Category: Action/Adventure

Title: Destroy All Humans 2
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/18/2006
Overview:
After toying with 1950s B-Movies in the original, Destroy All Humans steps into the 1960s for a shoot-’em up sequel that continues to turn the sci-fi game genre on its head. Instead of playing as a human blasting aliens, you’re an alien out to destroy all humans. Main character Crypto returns with more advanced weaponry and an expanded array of mental powers, including Cortex Scan, Transmogrify, and more. Battle covert agents, giant creatures, Soviet soldiers, and other aliens while romping through the Cold War/Free Love era. Explore five open-world environments filled with side missions in single player, play two-player mini-games, or destroy even more stuff in split screen Co-Op Mode.

Title: Reservoir Dogs
Publisher: Eidos
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/23/2006
Overview:
Get your slick black suit ready. Join some of the most infamous gangsters in movie history for a diamond heist gone wrong in this gritty Reservoir Dogs game. Play from the perspective of each character in a non-chronological storyline filled with Quentin Tarantino’s trademark style, wit, and violence. See how close you are to going over the edge with the Psycho/Professional Rating System that monitors your moral decisions. Control civilians using the non-lethal Threat System and the adrenaline fueled tactics of the Bullet Festival. The game boasts the same super ’70s soundtrack as the movie, as well as star Michael Madsen, who lends his voice and likeness to Mr. Blonde.

Title: Eragon
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
Live the legend of Eragon in this game based on the best-selling fantasy saga and blockbuster film. Ride into battle atop your dragon Saphira and clash with the sinister forces of an evil king. Learn to harness your full power and fulfill the long-foretold destiny of the Dragon Riders. Use bursts of fire, magic attacks, a unique degradable block system, and more. Master the fight/flight combo play in multiplayer co-op mode, or team with Brom or Murtagh at any time with instant drop-in/drop-out co-op play. You’ll live the saga in full cinematic glory thanks to cooperation from the movie’s creative team, including voicework from the stars of the film.

Title: Xiaolin Showdown
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
You must gather the power of the Shen-Gong-Wu. Xiaolin Showdown is based on the television show of the same name, but this time, the action is in your hands. Enter the arena of combat as any of your favorite characters. Attack, guard, and jump your way through the battle, collecting chi from the enemies you defeat. Grab enough chi and activate your magical Shen-Gong-Wu powers! Jump on powerful artifacts to enter mini-games, including “Tag You’re It,” where you must strike enemies to make them It. Stay It for too long, and you lose the game.

Title: Superman Returns
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/21/2006
Overview:
We’ve all thought about what it’d be like to be Superman. Well, here’s your chance. You are the Man of Steel, charged with protecting an expansive, open-world Metropolis that spans 80 square miles with more than 10,000 buildings. And you’re not chasing down small-time crooks. You’ll be saving the city from threats only a superhero could overcome. In play that includes rescue, combat, and flying challenges, you’ll face Superman’s constant choice: pursue supervillians or save citizens from certain disaster. The city evolves and reacts based on your choices. Superman Returns features voice talents from all the stars of the film, multiple modes, and more.

Title: Disney’s Chicken Little
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/24/2005
Overview:
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! No, really! Disney’s Chicken Little catapults you into the adventures of Chicken Little and his gang of misfit friends in missions based on the movie and beyond. Use gadgets like jet packs, slingshots, soda bottle rockets, and hover boards to work your way out of sticky situations like alien invasions, plummeting asteroids, and cornfield mazes. Switch characters and play as Chicken Little or his buddies Fish-Out-of-Water, Abby Mallard, and Runt of the Litter. 17 action-packed levels feature key moments and environments from the movie, while six multiplayer mini-games let friends play together. Bonus movie clips and an extended storyline offer even more adventure.

Title: Zathura
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/25/2005
Overview:
Create your own space adventures in this game based on the best-selling book from author/illustrator Chris Van Allsburg, now a movie directed by John Favreau. Two young brothers, Walter and Danny, find a board game that transports them, along with their entire house, into outer space! The boys have to overcome a variety of challenges and their sibling rivalry. Play as Walter, Danny, or a rampaging robot. Use each character’s unique abilities to handle every obstacle. Fifteen levels span the universe and go beyond what’s seen in the book and movie. Take on over 36 intergalactic adversaries including lizardy Zorgons, evil robots, and a host of other twisted alien creatures.

Title: Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Publisher: Bethesda
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/25/2005
Overview:
The creepy, nightmarish tales of sci-fi writer H.P. Lovecraft finally come to the world of gaming with Call of Cthulu! Fight the macabre and the occult in a first-person RPG adventure from the darkest corners of the imagination. A world of deformed, alien gods have penetrated reality and are taking over the planet. Using mysterious technology and arcane magic, you will battle and outsmart Cthulu’s followers. As you investigate further into the Cthulu mystery, infiltrating Deep One City, you will find yourself forever changed by the horrors you witness, driven to the edge of madness. But it’s the price heroes must pay when saving the world from the Call of Cthulu!

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/26/2005
Overview:
One city is all that’s preventing world domination by the evil Roman Empire. A lone warrior rallies his people for a ferocious last stand in this epic combat game from the makers of the multi-million-selling Total War strategy series. The ruthless armies of Emperor Tiberius loom at the gates of Sparta. Fight shield-to-shield alongside hundreds of allies as you turn back the bloodthirsty enemy, defeat mythical creatures, and earn divine powers. Accomplish varied mission objectives in a cinematic quest of historic scale or clash with friends in Arena Mode. As your exploits grow, you’ll make a journey from Warrior to Hero, and ultimately become a Legend among your people.

Title: Star Wars: Battlefront II
Publisher: LucasArts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/1/2005
Overview:
The battlefront grows in a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars Battlefront II. The hit multiplayer extravaganza that has Star Wars and shooter fans around the planet salivating now features epic space combat, new environments from Revenge of the Sith and playable Jedi heroes. Also new to Battlefront is a single-player story mode that will take you on a grand adventure through the Star Wars galaxy. Battle through 12 new locations alone or with friends, enlisting more online players, as you commandeer ships, raid command posts, and sabotage enemy battle-craft. Star Wars Battlefront II is every thing you asked for and more!

Title: The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/2/2005
Overview:
The amazing Incredibles adventure continues! The Incredibles 2: Rise of the Underminer picks up right where The Incredibles left off. Evil genius, the Underminer, has declared war on peace and happiness, threatening the good citizens of Metroville. Play as Mr. Incredible and Frozone as you battle the Underminer and his robot soldiers. To succeed, you’ll have to defeat them on their own turf: A gigantic underground world built by the Underminer himself. Switch between heroes whenever it helps your cause. The further along you go, the more moves and abilities you’ll unlock. Whaddaya say, are you Super enough?

Title: Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures
Publisher: Midway
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/2/2005
Overview:
The goofball humor and frantic pace of Ed, Edd, and Eddy comes to life in this wacky, interactive tag-team Mis-Edventure! Play as all three Eds and switch who’s in the lead to get the most out of each character’s abilities. Rove through the cul-de-sac cooking up scams to milk the neighborhood kids. Meet scam objectives like collecting jawbreakers and selling snowcones to open up new areas of the game. Meet all the show’s usual suspects including Jimmy, Jonny 2×4, Plank, Kevin, Rolf, Nazz, the Kanker Sisters, and Sarah. Pull off special Ed formations including Batter-Ed, Trampol-Edd, and Tower of Eddy.

Title: From Russia With Love
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/2/2005
Overview:
The name is Bond, James Bond. The mission, slip into the role of the Sean Connery’s original 007 (for the first time in a video game) in this authentic re-creation of the classic Bond world. Drive vintage cars, rendezvous with beautiful women, and visit exotic locales rendered in retro ’60s style. Complete non-linear driving and stealth missions based on the movie and survive explosive Bond-inspired action sequences. Use classic weapons and gadgets enhanced with 21st century modernizations. New-to-Bond features include a focus and zoom aiming mechanic that makes targeting more precise than ever, a new scoring system offering increased customization of equipment and abilities, and a split-screen multiplayer Deathmatch Mode.

Title: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/2/2005
Overview:
Return to Castlevania as Hector the Devil Forgemaster. As a former pupil of Dracula who became disillusioned with your master, you fled from Vallachia. But three years after Dracula was defeated by the Belmonts, Isaac, another pupil, finds you and has your beloved murdered. Now on a quest for vengeance, you will use your Devil Forgery skills to make your way through Isaac’s traps and minions. Beautifully rendered in 3D and accompanied by a moody musical score, Curse of Darkness has all the darkness and brilliance that Castlevania fans have worshipped for two decades.

Title: Without Warning
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/2/2005
Overview:
All is running smoothly at the Peterson-Daniels Chemical Facility, until, Without Warning…Terrorists seize the plant, threatening to blow it up and kill millions. Play as six characters, each with a different goal. Three are covert-ops forces infiltrating the plant: a squad leader, bomb specialist, and a newbie on his first mission. On the civilian side, there’s an overlooked security guard out rescue his co-workers. A cameraman wants to capture the events on video. A secretary just wants to reach safety. This third-person shooter unfolds over a finite 12-hour period. Control any character for minutes or hours and see what awaits in the parallel storylines.

Title: SeaWorld: Shamu’s Deep Sea Adventures
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/3/2005
Overview:
The world’s most famous killer whale, Shamu, has to perform his most amazing feat yet – saving SeaWorld – in this story-driven, mission-based undersea adventure game. The undersea god Poseidon is trying to steal SeaWorld’s magic. It’s up to our black-and-white hero to save the day! Guide Shamu through multiple environments that take him out of his performance pool, through the mysterious waters beneath SeaWorld, and into the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. Use Shamu’s aquatic talents to solve puzzles, win races, perform rescues, discover collectible items, and defeat enemy sea creatures, including the mighty Poseidon and his loyal sea beast, The Kraken.

Title: Matrix: Path of Neo
Publisher: Atari
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/7/2005
Overview:
You are The One. Take mantle of mankind’s last hope as you control Neo in this Matrix saga written and directed by the film’s creators, the Wachowski Brothers. Enter the Matrix world and experience all of Neo’s key scenes, battles, and confrontations from the entire Matrix trilogy. The non-linear, single-player format puts you in complete control of the storyline as you seek your destiny. Choose your own path, but be prepared for the challenges that arise and the consequences that come with every decision you make. Oh yeah, also be prepared for those mind-blowing action sequences with revolutionary Matrix-style visuals.

Title: GUN
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/9/2005
Overview:
Gunslinger Colton White has lost everything. Everything, that is, except for his gun. White saddles up with only his six-chambered sidekick and sets out for gritty revenge in this story of vigilante justice set in the old West. Travel through an expansive frontier world where the terrain is beautiful but the men you’ll encounter can get downright ugly. Spill blood with savage realism using six shooters, cannons, shotguns, explosives, axes, and more. Practice shooting and riding on side missions. Battle on horseback, hijack locomotives, bring down buffalo, and try your luck at the poker table. Multiple styles of play let you decide which side of the law you’re on.

Title: Operation Flashpoint: Elite
Publisher: Codemasters
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/9/2005
Overview:
Atari’s Operation Flashpoint puts you on the battlefield and in the war room. Not only will you lead squads and soldiers of all varieties, but you will also command military and civilian vehicles. It is 1985 and the Cold War draws to a close. Mikhail Gorbachev has come to power in the U.S.S.R. and has implemented his policies glasnost and perestroika. But soon Soviet rebels seek to overthrow Gorbachev’s new progressive government. Assisting Gorbachev, the U.S. military activates Operation Flashpoint and neighboring U.S. Forces lead an attack to stop the old Soviet guard. Can you stop the rebels and help secure the end of the Cold War? In mission-based campaigns and stand alone single missions, you will decide the fate of nations.

Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/10/2005
Overview:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire re-creates the most thrilling moments from the fourth installment of the Harry Potter saga while breaking new ground with multiple firsts for a Harry Potter title. Navigate the perils of the Triwizard Tournament, feel the rush of the Quiddich Cup, and steel yourself for a final confrontation against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named! Co-op play (for the first time) offers the chance to team with up to two of your fellow fourth years to combine powers and cast more powerful spells. The all-new spell-casting system will have your controller rumbling with every flick of the wand. Increase Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s powers with Collector’s and Creature Cards.