Magnetic. Joe Danger is a cartoon-style Trials HD, showing a perfect level design and a compelling structure.

A complete disaster, a total mess. It is, indeed, one of the worst Party Game of this year.

Even if it has a great number of interesting game modes, Backbreaker simply does not work. The gameplay has some interesting ideas, but most of them are not appropriately used, while the graphical engine is barely sufficient.

A nice spy story locked in a clumsy action game. Too old to impress, and really ugly to see.

There's no freedom in Pure Football. It is a laser game disguised as a soccer game.

Blur is classic combat racing, with a terrific multiplayer. Support for 20 users, a perk system and an impressive amount of cars. A great arcade experience, despite some graphical issues.

UFC undisputed is a intriguing tribute to martial arts. Deep and complex, should not be missed by sports fans.

Mario Kart is still on its throne. Mod Nation Racer has a great editor, but the driving feel is too simple and a little bit clumsy.

SoldnerX-2 is one of the best scrolling shooter created in this generation. It may be, for hardcore gamers who comes from 80's, too easy, but it's thrilling and compelling.

Too many times the word masterpiece has been used in an improper way, losing its real meaning. So, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is not a masterpiece. Is something words just can't describe, standing tall above all those canons which normally define a videogame. Its incredible level design, its addictive fun, shining graphics and a wonderful score make it an extremely well crafted jewel, one that's destined to shine forever in the history of videogames.

The great screenplay is overruled by clumsy and repetitious gameplay. The thrill is there, but too many flaws in the core experience make it a solely discreet game.

Red Dead Redemption is one of the most thrilling gaming experience of all time. The expressive strength of the setting melts with a perfect gameplay, various and always funny. It is, without doubts, one of the great games whose name will be carved in videogame history.

Red Dead Redemption is one of the most thrilling gaming experiences of all time. The expressive strength of the setting melds with a perfect gameplay, variety, and it's always funny. It is, without doubt, one of the great games whose name will be carved in videogame history.

Split/Second: Velocity defines a new way for arcade racing. Despite some issues with the game AI and the sense of speed, it is a fresh new IP we're grateful for.

Split/Second: Velocity defines a new way for arcade racing. Despite some issues with the game AI and the sense of speed, it is a fresh new IP we're grateful for.

Forgotten Sands inherits from the first Ps2 Game of the series a clumsy combat system and a well structured level design. It appears a little bit old, and lacks originality and sense of wonder. Still, it is enjoyable for adventure game lovers.

Forgotten Sands inherits from the first Ps2 Game of the series a clumsy combat system and a well structured level design. It appears a little bit old, and lacks originality and sense of wonder. Still, it is enjoyable for adventure game lovers.

A standard action/platform, without any interesting innovation and lacking in appealing design.

Episode two is probably the best iteration of the Sam & Max series: with its circular structure, its explosive irony and its oiled mechanisms, it is very difficult to find a flaw. Maybe English language could be a problem for non-native language people, but a dictionary can solve any problem.

Forgotten Sands delivers a nice experience even on PSP: despite the clumsy combat system, the level design is brilliant, and the game is recommended to adventure game lovers.

Bit. Trip Runner is an extremely particular product, more an audio-visual experience than just a simple game. It's surely fun, but sometimes hampered by faulty gameplay choices, based on trial and error mechanics. A game not for everyone, but surely interesting.

Lost Planet 2 is a splendid action game. The charm of new locations, the cooperative aspect greatly stressed, and the exalting look of MT Framework 2.0 are the main elements of a cool gaming experience.

Skate is getting old. The third chapter uses the same graphical engine of the past edition, and even if the gameplay is still solid, and old time fans will be pleased by the social features, Skate 3 looks like a deep add-on.

Even if the action overwhelms the tactic, Fistful of Cake is a great start for the first portable title of the brand.

This version of Picross is not good as the standard 2D episode. There is a great number of puzzles, but the general difficulty setting is not stimulant.

Iron Man 2 is, without doubts, one of the worst Tie In of the recent videogame history.

Zombie panic is a good 3D shooter. Maybe a little bit boring in the long term, but quite entertaining for the first week, and sold for a good price.

The formula is the same of the first chapter, so the title is highly enjoyable and deep. A homage to the 90's classics with a strong personality.

Dead to Rights is an old style hard boiled. A sort of latecomer Max Payne with some stealth sessions trying to rejuvenate a tired formula.

Nier is a complete mess. To mix up action rpg and 2d scrolling shooter is a weird idea, and the results are very disappointing. The clumsy plot and the ugly graphics do the rest.

Super Street Fighter is not just an expensive add-on. An impressive number of characters and many gameplay improvements make it a strongly desirable beat'em up.

World Cup FIFA South Africa 2010 is a further step in front of FIFA 10. The team has tweaked the gameplay boosting reactivity of the players, normalizing the proportions between the field and the athletes and adjusting some CPU routines (like pressing). A game football fans cannot miss.

Even if the gameplay is quite enjoyable, the Wii Version of FIFA is evidently Family Oriented, and this will disappoint many gamers.

The Whispered World is a fascinating adventure with a lot of good riddles and an astonishing art design. Despite this, the Italian version has an impressive amount of bugs, that will discourage many users.

On PSP, Fifa South Afrika is not really interesting. Without online features and the second control stick, the brand loses most of its winning characteristics.

Introducing new elements in the classic Lemmings formula, like the emotional managment of the egges, this DSiWare looks shiny and funny to play.

An old fashioned arcade game, colorful and funny like games from Sega used to be.

Conviction is the perfect evolution for Sam Fisher's series. The gameplay is smooth and dynamic, and even if the graphics are not the best of this generation, this last Splinter Cell delivers some serious action.

Again is a peculiar game. It gets close to an interactive novel, and it can catch the player's attention with a splendid story and some interesting characters.

So Long my love is a Strong Tactical RPG, but maybe too old to impress players of this generation.

A total Failure. Ugly to see, too hard to master and really poor on the gameplay front.

After Lost: Via Domus, The Conspiracy clearly shows that the serial-tie-in is the new deviant monster of our market.

A classic puzzle game, perfect for quick play and funny on the short run. The lack of innovation strongly reduce the appeal on the genre fans.

The 70 minigames ready to play are too simple to be entertaining as the ones of the previous episodes. The editor is complex and it does not let users express their creativity at its best.

An intriguing free roaming, a little bit messy but seriously entertaining.

Red Steel 2 is a great example of how WiiMotion plus should be used. It provides solid entertainment, delivering a great First Person Action game.

The series is tired and bored. Year after year, Moto GP does not reinvent itself and appears as a vapid experience.

This last episode of a great saga is quite interesting. It delivers deep strategy and a refined multiplayer experience.

Infinite Space is an ambitious title, with a great story and an impressive amount of location to explore. Anyway, even if the battles are well structured, the gameplay is strongly iterative and texts always overwhelm images, to the detriment of cut scenes of more epic narrative solutions.

A strange chapter for Command & Conquer. Strategical depth is guarantee, but the pseudo-rpg mechanics could disappoint RTS purists.

A strange mix of Survival Horror and First Person Shooter, Metro 2033 overtakes the previous titles of the software house (Stalker) and offers a various gameplay.

God of War 3 does not represent a revolution in the genre. But it is massive, and brutal, and thrilling, like no other action game in this generation.

Fragile has a great emotional impact, but the gameplay is repetitious and boring.

A good expansion with an interesting perspective on the previous campaign. There's a lot of new stuff in Awakening, enough to keep the gamers tied to the screen until the new epic ending. Replayability and character interaction are yet again excellent and return a good new and fresh experience, despite a bad tuning of the main quest that appears to be much easier than the main title even at the hardest difficulty setting.

Resonance of Fate, despite its overwhelming difficulty, is a splendid example of how a classic structure can meet fresh situations and stories.

Rage of the Gladiator is not a simple cut & paste from the great Punch Out: it adds some exciting elements to the rhythm-based gameplay and a more complex control scheme.

Without any doubt, Heart Gold & Soul Silver are the best pokemon games this far. The Pokewalker add a nice twist in the main formula.

Without any doubt, Heart Gold & Soul Silver are the best pokemon games this far. The Pokewalker add a nice twist in the main formula.

Without the camera, Eye of Judgment looses its appeal, and becomes a standard game.

An unexpected Final Fantasy. The 13th chapter has a great story and some of the most incisive characters of the whole series, and even the battle system works very well, being deep and complex (even if you control only a single character). But on the other side the overwhelming linearity of the plot, the absence of cities to explore, and the small amount of side quest will disappoint fans' expectations.

The game is highly enjoyable, but the DRM system and few minor issues in the control scheme sets the PC version under the console one.

Yakuza 3 arrives in Europe with an unforgivable delay and few cuts. Plus, it inherits from the second chapter an old gen structure and repetitious fights. Just for fans.

An unexpected Final Fantasy. The 13th chapter has a great story and some of the most incisive characters of the whole series, and even the battle system works very well, being deep and complex (even if you control only a single character). But on the other side the overwhelming linearity of the plot, the absence of cities to explore and the small amount of side quest will disappoint fans' expectations.

The concept is not that bad, but the main adventure is repetitious and still. No environment interaction and a simple story kills the magic of the first moments.

A new splendid platform game arouses player creativity.

Boring and repetitious, this scrolling shooter will not entertain for more than a couple of hours.

After Plants Vs Zombie, Toy Soldier is one of the most intriguing Tower Defence of this generation.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is one of the best shooters of this generation. The game has steel-solid mechanics, top gen graphics and an incredible multiplayer. Call of Duty has a new rival.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is one of the best shooters of this generation. The game has steel-solid mechanics, top gen graphics and an incredible multiplayer. PC Version is slightly over the top, thanks to graphical improvements and a better control scheme.

After the brilliant fourth episode, a step backward for the series. Too many bugs, and a boring gameplay. Just for submarine lovers.

A great remake for an immortal classic. This version is seriously simplified, but old fans and new RPG lovers can enjoy a splendid story and a brilliant gameplay.

A well structured platform, with few original ideas that supports a fair designed backtracking. One of the best tie-in in the last years, even if the Wii version is not blessed by the brilliant art style of the portable one.

A well structured platform, with few original ideas that supports a fair designed backtracking. The art style is brilliant, for one of the best tie-in in the last years.

A nice porting that delivers the same entertaining formula of the bigger version. Thus, the evocative power of the settings gets lost in the reduction.

Mega Man 10 isn’t quite on the level of the previous installment: it lacks its “back to the roots” appeal, but only because it comes afterward. Level design could have been just a tad better and the musical score isn’t great: however, it succeeds in delivering a fun and rewarding experience, keeping high the challenge and entertaining the player. Another Mega Man, another little gem.

Globulos Party has a great number of game modes, but the core gameplay is iterative and not so fun if you play solo.

More than 300 new missions to play and some gameplay twist make Venice a good Add-On. Unfortunately, the lacks of a single player campaign mode is a great disappointment.

Echoshift leaves behind the conceptual moderation of EchoChrome and delivers a nice puzzling experience.

Heavy Rain is not a perfect game, maybe it's not a videogame at all. It's an involving experience that no one has created before and that will remain in videogamers' hearts forever.

This new chapter in the total War saga brings a new level of historic detail to the RTS and turn based strategy games, polishing a lot of flaws of the recent Empire. Although the much more detailed and intriguing campaign and the new online campaign features do not suffice to not make it look like a huge update rather than a brand-new game. An awesome update, but we should expect something more from a full release of the franchise.

Metal Slug XX does not entertain as the past chapters. Without a brilliant level design, the SNK classic is just an old school scrolling shooter suitable for old time fans.

All Star Racing does not offer anything more than Mario Kart. Still, is entertaining and perfect for multiplayer, and the great number of characters, circuits and game modes make it a decent "clone".

All Star Racing does not offer anything more than Mario Kart. Still, is entertaining and perfect for the portable device, and the great number of characters, circuits and game modes make it a decent "clone".

Endless Ocean 2: Adventures in the deep is better than its predecessor in many ways. It has a lot of contents in various aspects, from the creatures to the side mission, but its biggest quality is the nature of the entertainment it delivers. It’s more an experience than just a game: some may like it, others no, but for those who are really looking for something different it’s a must have.

After Braid, another splendid puzzle-platform hits the Marketplace.

This chapter confirms Socom as one of the best PSP exclusives.

Alien Vs Predator is a standard First Person Shooter, but thanks to the Predator's and Xenomorph's campaigns, it entertains old and new players. Even the multiplayer mode is funny and well structured, but the graphic engine is not that good.

Aliens Vs Predator is a standard First Person Shooter, but thanks to the Predator's and Xenomorph's campaigns, it entertains old and new players. Even the multiplayer mode is funny and well structured, but the graphics engine is not that good.

This Spin-Off has really intriguing story, but is very linear and really easy to solve. A good re-start but not the best chapter of the series.

An ingenious puzzle game, with an extremely high number of levels and a deep gameplay.

A nice porting for this peculiar game, full of strategy and visually entertaining.

The second trip in the sick architectures of Rapture is still highly enjoyable, but this time you'll miss the fascination of discovery.

The second trip in the sick architectures of Rapture is still highly enjoyable, but this time you'll miss the fascination of discovery. PC version suffers from some minor glitches that should be fixed soon.

One of the most intriguing action games of the last years. The setting is great, and despite the similarity with God of War this product can entertain for many hours.

The problems of the control scheme and a poor level design make this chapter one of the worst in the series.

Links' n Launch is an original puzzle game. The main mode will test player's reflexes and ability to move objects in space, while the puzzle mode contains 100 intricate logic diagrams.

More of the same. The overabundant reuse of models and situations does not offer anything really capable to intrigue the videogamer.

The Star Trek saga finds its own online counterpart in this immense title. Despite the very strong and entertaining starship fighting and exploration systems, the shallow gameplay and the terrible on-foot missions prevents this game from being the announced hit that was rumored.