Blur (Cheats)

While controlling photo-realistic cars, gamers can use offensive and defensive attacks as they battle for the lead and careen through real-world track locations ranging from L.A. and San Francisco to the streets of Hackney, UK and the treacherous roads of Barcelona, Spain.

Alpha Protocol (Cheats)

While its story, characters and conversations are interesting and fun to play around with, Alpha’s third-person shooting which makes up the bulk of the game is not. It’s a far cry from terrible, but we’d been led to expect much more.

Just Cause 2 (Cheats)

You never feel compelled to do anything by the book and every session you play, you’ll find yourself concentrating on a new part of the game, continually getting distracted by something else along the way. Save for the combat, Just Cause 2 is everything we hoped the original was going to be which is surely reason enough for you and Rico to get reacquainted.

Modern Warfare 2 (Cheats)

Let’s keep it good and simple: Modern Warfare 2 is this year’s must-buy first-person shooter.

Killing Floor (Cheats)

Playing incrediably similar to Left 4 Dead but with Call of Duty's perks, although still satisfying, we wonder if this should have stayed an Unreal Tournament 2004 mod.

BioShock 2 (Cheats)

Taking place some years after the original title, BioShock 2 features the first Big Daddy returning to Rapture to stop the Big Sister and her ilk. Also, some long-awaited multiplayer has been added to the series.

Resident Evil 5 (FAQs)

Has just enough changes, including the amazing online co-op, to keep this feeling new while drawing heavily on all the good in RE4.

Dark Void (Cheats)

Dark Void is a criminal waste of time and energy, as standard and generic a game as you could hope to find, with a couple of little things that raise it out of the meat grinder and back into the land of the living. The flying side of things is reasonable but not worth all the hype, as the main game is a total bore and the plot is wasted on the rest of the package.

STALKER: Call of Pripyat (FAQs)

Containing the intense atmosphere of the Stalker series, Call of Pripyat is a great game. It’s just sad that, with a bit more effort it could have been the eye-popping classic the series could create.

Dragon Age: Origins (FAQs)

Dragon Age: Origins is high fantasy role-playing at its finest. Its detailed world, memorable characters, meaningful choices, and engrossing combat system makes Dragon Age the sort of game you’ll want to replay from start to finish several times. RPG fans won’t be disappointed by this truly epic adventure.