The Ubisoft Montreal studio generates some of the most advanced game technology, and that’s evident here. Some design decisions hurt the overall effort, but it’s clear that there’s a lot of potential for future releases.

The single player is bigger and brawnier than anything that's been attempted on a console before. The multiplayer, which already shadowed the competition, has improved to the point of ridiculousness.

This run-of-the-mill racing game slowly goes nowhere once you get out of arcade mode. But at least it looks pretty.

2K8 lost a step when it made its bizarre control-scheme changes and failed to really improve much of the rest of the game beyond the franchise mode.

While Stranglehold doesn't revolutionize action games, or even any one part of action games, it's a solid game with an authentic cinematic style, great use of Chow Yun-Fat, excellent action, and destructible environments

In a sense, Airborne gives you back what you put into it - it rewards a determination to enjoy what it has to offer.

It’s rare to find a game that has both quality in its engineering and quality in its gameplay. But BioShock is certainly that in a nice package.

While the core mechanics of Order of the Phoenix are verging on excellent, the game that's been built around them is basically a series of chores in disguise.

This is definitely one of the best approximations of rally driving that I’ve ever played with, and it’s made only better by a great use of the Wireless Racing Wheel.

Quality visuals, engaging storylines and intense action give this FPS the power to rip open the genre's ribcage and pump life into its formulaic heart.