| The Xbox 360 was celebrating it's third birthday in | | | | Battlefield: Bad Company scored in three |
| December of 2008. Right after 2007 a lot of new | | | | categories at the same time. Position 3 at the |
| games were published in 2008 and a lot of fans | | | | (Ego-)Shooters and the best Mulitplayer-Games. |
| were wondering when to play all these games!? | | | | Although it hasn't been proclaimed with a lot of |
| There is something like a war going on between | | | | hype, due to the humour, the action and the nice |
| the big consoles, and the Wii is still number one, | | | | characters Battlefield: Bad Company also scored |
| closely followed by the Xbox 360, which is even | | | | number one at the "Surprise Game of the Year". |
| closer followed by PlayStation 3. With all these | | | | Position two in the "(Ego-)Shooter" and Multiplayer |
| new games you are bound to loose oversight if | | | | Category was won by a game that got indexed |
| you don't happen to be a games editor at a | | | | in half of Europe. A hard game from the good |
| magazine. If you got yourself an Xbox 360 on | | | | people of Epic Games. We will refer to it by its |
| Christmas and are looking for supplies, this review | | | | initials, as in "G.o.W. 2". Adult players will know |
| can help. | | | | what we are talking about here. |
| The Ego at play: The Shooters | | | | Finally position 1 in the category "(Ego-)Shooter". |
| You are all familiar with the Battlefield-Franchise. In | | | | This game was the follow-up of the very much |
| 2008 it was time to issue a new version again: | | | | appraised Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. |
| Battlefield: Bad Company. A nice Egoshooter with | | | | Developer Treyarch did everything right and |
| a Hollywood like story to go with it. As a newbie | | | | positioned the great Graphic -Engine, the old |
| you got into B-Company, simply called the "Bad | | | | game-play and the addictive Multiplayer back to |
| Company" because these troops were not | | | | the Second World War. Even if you think of |
| exactly the most trustworthy soldiers. In a war | | | | WWII as a "Well known Scenario", and a bit |
| against Russia the Squad operates behind enemy | | | | overused by now, Call of Duty: World at War |
| lines and is about to discover a hidden gold | | | | was very successful and was honoured by best |
| treasure. The fight over the noble metal starts, | | | | scores. The European and especially the German |
| staring four leading characters, who take the fight | | | | versions had to be softened a bit though in order |
| rather personal. Jive talk and huge guns. You sort | | | | to avoid indexing. Call of Duty: World at War not |
| of go AWOL and had to act on your own on | | | | only went all the way in the Ego-Shooter |
| enemy territory. With the help of tanks and | | | | Category, but also won the "Multiplayer-Title" of |
| choppers this promised to be a lot of fun, | | | | the year. |
| especially in the multi player mode. | | | | |