New Upcoming Video Games November 2009 - Plug & Play

Essentials:

PSP Go
From: Sony, www.ubisoft.com; $249
Rating: 4
True: Anorexic size (about half as big/heavy as the original) and emphasis on digital game downloads aside, there's little pressing reason to cop the popular gaming handheld's newest edition. But between a slide-out button/d-pad drawer (hidden beneath the 3.8-inch screen), 16GB of multimedia-ready memory and must-have titles like LittleBigPlanet, hell... We're still buying one anyway.

DJ Hero
For: Playstation 2 and 3, Xbox 360, Wii
Rating: 4 ½
From: Activision, www.activision.com
Two turntables and a microphone isn't just a catchphrase: For virtual disc jockeys, it's everything. Packing a plastic crossfader and rotating record controller, strive to keep time with exclusive genre-bending mash-ups (e.g. KRS-One and David Bowie). Friends can even go head-to-head on the decks, or connect a guitar peripheral for funky-fresh showdowns.

Borderlands
For: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
From: 2K Games, www.2kgames.com
Rating: 3
Call it Mad Max redux. While we're largely ambivalent towards this action packed post-apocalyptic trigger-masher's graphic novel inspired aesthetic, its signature calling card - the ability to create thousands of badass custom weapons - is nothing to scoff at. Albeit less awe-inspiring than spiritual cousin Fallout 3, it's (hooray!) also more digestible.

By Scott Steinberg

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