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Need for Speed: Shift

Shift is a half-arcade, half-serious racing sim. Even with all assists on, the driving is more demanding than what's typical in a NFS game, but everything you do in races counts as experience points - from hitting an opponent car to reaching top speeds to staying on the race line - so both top racers and n00bz have many ways to earn cash and unlock stuff.

Empire: Total War

Empire: Total War is the latest Total War game from The Creative Assemply, published by (of all places) Sega. Empire is a total warfare simulator which uses two modes, a turn-based "grand campaign" and a real-time battle mode to give the player complete control over a worldwide conflict in the 1800s.

Civilization IV

Civilization IV is a historical-simulation game where players develop factions throughout the known history of mankind. Players build cities which produce the structures and units of the game and are the source of income and technological growth. As time progresses factions will discover new technologies which allow them to improve their cities and build more things. Each faction is led by at least one historical figure famous in history. Diplomatic relations between different factions are represented by interactions between these historical avatars.

Aion: The Tower of Eternity

Aion is a visually stunning massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) where your character wields devastating powers and sweeping wings to explore a celestial world of breath-taking beauty and epic adventure. It features cutting-edge imagery, gorgeous environments, and a unique fantasy world. Your character plays a pivotal role in the fate of Atreia, where the enemy is not only the other player faction but a deadly ancient evil as well.
In February 2012 Aion became Free to Play!

Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is an installment in the Rainbow Six series. It is a tactical first person shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was announced by Ubisoft on November 20, 2007.

Osmos

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack.

Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax… good things come to those who wait.

Progress from serenely ambient levels into varied and challenging worlds. Confront attractors, repulsors and intelligent motes with similar abilities and goals as you.

Divinity 2: Developer's Cut

Divinity 2 – Ego Draconis is the 2009 sequel to the Divine Divinity computer RPG series

Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 1942 is a multiplayer FPS from DICE and EA Games. It's set in various battlegrounds of WWII, where players fight as GI infantry, and have the ability to pilot various vehicles.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham Asylum is a hotly anticipated Batman title for the PC. Pros:fun gameplay.cons:repetative combat,meduim story.

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is an action role-playing game. It is the second full game in the Sacred video game series. It is a prequel which takes place 2,000 years before the events of Sacred. Like its predecessor, the game takes place in a fantasy setting. A new game engine means that the game is rendered in perspective correct 3D, whilst retaining the viewpoint found in older isometric games. Video game designer Bob Bates has been involved in its production, the game also includes a video sequence with the power metal band Blind Guardian, who also made a theme song for the game.