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One of the best things about the current make up of consoles is the ability to download games. This gives smaller developers a place to put out their original content that could never be released as a full $60 game. But at the same time it also gives a place for publishers to unload the classic games that when played again, will absolutely shatter our fond memories of said games. Gyruss will not only shatter your nostalgia that you might have had, but it will throw those shards at the sun until every last molecule is eliminated and then pitched back out in a solar flair disrupting our precious satellites.

Fans of Zuma rejoice as MumboJumbo has delivered Luxor 2 to the Xbox Live Arcade--currently offered exclusively to the Xbox 360 for home consoles. As the sequel to Luxor, and utilizing the same basic idea of Zuma, players will find a lot to love in this 800 Point ($10) download on their 360.

Developer Hudson Soft is best known for taking the Mario Party franchise, putting it in their magic game making machine, and turning out yearly sequels. They have done this on the Nintendo 64, GameCube, and are planning on continuing the legacy on the Nintendo Wii later this year. Since making minor updates to a videogame board game doesn't take much effort, the team has also gone on to create such classic titles as our 2006 Worst Game of the Year--Bomberman Act Zero. Now the team has been enlisted by Microsoft to create Fuzion Frenzy 2. A game that is so bad, they may become the first ever Developer to win back to back Worst Games of the Year!

With Crackdown, Realtime Worlds throws its hat into the ring of open world urban action games. Ever since Grand Theft Auto 3 game designers have been trying to improve upon its formula while providing their own take on the long-named genre, including Rockstar itself. After all, it just released its fourth GTA3 sequel on the PS2. And let's face it, when we say "open world urban action games," we really mean games that are like GTA3, more or less.

Fans of Konami's Dance Dance Revolution series have learned to expect a few things. But after buying yearly releases of their favorite rhythm dancing game and investing hundreds of dollars in costly dance pad accessories, the time has come to start the process all over again on a new console. Ready or not, here comes Dance Dance Revolution Universe for the Xbox 360.

A few years ago, I was pleasantly surprised with the release of X-Men Legends. Featuring some of the best X-Men characters, gamers were given a very enjoyable Action Role Playing Game. Developer Raven Software next decided to improve the gameplay and gave us X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. This sequel fixed many of the issues that plagued the first game while still giving players a lengthy quest to satisfy the superhero hidden deep inside their subconscious. For their third Action RPG, Raven Software and Activision decided to branch out and include more characters within the Marvel Universe. The end result is Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and it is another very fun game that can be found on just about any console you own.

Epic’s Gears of War has been hyped as one of the best reasons to buy Microsoft’s Xbox360. After what seems like far too long, Emergence Day has finally come and gone. In the aftermath, we have been able to spend some quality time with the title and tell you exactly why this game lives up to the hype and, in many cases, surpasses it.