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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: If you're looking for a realistic and feature-rich baseball video game, you can't go wrong with MVP Baseball 2005. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Sports, Baseball Sim, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.6 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: No soccer fan should hesitate to buy FIFA 2003. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - soccer simulation, Realistic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.7 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: All the wonder of the Bionicle universe has been bled dry by vapid design and an atrocious camera system. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Argonaut Games, Adventure, Adventure - mystery, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Though it's disappointing that the developer chose to spin its wheels rather than improve upon its past efforts, Disney Golf still stands up as a worthwhile arcade-inspired golf game. Read review

Specs: Everyone, T & E Soft, Sports, Golf Arcade, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.7 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While Batman Begins is still worthwhile for Batman fans, the gameplay feels too much like a mishmash of several other well-known gaming franchises and ends up overly simplistic. Read review

Specs: Teen, Eurocom Entertainment Software, Action, Action - beat-em up, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Agent Under Fire isn't a horrible game, but its lackluster level design, poor enemy AI, and easy level of difficulty pile up to greatly detract from what it does offer. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA Redwood Shores, Action, First-Person Shooter, Modern, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Rumble Racing looks good, moves fast, and is a blast to play, either by yourself or with a friend. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Electronic Arts, Driving, Arcade Racing, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you've been eagerly waiting for some fast paced, hard-hitting football, NFL Street delivers what you're looking for. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Tiburon, Sports, Footbal Arcade, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.8 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: This is EA Sports' best soccer game to date on the pitch, but it's really unfortunate that the career mode isn't more user-friendly. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - soccer simulation, Realistic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Black's first few levels are exciting, but the action movie formula wears thin fast, and the game's over not long after. Read review

Specs: Mature, Criterion Games, Action, Action - first person shooter, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.1 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Burnout Revenge is one of the most exciting racing games ever made. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Criterion Games, Driving, Racing / driving - GT/street, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: FIFA 08 makes small tweaks to last year's game, adds some new controls, and introduces new gameplay modes such as Be-a-Pro. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - soccer simulation, Realistic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: NASCAR 08 is one small step...backwards. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Tiburon, Driving, Racing / driving - stock car, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Rugby 08 isn't much of a step-up from the previous game in the franchise, but it still offers pick-up-and-play fun for both novices and rugby fanatics. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - rugby, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NHL 08 offers up a few control tweaks and minimal updates to the dynasty mode, but that's about it. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, EA Canada, Sports, Sports - ice hockey sim, Realistic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Unfortunate technical problems bring down what is otherwise the freshest new take on a console Sims game yet. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA Redwood Shores, Virtual Life, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Even though the wingman mechanics and canyon races don't quite pan out, it's still a stylish and enjoyable street racer. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, EA Canada, Driving, Racing / driving - GT/street, Racing / driving - stock car, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.1 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The core fundamentals are spot-on, the variety of options and control choices is spectacular, and the presentation totally draws you into the experience. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Sports, Baseball Sim, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.4 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: SSX is one of the PlayStation 2 launch titles that truly excels in every single category a game can be rated on, to the point that even video game fans who aren't into snowboarding games have to sit up and take notice. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports Big, Sports, Snow Sports, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit II is easily one of the best games in the series. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Black Box, Driving, Arcade Racing, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a decent first effort at simulating the chosen sport of wizards, it falls short of its promise primarily because of sluggish controls. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Magic Pockets, Sports, Other Sports, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.3 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Anyone looking for thrilling action with refined control and a great premise need look no further than Freedom Fighters. Read review

Specs: Teen, Io Interactive, Action, Tactical Third-Person Shooter, Modern, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Import racing fans should definitely check out Need for Speed Underground. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Black Box, Driving, GT/Street Racing, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It's a relatively simple action game at heart, but a solid combat system and some extremely intense and cinematic levels make The Return of the King deserving of its name. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA Games, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NASCAR Thunder 2003 is a fine update to EA Sports' popular stock car racing franchise. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Driving, Stock Car Racing, Realistic, 1-4 Players