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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.

Even though the 360's lackluster D-pad does its best to hold it back, Samurai Shodown II still shines on Xbox Live Arcade.

Strong Bad goes all Che Guevara in Episode 2, with amusing results.

Rock Band 2 offers a great package of new music and a bunch of great enhancements to the core game that make it a terrific purchase whether you're already well-versed in the genre or looking to get started.

TNA iMPACT! has some great ideas, but a wide array of issues big and small prevent it from achieving greatness.

The awesome destructive potential of Mercs 2 is hamstrung by a litany of technical shortcomings and clunky design.

The Last Guy is an interesting game, but there's not enough to it to make it a good game.

There are just enough new features--and just enough delightfully nutty new pinatas--to warrant a second trip into the garden.

Technical hiccups can't keep The Behemoth from sieging my heart!

Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty is a decent diversion for the price, but will make you long for the next full installment in the series.

Galaga Legions isn't a great Galaga sequel, but it's a decent space shooter with some interesting ideas.