with 18 exclusive new tracks. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand puts players in control of their own virtual action film by blending visuals from the Unreal 3 game engine technology with an over-the-top story and voiceover work by 50 Cent and the G-Unit’s Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, and DJ Whoo Kid. [THQ]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.3
Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Platform: Xbox 360
February 24, 2009
STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE continues the franchise's soaring space opera, blending science fiction with fantasy for a unique RPG experience. The refined gameplay features four party members and team-oriented combat, while maintaining the innovative real-time battle system that has become a trademark of the STAR OCEAN franchise. The year is S.D. 10. In the aftermath of World War III, humanity voyages into the stars in search of a new home - and a second chance. A prequel that combines sci-fi and fantasy elements, spanning multiple planets and the vastness of space itself to recount the origins of the STAR OCEAN universe. Exhilarating combat expands upon the franchise's famous real-time battle system, including the amazing graphics and visual effects only possible on Xbox 360. Features CG movies by Visual Works, the cutting-edge studio whose previous work includes cut scenes for the acclaimed Final Fantasy RPG series. [Square Enix]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
Tomb Raider Underworld: Beneath the Ashes

Tomb Raider Underworld: Beneath the Ashes

Platform: Xbox 360
February 24, 2009
[Downloadable Content] Beneath the Ashes is the first of two brand new downloadable levels in the continuing Tomb Raider adventures of Lara Croft. Offering a new adventure specifically designed to extend the Tomb Raider: Underworld experience, Tomb Raider Underworld: Beneath the Ashes sends Lara back to the remains of Croft Manor where she uncovers a massive series of never-before-seen caverns and age old crypts used by her father to protect and hide a deadly source of power. In addition to an entirely new area to explore, the pack also contains six new costumes and deliver an additional 125 achievement points. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.4
Burnout Paradise: Legendary Cars Collection

Burnout Paradise: Legendary Cars Collection

Platform: Xbox 360
February 19, 2009
We've taken some of your favourite cars from Burnout Paradise and recreated them with a twist. Featuring: Jansen 88 Special, Hunter Cavalry Bootlegger, Hunter Manhattan Spirit and the Carson GT Nighthawk. The Legendary Car Collection brings you all 4 of the Legendary cars in one great value package.
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Mirror's Edge: Pure Time Trials

Mirror's Edge: Pure Time Trials

Platform: Xbox 360
February 19, 2009
Mirrors Edge gameplay distilled down to its purest form and its purest vision in nine races across seven all-new and totally redesigned Time Trial maps. No cops, no guns, no city. Pure aesthetics, agility and flow that will challenge any Runner.
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Death Tank

Death Tank

Platform: Xbox 360
February 18, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Death Tank is a fast-paced action game that rewards quick reflexes and cunning strategy. Devastating weapons and unique items give your tank unlimited destructive power. Eight separate landscapes react to tank combat, altering their shape when hit and providing an ever-changing environment in which to play. Battle with up to four friends on the same console, against multiple A.I. opponents in single-player combat, or up to eight tanks simultaneously in the Death Tank arena via Xbox LIVE for exciting co-op or chaotic free-for-all play! Crisp graphics and amazing effects coupled with fast-paced game play makes each battle a visceral experience. [Snowblind Studios]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.4
The Maw: Brute Force

The Maw: Brute Force

Platform: Xbox 360
February 18, 2009
In this "deleted scene" from The Maw, the Bounty Hunters have sent in members from their new elite strike force, the Brutes, to stop Frank and Maw. The two must use powers from the Beetull and Gastro creatures to avoid capture. This part of the story occurs between the Bulb Valley and Chaindown levels.
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Street Fighter IV

Street Fighter IV

Platform: Xbox 360
February 17, 2009
Street Fighter IV features a mix of returning favourites such as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile along with new characters created exclusively for this game such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in high definition 3D, while the game is played in the classic Street Fighter 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes. Six-button controls for the game return, with a host of new special moves and features integrated into the input system. Street Fighter IV also incorporates state of the art online match making and worldwide online gameplay. Mixing classic genre-defining game mechanics the franchise is known and loved for with all-new, never-before-seen gameplay systems, Street Fighter IV brings a brand new fighting game to fans the world over. With the inclusion of Capcom's latest advancements in new generation technology, Street Fighter IV promises to deliver an extraordinary experience that will re-introduce the world to the time-honoured art of virtual martial arts. New special moves that go beyond any Street Fighter fan's wildest imagination, including Focus attacks, Super Combos, and the revenged-fueled Ultra Combo system. Classic Street Fighter characters recreated for a new generation of gamers, including the original cast of Street Fighter II. New brawlers: female super-spy Crimson Viper, lucha libre wrestler El Fuerte, mixed martial artist Abel and more. New gameplay elements provide new challenges for both newcomers and the most seasoned Street Fighter pro. Online gameplay features, including instantaneous online challenges, versus mode, tournament mode, and world wide online gameplay. [Capcom]
Metascore:
93
User Score:
7.3
Race Pro

Race Pro

Platform: Xbox 360
February 17, 2009
RACE Pro has something for everyone, allowing players of all levels to pick up and play, while offering challenging tracks and advanced modes for the more experienced players. RACE Pro offers a wealth of cars ranging from 200 to over 1000 horse power, as well as a host of championships including WTCC (World Touring Car Championship), Formula 3000 and Formula BMW. GT cars from manufacturers including Aston Martin and Saleen take their place on the grid as well as production cars such as the Audi R8 and Dodge Viper SRT10. In addition, RACE Pro exclusively brings all the WTCC cars from manufacturers Alfa Romeo, BMW, Chevrolet and Seat to Xbox 360 for the very first time. For a blast of accessible fun, the Mini Cooper Challenge invites players of all abilities to take the wheel. Gamers and racing fans alike experience the thrill of racing these powerful cars on 13 real life tracks covering all continents, of which Macau, Porto and Pau are exclusive to RACE Pro, and US tracks Laguna Seca and Road America are brand new to SimBin fans. Online play via Xbox Live and System Link support lets up to 12 players take on equally high-powered opponents and test their skills to the limit to reach the finish line ahead of the pack. For friends closer to home, the brand new ‘Hot Seat’ feature puts players in the driving seat for a limited amount of time before passing the controller to the next player and so on, demanding exceptionally quick reactions and precision racing from even the most seasoned drivers. [Atari]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

Platform: Xbox 360
February 17, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Johnny is a veteran member of The Lost, a notorious biker gang. Johnny has been creating business opportunities for The Lost in Liberty City, but his first loyalty must be to the patch he wears on his back and to Billy Grey, the club's President. However, when Billy returns from rehab hell-bent on bloodshed and debauchery, Johnny finds himself in the middle of a vicious turf war with rival gangs for control of a city torn apart by violence and corruption. Can the brotherhood survive? Developed by series creator Rockstar North and set in Liberty City, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned features a new main character, Johnny Klebitz, and plot that intersects with the storyline of Grand Theft Auto IV; new missions that offer an entirely fresh way to explore Liberty City with new multiplayer modes, weapons and vehicles; and a diverse soundtrack with additional music - all with the incredible production values that are the trademarks of Grand Theft Auto. All-new missions and a new storyline that interweaves with the original story arc of Grand Theft Auto IV. Play as Johnny, a member of The Lost Motorcycle Club. Experience Liberty City now with the perspective and lifestyle of a member of a biker gang. Added range of weapons - including the all-new grenade launcher and sawed-off shotgun. New weapons will be available for use in single-player and in all new multiplayer modes. New vehicles - featuring a collection of bikes that include Johnny's own customized heavy-duty chopper. New and improved bike handling and physics. Set of new action-packed multiplayer modes - details coming soon. All-new in-game TV, internet and radio content featuring new radio shows and original music. Plus new side-missions and Xbox 360 Achievement. [Rockstar Games]
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.0