Here are what I believe to be the top 6 games by release month of 2009. I did not included DLC or XBLA games in this list. Strictly XBOX 360 retail games were considered. Website review scores, number of sales to date, and my personal feeling for the games are what I took into account for judging these as the "top" games. So lets start it off with January, typically a great month to stay indoors and play all those great holiday release titles. Well a few did not make it in time. A very few.
January :
Top Game :
Skate 2 runs away with this month. The only real competition was from Afro Samurai. High reviews and the months highest selling game made Skate 2 the top game of January. Personally have not played, but I know someone that has...does that count?
January :
Top Game :
Skate 2 runs away with this month. The only real competition was from Afro Samurai. High reviews and the months highest selling game made Skate 2 the top game of January. Personally have not played, but I know someone that has...does that count?February :
Top Game :
Street Fighter IV hands down. Amazing reviews and over a million units sold, make this fighter February's top game. February had some competition with the release of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and Fear 2. The sales and reviews were just slightly lower for those 2 titles.
Street Fighter IV hands down. Amazing reviews and over a million units sold, make this fighter February's top game. February had some competition with the release of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and Fear 2. The sales and reviews were just slightly lower for those 2 titles. March :
Top game : 
Legends of WrestleMania. March was the first tough month. A group of very good games were released. Resident Evil 5 was the blockbuster game with mega sales of over 2 million. MLB2K9, TC Hawx, GH: Metallica, and Trivial pursuit were all highly reviewed. I played WWE and loved it. I also played RE5 and hated it. Seriously you still can't move AND shoot. I had to give it to WWE.
Legends of WrestleMania. March was the first tough month. A group of very good games were released. Resident Evil 5 was the blockbuster game with mega sales of over 2 million. MLB2K9, TC Hawx, GH: Metallica, and Trivial pursuit were all highly reviewed. I played WWE and loved it. I also played RE5 and hated it. Seriously you still can't move AND shoot. I had to give it to WWE.April :
Top Game: 
The Chronicles of Riddick, Assault on Dark Athena. Yet another top game of the month I have yet to play. This title was highly reviewed, but suffered from poor sales. The really only other title to consider was Godfather 2. It got poor reviews and its sales were not much better than CRADA. Velvet Assassin and Ninja Blade round out the bottom of the list of April releases.
The Chronicles of Riddick, Assault on Dark Athena. Yet another top game of the month I have yet to play. This title was highly reviewed, but suffered from poor sales. The really only other title to consider was Godfather 2. It got poor reviews and its sales were not much better than CRADA. Velvet Assassin and Ninja Blade round out the bottom of the list of April releases.May :
Top Game :
May was a surprise for me. UFC 2009 Undisputed was this months clear winner. Very high reviews and over a million units sold put yet another fighting game over the top. This month was heavy with Movie tie in titles such as Wolverine and Terminator. While Wolverine was a solid game and Terminator was a joke, they both lacked sales. Bionic Commando and Battlestations Pacific round out this month's releases. A pretty good month overall.
May was a surprise for me. UFC 2009 Undisputed was this months clear winner. Very high reviews and over a million units sold put yet another fighting game over the top. This month was heavy with Movie tie in titles such as Wolverine and Terminator. While Wolverine was a solid game and Terminator was a joke, they both lacked sales. Bionic Commando and Battlestations Pacific round out this month's releases. A pretty good month overall.June :
Top Game :
Ghostbusters The Video Game takes June. June had fair share of highly reviewed big selling games. Ghostbusters, received middle of the road reviews and sales numbers. The top selling games were simply this years editions. Tiger Woods 10, Overlord 2, Virtua Tennis, Red Faction, and Fight Night are all new editions. I felt Ghostbusters brought some originality to the table and that is why it got the top spot of June. The previously mentioned games are all solid titles, that sold really well, but for a new experience try Ghostbusters. Call of Juarez, Prototype, and Fuel round out Junes releases.
Ghostbusters The Video Game takes June. June had fair share of highly reviewed big selling games. Ghostbusters, received middle of the road reviews and sales numbers. The top selling games were simply this years editions. Tiger Woods 10, Overlord 2, Virtua Tennis, Red Faction, and Fight Night are all new editions. I felt Ghostbusters brought some originality to the table and that is why it got the top spot of June. The previously mentioned games are all solid titles, that sold really well, but for a new experience try Ghostbusters. Call of Juarez, Prototype, and Fuel round out Junes releases.So there you have the top 6 games so far this year. I have yet to play a lot of them, and this list will help decide the rest of my summer plans. Reviews were taken from the following sites : Teamxbox.com, Gamezone.com, and Xbox360achievements.org. Sales data was pulled from VGchartz.com.
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