Battlefield: Bad Company 2 360
Tags: 360 Shooting Frugal Gamer Guides

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Xbox 360, PS3 and the PC brushes aside its competitors with an epic single-player campaign and a vastly improved multiplayer mode. Fighting through the dusty villages and dark jungles of South America the Cold War gets even hotter as you try to prevent a deadly weapon falling into Russian hands. With improved destructibility enabling you to raze entire buildings to the ground, Bad Company 2 sets a new precedent for fun with its huge multiplayer maps and satisfying vehicular combat. If you can see it, then you can destroy it.

Damnation 360
Tags: 360 Shooting Story Gamer Reviews

On paper, Damnation for 360 has some great ideas for story and gameplay. Unfortunately the game itself bungles all of these strong ideas with incompetent and uninspired execution, resulting in muddled tedium.

Vancouver 2010 360
Tags: 360 Sporting Dad Writing Gamer Reviews

Vancouver 2010 360 is the closest I'll get to the Winter Olympics. While there are plenty of events the increasing difficulty and fiddly controls make this more of a runner up, rather than an Olympian.

Bioshock 2 360
Tags: 360 Shooter Emotional Dad Gamer Reviews

Bioshock 2's essence feels somehow diluted by returning such a hallowed location. Although the atmosphere and environments conjour up the same rich experience, the story and revelations regarding Rapture's continued demise were not nearly as powerful as they could have been.

Forza 3 Autoweek Pack 360
Tags: 360 Racing Dad Writing Gamer Reviews

Forza 3 adds ten Autoweek picked cars to the starting grid. These crafted virtual versions of the world's most drooled over cars are more than enough to entice you back onto the track.

Mass Effect 2 360
Tags: 360 Adventuring Emotional Dad Gamer Reviews

Mass Effect 2 is one of the greatest video games that I have ever played. The subtle links to the first game, the standard of character writing and the universe detail gave me an experience I quite literally fell in love with.

Left for Dead 2 360
Tags: 360 Shooting Story Gamer Reviews

Left 4 Dead 2 for 360 and PC outdoes even its feted (fetid?) predecessor. But it takes the player to unearth the real story on offer here. Not the thin story of the main game, but the haphazard camaraderie that arises as you play with friends.

Worms 2: Armageddon 360
Tags: 360 Fighting Multiplayer Gamer Reviews

Worms has been enthused over since it's original, multiformat version arrived in the mid 90s. It's a bone fide classic beloved by armchair generals the world over, but is this latest installment worth adding to your multiplayer collection?

Bioshock 2 360
Tags: 360 Shooting Story Gamer Reviews

Bioshock 2's single player game could never be as fresh and novel as the first installment, but makes up for that familiarity with improved mechanics and an engaging story of its own.

Castle Crashers King Pack 360
Tags: 360 Fighting Multiplayer Gamer Reviews

Castle Crashers DLC King Pack introduces two new playable characters and a couple of new pet pods to collect, but even though these two extras make no discernible difference to the game. I still had a great experience playing. Donning my multiplayer headset and mic, I waded in with eyes and ears wide open.