Xbox live games for 2008

Since every game known to man uses Unreal technology now, the demo was a glimpse of the future of game tech. We're still waiting on the giant meat cube, though. Thankfully, the game lineup at E3 was strong enough to largely make up for the weak format. Many of us got our first crack at Fallout 3, the art-style of Prince of Persia wowed everyone that stopped by Ubisoft's room, and Duffy's Lips performance left us all scratching our heads.

Good times indeed. The biggest story to come out of Deutschland was a controller redesign. Sadly, the new design was for Germany only and we haven't heard any plans to roll out the improved controller in the States. The biggest event for Microsoft at Tokyo Game Show was a game that most Japanese folks won't get excited about. Bungie showed an extended trailer for Halo 3: ODST formerly known as Halo 3: Recon and gave out the first concrete details after months of teasing.

Though it came with a lot of hype, it turns out that a dashboard update doesn't actually do much. Here at IGN, after fiddling around with the new interface we went back to playing games. Isn't that why we bought an Xbox in the first place?

Hot Game Tips of As the year comes to a close, we look back fondly at all of the games that had us cursing like sailors and throwing our controllers in obscene rage.

There's nothing quite like finally showing a game who's boss, stickin' it to the virtual man, and IGN's Guides and reader-submitted FAQs and Cheats made that triumph more possible throughout the past twelve months. Here's our recap of the year's most popular videogame wisdom. Can you think of many bigger gaming phenomena than Portal during this current generation of consoles? Neither could we. Released in the early fall of , Portal floored gamers with its intense attention to detail and its fluid, unique style of gameplay.

But the game was unusually complicated, too, and its much-anticipated expansion is no different. But just as with the original title, IGN Guides has got you covered with a complete strategy guide which walks you through not only each and every test chamber, but all of the brand new challenge maps as well.

But don't succumb to your overwhelming want for tasty cake just yet. IGN Cheats can show you how to score a new title screen for your game , while IGN FAQs has myriad information for both the normal game and the much-more-difficult Advanced Mode, both of which can be found right here. As you can clearly see, while the cake might be a lie, IGN's ability to help you through Portal: Still Alive is a proven fact. If you don't think retro's back, you haven't been paying close enough attention.

Mega Man 9 was released in September across all three major platforms and became a huge success with the old-school and new-school alike. Perhaps that has something to do with IGN Guide's complete strategy guide for the impossibly-difficult title, which holds your hand from beginning to end, with more information than you'll possibly know what to do with.

But Mega Man 9 is a breed of game that purists won't want hand-holding on. For them, a visit to detailed hints list might be more appropriate.

Here, you can find plenty of information on boss orders and weaknesses, and even a few great tips on item and screw farming, for all of you hardcore old-school dorks out there. Out of all of the Capcom classics that hail from the company's s origins, Bionic Commando was perhaps one of the most-anticipated possible targets of a modern-day recreation.

While an all-new Bionic Commando is right around the corner on both Xbox and PlayStation 3, Bionic Commando Rearmed is a remake of the original classic that got everyone addicted to the flash-in-the-pan franchise in the first place. If the game's old-school difficulty has you down, you needn't look any further than IGN Guides for all of the help you could possibly want. But wait—there's more! But perhaps coolest yet is IGN Cheats' offerings , which, amongst other tips, hints and the like, will give you the passwords needed to unlock the game's four secret challenge rooms.

The best room? Why, IGN. We've been bruised and battered by 's final rush of games, but we're already licking our wounds, eager to crack skulls with next year's releases.

Join our fight against unbeatable games and submit your own cheats, hints and walkthroughs and FAQs. Gamers helping gamers—it's a beautiful thing. Assault Heroes 2 Sierra May Roogoo Spidermonk June Geometry Wars 2 Bizzare July Castle Crashers The Behemoth August Portal: Still Alive Valve October Midterm Corrections?

As perfect as we are here at IGN, we recognize that sometimes we're actually not perfect. Sometimes a game looks like the next big thing when we get a brief glimpse of it at E3 or during a preview event but never delivers on that promise.

Other times a videogame will fly so far under the radar that it catches us totally by surprise. This is where we pay the piper and fess up to some inaccurate predictions. Of course, it's also where we toot our own horn for getting other things right. We kicked off the year with a set of predictions back in January Check it out here. Of the five predictions we made, three of them wound up being right. But then, those three were pretty obvious. We correctly projected that MS wouldn't release a Blu-ray player, MS would continue to try to break into the family market, and that several big releases would slip into next year.

Microsoft didn't simply ignore the Blu-ray market; it offered a digital alternative. Downloading movies and TV shows through Xbox Live is nothing new but streaming Netflix movies through you Xbox can be as strong of a selling point as Blu-ray.

Perhaps more interesting than games that slipped into is the fact that most titles announced for did indeed make it out to shelves this year. Fallout 3, an incredibly ambitious title from a developer that has delayed games numerous times in the past, came out as planned.

Of course, there are some games we're still waiting on. Such teases. We're still getting e-mails about Xbox s seeing the dreaded three red lights which was our first bad prediction. It seems that the process of repairing Xbox s and shipping them back out was only a temporary band-aid as people continue to be frustrated with faulty hardware.

To be fair, the number of complaints we've seen and rate of failure at IGN has decreased significantly. Where are you Alan Wake? That wasn't the worst prediction though. We totally missed the mark with our guess that Gears of War 2 would not be announced at the Game Developers Conference.

It turned out to be the highlight of the show. After a showcase that predominantly featured XNA updates and how the new improvements to Unreal Engine 3 would improve games, Cliff Bleszinski took the stage and made his highly anticipated announcement.

We fared better with our E3 awards. Dead Space won our award for Best Action Game and it turned out to be a stellar sci-fi horror title.

We still stand by the pick for Fallout 3 for game of the show as it easily slid into contention for overall game of the year for It wound up being a decent game, but not on the level of E3 runner-up NHL So maybe our prediction of being a barren year for gaming was a bit off, and while it looks as though will be a similar blank slate, chances are we'll see some unforeseen games pop into the calendar around GDC -- the show where Gears of War 2 made its first appearance.

Still, there are a few titles in that are already deserving of our attention. Without a true Halo sequel, Gears of War or Fable type triple-A game the door is open for smaller titles to step up and make their presence known.

A great example of this is Afro Samurai, scheduled to ship in late-January one week after Skate 2. While EA's celebrated skating series will likely move more copies off store shelves, Afro Samurai has got the type of personality rarely seen in games.

Moving into the spring and summer months we find a plethora of sequels to popular franchises. Next year will also see Square Enix try and right the ship on Xbox But as we all know, Xbox is a system that has been built on the success of its shooters. Of which there are plenty in Not to mention two other games that are certainly worthy of their own sentence: Halo 3: ODST and BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams, both of which should be launching around the same month or so.

But other than the Halo 3 expansion which, if I Nate Ahearn had to guess, will be the biggest disappointment of the series and BioShock 2, what else is there in the way of "must-have" titles? Not a whole lot. Sure, there's Madden will that go by Madden 10 or Madden oh-ten? Online league play features in-depth stat tracking, player trades and a flexible scheduling option. Built from the ground-up for next-generation consoles using Digital Illusions' Frostbite game engine, Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk it all on a personal quest for gold and revenge.

Featuring a deep, cinematic single-player experience loaded with adventure and dark humor, the game delivers the series' trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where nearly everything is destructible.

Battlefield: Bad Company also features a full suite of the franchise's trademark multiplayer options with deep gameplay modes designed to take full advantage of the game's massively destructible environments.

Gamers can experience the excitement of making big plays on the field, as they have the ability to directly control and influence the game through the all-new break away animation engine. With huge cut-back lanes, new tackling animations and wider blocking holes, NCAA Football 09 offers a host of offensive opportunities. NCAA Football 09 also brings the atmosphere, pageantry and tradition of college football to life. Players can gain Home Field Advantage as the intensity of the home crowd rises and rattles the composure of opposing teams.

All Football Bowl Subdivision schools are represented in the game and players can even customize the in-game atmosphere with their own personal music collection. Off the field, NCAA Football 09 features its most robust Dynasty Mode yet, inviting fans to create and manage a perennial powerhouse program from landing blue-chip recruits to winning championships on the field. For the first time ever, Dynasty goes online with up to 12 competitors to recruit head-to-head, customize schedules and play for up to 60 seasons.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America's sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end. Sin City is back and bigger than before.

Explore all new Vegas hot spots as the environment changes from dusk to bright daylight to dawn, creating a visual experience that is as challenging as it is breathtaking. The multiplayer mode in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas has been upgraded to include 11 new, smaller maps that force more intense face-offs, 2 new adversarial modes, more rewards, and easier access to matches using the improved and intuitive matchmaking system.

Create your own identity that stays the same in both single player and multiplayer modes and progresses as you do. Reap the benefits of your single player rewards in multiplayer and vice versa.

Turn single player mode into co-op mode at any time, just by jumping into the game. Now your friend can jump into your single player game and help you without any change to the story. Single player maps and storyline were created with co-op in mind, which means every map has multiple entry points and the story is the same. AI is more challenging than ever. Now, the terrorists are equipped with thermal vision, night vision, and shields — not to mention a multitude of varying reactions — all of which are guaranteed to give you a new playing experience every time you go into battle.

As you progress within the game, you'll only be able to outsmart your enemies by taking advantage of intel opportunities, such as thermal scanning, and tactical strategies, such as leapfrogging.

Take down the terrorists more effectively using 11 new weapons. New camouflage, clothing and gear allow you to take customization to the next level. Now with full cooperative and online gameplay modes, the Viva Pinata franchise opens its doors even wider with a new game that provides hours of fun for gamers of all ages, fans of the animated series and animal lovers alike. Family members and friend now can share in the joy of creating a garden by simply plugging in an extra controller.

The second player has access to all tools, actions and activities, but he or she also can collect magic by helping. Player two can spend magic by tinkering items, healing a sick pinata or filling a pinata candiosity meter.

It's a new way to play. Trouble in Paradise also offers a vast level of customization within your main garden. Players also can choose to enhance their garden with themed object packs - make your garden into a space center, a pirate cove or a haunted graveyard. You have total freedom to create any kind of paradise you want! Thirty-two new species of pinata can run, crawl, fly and swim into your garden.

Large, small, fierce and cute, the new pinatas will join all your favorites for thriving activity throughout your garden. These contests are fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. Unparalleled graphical and physical realism from the latest Unreal Engine 3 technology delivers the most compelling First Person Shooter Experience to-date The weaponry is bigger and badder than ever.

Destroy your opponent from a distance with the ever popular Link Gun or blast away at close range with the Bio Rifle. Battle against lightening fast A. Expanded Onslaught game type features two complete sets of high-tech vehicles, including the massive Leviathan, the terrifying Darkwalker, and a completely new way to get into the action Fight side-by-side with or compete against new and returning characters from the UT franchise, all with enhanced abilities, extremely detailed looks and distinct personalities.

Unreal Tournament 3 will feature two new characters, five new expansive maps and split screen capability, all exclusive to Xbox However, an evil genius, Dr. Wily, plots for world domination and creates his own robot army to take over mankind. Luckily for humanity, Dr. Light outfits one of his domestic robots "Rock" to fight Dr.

Set after the events of Mega Man 8, multiple riots have sprung up all over the world. Whilst many people suspect that this is another plot from Dr. Wily, Dr. Light is stunned to recognize that some of the robots rioting on the TV screen are his own creations.

Even more stunning, Dr. Wily appears on television to proclaim that Dr. The original 2D classic Mega Man returns, bringing the series back to its roots with retroaction-platform gameplay and NES-inspired old school graphics. Relive the Mega Man experience with maniacally themed environments, a host of power-ups, and classically-inspired bosses, each with their own unique weapons and weaknesses. Featuring hand-drawn characters, Castle Crashers delivers unique hi-res illustrated visuals.

Play with up to three friends locally or over Xbox Live and discover the mind-boggling magic and mystery in the amazing world created just for you. Save your princess, defend your kingdom, and crash some castles! Play with more than 20 unlockable characters, 40 weapons to customize your hero, and an arsenal of combos and magical attacks to choose from.

Saints Row 2 is set years after the original Saints Row in a Stilwater both familiar and strange. The explosive conclusion to Saints Row has left the player wounded, betrayed and thirsty for revenge, and now it's time to take back the city that has forgotten him.

A sequel to the first open-world title on next-generation consoles, Saints Row 2 features all new customization options, including gender, age, voice, crib and gang customization. The sandbox just got larger with a totally transformed and expanded city of Stilwater, offering all new locations to explore with new vehicles, including motorcycles, boats, helicopters and planes. Saints Row 2 is playable online in 2-player co-op through the entire single-player campaign or in the all new open-world competitive multiplayer mode never before seen in the genre.

Poker Smash expands on the traditional match-three puzzle mechanic with elements of one of the world's most popular card games: poker. Make vertical and horizontal matches by forming poker hands, and play in seven different game modes, including multiplayer. Fast and fluid controls paired with radical features such as super-slow motion and card-blasting bombs make this game a whole new puzzle experience! Match-three gameplay with a twist. Create poker hands and form chains to rack up the big score.

Seven game modes: Intense game modes include action, timed, puzzle levels 55 of them , practice, custom playlist, split screen head-to-head, and multiplayer tournaments. In addition to the traditional leaderboards, Poker Smash features never-before-seen rivalry tracking and even movie recording with shared playback.

The next-gen 3-D graphics feature eleven different highly detailed environments and background themes, coupled with thirteen new original soundtracks for play.

Whether driving by the beach or beating the competition by cutting through a parking garage at mph, Midnight Club: Los Angeles provides a seamless, breathtaking environment for everyone who loves to compete. With no load times, no tracks, and no rules, the game allows players to race who they want, when they want, and where they want in an unbelievable recreation of Los Angeles. A racing game is nothing without the great cars and Midnight Club: Los Angeles allows extensive customization of vehicles for both performance and appearance.

Players can now fully personalize their officially licensed imports, tuners, classic muscle cars and motorcycles both inside and out with a dizzying array of licensed rims, spoilers, interior gauges, tires and more. Armed with an assortment of ninja weaponry, players must help Ryu skillfully maneuver through a world fraught with peril and danger.

Ninja Gaiden II features an all-new gameplay engine, a new auto-health regeneration system, levels, adventures, enemies and thrilling combat with an extensive assortment of ninja weaponry, representing a true evolution of the highly popular franchise.

Assuming the role of a ninja warrior, players experience an all-new combat system that requires skill and mastery of their full arsenal of weapons, including Obliteration Techniques that allow players to quickly and stylishly finish off an opponent. In addition to the variety of brutal new primary weapons and enhanced versions of previous favorites, Ninja Gaiden II features unique acrobatic combat and attacks used not only by Ryu Hayabusa but also by his formidable enemies.

The new auto-healing system in Ninja Gaiden II, featuring semi-permanent damage restored at save points, is the natural evolution of the franchise's distinctive gameplay and introduces a new twist to managing health. With a newly implemented auto-healing functionality and save-point system, as well as an extensive story mode and multiple difficulty levels available from the start of the game, the gameplay of Ninja Gaiden II is both accessible to more casual players and challenging to even the most demanding gamers.

Set in a land rooted in ancient Persian mythology, the Prince finds himself caught in an epic battle between the primal forces of light and darkness: the God of Light, Ormazd versus his brother Ahriman, the destructive God of Darkness. The Prince arrives just in time to witness the destruction of the legendary Tree of Life - an act which threatens to plunge the entire world into eternal darkness.

Manifested in the form of the Corruption, a dark substance that physically contaminates the land and the skies, the Prince must partner with Elika, a deadly companion, to heal the world from the evil Corruption.

Both the Wii and Xbox versions retain the wit and deep gameplay of the previously released PS2 title "Bully" and boasts additional new content. Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place in the fictional New England boarding school of Bullworth Academy and tells the story of year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school.

Capturing the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence perfectly, Bully: Scholarship Edition pulls the player into its cinematic and engrossing world. Featuring new fighting mechanics and online multiplayer functionality, Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a first-person action thriller immersing players in a world of psychological terror.

Following a string of gruesome murders, players must use their deductive skills and brute force to track down sadistic serial killers. Players assume the identity of Ethan Thomas, former Serial Crimes Unit investigator, who has been called back to duty to track down his missing partner.

The disturbing events from Ethan's past have left him a broken man — a desperate burnout drifting aimlessly through society in an inexplicable decline. Fighting inner demons throughout his one-man investigation into a sinister conspiracy, Ethan needs to use anything and everything in the environment to survive as he unravels the mysteries shrouding the city in darkness. As Ethan, players engage in visceral combat using a variety of firearms, blunt instruments and a new fighting system complete with defensive and offensive combo chains, as well as grapples and holds.

To help track the killer and solve the mysteries behind Condemned 2: Bloodshot, players crack open an all-new set of high-tech forensic tools. Using wits and brute strength, murders can be solved a number of different ways to keep players guessing throughout each suspenseful investigation.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot introduces a variety of online multiplayer modes, including deathmatch. This is the award winning game that helped define the FPS genre, introducing unparalleled interactivity, and a main character that spoke. Take the fight to the aliens across 39 levels featuring Hollywood, Los Angeles, a moon base, and alien spacecraft. UEFA EURO captures the look and feel of the journey from qualification to the finals with rain and mud dynamics that impact playing conditions, real-time player ratings that change based on player performance, and a penalty kick mode that re-creates the elation and agony of a penalty shoot-out as if you were on the pitch.

Experience the thrill of scoring the goal that sends your country through to the next round and then choose how to celebrate it with all-new interactive user-controlled celebrations. A new game mode called Captain Your Country enables gamers to customize them on the pitch and wear the shirt of their national team. Work through eight status levels to earn the captaincy of your team and then lead your country into battle for championship glory against your rivals.

Go online in Battle of the Nations to earn status points for yourself and your country in a competition for global supremacy. Go for the biggest upsets to earn the most points and then watch you and your country move up the leader boards.

Face the challenge and pressure of competing in the championship rounds in the EURO Online Knockout Draw to test your skills against the world's best.

Building on "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja," this sequel features Naruto, who has now evolved into a well-respected Ninja, but his new status and abilities trigger the envy of his best friend and Ninja teammate, Sasuke. The enemy of the village, Orochimaru, takes advantage of the situation and convinces Sasuke to leave his friends and his village in order to join his evil clan and become more powerful.

With the help of his Ninja friends, Naruto goes on a quest to retrieve Sasuke and save him. Naruto: The Broken Bond is also the only Naruto video game, other than "Rise of a Ninja" that features an online multiplayer mode which allows players to compete against others in an online tournament mode. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw also extends the virtual WWE gameplay experience with robust online capabilities, including the highly anticipated debut of downloadable content. The Lord of the Games aka LOG is tired of the petty squabbling between Banjo and the evil witch Gruntilda aka Grunty over the years, and has arranged a showdown to decide the rightful owner of Spiral Mountain.

Claiming to have created every video game ever made, LOG has built the game worlds in which the contest's challenges take place. Banjo must complete LOG's challenges to win, while Grunty tries to stop him using every method her devious mind can muster. Throughout their adventure, players create their own abilities by building vehicles for Banjo to pilot over land, water and air.

Vehicle parts, which range from simple devices such as engines and wheels to more unusual equipment such as springs and egg guns, are earned and collected throughout the game. Players use their imagination to combine parts in any order to create whatever vehicle they choose. LOG's challenges have one goal, but players' choice of vehicle and tactics determine how they get there. By exploring worlds and solving puzzles, players both young and old are rewarded with more advanced and diverse vehicle parts in their quest to defeat Grunty once and for all.

You can play through the adventure alone in the single-player campaign, or play with friends in competitive or cooperative challenges on your own or in teams.

Sharpen your blades as you relive old grudges against classic adversaries in new high definition graphics. Prove your mettle against the world with a variety of leaderboards spanning every character and mode, or challenge a friend in local-play Versus mode.

Nineteen playable characters: All of your favorite fighters are back including Kilik, Ivy, Siegfried, Edge Master, Nightmare, and many more. Eight modes of play: Try the different game modes including Story, Versus, and even Museum Mode that allows players to view artwork, character models, and animations. Leaderboards galore: Compare stats in sixty leaderboards spanning across each character and mode.

High definition support: Soulcalibur has been given a whole new coat of beautiful paint to support HD resolutions up to p.

In a city where information is heavily monitored, agile couriers called runners transport sensitive data away from prying eyes. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, your sister has been framed and now you are being hunted.

You are a runner called faith - and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story. Flow is what keeps you running, what keeps you alive. Mirror's Edge delivers you straight into the shoes of this unique heroine as she traverses the vertigo-inducing cityscape, engaging in intense combat and fast paced chases. With a never before seen sense of movement and perspective, you will be drawn into Faith's world.

A world that is visceral, immediate, and very dangerous. Live or die? Soar or plummet? One thing is certain: in this city you will learn how to run. The debut of the Tales series on the Xbox , Tales of Vesperia launches the series to new heights of interactive narrative and engrossing gameplay with anime-style graphics, a captivating storyline and characters as well as an upgraded battle system.

Set in a world reliant on a mysterious ancient technology known as "blastia," the game follows former knight Yuri as he delves into a shadowy plot to use these magical devices to control civilization, or destroy it. A bold new interpretation of the elements that made the Tales series a hit with gamers around the world, Tales of Vesperia promises a standard-setting RPG experience on the Xbox Using an all-new graphics engine and character designs by the renowned Kosuke Fujishima Ah!

My Goddess, Sakura Taisen , the game delivers high-quality HD character models and environments that are indistinguishable from traditional cel-based anime. The game also makes significant additions to the series' trademark real-time combat system, allowing players to do battle in massive battlefields and learn new special attacks that are tied to individual weapons. New finishing blows allow players to take down enemies in a single hit with correctly timed button combinations, while mission-based battles increase the variety of each encounter as players gain unique items by fulfilling various battle objectives.

Players can also use materials collected by successfully executing finishing moves to craft rare and unique equipment for their characters.

Help the Roogoo defeat their enemies, the evil Meemoo, in Roogoo, a new and innovative action-based puzzler. Players line up multiple platforms on different levels to allow shaped blocks to pass through and once enough of them stack up, that particular shape closes off. A simple premise becomes more complicated as Meemoos begin to obstruct players' paths, and butterflies attempt to steal blocks away. Players must swivel, roll, and boost their way through 45 puzzle-filled levels alone or with up to four friends in cooperative party mode play.

For those with a more competitive spirit, Roogoo offers a two-player multiplayer mode over Xbox Live where players battle to solve the same puzzle and can build up attacks to thwart their competitors' efforts.

Lost Odyssey is the story of Kaim, an immortal character who has lived more than 1, years. He doesn't remember his past, and he doesn't know where his future lies. Throughout Kaim's journey, a handful of characters join him on an odyssey to discover their intricate past and destiny, leading players through a dramatic story of massive scale.

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game elements are blended into the game's traditional role-playing game system, enabling players to make strategic decisions for a more immersive and deep gameplay experience.

With story sequences penned by award-winning Japanese novelist Kiyoshi Shigematsu in cooperation with producer Hironobu Sakaguchi, Lost Odyssey sets a new benchmark for the RPG genre with a combination of true-to-life cinematics and an intriguing story of an immortal man.

Players will witness Kaim's life as he lives through many generations, becomes part of numerous families, falls in and out of love, and confronts all of the conflicts that arise. The massively scoped worlds, memorable characters and epic storyline play as an intense and unsettling blockbuster action film. Heading up the artistic demands of the title is famed Japanese comic artist Takehiko Inoue.

Renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu has been recruited to create a contemporary soundtrack. Gamers who missed the original Lost Planet will have the opportunity to experience the original with the added bonus of fresh new content and cross platform multi-play all at a great value price.

Fans of the Lost Planet's online action will enjoy new online modes, maps, weapons and models. The popular action shooting series is in all of its original arcade glory, with gorgeous graphics and all the run-and-gun action you can handle. There is no time for indecision. General Morden is on the warpath and you must prevent him from creating the New World Order.

Stop the Rebel Army! Multiple routes: Different routes through the stages allow for extended replayability. Different metal slugs: Various slugs are available for help in battle.

Handle all the different slugs to learn their capabilities and complete the mission. Individual enemies: Different enemies appear depending on which route the player takes, and each enemy has its own unique characteristics. Classic arcade graphics: The classic graphics are faithfully reproduced for your gaming enjoyment. Play as your Avatar or choose from other friendly giants as you teach the local Keflings how to collect and convert resources to customize your kingdom. Educate and train your Keflings to become workers, scholars, even Mayor of the city!

Build your kingdom alone or cooperatively with up to three of your friends online. The more you build, the more buildings you unlock and the more Keflings you attract, so start building today!

City-building fun: In an original approach to a well-loved genre, A Kingdom for Keflings features a large avatar interacting with the Keflings, resources, and buildings of a small village. Resources and Keflings can be converted from one type to another.

Buildings can be built and upgraded with a combination of specific resources and specific Kefling types. Buildings in turn make new resources and Kefling types available, unlock new building types, attract more Keflings, and achieve other game goals.

Move your avatar around, pick up the Keflings and pop them into buildings. Customization: Make your city your own by customizing the look and color of buildings, and decorating the village with additional elements such as trees and walkways. The time of the season: Stylized animated graphics change with the seasons, and a dynamic music soundtrack which adapts to the season and the state of the village gives the game an unusually strong sense of life and activity.

Co-op play: Build cities online cooperatively with your friends. Top Spin 3 immerses players in a visually and physically realistic tennis experience. Using next generation technology, gameplay and graphics, Top Spin 3 is a tennis experience with dynamic weather changes, evolutionary player visuals and comprehensive online offerings.

In Top Spin 3, players compete online and offline to rise in the ranks against current top ranked professional players. Adding a unique user-generated component, players can also use new player creator features that include free-form body sculpting, makeup and tattoos. Take your game online with 5 vs. The bear-and-bird duo must use constant teamwork to rescue Banjo's sister from the evil Gruntilda who wants to steal her beauty.

Jones escapades through the jungles of South America to the mountaintops of India. Fans can build, battle and brawl their way through their favorite cinematic moments, from Indy's entanglements with snakes to his dashing boulder run. Pop culture's most iconic archeologist whips through all the classic moments with the help of a host of supporting characters including Marion Ravenwood and Short Round. Players can also mix and match the body parts of more than 60 playable characters to create new heroes just as they could in the LEGO Star Wars games.

In Red Alert 3, the desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. The time travel mission goes awry, creating an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, a new superpower has been thrust on to the world stage, and World War III is raging. The Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the East, making World War III a three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire with armies fielding wacky and wonderful weapons and technologies like Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks.

Red Alert 3 asks the question "What If? What if the Philadelphia Experiment, time travel theory, teleportation, invisibility, Tesla technology, and a hundred other intriguing research projects had all paid off and gone mainstream? What if the Soviet Union survived and thrived; what would it look like 10 years in the future? What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower?

The end result is an imaginative and playful vision of an alternate future filled with possibility. The world enjoys an unprecedented era of peace as enhanced defense technology eliminates the threat of nuclear war. But can it last? Constant depletion of resources has international tensions at a breaking point.

One spark will ignite what no one thought could happen Designed for next-gen consoles EndWar creates a theatre of war, immersing you in the drama of World War III in a way you never thought possible. If you don't step in to save your homeland, who will? Command Your Army: Grow your army into the most powerful force on the planet. Your army is completely customizable, and experience breeds strength - your units grow more powerful with every campaign you fight.

Paris, Moscow, Washington D. Try hundreds. Try persistent matchups lasting for months at a time. Talk Your Way to Victory: Put the controller aside and start shouting commands. EndWar can be played almost entirely via voice command. PES features a brand new intelligence system, called Teamvision, that adapts and reacts to players own gameplay styles to ensure that the computer controlled opponents are always challenging and forcing the player to think and chance their style of play to avoid being out-thought by the game.

It learns counter attacks that target your weaknesses and look to exploit any repetitive tactics players use. Defenders react better to danger, closing down the ball and charging at shots and the goalkeepers hold shots that are closer to them as well. Teammates make more intelligent runs into space and the close control has been sharpened to ensure quick and fluid passing and speedy attacks can be built.

The next gen versions also feature extensive edit modes so players can completely customise their PES experience. A stampede of notorious criminals have busted out of Arkham Asylum, where Gotham City houses only the shadiest of characters. It's up to the famed Caped Crusader to sweep Gotham clean of criminal activity using everything at his disposal, including crime-fighting vehicles as well as several baddie-bashing bat gadgets.

Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a completely redesigned online component.

Delivering on the franchise's compelling story, unrivaled authenticity and intense squad-based action, Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway drops you into Operation Market-Garden, the largest airborne operation of World War II. Lead Matt Baker, Joe Hartsock and the rest of the st Airborne Division as they fight to open "Hell's Highway" in a daring bid for a quick end to the war. Chessmaster Live allows you to challenge friends and players all over the world in thrilling contests and determine who's the real champ.

Choose among several 3-D or 2-D sets and play against virtual characters or real opponents over Xbox Live. Solve puzzles and discover exciting variations of this classic board game. Beginners can learn the basics of chess, and veteran players can improve their mastery of the game with the advanced scenario. The game is yours Compete against advanced A. New message chess system: Start a game without any time limit, and play the game at your leisure over the course of days or even weeks.

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Baseball should be a hit with fans of the original. If Take-Two plays its cards right it could have an update to one of the memorable games in sports history. What to Expect: A year ago, Harmonix promised to release new downloadable content every week. Despite some scares, that promise has not been broken. While there is new DLC planned for every week for the foreseeable future, our focus is on the free pack coming sometime this fall.

Anyone who buys Rock Band 2 will find a unique code on the back of their game manual. This code entitles them to another 20 free downloadable songs. These songs aren't yet available -- in fact, the tracks haven't even been announced yet. Still, an extra 20 songs brings Rock Band 2's track count to an impressive songs.

Here's what we know about the Pack: It's free, it's coming before the end of the year, and it features bands not included on the Rock Band 2 disc.

Oh, and from what we hear, it will be an impressive list. The jazzed-up remake of the classic Capcom puzzler had mostly HD graphics and added online multiplayer to bring the title into the current generation. But why stop at puzzles? It uses the original game's code but has been updated to run in p. No new frames have been added to the original animation, but everything has been redrawn by Udon Entertainment to modernize the game's look.

And if you're truly hardcore, you can make use of the training mode, which includes hit boxes so you can train like a pro to see where your strikes are landing. And then, we will own. Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island. Xbox Live Games of Fall You don't even have to put a disc in your to have a blast this season. Did you know you can download entire games to your Xbox through this magical thing called the internet?

It's true. All you need is a high speed connection and an Xbox Live Silver or Gold account and you're up and running. Now, you're surely lamenting the fact that there is so much to download.

What's a gamer to do in the face of so many options? That's what we're here for. The IGN Xbox Team has seen the future of downloadable content and returned with our picks for what downloads you can't miss this fall. Whether you want extra levels or maps for your favorite retail games or are looking for an addicting Xbox Live Arcade game to download, we've got suggestions for you.

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