Original xbox games released 2006

Expand your Lumines Live! What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you into the world's most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing. You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighborhoods one block at a time.

As the police turn up the heat, the battle ultimately shifts to Carbon Canyon, where territories and reputations can be lost on every perilous curve. Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of customization giving you the power to design and tweak your crew's cars in every way using the ground-breaking new Autosculpt technology.

Represent your car class, your crew, and your turf in Need for Speed Carbon, the next revolution in racing games. The book by Mario Puzo and classic film by Paramount Pictures serve as inspiration for The Godfather, as gamers join the Corleone family and earn respect through loyalty and fear as they rise through the ranks to become Don in a living New York. Gamers create their own mob character in the game, putting themselves into the action while reliving classic moments from the fiction and experiencing original missions alongside memorable characters from the film.

After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts the player is accepted into the Corleone family, America's most famous criminal organization. It is up to the player to carry out orders, earn respect and make New York City their own. From mob hits and bank heists to drive-bys and extortion, step deep inside the world of The Godfather where intimidation and negotiation are your tickets to the top.

Players use their powers of loyalty and fear to earn respect through interactions with characters in the world. Decisions made by the player in the game have lasting consequences, just as it was in the mob underworld featured in The Godfather fiction. James Caan, Robert Duvall, and the late Marlon Brando provided voice acting and likenesses for the game. Among several online game options is an exclusive mode called "Quarter Match", which introduces a new way of reliving the exhilarating arcade experience at home.

Xbox users can connect to the Xbox Live online game service and access Xbox Live Arcade to download a free, feature-limited version of the game which offers two playable characters for one match. When they are ready for the ultimate retro gaming experience, users can then unlock the full version of the game, enabling players to choose from all eight original characters as well as four boss characters, each with their own special endings and home levels.

Players take on the role of Blitz, a multi-talented robot who must activate an aging Space Cannon to save his world from a band of maladjusted space pirates. Set in seven distinct environments, RoboBlitz features 19 levels of puzzle-solving and high-intensity action.

Everything you loved about Top Spin is back and made even better. The peerless player-creator is reborn with the powerful Digital Identity that truly puts you in the game. Experience the pro tour in venues that are alive and dynamic with environmental elements that react to your play. Create realistic player models and customize them with the highest level of details. Hairstyles, sweatbands, shirts, shorts, shoes, and more allow you to create a player with your look and your style.

Silky smooth animations, vibrant colors, and hi-definition technology delivers illustrious depictions of players, stadiums, and crowds bringing tennis to life on the Xbox Assume the role of the flamboyant Rico Rodriguez — an undercover CIA operative specializing in regime change - as he tries to overthrow the corrupt government of San Esperito.

It could be to your advantage that this tropical paradise is about to implode as various factions vie for power — it just needs a gentle nudge in the right direction. The game world consists of 1, sq. And you will have at your disposal a varied and exciting array of vehicles, planes and watercraft. Veteran twitch gamers and eager rookies are all well catered for, with over stages challenging allcomers to build and refuel their rockets under heavy pressure from disgruntled locals.

The ultimate point of all this? Same as it always was: to stay alive and get rich. Online components include access to global high score Leaderboards and a good spread of Achievements, while the inclusion of simultaneous multiplayer action marks another first for the franchise. Two players can quickly and easily set up a head-to-head battle on a single Xbox console or over Xbox Live. So if you fancy giving your trigger finger a proper arcade workout for the first time in ages, this is the game for you.

Feel free to storm Xbox Live Arcade and download the Trial version if you're still not sure. Jetpac Refuelled is much more than a simple nostalgia trip, though to show due reverence we've also included a recreation of the classic original under the heading of Retro mode Up to 4 players can join in the battles across many dynamic and richly detailed levels.

Choose from a cast of awesome fighters like cyborg tabby cats, assassin truffle pigs and mutant chimney sweeps. The side-scrolling action is easy for anyone to pickup, and hard to put down. FIFA Soccer 07 on the Xbox moves away from the traditional animation-based game engine and now enables raw physics and data to drive the action, creating true-to-life movement and the most advanced visuals seen in a soccer game.

Player characteristics are based on brand-new traits and twice the number of attributes, so you won't see two players moving in exactly the same way. Instead they look and behave like the athletes we see gracing the pitch week-in, week-out.

Improved fundamental controls that are easy to pick-up-and play but difficult to master and enhanced AI enable you to truly enjoy the virtual recreation of the beautiful game. The ball and players react to your slightest touch with an unprecedented level of responsiveness, giving you complete control.

For the first time ever the ball is alive with its own independent physics, resulting in truly unpredictable gameplay. Now any type of pass or shot is possible and goals will feel natural and unique. Using the physics-based and data-driven technology, the FIFA Soccer 07 engine creates a wealth of data that gives you the power to make real tactical decisions when managing your players.

FIFA Soccer 07 offers never-before-experienced real-time player analysis. Detailed feedback pinpoints where the player was located on the pitch and his contribution to the match. Now you can make informed decisions during halftime with the aid of this in-depth match analysis, enabling you to locate problem areas in both attack and defense.

Check the areas of possession to make subtle adjustments to your play and spot defensive weaknesses in the opposition. All the shots, assists and goals are marked out so you can see who did the most damage.

Gamers can play as their favorite team from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of the tournament in Germany. With enhanced player animations, EA SPORTS has emulated close to of the world's superstars, capturing their playing styles and individual likenesses. In addition to enabling gamers to participate in the FIFA World Cup Germany by taking control of one of national teams, the game features new compelling modes of play, including the groundbreaking Global Challenge that tests even the most hardcore soccer fan by recreating classic moments in FIFA World Cup history.

Furthermore, the game supports up to eight-way multiplayer matches and features a plethora of in-game unlockable content such as legendary players and exclusive apparel. This squad-based action title puts gamers in control of giant mechanized military weapons of war. Chromehounds offers an intense, photorealistic look at war from the cockpits of colossal metal vehicles. Squads of HOUNDs take to the field in international factions, cooperating with and complementing each other in terms of firepower, range of movement, and abilities.

Domination of the world is the prize for the mightiest army on the field. Strategic planning, snap reflexes and communication are key to winning the day in this battle-hardened action title. Players take the role of either a Squad Member or a Tactics Commander, who is responsible for strategically guiding the team to victory with verbal commands on Xbox Live.

In addition to supporting both cooperative and competitive online modes, the game offers thousands of upgrade options, which effect both the look and performance of player mechs.

Strategic gameplay puts the player in the role of 'tactics commander'; manage your squad while testing your reflexes on the battlefield. Xbox LIVE support offers cooperative and competitive campaigns for up to 12 players at once. Combining intense squad-based combat with the freedom of total destruction, The Outfit takes players behind enemy lines, battling the Nazi War Machine through a variety of combat missions. Choose from three playable squad leaders - each with their own skills and abilities, as you lead a squad of battle-forged soldiers on missions ranging from reconnaissance and rescue to search and destroy.

With interactive and fully destructible environments, you have the freedom to shoot, blow up or demolish anything in your path. As you complete mission objectives, you'll gain Field Units FUs , a currency that can be used to order "Destruction on Demand" - air-dropped into the action at any time. With "Destruction On Demand" D. Player Disposition: Each player has an inherent set of attributes: consistency, focus, and confidence.

Coach's Clipboard: Whether it's a full court press or a quick shot at the end of the half, coach your team to victory through specific timeout directions with Timeout Focus. Improve your zone defense efficiency and exploit your opponent's weaknesses by having total control over individual zone replacements with Zone Substitutions. Selection Sunday: No day in college basketball is bigger than Selection Sunday. Listen to commentary as video clips give you the low down on all the bracket match ups.

Full Auto combines fully-automatic, weapon-equipped vehicles with highly detailed urban landscapes, offering the most destructive environments ever featured in the racing genre. In Full Auto, the city of Staunton is held hostage by a mysterious group known only as The Shepherds. As a retired driver, you are coerced by the Shepherds into a series of lethal street races, where the cost of competing is far greater than anyone ever expected.

Botch a turn? Correct it. Miss a shortcut? Go back and take it. Under heavy fire? Use a second chance to evade the competition. And Xbox Live support ensures significant replay value for gamers itching to take on human opponents in both grand-scale arena modes and full-throttle races. Full Auto allows players to choose from a wide selection of unique vehicle designs and arm them with any combination of machine guns, cannons, and other deadly weapons before taking to the streets.

The rules of the road don't apply in this high-octane, no-holds-barred competition. Included in the XLA version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is the classic "2 on 2 kombat mode," as well as a variety of multiplayer modes including a new Challenger Versus Mode which allows up to 4 players to play in a "winner-stays-on" style tournament.

The game is available worldwide for Microsoft Points. Detailed Leaderboards: Captures the player's win and losses both for all time and for the current week. Challenger Versus Mode: A new multiplayer mode which allows up to 4 players to play in a "winner-stays-on" style tournament. Statistics are recorded to allow for maximum bragging rights.

Players test their skills at the premier Circuit Events in hopes of qualifying for the winner-take-all, invitation-only Tournament of Champions at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. Along the way, they face-off against more top pros than ever before, including Joseph Hachem, the World Series of Poker Main Event Champion and Jennifer Tilly, the Academy Award nominated actress and World Series of Poker bracelet holder, among others in hopes of bringing home the Tournament of Champions trophy.

As the story develops, players face increasingly difficult challenges and learn to master Atsuma's special fighting and magical abilities. The game which revolutionized pro football videogames is back and better than ever, starring new bad boy, Bill Romanowski, as Baltimore Bearcats linebacker Bruno Batagglia, and the return of Lawrence Taylor, as Quentin Sands.

Step onto the field with more customizable options than ever before, with new cities, logos, and unlockable players which will help you to create what could be the greatest franchise in League history. Take your team online and dominate your opponents using new offensive and defensive evasion moves, or try and defeat the new all-star teams stacked with the best talent on the field.

Get ready for another dramatic season of Blitz and experience The League like never before. Explore the ancient ruins of Mayan civilization while discovering hidden treasures and priceless artifacts. Rearrange valuable relics to turn sand tiles into gold. Watch out, though Earn the respect of your fellow archaeologists and collect oodles of treasures and jewels.

Your quest is complete when you have solved every puzzle, uncovered all the gold statues, and proven yourself a Chief Explorer. Map your progress through challenging puzzles. Encounter buried relics, cursed items, and mind-boggling boards. Immerse yourself in stunning graphics, captivating music, and the wild sounds of the jungle.

Earn bonus points and extra lives as you advance through the quests. Get special hints help you with your battle against time. This exciting title soon became know for its innovative fighter combination system and the varied enemy attack patterns. Take control of a fighter space craft and shoot down the invading aliens.

Watch out for the swooping motherships, which will try to steal your fighter. Rescue captured fighters to double your firepower. Earn Perfect Bonuses as you battle your way through wave after wave in different challenging stages. The world of Vana'diel stands at the brink of war. Three powerful nations, united in their plight against the beastmen forces, look to their last hope -- brave adventurers like you!

Will the beastmen gain the upper hand, and thrust the once-peaceful Vana'diel into another war? Step into the world of Vana'diel and journey forth on grand adventures with players from all across the globe! How you play is up to you, with limitless possibilities for adventure. Set out on your own to discover the countless secrets of Vana'diel, or form a party with your friends to purge the beastman forces and bring home sensational spoils! The powerful next-generation capabilities of Xbox provides a much more dynamic and visually impressive gateway to Vana'diel.

In addition, players can finally experience Final Fantasy XI in high-definition and 5. During the course of the mission campaign, players will evolve along with their wingmen into an ace fighting force. The heroic storyline that follows the evolution of a single squadron and the cinematic presentation create moments reminiscent of classic World War II movies. Up to 16 players online can engage over Xbox Live online game service in head-to-head dogfights or cooperative team play between squadrons in 10 additional missions.

As the exclusive and official Major League Baseball multi-platform video game, Major League Baseball 2K6 includes innovative features such as a new movement system and realistic player collisions on the infield and outfield.

New broadcast elements include flashback replays, and a unique player morale system will unfold the drama like never before in a baseball video game. User Score: 4. Using your trusty pump, inflate your enemies until they pop, or squash them under rocks. Don't hesitate, or you could get squashed yourself. Drive your high score up by taking out enemies further underground, or making more difficult kills. Propel Dig Dug through underground tunnels as he hunts down monsters.

The more dirt you move, the more points you get. Watch out for treacherous rocks and use them to your advantage. Just because your enemies start in tunnels doesn't mean they have to stay there. Watch out for them sneaking up on you and make them pay!

Drop more than two rocks and look for icons to start appearing in the center of the map! Collect these items, including the ship from the Xbox Live Arcade game Galaga, to drive your score higher. The rules here are simple: Eat anything that's smaller than you and swim clear of everything else.

The more you eat, the bigger you get, and the bigger you get, the closer you come to taking on the fearsome Shark King. Oysters offer up bonus points in the form of pearls, but be quick or the shell could snap shut with you inside! Nibbling on the tail of a patrolling barracuda is a risky way to earn extra points—he can turn on you in an instant.

And the jellyfish - well, it's best to swim clear of them altogether. Did you know that tuna can swim up to 50 miles per hour?

Or that a parrot fish can change its gender? Feeding Frenzy includes more than four dozen fascinating fish facts like these - one between each game level. Race to the finish line as you live all the fun and excitement of the next Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film, Cars. Story-based adventure that relives key moments of the movie. Burn rubber in over 30 races and mini-games. Explore the open-world of Radiator Springs. Speed to the finish line with over 10 playable characters.

Make your friends eat your dust in multiplayer mode. Features all of the major voice talent from the movie. Pilot your ship through 60 waves, collecting crystals and evading the Nasties. These unique baddies - each one different - emerge from portals on each side of the screen. Fire your weapon at them, or deploy a smart bomb to vaporize every Nasty on the screen. Grab all the crystals to open the gateway at the bottom of the screen. And don't forget to gather up the goodies in each wave Star Trek: Legacy places you in the role of the Admiral of a task force of warships, which you control in small and large-scale battles.

Test your strategic and tactical skills in real-time combat featuring authentic spaceships, full damage modeling, and spectacular visual effects. Taking advantage of next-generation consoles, Star Trek: Legacy features dynamic three-dimensional battlefields with graphically stunning space environments filled with fully realized nebulas, wormholes, planets, and stars.

With full multiplayer support, you can to choose from small-scale engagements to all-out war involving multiple star systems in addition to tracking stats and player rankings. Phantasy Star Universe offers two complete RPG experiences - a single-player action adventure spanning multiple planets, and a robust online multi-player component. The game offers long-time fans the epic experience they have been clamoring for. The solo adventure features more than 40 hours of gameplay, an emotionally engaging story, traditional cut scenes, and strong character development.

In Online Mode, players are given the opportunity to create their own characters from a range of races, and they get to explore all three planets in the Grarl solar system. Fans can travel with a squad of other adventurers, enter urban sprawls teeming with hundreds of other players, and build their avatars into powerful warriors.

Available only at Burger King Restaurants from Nov. But, there's a catch — Big Bumpin' arenas come with some big hazards, like surprise saws, bottomless pits and "power up" items that let gamers dole out thundering bumps.

With several different types of game play, gamers have a chance to hone their bumper car skills in a variety of challenging scenarios. Easy to learn. Fun to play. Difficult to avoid a major crash. Test your skills in ring games and tournaments, or fine-tune your skills playing the scenario you always wanted to be in. Customize the game however you want. The comprehensive help provides details on each aspect of the game.

Travel through eight stages in the jungle armed with a machine gun and the ability to capture upgraded weapons including a Fireball, Laser, Rapid Fire gun and a Spread Gun. Lance and Bill are all that stand in the way of Red Falcon and their plans for global domination. Start in and gun down biplanes and work your way through to the 21st century piloting your craft against UFOs.

Collect parachuting pilots to gain point bonuses and destroy enemy ships to call forth the boss in order to advance through time. User Score: tbd. The vixens of wrestling are back. Sure Rumble Roses XX delivers the visual "enhancements" that you would expect for a next generation game, but this is more than just another pretty face.

Get in the ring and unload submission holds, reversals, and an increased number of other new moves to take down your opponent. Go online and team up with another beauty in the all-new Tag Team mode or compete in a free-for-all to determine who is Queen in the all-new Battle Royal mode.

Fight fair or fight dirty - humiliation is the name of the game. The first and only all-female wrestling experience for the Xbox New moves: A wider variety of moves and combinations offer a more realistic wresting experience. Compete online as a team or go head-to-head. Choose from more than 20 wrestlers each with a variety of costume changes, and new moves. Move through treacherous mazes and eat all the Pac-Dots to clear each stage while avoiding the sinister ghosts. Eat Power Pellets to become temporarily invincible.

Turn the tables on the ghosts and chase them down. Eat all four ghosts to ear the most bonus points. Are you skilled enough to stay alive through all the stages? This classic video game was released in , and became a phenomenon around the world.

Now you won't need a pocketful of quarters to play this classic arcade title. In Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires, the armies of the kingdom are at your command. The player's ultimate goal is to conquer the 25 regions of Ancient China and build an entire Empire using cunning diplomacy and uncompromising force.

Before each battle, the player will meet with the war council to decide upon military and political policies for the kingdom, then it's time for war. The game gives armchair generals total control of their kingdom.

Now, gamers can issue direct orders to each officer or signal general commands to officers on the field. Players will order when the army will take the offensive, defend their ground, or have all officers gather for an ambush. Gamers can also choose the officers for an attack force, entice captives into joining the kingdom's service and even expel officers from the kingdom.

There's even greater authority over Government, Product Development, Diplomacy and Battle Tactics with the game's 25 new policies for a total of 75 in all.

The game's imperial-sized action includes 4 scenarios to unlock, 2-Player Co-Op play in "Empire" and "Free" modes, new items to unlock, and control of over officers! Once the dust has settled, there's the real history of Ancient China to discover in the game's detailed Encyclopedia. The title is a fantasy action game for Xbox that allows players to experience an immersive and emotional story though the eyes of good and evil while they fight among hundreds of fellow soldiers through an epic adventure of fantasy and action.

Each playable character will feature their own strengths and weaknesses, as players must choose the right combination of magic and might to overcome their adversaries. With hundreds of combatants on screen at once, players wield their armies with precision and skill in massive scale battles against ever evolving virtual opponents. In the epic and emotional campaign, gamers play through the heart of a fabulous fantasy realm with unparalleled depth. Each character has his or her own dedicated plotline that ultimately intertwines with that of a larger story.

Features enhanced artwork building on the original title's style, modernized sound and music, and all new play modes. Versus speed mode: Race a friend in split screen or Xbox Live action with this exciting new mode. Take as many frogs as you need to be the first to get five across the street for a new, intense competition.

Co-op play: With a friend in the room, or on the other side of the world via Xbox Live, put your competitive nature aside and work together to push your frogs to the limit. All new bonuses: Rescue extra frogs, discover Frogger's friends, and search out tasty insect bonuses to push your score higher.

There's an all time high score for this title, and someone's gonna have to beat it. Team up with a cast of crazy critters, unleashing your animal instincts in Open Season, the game — a riotous romp in the great outdoors in which a rowdy brood of forest animals turns the tables on a bunch of unsuspecting hunters.

When a domesticated grizzly named Boog gets lured into leaving the creature comforts of home by a fast-talking mule deer named Elliott, he finds himself lost in the woods just three days before hunting season begins. Forced to "rough it" in the great outdoors, Boog goes native, rallying all the forest animals to take back their home and send the hunters packing.

Interact with Beth, Shaw, and all your animal favorites from the Open Season film. Throw skunk bombs, hurl rabbits, use acorn-firing squirrels, and pull outrageous woodland pranks to scare the pants off the hunters. Roll in a giant snowball, ride the rapids on a floating outhouse, zip through tunnels in a crazy mine cart ride, and take on more madcap adventures as Boog discovers how to go from "Mild" to "Wild".

Challenge your friends or team up together in 4-player mini-games. Bionicle Heroes brings to life the most powerful and exciting LEGO characters ever seen in one game, in an action-packed world of adventure and discovery.

Take control of a young hero as he steps out of the real world and into the strange and dangerous universe of Bionicle. Only by mastering the powers and special abilities of the greatest Bionicle heroes will he be able to overcome the many challenges ahead. In the future, the galaxy is invaded by hostile alien forces. Attacking in countless swarms, the aliens decimate any planet they encounter. Those who survive the initial invasions are harvested and forced serve the alien invaders.

Mankind's only hope lies in you, the Defender. Classic and enhanced modes: Play this arcade classic the way it was back in the day, or play it with sound and visual enhancements for next-gen. Full Xbox Live support: Access leaderboards for single player, versus, co-op, and weekly stats, and earn 12 achievements for a total of gamerpoints.

Multiplayer mania: Test your skills against rivals or team up with your friends. Play on or offline in co-op or versus mode, combining your scores or matching them against each other for the win. Each track varies in level of difficulty and players navigate long straights, tight bends and sharp turns at high speeds while attempting to earn enhancements and tools that they can use to gain an advantage over opponents.

In addition to individual play, four players can race against each other in classic split-screen set-up or eight players can battle it out online using XBOX Live. Import Tuner Challenge is an authentic and extremely customizable street-racing game that challenges racers to immerse themselves in Tokyo's underground to take on the fastest street-racing teams.

Players can customize and race licensed import sports cars using real tuner parts and tuning techniques. Includes real Tokyo highways and regions, all the hottest licensed import sports cars and concept vehicles and the most prized import tuner part manufacturers. More than five million customizations: Select from a vast warehouse of specialized parts to customize a car's interior, exterior and engine. Includes everything from authentic aero kits from Mazdaspeed, C-West and Veilside to racing seats from Recaro and Bride.

Tune your car like a mechanic: Install custom parts with the click of a button and hit the streets wheels spinning. Players can fine-tune their parts to suit a specific race. Conquer the toughest and fastest street-racing teams: With more than unique opponents with different strengths, weaknesses and custom cars, never play the same game twice. Take your ride to the Xbox Live online gaming service: See how your custom tuner stacks up in head-to-head in Versus mode — take your most extreme mods straight to the streets to dominate all who challenge.

Whether in a logging yard, construction site, suburban neighborhood or downtown urban scene -- each rich with detail and hidden pathways -- players can hide out and earn points based on how elaborate the delivery is executed. The game casts players in the role of a Confederate or Union soldier battling through 12 of the most famous battles in U.

Each mission is introduced with a documentary video describing the historic moments in a battle, movements of armies, local fights, historical photos and battle statistics. Gamers experience the intense conflicts of the Civil War in famous locations like Little Round Top and Lookout Mountain to the diverse landscapes of train yards, saw mills and military forts while using bayonets, sabers, the butt of a gun and even their fists to take down the enemy.

A wide arsenal of rifles, multiple types of grenades, exploding artillery, revolvers, muskets and more are at the soldier's disposal to set charges, place explosives, sabotage enemy lines, destroy buildings and more to complete mission objectives. Join the DOA girls at the beach--frolic at your own pace, compete in new beach games and see all their curves up close and personal.

This is the way resort life was meant to be enjoyed. Admire the girls of DOA like never before The gorgeous women of the award winning DOA franchise come to life in a fun, beautiful, island environment complete with all new cinematics. What would a tropical vacation be without some beach blanket games? Play games from the original DOAXBV including Beach Volleyball and the fan-favorite Hopping Game or try out the all-new additions, the innovative Hip Wrestling or experience an adrenaline rush in the personal watercraft" racing mode.

Do you feel lucky? Gamble the night away as the Casino feature is back with even more games to test your luck. A DOA game without a little competition? Play by yourself or challenge others in versus mode or through Xbox Live. Long before the twilight of the samurai, Japan was ruled by powerful leaders hungry to unite the land under one banner. The samurai and ninja who defended their land and honor became legends.

Features 26 playable characters in all. Once forbidden secret techniques for each warrior are revealed. Set traps, summon ninja decoys, and more. Use powerful Linked Charge attacks and for the first time power up to three Musou gauges. Now castle warfare blends seamlessly with field combat. Take control of castles on the battlefield to gain a significant morale advantage. Experience new tales in Story, Free, and Survival modes. Team up with friends for two-player Co-op play or compete with them at "Sugoroku," a bonus party game for up to four players.

Challenge an opponent in two-player Vs. Over 70 cinematic sequences supervised by Shinsuke Sato, director of the cult hit, "The Princess Blade" and new music from fusion artist Minoru Mukaiya. Master the power of the X-Men—Obliterate enemies and objects as Wolverine, using your lethal adamantium claws and crushing brute force. As Nightcrawler, scale walls, swing from rafters and teleport through environments to surprise enemies.

Shoot ice bursts and create hailstorms as lightning-fast Iceman. For even more power, utilize fury and adrenaline modes. Become a part of the X-Men movie universe—Embark on a globe-spanning conflict featuring every element of the X-Men universe—from favorite villains to famous locations such as Alkali Lake, plus the voices and likenesses of key actors from the films. Battle fierce enemies, join forces with comrades—Face off against movie villains such as Pyro, Magneto and Sabretooth, plus added foes like legions of Sentinels.

Storm, Colossus and Cyclops join forces with you in gameplay that includes melee fighting, stealth-style action and time-based missions. True to the fiction in every respect, this is the game based on the Superman universe that fans have been anticipating for decades. From excited citizens to the traffic on the streets, every detail of this vibrant city has a mind of its own. These 80 square miles are brought to life for the first time in a videogame. Go anywhere and do anything in Metropolis as Superman.

Non-linear gameplay allows you to explore and play the game exactly how you want to at your own pace. Where and how you fly — to the top of skyscrapers, dodging elevated trains — is completely up to you, since gameplay is designed as a true open world experience.

With notorious villains like Metallo and colossal challenges only Superman can overcome, you must navigate the Man of Steel to monitor and protect Metropolis from destruction. Three distinct types of gameplay — Flying, Rescue, and Combat — will keep the action constant and the challenges relentless.

Play both film-inspired missions as well as original content created exclusively for the videogame. Graphics, sound, and gameplay have been taken to the next level to create a Metropolis like you've never seen it, with three dimensional sound, a complete orchestra soundtrack, and Oscar-wining sound designer. Novadrome puts gamers behind the wheel of an armed, buggy-style vehicle to face off in gladiatorial combat on a distant planet.

Offline, players can battle enemies or explore sprawling arenas filled with obstacles and power-ups. After learning the basics, they can then vie for ultimate bragging rights by engaging friends and other Xbox Live Arcade combatants through the highly customizable online multiplayer mode. Includes car-mounted beam, particle and physics weapons. Play for bragging rights — Top the leaderboards to become the ultimate champion.

Challenge your captors — Obliterate the your alien abductors in action-packed boss encounters. In Over G Fighters, a terrorist organization threatens the world's peace and security as players take to the skies in a united world air force.

Players command more than 30 of the most powerful jet fighters ever conceived and battle for air superiority in massive dogfights in the skies above Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Players combat enemies in the air and on the ground with challenging and dangerous strike missions against well defended targets deep in the heart of hostile territory.

Fly the world's most powerful fighters: Fly every modern jet fighter in the Western arsenal including the FA Raptor, the US air superiority fighter of the 21st century. Attempt more than 80 intense missions in a modern-day global conflict: Players take the fight to the enemy in aerial battles all over the world and face massive, challenging missions with interlocking sub-missions.

After successfully completing the sub-missions, players will attack the most challenging primary mission objective. Joining the roster for this year's edition are noted international poker superstars Marcel Luske, Thomas Bihl, and Erin Ness, who parlayed a victory at a Maxim Magazine office tournament into a seat at the World Series of Poker.

Multi-Table Online Tournaments. Scenario Mode: Players are presented with a series of poker "puzzle" challenges that gradually increase in difficulty. Lucky Charms: Players can improve their luck through this Career Mode skill. Mixed Games: Play two or more variations of poker during a single game, with the game changing every time the dealer button makes it around the table. You'll love watching Tony Parker skip up the court, calling plays in some of the best motion capture we've seen yet.

We even saw a cheerleader trip running off the court. It's the little things that count. What to Expect: EA's Need for Speed franchise evolves once again with Carbon, and its focus on deadly routes has us slapping oil on our racing gloves.

The car customization features look to be absolutely revolutionary, allowing you to tweak your ride infinitely more than the mechanics at your local auto shop. Toss in the ability to build up and compete co-operatively with your race crew and sprinkle on some next-gen visuals and you have what could wind up being the best Need for Speed yet.

What to Expect: You won't read a snippet about Reservoir Dogs without hearing about the inclusion of Michael Madsen's voice and likeness as Mr. None of the rights to the other iconic characters were secured, but the even one official likeness in a movie inspired game is more than most licensed games can claim.

What's better, Reservoir Dogs features the movie's soundtrack and promises to fill in the gaps during the unseen portions of the movie. A lot of plot segments were mysteriously absent in Tarantino's seminal film and playing through the game will answer the questions left open for debate.

Reservoir Dogs features sixteen levels divided into either on-foot action or driving stages, with the ability to blast your way through encounters or approach situations with a certain professional finesse. What to Expect: Looking to buck every misconception about movie-based games and GTA clones, Scarface has a whole lot going for it. Not only does the game feature a dead-on interpretation of Tony Montana, but it brings a plethora of strategy management to the genre. Buying, outfitting and protecting properties will strengthen both your bankroll and power, and being able to call in for vehicles and weapons from anywhere in the game brings the world to you.

We're pretty excited to see how this one turns out and you should be too. What to Expect: EA has more content than ever before with Tiger More courses, more golfers and now, Team Tour mode.

A completely new gameplay experience for Tiger, you'll have to form a squad ala NBA Street and move up the rankings to eventually take on El Tigre himself. EA also ramped up the difficulty with True Aiming, so you have to play the course instead of shooting 56 over and over. What to Expect: The year wouldn't feel complete without the release of another installment in the Splinter Cell series.

Coming out on current-gen systems and Xbox Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent is seeking to add a dose of personality to the stealthy super-spy. As the title implies Sam Fisher is forced to become more personally involved in his mission than ever before.

Levels will sometimes include multiple, even conflicting objectives forcing players to choose how they'll complete their tasks. Will you take the direct route to a mission objective and allow thousands of innocents to bite the bullet?

As always, expectations are high for this series. Destroy All Humans 2. Justice League Heroes. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. The Xbox Games of Fall Don't wear white after Labor Day, and look for these games. Although the focus of this fall is clearly Xbox for Microsoft, there are still plenty of games coming out for the trusty Xbox in the coming months.

Once again, EA is stepping up to the plate and unleashing a slew of sports games to keep those who haven't yet taken the next-gen plunge happy. Have you played Destroy All Humans! YES NO. Was this article informative? In This Article. Earth is under siege again in the second alien invasion game from Pandemic and THQ. Release Date. IGN Logo Recommends. Science Adele Ankers 7. Only time will tell. Starfield Jared Moore