Ditti & Dotto Preschool: Mother Nature's Visit
Macintosh, Windows PC
Though decent pre-schooler games are few and far between, you can always rely on Kutoka Interactive to deliver the goods. Ditti & Dotto Preschool: Mother Nature's Visit is the Montreal-based developer's latest in a line of tyke focused "edutainment" titles.
Dead Space
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Dead Space may have been lost amongst the holiday shopping crush, but a new year, a fresh look and wow, this is a great game.
Dead Space
Windows PC
Dead Space on PC may be a console wannabe, what with its serious lack of keyboard re-mapping and all, but it's still sci-fi survival horror shooter theater at its finest.
Bejeweled Twist
Macintosh, Windows PC
Just when you thought there was nothing new left to do with the match-three puzzle game convention of Bejeweled and its 10,000 knock offs, PopCap games comes out and does something new.
FIFA Soccer 09
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
After the successes of FIFA 08 and EURO 08, expectations were high for FIFA Soccer 09, EA Sports' third soccer game in a little over a year. And boy, it does not disappoint.
Little Big Planet
PlayStation 3
At its simplest, Little Big Planet is a side-scrolling platform-hopper that requires no more than two buttons a direction pad; at its most complex, Little Big Planet is a robust level-creation tool that involves about a bazillion objects working in harmony to craft nearly limitless user-created levels.
Resistance 2
PlayStation 3
Resistance 2 continues mankind's desperate attempt to defend the United States from an alien invasion. It only sounds familiar because it is.
Gears of War 2
Xbox 360
A sequel to last year's runaway smash, Gears of War 2 has the same no-neck soldiers battling alien hordes. Again. More of the same, yes, but the same old excellence.
Midnight Club Los Angeles
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
If you've ever had the displeasure of driving in Los Angeles, you know there is nothing remotely fun about it. The folks over at Rockstar San Diego beg to differ, however -- at least as far as a videogame premise goes.
NBA 09 The Inside
PlayStation 3
In most markets, competition is a good thing. In videogames, not so good. At least, not good when it's the mighty Sony trying to help elevate the PlayStation3 to the basketball simulator system of choice by releasing a basketball game that few would choose if they looked past the flashy box art...