Tony Hawk's Project 8

WHAT'S THE STORY? Board, spin and flip your way through a free-roaming city, picking up near-limitless challenges, meeting fellow dudes, and scraping your kneecaps all the way down to the bone in horrifying pixellated accidents.

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Eighth outing for the skateboarding sim. Lovely new engine, but still feeling way, way too familiar.

HAS GOT: Real skateboarding stars. Old skool challenges. Real tournaments. Loud music. Mega-sized career mode. Grimacing falls.

HASN'T GOT: Rocket-turboed hoverboards for Michael J. Fox stunt action!