Madden NFL 09

Meet the new Madden. Same as the old Madden. Except with some new stuff to make it seem new. Just like the old Madden.

Soul Calibur IV

The preeminent weapons-based fighter returns as Soul Calibur IV, replete with the expected melodramatic underpinnings, hopelessly garish costumes, impossibly huge swords, staffs and axes, flagrant flamboyance, and defiantly cheeseball, soul crushing mythology.

Battlefield: Bad Company

Battlefield: Bad Company has you and three military misfit buddies getting tossed to the wolves as disposable manpower. Thankfully, said buddies don't die... but they don't shut up much either.

Top Spin 3

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

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.

UEFA Euro 2008

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.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

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.

Kung Fu Panda

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.

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