Required playing from the week in games.

"Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2" is the sequel to easily the best Marvel Comics video game of all time. Make crazy team-ups (like Iron Fist and Venom!) as hero fights hero in a story line ripped from the "Civil War" comics. Hopefully Howard the Duck is an unlockable character.

Also in stores this week:
-- The third-person shooter "Wet" is reportedly one of the year's best games. It sounds a lot like that movie "Domino," only not horribly sucky.
-- Get psyched for "Toy Story 3" with the new mini-game extravaganza "Toy Story Mania" for the Wii. Is one game about the poignant end of Andy's childhood?
-- "Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story" has easily the greatest box art of any Mario game. Did Bowser finally discover the deep, dark secret that Mario and Luigi aren't actually licensed plumbers?