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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Sports, Sports - soccer simulation, Realistic

• 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: Tides of Destiny makes several good changes to the Rune Factory formula, making for a fun adventure in fantasy farming. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Neverland, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - console-style RPG, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.0 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The battles in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi look intense and exciting, but dull mechanics prevent the gameplay from channeling any of that excitement. Read review

Specs: Teen, Spike, Action, Action - fighting, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Blazing Angels' very straightforward campaign and barren online play don't add up to make a particularly engaging air combat game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Ubisoft, Simulation, Simulation - WWII flight, Historical, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While light on extras, the Devil May Cry HD Collection shows that two-thirds of the original DMC trio are still fun today. Read review

Specs: Mature, Capcom, Action, Action - adventure, Fantasy

• 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: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron offers some entertaining action, lots of explosions, and too many technical hiccups. Read review

Specs: Teen, High Moon Studios, Action, Action - third person shooter, Science-fiction

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Games - adventure, Games - action, Action - adventure

• 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: Twisted Metal's lightning-fast vehicular combat and large-scale destruction are gleeful, pulse-pounding fun. Read review

Specs: Mature, Eat Sleep Play, Driving, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Blades of Time overcomes obstacles of its own creation with the strength of its novel time-twisting abilities. Read review

Specs: Mature, Gaijin Entertainment, Action, Action - adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: If you haven't attempted to do so before, this is the best way to play one of the best, most brutal action games ever made. Read review

Specs: Mature, Team Ninja, Action, Action - adventure, 1 Player

• 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: Ezio and Altair make graceful exits in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, another great historical adventure. Read review

Specs: Mature, Ubisoft Montreal, Action

• 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: PES 12 may lack new modes, but substantial improvements to its AI, speed, and controls make it an exciting football game that's a lot of fun to play. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Konami, Sports, Sports - soccer simulation, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.5 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Dark Souls is an extraordinary role-playing game that transports you to an awesome and menacing world you may never forget. Read review

Specs: Mature, From Software, Role-Playing, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: Exhilarating combat and an imposing sense of scale provide a fitting end to Kratos' saga. Read review

Specs: Mature, SCE Santa Monica, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Cars 2 is a colorful and varied racer that's a lot of fun to play with friends and family. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Avalanche Software, Driving, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The monsters may look interesting, but slaying beasts is way too easy in this forgettable role-playing game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Level 5, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: This madly inconsistent shooter offsets a number of thrilling moments with terrible artificial intelligence and an awful story. Read review

Specs: Mature, Free Radical Design, Action, Action - first person shooter, Science-fiction, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The hack-and-slash role-playing game Sacred 2 may feel more at home on console systems than it does on the PC, but the game design still leaves something to be desired. Read review

Specs: Mature, Ascaron Entertainment GmbH, Action

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Assassin's Creed II is what you'd want an action sequel to be: bigger, better, and more beautiful. Read review

Specs: Mature, Ubisoft Montreal, Action

• 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: The third time is the charm for Traveller's Tales--logical puzzles and great offline co-op play make this the best Lego game yet. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Traveller's Tales, Adventure, Action - adventure

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Mature, Tecmo Koei Canada, Action

• 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: Guitar Hero III ups the ante with more challenge and new modes, and though not all the new stuff is great, the terrific tracklist and gameplay are sure to hook you in. Read review

Specs: Teen, Neversoft Entertainment, Music, Miscellaneous - rhythm music, 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: A year later, this captivating role-playing game is still gorgeous to look at and fun to play. Read review

Specs: Teen, Tri-Crescendo, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG, Strategy / tactics / wargame - turn based, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Child of Eden may be over quickly, but it offers emotional highs you'll want to experience again and again. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Q Entertainment, Action, Action - first person shooter

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.5 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Tekken Hybrid is a shallow collection that doesn't give Tekken Tag Tournament the rerelease it deserves. Read review

Specs: Teen, Namco Bandai Games, Action