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Xbox 360 Greatest Hits
Project Gotham Racing 4 - Classics Edition (Xbox 360)Project Gotham Racing 4 - Classics Edition (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £6.50
The best racing game in the console, more immediate than Forza Motorsport 2 (although the forthcoming Forza 3 may have it beaten) ,solid graphics, a comprehensive car roster and excellent handling.
Bioshock (Xbox 360)Bioshock (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £16.87 / Used from: £9.20
You have to experience this game! Part FPS, part RPG, part adventure. A wonderfully engrossing and unique experience with a stunning sense of place and context. Great story too.
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Buy used from: £6.65
If, somehow, this game passed you by, you need to get involved. It was hyped beyond all good sense, but what remains is the most epic single player experience ever, and one of the best multiplayer.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Game of the Year 2009 Edition (Xbox 360)Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Game of the Year 2009 Edition (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £17.98 / Used from: £15.00
...And here is th daddy of the multiplayer shooters! The single player is brilliant too, but it's the online multiplayer that makes it essential. Sequel is coming late 09, should raise the bar again
Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)
Buy used from: £9.81
Had to make an appearance here. A brilliant evolution of the series for the new generation. Liberty City is wonderfully deep and believable a game world, loads of extra content too!
Assassin's Creed - Classics Edition (Xbox 360)Assassin's Creed - Classics Edition (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £9.99
One of the few original franchises on Xbox360, and one of the most engrossing and unique experiences available. It's impossible not to see it through once you start. Superb.
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock - Guitar Bundle (Xbox 360)Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock - Guitar Bundle (Xbox 360)
Buy used from: £44.99
This is, in my opinion, the best guitar hero game, mainly for the song selection. You have to try one of guitar hero, if you haven't already. For a multiplayer experience try rock band 2 or gh5
Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £23.50 / Used from: £8.00
After Halo, the biggest 360 exclusive franchise. This builds on the strengths of the first game, a brilliant co-op campaign mode and new horde multiplayer is fantastic too.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition (Xbox 360)The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £26.75 / Used from: £16.99
The daddy of RPGs, only Fallout 3 from the same developer comes close to it's scale. Completely epic experience, in a stunningly realised world.
Left 4 Dead - Game Of The Year Edition (Xbox 360)Left 4 Dead - Game Of The Year Edition (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £24.99 / Used from: £21.75
The forthcoming sequel (late 09) will probably supersede this, but there really is no other game like this. Best co-op multiplayer experience available anywhere.