Gears of War 2

A deadly symbiote invasion brings total devastation to the streets of New York City in the next Spider-Man™: Web of Shadows, where players have ultimate control over the city’s salvation and Spider-Man’s destiny. Set in an apocalyptic New York City, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows gives players an unprecedented level of gameplay choices, including, for the first time, control over the game’s direction and outcome. The all new combat system allows for truly three dimensional battles that start in the streets, continue up sides of buildings and finish on rooftops. Gamers can instantly switch between the agile red suit and formidable black suit, choose to ally with Marvel’s honored heroes or ferocious villains, pick which of Spider-Man’s abilities to upgrade, and decide which missions to undertake in order to protect Manhattan from certain destruction.

As Dr. Muto, players forge through 22 vast levels on four distinct planetscapes: the junkyard world of Totltec, the half-drowned water world of Aquem, the smog-choked skies of Flotos, and finally, the forbidden mines of Mazon. Armed with his newest invention, the Splizz gun, Dr. Muto morphs himself into a variety of DNA-spliced creatures including an alien spider, a miniature mouse, and a hulking gorilla. By morphing, Dr. Muto gains each creature’s abilities and physical attributes--such as the ability to cling to webs, squeeze into tight spaces, and breathe underwater--all to better crush, outwit, and outlast 10 different enemies.

One good cop. One bad situation. Meet Jack Slate. A cop on the beat in Grant City, unaware that his next call is about to change his life. What he discovers will send him on a downward spiral into a labyrinth of corruption, betrayal, and crime. A supercharged action noir thriller, Dead to Rights delivers what only the best action movies can: the gripping storyline, larger-than-life action hero, and adrenaline-charged experience. All that's missing is you!

What does one have to do to get a good game of Contra around here? Midway's Assault: Retribution is a poor excuse for an action game, falling into innumerable design pitfalls that were supposed to have been filled long ago.
Konami's taken a lot of flak for the two Contra rip-offs its American office licensed to Hungarian developer Appaloosa. Assault: Retribution is just as miserable, if not more so, and doesn't even have the "Hey, this isn't Contra!" disappointment factor to amplify the game's flaws. You select one of two characters at the beginning of the game, each of which has four different guns at his disposal, gained by picking up the weapon power-up icons in the game. You have 100 hit points and a bank of energy to power your weapons. In addition to weapon power-ups, you can collect up to three orbiting weapon upgrades for each of your guns, weapon batteries, medical kits, and some kind of electric-spasm smart bomb equivalent. If your weapon battery or life bars are full, you can actually store a battery or medical kit for later use, an uncharacteristic bit of innovation. The gameplay is virtually identical to the two Contra games on the PlayStation: You blast everything from a mostly overhead point of view in a full 3D world. You can also angle your gun up or down using the controller's right shoulder buttons, but this is rarely required and more trouble than it's worth the rest of the time. A la Crash Bandicoot, Assault has a few forced-scroll levels in it, among them a Chain Reaction-inspired "outrun the nuclear blast on foot" scene and a generic hoverbike scenario. Unlike the PlayStation's Contra games, Assault includes two-player simultaneous play, an effort that could have been laudable had it been executed better.