Required playing from the week in games ...

"Halo Wars" for Xbox 360 gives you hot strategy-game action, intuitive controls and a reason to use the word "skirmish" in everyday conversation.
"Empire: Total War" takes simulated combat out of your bathtub and into your PC. Please do not take your PC into your bathtub.
Sadly, we suspect that the plot of "Sonic and the Black Knight" for Wii does not include an altercation with a time-traveling Martin Lawrence.
"Tom Clancy's HAWX" for PS3 and Xbox 360 boasts all the dogfighting excitement of "Top Gun" without any of the uncomfortable homoerotic volleyball scenes.