Shooter / FPS, Rating: T - (Teen), 1 player,published by: Electronic Arts

Large-scale multiplayer warfare comes to consoles as Digital Illusions' Battlefield series brings Modern Combat to Xbox. The series is known for its fast-paced competitive warfare, and as many as 100 Xbox Live-connected players can fight together online, across battle maps that scale to the number of human participants. Battlefield 2 also features a single-player mode, which fills the levels with artificially intelligent 'bots, both enemy and friendly.

Action, Rating: T - (Teen), up to 4 players, published by: Ubi Soft Entertainment

In 2013, the U.S. Army will implement the Integrated Warfighter System evolving what we know as the modern soldier. IWS combines advanced weapon systems, satellite communication devices and enhanced survivability into one fully integrated combat system. The IWS program has been developed to meet these new threats head on. Now, it can be tested on the battlefield. In Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3, players will embody Captain Scott Mitchell as he commands the Ghosts and Special Forces allies equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe. The game unfolds entirely in Mexico City, where numerous, meticulously researched and detailed environments will deliver complete immersion into the future of urban warfare.

Shooter / FPS, Rating: T - (Teen),up to 24 players, published by: EA - Electronic Arts

Based on the blockbuster online multiplayer war Battlefield franchise, EA and developer Digital Illusions are taking the battle to another realm with a modern-war era edition somewhat similar to Battlefield 2 for PCs but developed exclusively for console gamers. Players from the United States, China and the Middle East Coalition will all be represented in harrowing 24-player battles. Command tanks, choppers and any other of more than 30 military vehicles, and make use of more than 70 kinds of weapons (including heat-seaking missles, laser designated bombs and other modern military hardware.)

Shooter / FPS, published by: Microsoft

Gears of War 2 continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad, locked in an increasingly desperate battle against the nightmarish Locust Horde for the survival of humanity. Gears of War 2 is an epic saga of survival, loss, and retribution

Shooter / FPS, published by: Activision

The critically acclaimed Call of Duty franchise moves to the 21st century in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Tackle a variety of missions as a US Marine or British SAS Agent to thwart a terrorist madman bent on launching a nuclear assault against the western world. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has a thrill-ride single player campaign, but it's the robust multiplayer mode that will keep players coming back for more. Featuring a deep leveling system and a variety of different modes of play, Call of Duty 4 is the most popular multiyplayer console game ever released.