With its electrifying blend of raw speed, intense pursuits, wince worthy crashes and revolutionary Autolog system, Hot Pursuit is an adrenaline-fueled rush that's a sure contender for racing game of the year and the best Need for Speed in all too long.

Donkey Kong Country Returns is a new classic that still manages to pay homage to the source material.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a deep, rich, and sublime experience in both single player and multiplayer.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a deep, rich, and sublime experience in both single player and multiplayer.

Colors is a definite improvement on Sonic Unleashed. By no means is Colors the 3D Sonic you've been waiting for, but if you can get through all the frustration, there is a lot of fun to be had in this package.

Kinect Adventures succeeds in providing a worthwhile tech demo, although unless you take a liking to two of the game's five activities, you'll most likely become bored after a few days.

If Blood Stone was a legitimate Bond film, it would be Die Another Day: formulaic and forgettable yet still sexy and entertaining with some standout driving sections to boot.

Rock Band 3 is the perfect music game for those hoping to increase their music appreciation and maybe pick up some real musical skill along the way.

Castlevania Lords of Shadow doesn't do too much out of the ordinary, but it's a solid action game nonetheless.

Castlevania Lords of Shadow doesn't do too much out of the ordinary, but it's a solid action game nonetheless.

For $20, The Ball is a perfect way to kill time until Portal 2.

It's not a bad first outing as a series reboot, but EA has a lot of work to do if they want that number one FPS spot back.

Comic Jumper fails to overshadow poor, repetitive gameplay with its humor and art style.

Kung Fu Rider is a lot of things, but entertaining certainly isn't one of them - weird, boring, repetitive, frustrating and ultimately pointless would be much closer to the mark.

There's not much to say about this game except for this: you don't want to play it.

Super Meat Boy is a strong contender for the best platformer this generation. While it does have some fairly difficult moments, all of them are a product of solid, legitimately challenging design.

Dead Rising 2 is a fantastically fun title, so long as you approach it from the right point of view.

The game has its flaws, but they didn't stop me from falling in love with the game. I just didn't fall quite as hard as I wanted to.

Front Mission Evolved is competent but average. The good ideas were here but they couldn't translate into the execution.

Hydrophobia shows a lot of promise, but doesn't quite get every aspect of it's gameplay down. Combat proves to be frustrating and the campaign is relatively short, but the Hydro Kinetic powers in the Challenge Room save it from becoming a real mess of mediocrity.

FIFA 11 is the best football game around. Football fanatics won't put it down, sports lovers will appreciate the depth of gameplay offered, and even the average gamer will be able to enjoy a few solid months of multiplayer action.

Front Mission Evolved is competent but average. The good ideas were here but they couldn't translate into the execution.

Codemasters have done it again. Their racing pedigree has resulted in one of the best game adaptations the sport has seen in years.

Reach is a solid title, but Halo gameplay is getting stale. Fans should purchase, everyone else could make do with a rental.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a triumph, not only in the genre of horror games, but also in the field of interactive story telling.

While Plants vs. Zombies lacks the superior control scheme of iDevices (and even a good old fashioned PC mouse), the extra modes are worth a purchase: even if you already own another iteration!

NHL 11 is by far the best hockey game out there: period.

As a technical demonstration of the PlayStation Move's prowess and future potential, Sports Champions excels. The majority of mini-games are fun and show depth in places, but a few misfires and soulless presentation let down an otherwise solid package.