| The following is a review of the Top 5 video | | | | Santos after learning of his mother's murder. |
| games searched for on the Internet. | | | | CJ finds his family and his old gang, the |
| | | | Grove Street Families, in disarray. Over the |
| Looking for a game? Looking for a gift for a | | | | course of the game, CJ gradually unravels the |
| gamer? Just curious? | | | | plot behind his mother's murder while |
| | | | reestablishing his gang and exploring his own |
| Rank 1 Grand Theft Auto IV: | | | | business ventures. |
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| Grand Theft Auto IV is an upcoming | | | | Grand Theft Auto series is rich with |
| sandbox-style action adventure video game. It | | | | controversy, the most notable for San Andreas |
| will be the ninth title (and the first in the | | | | was over the "Hot Coffee" minigame, which was |
| fourth generation) in the Grand Theft Auto | | | | disabled but left in the code, which caused |
| video game franchise. It will be released | | | | San Andreas to be re-rated briefly as an |
| worldwide on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 for both | | | | adult game and pulled from shelves. Since its |
| PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game will be | | | | re-release the game is rated as follows; |
| set in a redesigned Liberty City, based | | | | |
| heavily on New York City and New Jersey. | | | | Price: Approx. $19.99 |
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| Niko Bellic is Eastern European, between 28 | | | | Game Rating: M (Mature) |
| and 32 years of age and has come to Liberty | | | | |
| City to pursue the "American Dream". Niko was | | | | Rank 4 Guitar Hero II: |
| persuaded to move to Liberty City by his | | | | |
| cousin Roman, who claimed in multiple e-mails | | | | Guitar Hero II is a music video game |
| to Niko that he was living a fabulous life, | | | | developed by Harmonix Music Systems and |
| with a mansion, women, hot tubs and sports | | | | published by RedOctane. It is the second |
| cars. Roman's claims turn out to be lies to | | | | installment in the Guitar Hero series and is |
| hide his own failures, however, and in | | | | the sequel to Guitar Hero. It was first |
| reality he only owns a small taxi business, | | | | released for the PlayStation 2 in November |
| which he wants Niko to work for. | | | | 2006 and then for the Xbox 360 in April 2007, |
| | | | with additional content. |
| Roman is the only person Niko knows in | | | | |
| Liberty City to begin with, and is one of his | | | | Like the original Guitar Hero, the player |
| major connections in the first part of the | | | | uses a guitar-shaped peripheral to simulate |
| game. Niko is a tough character, whereas | | | | the playing of rock music as notes scroll |
| Roman is friendly. Roman is heavily in debt | | | | towards the player. Most of the gameplay from |
| and a lot of people are after him. He | | | | the original game remains intact, with new |
| desperately needs Niko's support, hence the | | | | modes and note combinations being the major |
| reason he deceived Niko into travelling to | | | | additions. The game features more than 40 |
| Liberty City. They are constantly bickering. | | | | popular licensed songs, many of them cover |
| It is later revealed that Niko has also been | | | | versions recorded for the game, spanning five |
| avoiding other, as yet undisclosed, problems | | | | decades (from the 1960s to the 2000s). |
| at home. Both characters are new and there | | | | |
| are virtually no returning players. | | | | Since its release, Guitar Hero II has been |
| | | | met with both critical and commercial |
| Price: Approx. $59.99 | | | | success, helping the Guitar Hero series |
| | | | become a cultural phenomenon. |
| Game Rating: M (Mature) | | | | |
| | | | Price: Approx. |
| Blood | | | | |
| | | | Bundle with Guitar $79.99 |
| Intense Violence | | | | |
| | | | PS2 $39.99 |
| Partial Nudity | | | | |
| | | | Xbox $49.99 |
| Strong Language | | | | |
| | | | Game Rating: Teen |
| Strong Sexual Content | | | | |
| | | | Rank 5 Mortal Kombat: |
| Use of Drugs and Alcohol | | | | |
| | | | Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated as MK) is |
| Rank 2 Saints Row: | | | | a popular series of fighting games made |
| | | | originally by Midway Manufacturing Company. |
| Saints Row is an action-adventure video game | | | | Mortal Kombat began as a series of arcade |
| published for the Xbox 360 console. It was | | | | games, which were picked up by Acclaim |
| developed by Volition and published by THQ. | | | | Entertainment for the home console versions. |
| The game arrived in stores in wide release on | | | | Now Midway exclusively creates home versions |
| August 29, 2006 in North America, and on | | | | of Mortal Kombat. It is especially noted for |
| September 1, 2006 in Europe and Australia. | | | | its high levels of blood and gore, including, |
| | | | most notably, its graphic fatalities - |
| The game has been described as being in the | | | | Finishing Moves, requiring a sequence of |
| same vein as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in | | | | buttons to perform. These were so extreme |
| terms of story and gameplay, with the | | | | that they, in part, led to the founding of |
| developers referring to it as an emerging | | | | the Entertainment Software Rating Board |
| genre called "open world"; both games focus | | | | (ESRB) 1 Mortal Kombat is available in PS2, |
| on urban gang activity, with the main | | | | Xbox, Mobile and PC. |
| character attempting to strengthen his gang's | | | | |
| standing amongst three other rival gangs. | | | | The original Mortal Kombat was developed as a |
| Saints Row makes additions to the genre, | | | | reaction to the popular fighting game Street |
| adding an extensive character customization | | | | Fighter II, with digitized graphics of real |
| feature and online multiplayer modes. | | | | game actors as opposed to animated cartoon |
| | | | graphics. Critics said the game's graphic |
| Price: Approx. $29.99 | | | | violence was only included in order to |
| | | | generate a public outcry and controversy that |
| Game Rating: M (Mature) | | | | would gain publicity for the game. Although |
| | | | highly controversial, the mix of realism and |
| Rank 3 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: | | | | violence propelled Mortal Kombat to |
| | | | widespread and historic renown. |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a | | | | |
| sandbox-style action-adventure computer and | | | | Price: Approx. $19.99 - $39.99 |
| video game developed by Rockstar North. It is | | | | |
| the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto | | | | Game Rating: M (Mature) |
| video game franchise and fifth original game | | | | |
| overall. Originally released for the | | | | 1. Descriptions in large part by Wikipedia. |
| PlayStation 2 in October 2004, the game has | | | | |
| since been ported to the Xbox and Microsoft | | | | Wikipedia - The biggest multilingual |
| Windows, and has received wide acclaim and | | | | free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. |
| high sales figures on all three platforms. | | | | Over 7 million articles in over 200 |
| | | | languages, and still growing. |
| Set in late 1992, the game revolves around | | | | |
| the main character, Carl "CJ" Johnson | | | | Please visit us at The Software Spot! |
| returning home from Liberty City to Los | | | | |