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New video games hit the market
By Shawn Estes
from WillametteLive, Section Screen
Posted on Mon Nov 05, 2007 at 09:36:03 PM PDT

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360, PC, PS3, and DS) (Purchase)
Genre: Action
Release: Nov 4

Fans of the Call of Duty series are probably already standing in lines for this one. It's not even released yet and has already won multiple industry awards such as E3 Best of Show and E3 Best of Xbox 360 Show.

Bee Movie Game (Wii, DS) (Purchase)
Genre: Kids
Release: Nov 5

In this game you get to bee the main character of Dreamworks' latest flick "Bee Movie." Players will follow the characters through the events of the movie.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Wii) (Purchase)
Genre: RPG
Release: Nov 5

Finally, Fire Emblem on Wii, with 16:9 widescreen format to boot. Players can build their armies around strategies by choosing from many characters. As the characters are played together and their relationships grow they begin to fight better together.

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (Purchase)
Genre: RTS
Release: Nov 5

The story picks up where Supreme Command left off. The expansion includes new units, a new playable faction, more maps, a new single player campaign and user-interface redesign.

Gears of War (PC) (Purchase)
Genre: Action/FPS
Release: Nov 6

The long awaited port to PC is finally here. If you haven't played this blockbuster game on XBOX 360, now is your chance to own it for PC.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) (Purchase)
Genre: Sports
Release: Nov 6

This is the game that grandmothers will be buying in the upcoming holiday season. The box has the look and feel of a nonviolent game and colorful, popular characters on the cover. This is the first time ever that Mario and Sonic can be played in the same game. They are pitted against each other in a competition through the Olympic Games. Despite the wacky premise, the reviews are coming in positive.

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War (Xbox 360, PS3) (Purchase)
Genre: Action
Release: Nov 6

This game has continuously been compared to Dynasty Warrior, which can be a bad thing; after all, there's only so much button smashing that some folks can take. KOEI, the creators of Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, and now Bladestorm, has decided to move the battle from Asia to Europe, where you can be a rogue commander that switches between the English and French empires. There are only a few games that count body stacks by the thousands, but KOEI continues to deliver them.

F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate (PC) (Purchase)
Genre: Action
Release: Nov 6

This is the second storyline expansion to F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon). You can get both expansions together in the F.E.A.R Files bundle, also released on November 6. Players new to the series can jump right in with a new story.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX The Beginning of Destiny (PS2) (Purchase)
Genre: Strategy
Release: Nov 7

The only previous generation console game to make the list, Yu-Gi-Oh continues to hold a strong fanbase. In this incarnation, players become transfer students at Duel academy, where they must duel to find a partner for the Tag Duel Tournament.
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