Giant Bomb

This first-person parkour game stumbles often, but it does it with style.

Call of Duty: World at War is a great first-person shooter, but it's still stuck in the shadow of an even greater one.

Sony fleshes out its chaotic off-road racing series with this rough-and-tumble sequel.

Resistance 2 ditches the storytelling in favor of an excellent multiplayer experience.

Quantum of Solace is middle-of-the-road entertainment that has just enough mild highs to balance out against its mild lows.

Web of Shadows can get awfully repetitive, but this simple-yet-stylish action game still manages to make being Spider-Man feel awesome.

This sequel trades mutant-infested islands for a war-torn African savanna with mostly positive results.

Gears of War 2 intelligently builds on the successes of the first game, resulting in an immensely appealing sequel that is better in almost every way.

Guitar Hero makes an interesting, if not always successful, transition to the full-band format.

A suffocating level of difficulty limits the appeal of Rockstar's latest street racer.

This poor clone of today's music games is especially sad when you consider Konami's rich history with the genre.

Saints Row 2 ups the ante for the volume of sheer absurdity in an open-world action game.

The game is much greater than the sum of its familiar parts. It's also one of the best shooters so far this year.

Age of Booty's multiplayer is great fun that keeps you coming back, but you'll need a solid crew who wants to work together if you want to dominate the opposition.

This amusing trifle of a platformer benefits from its vivid presentation.

Crysis Warhead trades the length of the original for a bit more intensity and a lot more focus.

A unique blend of battlefield tactics and first-person shooting make Hell's Highway more interesting than its familiar WWII trappings let on.

While it feels more like fond memories than the near future, Wipeout HD still delivers plenty of high-speed, techno-laced thrills.

Pure looks great and plays well, providing enough tricks to keep things moving and enough tracks to keep things varied.

Namco Bandai strikes out with this halfhearted baseball game.