Top Spin 3
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
If you're a tennis fan, the lack of Rafael Nadal in the Xbox 360 version of Top Spin 3 is probably not enough to make you swap allegiances and become a PlayStation3 loyalist, but it is a stinger. If you're not a tennis fan, Top Spin 3 on either system (and excluding Wii) might make you one.
Wall-E
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Though based on a film from Pixar, the production company that wrote the book on computer generated pathos, Wall-E as a game just can't muster much semblance of similitude, particularly with the "enduring" thing, though it tries admirably.
New Guitar Hero champ contended already
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
What real beer drinkers and Guitar Hero aficionados have in common: Guinness. Except one's a stout and the other is a World Records repository. Both are definitive.
UEFA Euro 2008
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Funny how a fanatic can be expected to pay any price for a soccer game. But as UEFA Euro 2008 is basically akin to a single-purpose expansion pack for FIFA soccer, is it so not worth a full $50. Not even close.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 07/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
As downloadable casual console games go, last month saw the expected simplicity of block-breaking games and interactive screen savers, but also the deceptively cheery and frightfully addictive Xbox Live Arcade puzzle, RooGoo, which looks like cognitive skills program for toddlers, but is so not.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
PlayStation 3
If you're old enough to remember the incept of the Metal Gear chronicles, dude, u r old. But Snake's right there with you in the new, epic finale, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which is so not a whimper.
Modern console gamer will spend $30,000+ on games
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
GameStrata just released some research that pegs the average gamer as spending $765 per year on games and gaming hardware. Cumulatively, that adds up to a new car they can't afford.
Sierra scrapes memorabilia barrel, finds Ghostbusters car
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Sierra Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products just announced the "Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Tour" which will see the quasi-famous hearse making stops at various events to help hype a forthcoming Ghostbusters game.
Kung Fu Panda
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
There's nothing quite like gathering the family together on the couch, firing up the oh-so wholesome Wii and then beating the crap out of all creatures great and small. And cuddly.
SingStar
PlayStation 3
While several SingStar karaoke games for PlayStation2 have allowed Sony's previous-generation console to enjoy significant, reinvented success as a party-game machine, bringing the franchise to the high-powered, new-generation PlayStation3 isn't all that. Simply put, SingStar on PlayStation3 is a devout underachiever.