Wondering what some of this year’s best Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE Arcade games are? You’ve come to the right place. Only ten Xbox 360 games and five XBLA games are on this very limited 2010 essential games list, which represent several different game genres. Have a favorite game that wasn’t listed? Please add it in the comments below!
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Xbox 360
Top 10 Essential Games of 2010:
(listed in alphabetical order)
Alan Wake
From Microsoft Game Studios
(Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition)
Action/Adventure, Thriller
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
from Ubisoft
(Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition)
Action/Adventure
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
From Electronic Arts
(available for ordering here)
First-Person Shooter
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Call of Duty: Black Ops
from Activision
(Standard Edition, Hardened Edition, Prestige Edition)
First-Person Shooter
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
*3D compatible
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
from Konami
Action/Adventure
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
(Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition)
Halo: Reach
from Microsoft Game Studios
First-Person Shooter
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
(Standard Edition, Limited Edition, Legendary Edition)
Mafia II
from 2K Games
Action/Adventure
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
(Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition)
Mass Effect 2
from Electronic Arts
Action-RPG
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
(Standard Edition or Collector’s Edition)
Red Dead Redemption
from Rockstar Games
Action/Adventure
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
(Standard Edition, John Hillcoat Edition)
Rock Band 3
From Harmonix and MTV Games
Music
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
(standard edition or Keyboard bundle)
Xbox 360 Xbox LIVE Arcade
Top 5 Essential Downloadable Games of 2010:
(listed in alphabetical order)
Costume Quest
from THQ & Double Fine Productions
Action/Adventure
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10+)
(available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace)
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
from Capcom & Blue Castle
Action/Adventure
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
(available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace)
Limbo
from Microsoft Game Studios & Playdead Studios
Puzzle-platformer
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
(available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace)
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX
(available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace)
from Namco Bandai Games
Arcade
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Super Meat Boy
from Team Meat
Platformer
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
(available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace)
