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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.1 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 8 reviews

The Bottom Line: Rome: Total War is the very definition of an epic strategy game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Creative Assembly, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 9 reviews

The Bottom Line: Call of Duty: Black Ops offers an engrossing campaign and the most feature-rich competitive multiplayer on the Wii. Read review

Specs: Mature, Treyarch, Action, Action - first person shooter

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Apache: Air Assault faithfully captures all the nuance of piloting an attack helicopter while including plenty of extras to keep fanatics coming back for more. Read review

Specs: Teen, Gaijin Entertainment, Simulation

• 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: This trigger-happy safari may be too exuberant for its own good, but there's still some fun to be had in these hunts. Read review

Specs: Teen, Activision, Sports, Sports - hunting

• 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: Modern Warfare 3 sticks to its competitive, cooperative, and single-player guns and reminds you why the series is one of the best in the business. Read review

Specs: Mature, Infinity Ward, Action, Action - first person shooter

• 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: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron offers some entertaining action, lots of explosions, and few surprises. Read review

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

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: By sticking to the series' strengths, Modern Warfare 3 delivers some of the best competitive, cooperative, and single-player shooting in the business. Read review

Specs: Mature, Infinity Ward, Action, Action - first person tactical shooter

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Toys for Bob, Action

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The Movies proves to be an accessible and good-spirited tycoon game, and its moviemaking tools offer a surprisingly deep amount of control. But the disconnection between these elements is noticeable. Read review

Specs: Teen, Lionhead Studios, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - tycoon, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: As a refinement of the Age of Empires legacy, Empires offers enough that's new to even appeal to those who aren't card-carrying RTS fans. Read review

Specs: Teen, Stainless Steel Studios, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 1-8 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: Prototype 2 on the PC is almost identical to its console counterparts, which makes for a brutal and exciting adventure. Read review

Specs: Mature, Radical Entertainment, Action

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This expansion is for those who already played Medieval and want more of the same. The Vikings campaign is great fun, and the Vikings themselves are a blast to play. Read review

Specs: Teen, Creative Assembly, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Transformers: The Game is a big, loud, shallow action game that severely lacks in content. Read review

Specs: Teen, Traveller's Tales, Action, Action - adventure, Science-fiction, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Toys for Bob, Action

• 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: Spider-Man: Edge of Time tells an enjoyably absurd time-hopping tale, but stepping into the tights of its two heroes doesn't feel as empowering as it should. Read review

Specs: Teen, Beenox, Adventure, Action - adventure, Science-fiction

• 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: GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is mostly unchanged from last year's Wii version, but it's still a fast and exciting shooter that doesn't rely on ancient memories to be great. Read review

Specs: Teen, Eurocom Entertainment Software, Action, Action - first person shooter

• 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: A colorful cast of comic characters enlivens this fun and technically uneven sequel. Read review

Specs: Teen, Vicarious Visions, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: MTX Mototrax offers a respectable challenge and fun, satisfying racing in one relatively cheap package. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Left Field Productions, Driving, Racing / driving - motorcycle motocross, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: By seamlessly integrating into The Movies, the Stunts & Effects expansion offers a lot of cool new toys for would-be studio bosses and virtual moviemakers to play with. Read review

Specs: Teen, Lionhead Studios, Strategy, 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: Nazis and necromancy mix once again in this flawed but fun sequel. Read review

Specs: Mature, Raven Software, Action, Action - first person shooter, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Serious webheads will get something positive out of Ultimate Spider-Man, but they should do so with one of the console versions, as the PC version of the game isn't the ideal one. Read review

Specs: Teen, Beenox, Action, 1 Player

• 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:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.0 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Dreadful graphics and worse controls make this a battle to avoid. Read review

Specs: Teen, FUN Labs, Action, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Realistic, Historical, 1 Player

• 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 makings of a good Spider-Man game are here, but awkward controls prevent Web of Shadows from reaching full swing. Read review

Specs: Teen, Shaba Games, Action, Action - adventure, Science-fiction, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.0 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The gameplay in Spider-Man 2 is stripped-down to a fault. Read review

Specs: Teen, Fizz Factor, Action, Action - adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player