Pandemic Studios delivers one of its best efforts, offering an experience that innovates both the sandbox and World War 2 genres. The Saboteur is not without its flaws, but its slick action, cinematic style, and colorful characters rise above its shortcomings.

Serious Sam HD The First Encounter is a great purchase for both fans of the series and newcomers. Those who have grown up on modern shooters may find the primitive design and simplistic objectives a bit jarring, but the purity of the gameplay simply has to be respected.

Left 4 Dead 2 took a great first-person shooter experience and added fresh new gameplay modes, loads of murdering and surviving accessories from melee weapons to adrenaline shots, all of which continues to satiate my desires for an FPS game that I can happily and easily spend a copious amount of hours on.

A spectacular experience from beginning to end, and with an enormous amount of choices to make, cities to visit, dungeons to crawl, characters to interact with, treasure to find, quests to complete and crafts to master, I feel pretty confident in saying that Dragon Age Origins is, without a doubt, one of the most enjoyable and immersive Role-playing game I ever played.

Borderlands is one of the worst games I've played. Extremely repetitive lifeless world with no story or characters except a robot with lame humour. Yes you get thousands of guns and only one of them is useful. Borderlands is the worst games i have played this year.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 crosses into the must-have category of video games effortlessly. It offers an unmatched shooter experience with a compelling story. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is an example to other developers of the love, care, attention, polish, and guile needed when crafting a sequel. An essential purchase for all FPS fans.

Brutal Legend didn't live up to my expectations. While I absolutely loved the immersive world, despite the graphical shortcomings, and the amazing voice work and soundtrack, despite the inclusion of great rock bands, I was left miffed by the lack of main story content and the uninspired gameplay.

If this were the only Role-playing game available the numerous flaws might be worth suffering, but when compared to the ambition and polish that other games have brought to the genre in recent years Risen demands far too much and offers too little in return.

Need for Speed SHIFT managed to hook me to the point where I was looking forward to my next session with the game. Not all games can do that, and especially not all racing games, and that tells me that the designers did something right with this one.

If Red Faction Guerrilla was merely a war game, or if it was merely a demolition game, it probably wouldn’t be this great, but the seamless blending of both elements into the massive futuristic landscape of Mars with loads of vehicles and weapons, sinister enemy AI, territory acquisition, and morale balancing, makes this one of the most inventive, addictive game of the year

Slick sci-fi palettes, strong sound design, and stable performance pull you into Section 8. Sub-orbital drops, zippy character movement, and effortless mission tracking make navigation dynamic and fun. Section 8 is a remarkable shooter that goes above and beyond its expectations.

Dark Void suffers from poor execution that prevents its interesting blend of unique gameplay styles from ever forming anything cohesive enough to be considered an enjoyable experience. It’s truly the first big flop of 2010.

Mass Effect 2 strikes a perfect balance between intense shooter action and gut-wrenching drama, set in a richly textured world on the brink of destruction. It's a must-own for science fiction fans, who will love exploring the depths of the galaxy and fighting to save humanity.

As far as single-player goes, I think nothing will capture the initial highs you got from taking in Rapture for the first time, and the enormous twist the original delivered. However, the sequel’s story is just as intense and has its own narrative highs and a mean twist of its own.