Jeff Gerstmann

Crash Commando takes the conventions of the modern first-person shooter and puts them into a side-scrolling game, resulting in a fast-moving shooter that successfully merges old and new.

Animal Crossing: City Folk is a quality product, for sure, but it's also largely the same quality product that has already appeared on the DS and GameCube.

Meteos Wars has all the pieces it needs to be a great puzzle game, but with no online competition, it's all kind of pointless.

Despite an actual inability to power-up forever, PowerUp Forever is a good, fun dual-joystick shooter.

SmackDown! vs. RAW 2009 has a lengthy list of features and modes, but none of them truly capture the excitement of watching WWE on television.

The core of You're In The Movies is sound, but technology woes and a reliance on repetition really get in the way of the fun.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is a top-notch redesign that makes intelligent changes to the gameplay and balance while also offering a perfectly viable online experience.

Skate It offers three different control schemes, but none of them save the game from its long list of issues.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe successfully merges the two worlds while also delivering a great new fighting system for the current generation of consoles.

Red Alert 3 is a funny and smart addition to the Command & Conquer universe.

Call of Duty: World at War is a great first-person shooter, but it's still stuck in the shadow of an even greater one.

Quantum of Solace is middle-of-the-road entertainment that has just enough mild highs to balance out against its mild lows.

Gears of War 2 intelligently builds on the successes of the first game, resulting in an immensely appealing sequel that is better in almost every way.

This poor clone of today's music games is especially sad when you consider Konami's rich history with the genre.

Age of Booty's multiplayer is great fun that keeps you coming back, but you'll need a solid crew who wants to work together if you want to dominate the opposition.

Crysis Warhead trades the length of the original for a bit more intensity and a lot more focus.

Pure looks great and plays well, providing enough tricks to keep things moving and enough tracks to keep things varied.

Even though the 360's lackluster D-pad does its best to hold it back, Samurai Shodown II still shines on Xbox Live Arcade.

Rock Band 2 offers a great package of new music and a bunch of great enhancements to the core game that make it a terrific purchase whether you're already well-versed in the genre or looking to get started.

TNA iMPACT! has some great ideas, but a wide array of issues big and small prevent it from achieving greatness.