1.  Super Meat Boy | Release Date: |  Nov 30, 2010 |  
 | Genre: |  2D Platformer |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  9.5 |  
 | Description: |  
 
This sublime platformer provides tons of challenge, precise controls,  and incredible level design that will keep you glued to the screen.
2.  Portal 2 | Release Date: |  Apr 19, 2011 |  
 | Genre: |  Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  9.0 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Portal 2 is a first-person action-puzzle-platforming game that tests the player’s ability to think and act creatively.
3.  Shogun 2: Total War | Release Date: |  Mar 15, 2011 |  
 | Genre: |  Historic Turn-Based Strategy |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  9.0 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Shogun 2: Total War returns to Feudal Japan 10 years after the  release of the original Shogun: Total War. It refines the original  formula with a new AI and more online functionality.
4.  Call of Duty: Black Ops | Release Date: |  Nov 9, 2010 |  
 | Genre: |  Historic First-Person Shooter |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  9.0 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Fight through a globe-trotting campaign or test your skills online competition in this fast-paced first-person shooter.
5.  Anomaly: Warzone Earth | Release Date: |  Apr 8, 2011 |  
 | Genre: |  Strategy |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  8.5 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Fight against alien war machines in the world’s largest cities.
6.  Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood | Release Date: |  Mar 22, 2011 |  
 | Genre: |  Historic Action Adventure |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  8.5 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Ezio returns in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood as he struggles against  the powerful Templar Order . Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched  there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands  an entire Brotherhood that will rally to his side.
7.  Crysis 2 | Release Date: |  Mar 22, 2011 |  
 | Genre: |  Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  8.5 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Crysis 2 puts players in the role of one supersoldier, wielding the  combat enhancement technology of the future with Nanosuit 2 as you make  the last stand to save humanity from destruction in the urban jungle  that is New York City.
8.  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution | Release Date: |  Mar 1, 2011 |  
 | Genre: |  Sci-Fi Real-Time Strategy |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  8.5 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Retribution is the second stand-alone expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II.
9.  Dead Space 2 | Release Date: |  Jan 25, 2011 |  
 | Genre: |  Sci-Fi Shooter |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  8.5 |  
 | Description: |  
 
EA and its Redwood Shores-based Visceral Games label are working on a follow-up to the 2008 sci-fi horror survival game.
10.  Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam | Release Date: |  Dec 21, 2010 |  
 | Genre: |  Modern First-Person Shooter |  
 | GameSpot Score: |  8.5 |  
 | Description: |  
 
Set in the 1960s, this DLC adds 4 new multiplayer maps, 15 new weapons, and six vehicles.