The Top 25 Xbox 360 Games

Xbox 360 has some fantastic games, no doubt about it. But we're not here to just talk about great games. We're here to talk about the best of the best. Welcome to IGN's Top 25 Xbox 360 games. New to the system? Looking for a few game suggestions? Look no further as we've compiled a list of 25 games that everybody should play. This is an all new list voted on by a brand new set of editors taking into consideration the current state of the platform. Don't be surprised if you find discrepancies between this list and those we've done in the past.

Wondering where all of the XBLA games are? You can check out our list of the best Xbox Live Arcade games.

Last Updated: August 23rd, 2010.

The Selection Comittee

I'm currently the Executive Editor at IGN focused on Xbox coverage, which is fitting as I've been dedicated to covering the platform here for over 4 years straight. My Xbox history goes back farther than that though -- all the way to the original Xbox's launch in 2001. Since that point I've lived and dreamt Xbox on a daily basis.

I run IGN (into the ground), but I used to run the Xbox 360 channel (into the ground). There's no question that the 360 is my console of choice and having been with IGN for so long and with such a focus on Xbox, well, I've pretty much played every big game and many of the crappy games on the OG Xbox and the 360. Achievement Unlocked: 10 Wrote Bio for Top 25 Article

I'm IGN's Managing Editor, which means I barely manage to edit. I was once an esteemed member of the IGN Xbox 360 Team, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and Xbox 360s came without built-in Wi-Fi. I've reviewed great games, painfully bad games, and games that fall somewhere in between (which is most of them, actually). The Xbox 360 has been my go-to gaming platform for the past few years, and I know its library inside and out. Hey, where did that game come from?

When I got my first Xbox 360 I was still in college. Come to think of it, I was home on break for Thanksgiving when my console made it to the EB Games in Tallahassee, a two and a half hour drive away. I happily (seriously, I was grinning ear to ear) hopped into my blue Saturn and drove to get my shiny new system, and then promptly sped back to my apartment to try it for the very first time. Imagine my shock and utter despair when a bright red ring showed up when I first powered on the system. Thankfully all I had to do was apply a little pressure to lock my video cables into place and it began running Perfect Dark Zero, Call of Duty 2 and Kameo like a dream. It's been a love affair mitigated only by a few select PS3 titles and Blu-ray movies ever since.