Although its driving mechanics aren't terribly sophisticated, it can be a lot of fun because it affords you that very freedom that all driving games should but rarely deliver.
The Age of Empires Gold Edition contains the original game plus the Rise of Rome expansion.
Now that the Microsoft Golf series is no longer being developed by Access, it's really beginning to shine.
You are Snake, a government agent on a mission to regain control of a secret nuclear weapons base from terrorist hands.
The strongest element of Combat Flight Simulator is the flight experience itself.
UltraCorps is recommended to anyone interested in a simplistic, slow-paced sci-fi strategy game.
With its multitude of modes and good terrain graphics, this is pretty much everything you could hope for in a motocross simulation, and then some.
There are lots of missions and lots of branches so you can complete several missions in varying order, but all the missions end up playing the same.
Revenge of Arcade's big problem is, surprisingly, the selection of games.
It doesn't stray too far from the formula, but it makes the logical progressions you would expect Nintendo to make.
If Microsoft comes through on its promise to fix the game's flaws, this could easily be the best arcade baseball game out there.
The very things that make it unique and interesting are also the source of some of its most frustrating aspects.
Gamers itchin' for a monster-truck fix should save their cash until the real thing rolls into town.
It's so much better than any of the previous Microsoft Golf games that the only way you'd know it had anything to do with the previous versions is from the ...
Those looking for some action and who don't give much thought to realism shouldgive it a try; those who have played and enjoyed more realistic online flightsims should probably stay ...
CART Precision Racing raises the bar for serious racing simulations.
This is not quite the game you hoped for. Even worse, it has some definite problems.
Microsoft has proven itself fighting fit with a thorough retooling of the classic.
Atomic Games has managed to create the ideal sequel: It expands and adds many features while keeping everything that made the first game a joy to play.
A multiplayer-focused space shooter in which players attempt to protect their home bases from black holes by attaching gravity orbs to them.
This Metal Slug-esque XNA game draws inspiration from the webcomic Little Gamers.
Proximity HD is an XNA strategy game played out with numbers that represent armies on a hexagonal grid.
This XNA dodgeball game features an array of power-ups that amp up the action.
This XNA game challenges players to use flowers to combat weeds and cultivate new varities.
Codename Kingdoms is the first Crytek-developed game for the Xbox 360.
Fans of Blade Runner can rejoice with the arrival of the hyper-colorful cyberpunk platformer, The Last Night.
Assume control of a human tribe and try to survive against simian and dinosaur foe in this Xbox-exclusive game.
The game mixes first-person shooting action with driving elements in one feature-rich package.
Piledriver is a 3D action-adventure game that is being designed specifically for the Xbox.
Fishing Live Online, which is set to be one of the first games for the Xbox Live service in Japan, will let players cooperate in realistic fishing challenges.
This online RPG will be one of first games for the Xbox Live service in Japan.
Previously known as Warcaster (working title), this project was reborn in 2002 after Tremor merged with New Systems under Microsoft. It was subsequently cancelled.
An online RPG steeped in Norse mythology was on the way from Microsoft ... until it met its very own Ragnarok.
This action game will challenge players to hunt and capture dinosaurs in the year 1910.
Microsoft is publishing a massively multiplayer online game featuring characters from the Marvel universe.
Peter Jackson was working on a new, unnamed Halo project via his Wingnut Interactive development company.
Milo is a voice-and-motion-recognition game from Lionhead Studios.
Pirate Mayhem is an arcade shooter game.
Runic Quest is a puzzle game in which you help an adventurer lost on a mysterious island face the dangers of a runic quest.
Obstacle course allows player to simulate the feeling of being at a summer camp.
Maximum Chase is a simple, straightforward 10-level driving and shooting game.
Microsoft's horse racing RPG will be scripted by Final Fantasy writer Kenji Terada.
SWAT: Global Strike Team is an impressive and successful effort to bring the old series into the 21st century.
This is easily the best driving game currently available for the Xbox, and no Xbox owner should be caught without it.
Brute Force is a well-done game, filled with challenging opponents and plenty of targets to shoot at, but it also doesn't fulfill its potential.
Links Championship Edition includes Links 2001 and Links 2001 Expansion Pack.
This game features 15 board games, including classics like chess, checkers, and dominoes, as well as new games like five dice and color match.
A general lack of polish and a long list of annoying quirks make it difficult to recommend when there might be a better alternative on the horizon.
This expansion adds four new real-world golf courses, two new pros, and more than 300 new objects to Links 2001 and Links Championship Edition.
Anyone who isn't an Xbox Live beta tester desperate for something other than a sports game should really look elsewhere.
With a $200 price tag and an occasionally punishing approach, Steel Battalion was clearly designed to scare off all but the most hard-core game players.
By combining some of the concepts of Civilization with the general gameplay of Age of Empires, Big Huge Games has created a truly outstanding game.
If you're a longtime flight sim fan and are eager for another visit to the western front, Combat Flight Simulator 3 is a reasonable choice.
Links 2003 seems to lack flair, but it does have numerous upgrades, superb ball physics, and deep gameplay options.
Kung Fu Chaos probably won't keep you occupied for long, especially if you're not playing it with a rowdy group of friends.
Fans of last year's game won't find much more than a roster update in NFL Fever 2003, while new players will find in it a fairly entertaining, though unrealistic, game ...
Quantum Redshift is by all means technically proficient, but it's uninspired and will probably give you the sensation that you've already done all this before.
Players looking for a terrific online racing game won't be disappointed.
The awesome online mode and strong single-player segment combine to make Crimson Skies an easy game to recommend.
If you're going to buy one game with your Xbox Live starter kit, MechAssault is the one to get.
The extra options, especially the franchise mode, succeed in giving Inside Drive 2003 the longevity that Inside Drive 2002 lacked, and the refinements to the gameplay make it more entertaining.
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