Action, XBOX 360 May 2010

 
Alan Wake

Played?


Alan and Alice arrive at a cabin on an island in the middle of Cauldron Lake. As they unpack, Alan finds that Alice arranged this trip to try to break his writer's block, scheduling him to see a Bright Falls psychologist named Dr. Hartman and leaving a typewriter in the cabin for him. Alan is infuriated and takes a short walk, but runs back when Alice cries for help. He returns to the cabin just as Alice is being dragged into the lake's waters by a mysterious force. Alan dives into the water after her, blacking out as he submerges.

Action, XBOX 360 June 2011

 
Alice: Madness Returns

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Alice, now 19 years old, resides at an orphanage in Victorian London, under the care of Dr. Angus Bumby, a psychiatrist who uses hypnosis to help his child patients forget their memories. Though she believes that she is fine, Alice still suffers from hallucinations of Wonderland.

Action, XBOX 360 October 2009

 
Bayonetta

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Bayonetta awakens after a 500-year sleep near Eggman's tombstone and finds herself in an unfamiliar area with no memories of who or what she is.

Action, XBOX 360 August 2007

 
BioShock

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In 1960, at the start of the game, the protagonist, Jack, is a passenger on a plane that goes down in the Atlantic Ocean. As the only survivor, Jack makes his way to a nearby lighthouse that houses a bathysphere terminal that takes him to Rapture.

Action, XBOX 360 February 2010

 
BioShock 2

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BioShock 2 opens on New Year's Eve, 1958 (2 years before the events of the first game), as Subject Delta patrols Rapture with his Little Sister, Eleanor. Eleanor is separated from Delta by her mother, Sofia Lamb, who uses a mind control plasmid on Delta to make him shoot himself. Ten years later, Delta awakens, revived by Little Sisters under the control of Eleanor.

Action, XBOX 360 March 2013

 
BioShock Infinite

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In July 1912, Booker DeWitt is taken by Robert and Rosalind Lutece to an island lighthouse off the coast of Maine. Told to "bring us the girl and wipe away the debt," Booker enters the lighthouse, which doubles as a rocket silo and transports him to Columbia.

Action, XBOX 360 October 2009

 
Borderlands

Played?
DLC: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, Claptrap's New Robot Revolution


Borderlands begins some time after the Dahl Corporation's abandonment of the planet Pandora. Several fortune seekers, including the player's character, arrive in search of the fabled Vault. After discovering the town of Fyrestone, the player begins to receive instructions from an image of a mysterious woman known as the "Guardian Angel".

Action, XBOX 360 September 2012

 
Borderlands 2

Played?
DLC: Assault on Dragon's Keep, Big Game Hunt Campaign of Carnage, Pirate's Booty, Creature Slaughterdome, Headhunter Packs (also owned on Steam)


Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack.

Action, XBOX 360 August 2010

 
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

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(Live) The story, such as it is, involves a cursed book called the Grimoire, in which the story of the evil citadel Castlevania is recorded. However, the castle comes to life within the pages of the book, taking various forms from previous incarnations, and the heroes of the past, also recorded in the book and coming to life within its pages, must once again fight to put an end to the curse. This story allows characters from eras ranging from 1691 to 2036 to come together in the same castle to fight evil.

Action, XBOX 360 March 1997

 
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

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(Live) The game's story takes place during the year 1797, 5 years after the events of Rondo of Blood. The story begins with Richter Belmont's defeat of Count Dracula, mirroring the end of the former game. However, despite Dracula being defeated, Richter vanishes without a trace. Castlevania rises again five years later, and while there are no Belmonts to storm the castle, Alucard, the son of Dracula, awakens from his self-induced sleep, and decides to investigate what transpired during his slumber.

Horror, XBOX 360 November 2005

 
Condemned: Criminal Origins

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The game begins with the protagonist, SCU agent Ethan Thomas, arriving at the scene of a murder. He and his fellow officers go into an abandoned building that is surrounded by psychopaths and criminals.

Simulation, XBOX 360 November 2010

 
Dance Central

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Gameplay involves the player performing given dance moves which are tracked by Kinect and represented on the screen by one of eight in-game avatars.

Horror, XBOX 360 October 2008

 
Dead Space

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The story is set in the year 2508, and begins when the USG Ishimura, a "planet-cracker" starship, designed to extract ore in large masses of billions of tons, sends out a distress signal to the Concordance Extraction Corporation (CEC) during a mining operation on the planet Aegis VII.

Horror, XBOX 360 January 2011

 
Dead Space 2

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Three years after the events of Aegis VII, Isaac Clarke is awakened in an insane asylum by Franco Delille, an engineer on the Sprawl who was sent by Daina to rescue Isaac, who cannot remember anything of his time on the Sprawl. With the already-ongoing Necromorph outbreak, an Infector kills and mutates Franco into a Slasher in front of Isaac, leaving Isaac to escape on his own.

Horror, XBOX 360 February 2013

 
Dead Space 3

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The game opens in 2314, on Tau Volantis, an ice-covered planet with an irregularly-shaped moon, where Sovereign Colonies Armed Forces (S.C.A.F.) Privates Tim Kaufman and Sam Ackerman are attempting to retrieve a mysterious object called the Codex for Dr. Earl Serrano. After fleeing Necromorphs and finding the codex, Ackerman dies in an avalanche, forcing Kaufman to report alone to his commanding officer, General Mahad. Mahad, being the only other survivor, executes Kaufman, purges the Codex data, and commits suicide.

Roleplaying, XBOX 360 September 2007

 
Eternal Sonata

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The game for the most part takes place within the dream world of Chopin, with brief segments in the real world, where Chopin is on his death bed. The story is divided into eight chapters, with each chapter being represented by one of Chopin's compositions, and being related to events within his historical life. The story begins with a small group of characters wishing to meet with Count Waltz of Forte regarding the mineral powder, but eventually evolves into a far-reaching tale, with political espionage and rebellion being a commonly explored theme.

Roleplaying, XBOX 360 March 2010

 
Final Fantasy XIII

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In Cocoon, the citizens of the town of Bodhum are being evicted, or Purged, after coming in contact with something from Pulse.

Action, XBOX 360 April 2008

 
Grand Theft Auto IV

Played?


Niko Bellic, an Eastern European, arrives in Liberty City aboard a cargo ship, the Platypus, to reunite with his cousin Roman, to pursue the American Dream, and to search for the man who betrayed his unit in a war fifteen years prior.

Puzzle, XBOX 360 November 2005

 
Hexic HD

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(Live) The objective of Hexic is to rotate hexagonal pieces of various colours and clear them from the playfield by forming clusters or flowers.

Fighting, XBOX 360 April 2013

 
Injustice: Gods Among Us

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In an alternate universe, Joker tricks Superman into killing his pregnant wife Lois Lane, which detonates a nuclear weapon that destroys Metropolis and kills millions. Consumed by grief and rage, Superman murders Joker in retribution, quickly losing his moral compass.

Horror, XBOX 360 November 2008

 
Left 4 Dead

Played?
DLC: (also on Steam)


Pennsylvania suffers an outbreak of "Green Flu"; a highly contagious pathogen causing extreme aggression, mutation to the body cells, and loss of higher brain functions (essentially zombifying those who catch the flu).

Horror, XBOX 360 November 2009

 
Left 4 Dead 2

Played?
DLC: The Passing, The Sacrifice (also on Steam)


Like its predecessor, Left 4 Dead 2 is set in the aftermath of a worldwide pandemic of an infectious disease known as the "Green Flu", which rapidly transforms humans into zombie-like creatures and mutated forms that demonstrate extreme aggression towards non-infected.

Simulation, XBOX 360 November 2008

 
Lips

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In addition to supporting single-player, the game allows two players to sing duets or play competitively in various multiplayer modes including "Time Bomb", "Kiss", and "Vocal Fighters".

Puzzle, XBOX 360 April 2011

 
Portal 2

Played?


In the Aperture Science complex, Chell wakes in a stasis chamber resembling a motel room. The complex has become dilapidated and is on the verge of collapse. Wheatley, a personality core, guides her through the old test chambers in an attempt to escape.

Puzzle, XBOX 360 August 2007

 
Puzzle Fighter HD

Played?


(Live) Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix brings together the worlds of Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and other Capcom characters to provide extremely addictive puzzle mayhem.

Action, XBOX 360 October 2011

 
Rage

Played?


On August 23, 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis collides with Earth, effectively destroying human civilization and turning the world into a wasteland. Survivors come together to form settlements around oases and other practical or habitable locations, while the wastes are plagued by various bandits clans, and mutants, who attack all normal humans in a voracious horde.

Action, XBOX 360 May 2010

 
Red Dead Redemption

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The game begins in 1911, where former outlaw John Marston is taken from his family by the Bureau of Investigation, and will only be granted amnesty when he brings the remaining members of his old gang to justice.

Action, XBOX 360 March 2009

 
Resident Evil 5

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Five years after the events of Resident Evil 4, Chris Redfield, now a member of the fictional Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance, is dispatched to Kijuju in Africa. He and his new partner Sheva Alomar are tasked with apprehending Ricardo Irving before he can sell a bio-organic weapon (BOW) on the black market.

Action, XBOX 360 August 2006

 
Saints Row

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Saints Row is set in 2006 and takes place in Stilwater, a city controlled by three distinct criminal syndicates: the Vice Kings, a largely African American gang that primarily earns revenue from strip clubs and record labels, Los Carnales, a drug cartel that dominates the narcotics trade, and the Westside Rollerz, who have established a lucrative underground racing club.

Action, XBOX 360 October 2008

 
Saints Row 2

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(Live) After the explosion on Alderman Richard Hughes' yacht, the player fell into a coma and was taken to Stilwater's maximum security prison to undergo extensive plastic surgery. Five years later, Carlos Mendoza, the brother of a former Saint, infiltrates the infirmary and helps the player escape.

Action, XBOX 360 August 2013

 
Saints Row IV

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A few months after the events of Saints Row: The Third, The Boss, Shaundi and Pierce Washington are called upon to assist MI-6 agent Asha Odekar and her contact, reformed former Deckers leader Matt Miller, in infiltrating a Middle Eastern compound to assassinate former STAG leader Cyrus Temple and prevent a nuclear missile strike against Washington D.C.

Action, XBOX 360 November 2011

 
Saints Row: The Third

Played?
DLC: Genkibowl VII, Gangstas in Space, The Trouble with Clones


Five years after the events of Saints Row 2, the 3rd Street Saints have merged with the Ultor Corporation to become a media and consumer empire, with assets that include an energy drink, a lifestyle brand, and a chain of clothing stores. While robbing a bank to promote the upcoming Saints Row: The Movie, the Boss and top lieutenants Shaundi and Johnny Gat experience unanticipated resistance from the staff and are arrested by corrupt policemen.

Horror, XBOX 360 March 2012

 
Silent Hill HD Collection

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Silent Hill HD Collection is a compilation of remastered ports of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3.

Horror, XBOX 360 March 2012

 
Silent Hill: Downpour

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Silent Hill: Downpour focuses on Murphy Pendleton, who has been incarcerated for several years for stealing a police cruiser and crossing state borders. The game opens with his murder of the sequestered child molester and murderer, Patrick Napier, in prison. After a riot, Murphy is placed under the supervision of officer Anne Cunningham, who has significant animosity toward him, and is in the process of being transported to another penitentiary when the transport vehicle crashes near Silent Hill.

Horror, XBOX 360 September 2008

 
Silent Hill: Homecoming

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At the start of the game, the player controls Alex through a nightmare concerning his younger brother, Josh, before Alex wakes up in the cab of a truck driven by Travis Grady, the protagonist from Silent Hill: Origins, who gives him a ride to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen. The town, named for a distant ancestor who helped found it, is covered in fog and deserted. At home, he finds his mother in a catatonic state, murmuring about his father leaving to find Josh; promising to find Josh, Alex leaves.

Action, XBOX 360 March 2013

 
Tomb Raider

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Lara set out on her first expedition aboard the ship Endurance, with the intention of finding the lost kingdom of Yamatai. By her suggestion and against Whitman's advice, the expedition ventures into the Dragon's Triangle. The ship is struck by a violent storm and sinks, stranding the survivors on the isolated island. Lara is separated from the others, and is forced to escape the cave of a deranged savage.

Action, XBOX 360 April 2006

 
Tomb Raider: Legend

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In Tomb Raider: Legend, series protagonist British archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft returns as the sole protagonist. A key event in her backstory is a plane crash in Nepal in the Himalayas she survived with her mother Amelia. Publicly she was the only survivor of the crash, while her mother was apparently killed upon interacting with a magical artefact in a Nepalese temple where they took shelter.

Action, XBOX 360 November 2008

 
Tomb Raider: Underworld

Played?
DLC: Beneath the Ashes, Lara's Shadow


Tomb Raider: Underworld begins with Lara Croft's mansion exploding and being engulfed in flames. The game rewinds back in time to a week before the explosion, just after the events of Tomb Raider: Legend. Lara is searching for Avalon, hoping it will lead her to an explanation for the disappearance of her long lost mother.

Simulation, XBOX 360 November 2006

 
Viva Pinata

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(Live) Its universe is a vibrant world of living pinata animals filled with spontaneity, fun, and of course candy. The colorful and unique animals live and thrive in a growing garden where they interact with each other bringing adventure to life.