Garnett Lee

QUICKTAKE: It's finally dated for November of this year and faces nearly insurmountable expectations built up over the years spent in development but boy does it look good.

QUICKTAKE: With Lord of the Rings lore and one of the most experienced action role playing game developers around, War in the North already looks poised to be a fantasy epic and it's not even due until 2011.

QUICKTAKE: The 50's "dawn of the atomic age" era provides a great atmosphere for an alien-hunt shooter whether you know the original or not. And for those who do, while it's not a strategy game, there are ample nods to the X-Com spirit

QUICK TAKE: Mortal Kombat returns to its M-rated 2D roots complete with bloody character and stage specific fatalities and it immediately clicks. In its heyday, Mortal Komba

QUICKTAKE: A fun way of seeing things from the other side without disrupting the narrative flow of the single-player campaign, the new Beast co-op mode lets players become Locust creatures and take down successive waves of COG soldiers.

QUICK TAKE: Like Guitar Hero before it, the stars are ready to come out for DJ Hero 2 after seeing the success of the first game. And to go with a star-packed playlist, the