Mass Effect 2 takes the bleak vacuum of space and flushes it with color–the light of stars and galaxies, the red and violet swirls of far-off nebulas, and the glimpses of comets as they burn through the void. You’ll catch your first glimpse of this in the game’s intense and much-improved art design, but that dance of light and shadows is also an apt metaphor for bleak undercurrents in the story, as well as the moral quandaries and past indiscretions that haunt the main characters. More so than its predecessor, Mass Effect 2 possesses an identity, and most of the obvious changes and improvements over the original are beholden to the shift in tone. The shooting is more immediate and satisfying, which keeps the pace moving and intensifies the violence of each encounter.

If you’re familiar with the Red Faction series, then you know Mars as a dangerous place where the regimes are oppressive and the building codes are lax. In Red Faction: Armageddon, alien infestation replaces armed uprising as the series takes on a new tone. This third-person shooter may tell an unremarkable tale and lack the freedom of its open-world predecessor, Red Faction: Guerrilla, but Armageddon serves up a fresh new batch of creative mayhem with extensive destructibility and a devastating array of weapons and powers. Blasting your way through hordes of aliens and wreaking merry havoc on the overrun human infrastructure is an entertaining endeavor, but it’s the ingenious and versatile magnet gun that takes the thrills of destruction to new heights. Whether you’re soldiering solo in the single-player campaign or staving off an enemy onslaught with friends online, Red Faction: Armageddon provides a lot of great ways to indulge your destructive desires.

Cars Mater-National offers fans of the film a fresh adventure set in the super-fueled world of Radiator Springs. The video game features all-new international characters vying for their chance to compete against Lightning McQueen in the First Annual Mater-National Race Festival. Players explore the new and improved open world of Radiator Springs, complete with new tracks, mini-games and more.

Zeno Clash 2 continues the adventures of Ghat, who struggle against new and old conflicts, games torrents. The sequel features open ended gameplay with large explorable environments and RPG elements as well as an expanded melee combat system for even more brutal and engaging gameplay. Building upon the daring visual design and gratifying first-person fisticuffs of the acclaimed original, Zeno Clash II is bigger, bolder, and better in every way. Zenozoik comes alive like never before, an open world waiting to be explored, one rendered with breathtaking splendor. As Ghat, players can fully and freely explore every natural and architectural wonder his world has to offer. In addition to most of the characters, enemies, and items from the first game — all of which return with dramatic visual enhancement — Ghat can also expect to encounter awe-inspiring new sights, jaw-dropping new creature designs, and wildly creative new weapons and items.

COLLECTORS SERIES INCLUDES: *Need For Speed Underground Electronic Arts Need For Speed series takes a note from the Fast and Furious handbook with its latest release entitled Need For Speed Underground. Purchase, race, and customize 20 different licensed cars from major manufacturers such as Honda, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Volkswagen, Nissan, and more.

The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time trilogy has always been known for its tight controls and satisfying environmental puzzles set in beautiful levels. The series’ control scheme has served as a model for countless other games that also feature an acrobatic protagonist like the Prince. The same great interface remains in the third game of the series, The Two Thrones. Like the other two games, you’ll find yourself wall running, jumping, flipping, and vaulting your way up fiendishly designed environmental puzzles, as well as fighting vicious enemies with the improved combat system introduced in the last game, Warrior Within. The Prince has a few new tricks up his sleeve as well, but longtime fans of the series should still feel right at home.

Hey, remember Scarface? How about that ending, with Tony Montana taking on an army of thugs with his “little friend” and managing to kill most of them…except for the guy creeping up from behind with a double-barreled shotgun? Guess he didn’t see that coming. Too bad they didn’t leave it open for a sequel, because the continuing adventures of Tony Montana probably would have been pretty cool.

Assassin’s Creed features one of the most unique gameworlds ever created: beautiful, memorable, and alive. Every crack and crevasse is filled with gorgeous, subtle details, from astounding visual flourishes to overheard cries for help. But it’s more than just a world–it’s a fun and exciting action game with a ton of stuff to do and places to explore, rounded out with a complex story that will slowly grab you the more you play. The PC version has a few more issues than its console counterparts, and the keyboard-and-mouse controls strip away some of the smooth magic of exploration. Nevertheless, if you don’t mind plugging in a gamepad and have a system that exceeds the system requirements, you’ll find the same free-form travels and atmospheric game world that console owners enjoyed last year.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed a avut parte de defecte, dar a oferit încă o doză sănătoasă de sabie-felierea, Force-aruncând acțiune care a făcut distractiv pentru a distruge wookiee, Jawas, și soldații care s-au in drumul tau. Forța Unleashed II oferă delicii similare pe ocazie, dar în general, acest sequel este mai puțin plăcută, mai puțin variat, iar mai scurtă decât jocul care a venit în fața sa. Designul artă, în timp ce mai puțin diversă decât cea a originalului, este încă impresionant, iar povestea, în timp ce mai puțin convingătoare emoțional, este încă presărat cu momente emoționante. Dar frustrările original nu au fost îmbunătățite în orice mod semnificativ, și o luptă incredibil de bland seful final aduce un joc de acțiune decent la o concluzie moale. În multe feluri, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II este mai mult de aceeași, care ar putea fi bine pentru Star Wars fani în căutarea unui nou excursie în stele. Dar ea are nimic de scânteia sau diversitatea primul joc, și o mână de momente cinematografice extraordinare nu sunt suficiente pentru a compensa.