The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

"Let me guess. Someone stole your sweet roll?"

 Bethesda Studios' Skyrim is the latest in their action-playing, open world series. Produced by Bethesda Studios and produced by Bethesda Game Studios, the fifth installment in the action-roleplaying series was released November 2011. The game is only currently available on PC, Xbox and PS3. Bethesda published the game with a RRP of £54.99, although it can now be bought for around £20.

 The game sees you thrown into the ancient land of the nords; Skyrim. On the plane of Tamriel. You start of the game facing the ancient dragon Alduin. The game progresses as you find a way to stop him tearing apart Skyrim.
You can duel wield weapons, toss fireballs at your enemies, or shoot them with an assortment of weapons. Combat in skyrim is as advanced as any other elder scrolls game.
The main audio in the game, and the game's theme song 'Dragonborn' were created by composer Jeremy Soule. Using a choir of 30 men, he layered it three times to create the effect of a 90 man choir.
The game uses the Havok Physics game engine. This allows Bethesda to implement the ragdoll effects seen when fus-ro-dah'ing that poor little boy through the streets of windhelm, or power attacking a shetland cow in slow motion and seeing it crumple. Okay, so maybe not the best collisions.
The most notable thing in Skyrim is the effort that went into the scenery and all the graphics. As you first travel from Helgen to Riverwood you see bleak fells barrow and it looks truly amazing.

GTA IV

"Did you see? Reptilian death ray! It's gotta be! "

Released in April 2008 by  Rockstar games, GTA 4 is a game directed at people 18+ who play games on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC platforms.

The game starts you as an off-the-boat immigrant, with nothing but the clothes on your back. Set in modern day Liberty City (based loosely off New York), you get to run around the open world game completing all kinds of tasks and challenges.

Halo: Reach

"Spartans never die Jorge, they're just missing in action"

Halo: Reach is the fourth installment in the halo series. Designed by Bungie Software, it is just as playable as any other halo game. Also, as this is a game produced by Microsoft it is only available on the Xbox360. Made available September 14th 2010, the game is the prequel to the Halo saga. It has an RRP of £49.99, but is available for as low as £9 as of October 2012.

Reach is a first person shooter game that puts you against hordes of aliens on a dying planet. What could be more fun? You get to experience the storyline that leads up to Combat Evolved first hand. The gameplay is set in the futuristic world of Reach, which had -up until recently- been a quiet mining planet. 

You play as Noble 6, the 6th member of a team of spartans called Noble team. Toghether they attempt to stop the alien race known as the convenant taking over the planet and decimating humanity
Together the amazing music from composers Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori, and the from-scratch game engine Bungie put into the game, Reach is truly a work of art. Be sure to follow the studios on twitter for all new Halo 4 news.