Overall, I could recognize some regress concerning Pro Evolution Soccer 2009. The handling has become trickier and although Konami bought the licenses for the names of the players and teams, this list does not contain all names or the right ones.

The multiplayer mode is very motivating: Using the splitscreen functionality, you can play the whole story together with up to three friends. Very exciting and funny, but WWII is already a little bit old-fashioned!

Graphics are brilliant, and the new Koop – mode offers a fantastic chance, to accomplish difficult missions together. The single player-campaign isn’t able to satisfy the gamer’s needs.

This game won't only entertain retro-fans, it is very motivating, because of the increasing difficulty level. Join the fight of the gods!

A well done title with many new ideas! Sadly, some good features of the last Smackdown vs. Raw games have been removed. If you are a wrestling fan, this game is definitely a good investment.

Overall I can say that Gears of War 2 is not a typical shooter, as Fable II is not a typical role playing game. It is aimed to beginners – it is a so called easy-to-enter shooter and comes up with additional story and multiplayer modes in the sequel. Great graphics, great sound, simple, but unchanged gameplay, and loads of blood guarantee fun.

If you like games of the Silent Hill series, you will enjoy this game. If you are looking for a high grade horror-game, you should pick another product situated in the genre.

Graphics rock: You are able to see every detail of a soldier and if you manage to see an airstrike or an EMP-bomb explosion, the ‘wow-effect’ won’t wear off after the first time.

Tom Clancy's End War tries to bring innovation into a gridlocked genre and succeeds! The mixture of new features and old concepts provides lots of entertainment for today’s player.

Beside some drawbacks in graphics and speech the idea around Pandoras box - for itself really great - cannot get off. The world isn't really interacting with the player, the gameplay is very sterile.

Because there are not so many new RPGs for the Wii, some of the genre-fans will be fond of Monster Lab! The combination of mini games, combats and the creating of monster-parts are able to fascinate gamers!

The game is definitely a solid exponent of the Naruto-series on the PS3, although some fans will be disappointed because of the disdainful synchro. On the whole, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm combines adventure-elements with thrilling combat-action.

Valkyria Chronicles is a very entertaining game. A good story, likeable characters and a strong visual performance!

Yes, it is possible to stop an enemy without using any weapons. These Jason Bourne-like moves are a nice variety to the partially boring gameplay.

The arsenal of weapons has increased and because of the more dynamic gameplay, the handling of the game has also been improved.

Dynamic gameplay, fantastic characters and good cut-scenes, furthermore appealing brainteasers and challenging boss-monsters make Dragon Ball Origins a very entertaining game, not only for fans of the anime-series.

Once again a game based on a movie and once again the licenses are exploited without mercy. Basically Madagascar 2 is a game children will be fond of. Also it is one of the few child-compatible games for the Xbox 360.

Tom Clancy’s EndWar is a kind of a brainteaser and if you enjoy playing games like Advance Wars you will definitely like this one! Just moving your units through the field isn’t enough. You will have to use your brain to survive.

18 new songs and, ...? Sad enough that this is the only innovation the game has to offer. Compared to the price the content is very disappointing.

Dungeon Maker cannot live up to the expectations the title suggests. Probably one or two hours of playing this game will be enough for most of the gamers out there.

Red Alert now unites more than ever before black humor, irony, salaciousness and pure realtime-strategy in one game - first of all the online coop-mode and the easy start into the game as well as the great video cutscenes can convince.

The only disadvantage of the PS3-version of the game compared to the PC-version concerns the handling. The aiming via stick is very difficult and if you want to crack a lock, you have to be very skilled too.

Fallout 3 is an outstanding game. The main story claims a small part of the whole post-apocalyptic world, which can be explored totally free.

SingStar-Fans (and you know that there are a lot of them out there) will also be fond of SingStar Vol. 2. A good track list and easy gameplay guarantee lots of fun … especially playing together with your friends!

In conclusion, there are many worse racing games on the Wii. But without the monster truck-bonus, there isn’t any other reason for buying this game.

EA has taken many efforts to come up with a good FIFA 09-Version for the Wii. The Wii-optimized handling is okay, but there is also space for improvements.

MySims – Kingdom is a nice adventure for the younger generation, which is also able to impress experienced gamers.

There are some shortcomings but on the whole MotoGP 08 is a game which offers lots of race-feeling and fun. Especially, the multiplayer-mode is very entertaining.

Nerf N-Strike is a pretty game to enhance your accuracy. For the older gamer there is nothing more, because this game is more a House of the Dead for kids. The greatest Highlight is the Blaster.

The idea around the Sackboy is great - and the gameplay also - easy and intuitive. A game for the young and the old, which can also be a competitor for the Wii.

On the whole Guitar Hero IV is THE party game to play together with friends on a weekend. Hours of rock combined with lots of fun and real sweating guarantee lots of fun!

A good collection of minigames everyone will enjoy. If you like to play together with friends, Celebrity Sports Showdown is definitely your game!

Fable II opens a realistic world to the gamer, which offers besides the main story many elements of life-simulation, fun and variety (jobs, quests etc.). A fantasy epic, which is unique on the Xbox 360.

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon offers fast jump ’n’ run-adventure-action, which especially kids will enjoy. Compared to the latest Crash Bandicoot the game seems to be more grown-up and exciting.

Before you know what is going on, you are a witness to a murder. From this point on in the story, the only motto of the game is: Survive or die! Great gameplay guaranteed!

Overal Spider Man: Web of Shadows is a very amusing action-adventure. The opportunity to play a much “darker“ Spider-Man is innovative and enlarges the options of the game itself.

To sum up, Disney's Tinker Bell is a very nice game for children, especially for girls at the age of up to seven years. Although you find some small bugs, the game is able to entertain the younger generation.

On the one hand, the game offers total freedom and the player is absorbed by the game. On the other hand, it's not a game to play in a meanwhile - you need loads of time to get from one point to another and patience to save the game at certain points. That's the reason, why some players already returned the game to the shop.

This game offers a fairy tale-like scenario, which will appeal to fans of realistic RPGs not very much. But there aren’t many RPG-titles for the PS3 and if you like the genre, you should definitely take a look.

Rockstar Games did a very good job. For race-newbies Midnight Club: Los Angeles is an ideal game and graphics rock, too. A good game to enjoy the Christmas holidays!

Play this game on Sunday morning, if you don’t know what to do between breakfast and lunch. Don’t even think about bringing Carnival Games: MiniGolf to a party! This game is too simple and slow to really entertain.

In my humble opinion the developers could have made more out of this game. With the quite annoying control and the ever and ever same audio commentaries one asks himself why it wouldn't be better to get the old board game out of the cupboard.

Sam & Max makes almost everything right. Also the characters and the story are funny as hell.

There has not been a real development concerning the gameplay of Golden Axe: Beast Rider. Graphics are quite good, also the sound of the game.

This game could be a lot of fun, but the technical shortfalls avoid that. This title can be very frustrating sometimes. Only hardcore fans of the genre will enjoy it very much.

After the first mission (introduction to the story), you are able to experience the full freedom and options of the game. As an alternative to the main story, there are a lot of entertaining mini games and other catchy features.

All in all, the game is rather disappointing: It offers no variety and no long-term motivation.

Dead Space was worth the wait. The atmosphere is great, the action nice and tiny mistakes can be discovered only at third sight. Fans of the horror genre will sit in the dark and play all night long.

Blitz: The League II is not just another sports game! Midway combines action, fun and an ironic touch to bring pep in the genre. Maybe, fans of accurate tactics, rules and simulation will be a little bit disappointed, but other gamers will definitely be satisfied!

One can absolutely say that at the moment FIFA 09 is the best soccer game of all time. EA has learned from the negative criticism of last year. Adding many minor, but also major innovations, the title has once again taken over the scepter.

After the fascinating demo-version, the full version is more than able to satisfy the wishes of the gamer. Every level will confront you with numerous new ideas and brainteasers, … boredom simply does not come up in World of Goo.

The demo costs you almost three Euro and takes only 100 MB of your PS3's memory capacity. If the price is okay or not, everybody has to decide on his or her own. I appreciate the try to realize such a project on the console and also Sony's support for it. Hopefully, it is not the last demo-project on the console.

Take Gears of War and mix it with Halo. Add half a litre of Red Faction and a dash of Populus and voilà: You’ll get Fracture. This principle is as simple as ingenious!

Spectrobes: Jenseits der Portale uses the whole spectrum of the NDS, no functions stay unused! Also the story, which is conceptualized to entertain kids, is quite good, even for adults.

Being a colourful and thoughtful title the new Crash game will catch the attention of many youngsters. Parents will appreciate that. Action- and shooter-fans should back off though. The concept of the game has basically not changed, but great innovations have been realized (next-gen-ready!). After only ten hours the fun is over.

Folks who are looking for a new Crash Bandicoot should be satisfied with Crash: Mind over Mutant. On the whole, the game is made for younger players, but it will also entertain more experienced users for a while.

Just another sequel for a lot of money? Yes and no. You can find improvements concerning graphics, handling and feeling, but you won’t find real innovation.

2K Sports delivers a good sports game for the year 2009 and will offer you many hours of fun in front of the screen. A title that I can recommend to all basketball-fans!

If you are willing to overlook the bugs in the game, you will appreciate a space-action title like Tarr Chronicles – at least a little. If it moves, don’t ask and shoot. The missions do not surprise, also the story sucks.

All things considered, Die Gilde 2: Venedig is a game for folks who played the first game, as well as noobs that are entering the Die Gilde-universe the first time.

Unsolved Crimes strikes me as being a really good game because of its consistent story, thrilling cut scenes and interesting cases! My own power of deduction, intuition and perception are trained. One has the feeling of solving the case on his or her own. A good mixture of being obvious and suspense!

The game is situated in an interesting genre, but isn’t able to satisfy the needs of the user. Sometimes, it is too obvious that the game was designed for the Asian market.

Brothers in Arms has come up with a great sequel – at least for people who played the first game. For all others it is hard to follow the story and you should definitely know that you face the peak of the story in Hell’s Highway. Graphics convince, but the sound does not. The gameplay is somewhat linear and there are only a few challenges.

Samba de Amigo will bring many intense red, green- and yellow shades into your life: a protest towards the more or less grey wintertime!

Fans of the series will be thrilled by the extent of the game. In addition, the enormous play time offered outplays the competition in this field.

The basic concept of the game is a good one, but there lies much more potential within it. Nevertheless, it is entertaining!

Everybody who liked Heroes will love King's Bounty. Professionals will not feel challenged enough, although they will claim heavy loses in the course of some battles. Small mistakes in the menu and scrambling of battles should be fixed next time. A sequel must come, because King's Bounty represents a ray of hope in the almost dead genre.

The attempt to make a more serious, demanding racing-game for next-gen consoles completely failed. The challenging control turned out to be simply frustrating, graphics would make even the PS2 look away in shame and the given tuning options can only make mechanics happy.

With de Blob you get a well-done skillful game on the Wii, which will make both casual as well as hardcore gamers happy. The controls are easy to get into and after a while one doesn't want to let the WiiMote / Nunchuk out of hand again.

Nintendo has to keep its Wii-concept alive by presenting self-invented new ideas for games: Therefore, Wario Land is very good for catching the attention of “older” gamers, who long for classic jump ‘n’ run games, as well as first explorers of the Wii.

A brave mix of Egyptian mythology, „Blade Runner“ and „The fifth Element“. Brave, but successful! If you let the atmosphere of the game work, you won’t be disappointed. Sadly, the riddles you have to solve in the game aren’t as good as the rest.

The confusing title hides a solid strategy game. Gamers who enjoy graphics should avoid this game though, strategy fans should play the demo-version before buying Multiwinia.

Although one faces problems in getting started, WAR is a very entertaining game and enriches the landscape of MMORPGs.

A story set in the world of the Star Wars-universe, impressive fights and a hero with profile - all that a Star Wars-fan needs!

Pure is a very nice arcade racing game, especially the multiplayer mode convinces.

If you take a fabulous game with astonishing graphics, good sounds and gameplay and add a new story, the result will be more than satisfying.

The most exciting feature is the mounted battle, because it is demanding and fast. Release the mouse button at the right moment to hit an enemy. If you ride faster, you will do more damage.

The game was able to fascinate gamers 20 years ago and still, it has the power to do so. Epic role-playing with a brilliant story and a very well done character design!

Armored Core: For Answers isn’t able to persuade in any aspect. The story isn’t irrelevant and the missions are boring and too difficult to be fun. Graphics also suck.

Intense atmosphere, interesting story, but some deficits in the graphics and interaction with the environment! In general, Deep Silver presents an exciting title not only for shooter fans.

Don`t fight this battle, unless you are forced to do so. Only interesting for fans of massive micro-management options!

You will only experience more ice hockey feeling live on TV! Electronic Art has created a game that doesn’t have to worry about competition. Simply the best in the genre!

This game satisfies. Good Sound, fast gameplay and an entertaining multiplayer-mode will guarantee loads of fun. Graphics are not up-to-date, but for PS2-standards very detailed. Fans of sports games won‘t be disappointed.

Because of the many different phases and features in the game, Spore can be called a very creative and motivating game. Playing Darwin rocks!

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames takes its title very seriously. Simple, not complex action and a story that is capable of motivating the player till the end.

Facebreaker takes itself not very seriously, and so do we. For the most fans of the boxing-genre, the game’s focus is too much on the arcade mode and graphics are too colourful.

Pure fun, nice graphics and a good sound go side by side with a charming gameplay.

Like real life fishing, the fun in Rapalas Fishing Frenzy depends on the things which you do besides the actual “fishing”. If you aren’t a real fishing fan, the virtual game won’t be able to fascinate you.

The Last Guy is a nice little game, which bears the charm of the late 80ties. And it rocks!

A role-playing game for the Xbox360 every fan has to play! Beautiful anime-graphics and very good gameplay make this game to something special.

A new sound! Instead of annoying Sims-music you can listen to songs from Katy Perry or Good Charlotte.

Flatout: Ultimate Carnage 2 is probably the most entertaining game in the action-racing genre in 2008, which offers hours of excitement, thrill and fun.

All in all I can only recommend the game. It's a nice hack'n'slay on the DS with a lot of roleplaying elements and action!

Because of the simple handling, the witty dialogues and the catchy story, the game is interesting for people of all ages.

A well-done action-adventure, not only for fans of the Ratchet and Clank-series! Camera acts strange sometimes.

I’ll try to describe this game: Myth meets Diablo and the Borg from Star Trek. I wasn’t able to put away the gamepad for a very long time.

The game’s strong characteristics are the simple handling and the humor you can find in dialogues. So Space Siege is a title worth playing it.

Series are hard to evaluate: On the one hand, every sequel should be reviewed as a stand-alone – Madden NFL 09 is a great game on that account, not only in the football-segment, but generally in the sports genre – on the other hand, owner of Madden NFL 08 don’t have to buy the sequel, because the changes are not that big.