LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Xbox 360
Seems this trippin'-the-plastic-fantastic thing just doesn't get old. LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Star Wars Complete, LEGO Indiana Jones and now LEGO Batman. So what's next? LEGO Terminator? LEGO Desperate Housewives? LEGO Jerry Springer?
NBA 2k9
Xbox 360
The battle of the basketball sims between EA Sports and 2K Sports has been going on for several years now and heading into the end of this decade, 2K Sports has edged its way into the lead, surpassing gameplay and presentation every iteration.
Surprise, most gamers aren't geeks
Macintosh, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, TV Plug-n-Play, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
For some, it's hard to take the videogame industry seriously when all it conjures is images of boys playing virtual soldier shooting aliens on the spare TV in the basement. Thing is, that image hasn't been accurate for a decade or two. And now, a new Ipsos study shows it to be completely false. Go figure.
Saints Row 2
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Another entry into the go-anywhere, do-anything, simulated criminal behavior in a sandbox genre, THQ's Saints Row 2 is so flagrant in its courtship with controversy that it all comes off as quaint.
NHL 09
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
It would seem you only need to hit EA over the head with a 2 x 4 five or six times before it realizes a better hockey game. Then, like a bonus, it realizes the best.
Bond game promo, play free, win stuff
PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
If you like 007, freebie games, chances to win cool free stuff like a PlayStation3, have a PC and an internet connection, well, has Activision got a deal for you.
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Xbox 360
Third in the Viva Pinata series of games starring papery, candy-filled creatures that kids can collect and cultivate in customizable gardens, Trouble in Paradise gives the Xbox 360 some family-friendliness it's otherwise sorely lacking.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
As yet another WWII shooter, you might be inclined to dismiss Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway as derivative. But you shouldn't.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Mark 10/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Oh downloadable games, why have you forsaken us? Or, why was August such a good month for Live Store Shop offerings and September such a lousy one? Ever heard of "pacing"? Apparently not, as September saw mostly mediocre releases.
Bejeweled franchise hits 25 million mark
Handheld, Internet, Legacy Systems, Macintosh, Mobile, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Isn't this the dream? Buddy says you won't amount to anything, then you amount to something -- something large --, then buddy suddenly wants to be just like you and you're all like, "pfft w/e." So it happened with Bejeweled, the Little Chic Game That Could.