Tekken 6 is available at game stores near you and while we could probably write a mini-novella on why being able to fight as a bear and a kangaroo is simply amazing, we're going to let Alisa Bosconovitch's curves explain why we love the game already.

Unfortunately, rubbing her back might send you to the hospital—this girl's got a jet pack hidden in there. Oh, and, rockets in her feet!

"The [development] team wanted to create a fighter that would be totally new to the franchise, who had a variety of attacks and a fighting system never-before-seen in the series," said In Joon Hwang, brand manager for Tekken 6.

With that kind of firepower tucked away in her girly parts, we'd have to agree that their mission was accomplished. Born from the demented mind of Doctor Boskonovitch—a dude on a mission to resurrect his deceased daughter—Alisa is a cyborg who can contort her body on a whim and is able to turn her arms, legs, and head into projectiles. Not exactly the "bring home to the parents" type.

But, she's not the first to turn up the heat as a computerized humanoid, following a long line of TV and cartoon hotties with special powers (outside of making guys drool, of course). Check out our slideshow of the hottest robots.

We are creeping ever closer to November 10, which we at Maxim HQ have labelled "Modern Warfare 2 Day." But, that doesn't mean there aren't a ton of new video games worth getting your mitts on in the meanwhile.

This week's selection is no exception: Lock and load with any of the millions—yes, millions—of weapons available in 2K Games' Borderlands. Plus, become champion of the squared circle in WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010, break out your hooliganism for FIFA 10, and rise to the top of a Chinese crime syndicate in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.


Borderlands (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Price: $49.99–$59.99
Why You Need It: It's like playing the video game version of Christmas, but instead of getting sweaters with reindeer prints on them, you'll be scouring carcasses for rocket-powered weapons and shiny trinkets. A first-person shooter with some RPG elements (i.e. levelling up), Borderlands tasks you and up to three other friends to go hunting for treasure rumored to be buried in a mysterious place called The Vault. By the way, there are at least 3,166,880 different weapons to collect. Yikes.
Why You Don't: The look and feel of the game is a straight up rip-off of Fallout 3.

FIFA 10 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Price: $59.99
Why You Need It: The beautiful game doesn't get any prettier than this. EA Sports's flagship soccer title returns with a swanky new Virtual Pro mode, allowing you to create a character and play him through four full seasons. Improved online matchmaking means even noobs can pick up and play, while small additions, like the set-piece creator mode, will keep series veterans busy strategizing.
Why You Don't: When it comes to sports games and their incremental annual updates, it's best to consider a purchase every two years. FIFA 09 owners may want to think about a rental until this time in 2010.

WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS, PS2)
Price: $29.99–$59.99
Why You Need It: This may very well be the best wrestling game in nearly a decade. Embracing the user-generated aspect of game content, THQ has implemented a tight new mode called WWE Story Designer which allows gamers to create extensive and elaborate storylines, save them, and share them with users on the Net. Throw in a roster of 59 superstars, more gimmick matches, and even authentic blood spattering, and you've got a total package that rivals Lex Luger.
Why You Don't: Because last time you tuned into a WWE broadcast, you wondered why the hell a leprechaun was fighting alongside a dude dressed in golden drag.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (PSP)
Price: $39.99
Why You Need It: If you didn't check out Chinatown Wars when it hit the Nintendo DS earlier this year, your patience has been rewarded. The PSP version looks better and is packed with more content than its predecessor. When not making headway in the struggle within the Triad crime syndicate, gamers can enjoy music from 11 different radio stations or knock off some pesky foes in extra side missions.
Why You Don't: If you've played through this on the DS, there isn't enough here to warrant a purchase.

It's mid-October (already!), and that can only mean that the avalanche of big-budget video games has begun rumbling toward your console of choice. The unsuspecting, soon-to-be deluged victim: your social life.

The descent begins this week with the must-anticipated Naughty Dog sequel, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Also, Jack Black kicks some serious axe in a heavy metal-inspired action adventure, Mario & Sonic hit the slopes for some Olympic competition, and RPG fans get some love with two very different titles.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
Price: $59.99
Why You Need It: We loved the first one, and this one has pretty much everything that was great about the original (great story, over-the-top action, a sexy sidekick) and kicks it up 17.6 notches, according to the totally random mathematical formula we used to measure. You're pretty much in the director's seat of a Michael Bay-inspired film with a better script, orchestrating explosions, pulling off sneak attacks, and taking down dastardly villains in the jungles of Borneo, the ruins in Nepal and the ice-capped mountains of Tibet. And then, you can kill your online friends with the new multiplayer component.
Why You Don't: With a 10-hour campaign and infinite moments of fun online, your girlfriend might hate you for not speaking to her until you've mastered this bad boy.


Brutal Legend (PS3, Xbox 360)
Price: $59.99
Why You Need It: Jack Black. He is this game. Many games attempt to inject some lighthearted banter into their dialogue, but JB brings the funny and then some in his romp through the demon-filled land of heavy metal. The soundtrack is nothing to sniff at, either—108 tracks from every subgenre of metal. Rock on!
Why You Don't: Because you're waiting for the Jonas Bros. game, Friendship Forever. (Plastic peripheral promise rings sold separately.)

Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games (Wii, DS)
Price: $34.99–$49.99
Why You Need It: Yes, we know you only care about the Olympics because of the hot cheerleaders, but there are actually sports competitions going on, too. Nintendo and Sega's go-to mascots team up once again to preview next year's Games in Vancouver, offering up sports like alpine skiing, speed skating and figure skating (woohoo?).
Why You Don't: Because Mario has been in 14,342,396 games since his creation and Sonic has been in a few less, but mostly shitty attempts at video games. We're waiting for the game when both are involved in a freak lab experiment and form Monic, the heavily Italian-accented would-be roadkill.

Magna Carta 2 (Xbox 360)
Price: $59.99
Why You Need It: Good role-playing games on Microsoft's system are hard to come by, but MC2 does a decent-enough job to warrant a recommendation. Thrust into a civil war in the continent of Lanzheim, you must make decisions in helping bring peace back to the land. More than 30 hours of gameplay will keep you busy long enough to forget that you have work on Monday. D'oh!
Why You Don't: Camera angles and general blandless plague this title. If you're looking for something that's going to make your hair stand on end, you'll have more luck sticking your finger into a wall socket.

 

Half-Minute Hero (PSP)
Price: $29.99
Why You Need It: The thing about enjoying RPGs is that you need to clear your calendar and submerge yourself into the game until the end. Unfortunately, that cuts into bar time with your buddies. That's why Half-Minute Hero is such a damn good game: You have to beat bosses in 30 seconds or less, which means a post-Taco Bell shitting session is good for at least five or six levels.
Why You Don't: Because "Half-Minute Hero" was also your girlfriend's pet name for you back in college.

Another crumby week of 9-to-5ing is nearing its end and the shiny abyss of weekendom is upon us. With 48 hours of freedom—well, unless your football fan, then it's more like six hours—you can finally return to making headway on reaching sloth nirvana. We're here to help.

We're spotlighting games that are sure to facilitate some much needed down time with your couch. On tap is the ninja every girl wants to do and every guy wants to be, the debut of PlayStation's car series to a handheld console, and s'more aliens attacking humans in space. Oh, and some crap your girlfriend might like.

Ryu Hayabusa makes his return in this remixed PS3-exclusive title of Ninja Gaiden II (an Xbox 360-exclusive). There's not much difference from the original in terms of story: Commit blade-on-blade crimes and slice your way through 17 stages of intense action. The hook here for this game is the online co-op missions and the ability to play as three other characters in the series, Rachel, Ayane, and Momiji. (Yes, that means a lot more boob physics-induced head bobbing.) $60

With their flagship title, Gran Turismo 5, still in release date limbo, the team at Polyphony Digital have been hard at work pumping out fill-in game to appease fans. First there was the free demo for PS3 first-responders. Then, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, essentially a demo of the full product, arrived at retail. This week, the series makes its arrival on handheld consoles for the first time. Jam-packed into this tiny package are more than 800 available vehicle models,  more than 30 unique tracks, and the ability to transfer upgrades to GT5 when it's unleashed upon the masses next year. $40
One of EA's surprise hits of 2008, Dead Space has quickly become one of the top-notch scare-you-shitless franchises in video games. Don't be fooled by this game's arrival on the kid-friendly Wii: This ain't no alien cuddle party. A prequel to the original, Dead Space Extraction puts you in the shoes of a group of space colonists attempting to escape a virus outbreak on their space station. Expect decent first-person motion controls (think Metroid Prime), the return of the limb-obliterating line gun, and a sexy new female to protect from slobbering enemies. $50

The weather may be heating up, but with another stellar week of game releases, calling over a bunch of your buddies for some friendly console competition isn't out of the cards. (Your girlfriend? She can watch.)

This week's games selection gets you primed for pigskin season, offers up some crazy Japanese anime fighting, and brings you into The Shit twice, but in two different historical eras. Sounds like a party if we've ever heard of one!

NCAA Football 10 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP)
Release Date: July 14, 2009
It's baaaaaaaaack! EA developers have promised that this year's iteration feels so real, you'll be scoring with the head cheerleader after the game. The little things, like sack evasion, adaptive AI, and tackling, have been ratcheted up once again, and some nifty additions—a Create-A-School mode and authentic marching bands—will let you customize your experience on the gridiron. And, when all of that gets boring, you can set down your controller and let ESPN's Erin Andrews tell you about your player's torn medial collateral ligament all night long.

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (PS3, Xbox 360)
Release Date: June 30, 2009
As if your illicit drug-infused, alcohol-fueled Saturday night needed another catalyst to slowly kill your bodily organs, Aksys Games—the minds behind the Guilty Gear series—has released its frenzied Japanese anime fighting masterpiece upon unsuspecting American citizens. The 2D arcade game features 12 unique pugilists in a long-winded and complicated plot for control of the world.

Battlefield 1943 (Xbox Live, PSN)
Release Date: July 8, 2009
Advance into enemy lines or dig into the trenches with EA's World War II-themed online multiplayer first-person shooter. Play on the American or Japanese side as you fight for control of Wake Island, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima with authentic historical weaponry and vehicles. (Or, hop into a Zero or Corsair and provide aerial support from above.) A word of advice: Playing this in the company of gramps may cause him to begin retelling old war stories to no end.

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Having lost everything in the Civil War, the three McCall brothers—two gunslinging badasses and a priest—go rogue from army life in search of a mysterious treasure hidden somewhere in the wild, wild, west. With law enforcement looking to drag them back for justice and the prospect of riches and a lascivious minx slowly driving a wedge between them, you take control and decide the fate of the wanted McCalls.

We let him beat us in a video game. We've asked him about his hairy chest. Hell, we even saw his movie. And now, John Cena is getting his reward: Being front and center on THQ's upcoming title, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010.

We've got no clue what's going on in the WWE storylines (we lost count when Japanese wrestlers started threatening penises and all hell broke loose following the collapse of the WCW), but for what it's worth, John Cena has been the most noticeable of superstars in popular culture, starring in big budget movies, signing on to lucrative ad campaigns with Gillette, and, yes, even putting out a top 20 rap album. The WWE superstar was absent on last year's game cover, but he's getting some face time, along with favorites The Undertaker, Randy Orton, Edge, and Rey Mysterio Jr. Best. Pecs Photoshop. Ever.

Rating:

Reviewed by: Gerasimos Manolatos

Price: $29.99–$59.99

The Skinny: The battle for Earth continues when the Decepticons seek to resurrect the remains of The Fallen, a treacherous member of the original Primes who wants to sap all of the bot juice from the planet. You can play on the side of the Autobots and provide the citizens of the world a stay of execution or lead the Decepticons with prospects of world domination. Either way, Megan Fox makes an appearance, and that already puts the game ahead of the curve.

The Good: If you ever muttered the phrase "When I grow up, I want to be a Transformer!" you'll finally get the chance to do just that. (We've scrubbed away all memory of the pile of crap made for the first film.) T: RofF combines the essence of what it takes to be a Transformer—be large, have cool guns, blow stuff up—into one tight package without sacrificing any of the mythology. (In other words, you won't find any metalheads transforming into super sexy college co-eds found in the movie.) The story pretty much follows the movie's major plot points, pushing you from one scene to the next while unlocking side quests that flesh out each encounter a bit more. For example, you'll engage in a naval battle on a main quest mission, but then be able to eliminate hostile Decepticons in the area in a second mission. However, there are a few large deviations, especially near the end of the game, that warrants some headscratching. (Then again, Michael Bay's plot wasn't exactly Shakespearean in nature either.)

The Bad: In the movie, you'll find slick maneuvers and eye-popping fight scenes. In the game, not so much. Sure, they may be alien beep-boopers, but the developers could have done a bit more to not make the Transformers move, well, like robots. The special effects present in the game aren't impressive and when it's time to actually roll out into a mission, the graphics are bad enough that you'll have to be reminded you're not playing on a PS2. (To be fair, the menu areas are pretty slick and showcase the bots quite well.) We also didn't like the one-off mission of saving Megan Fox. You'd think Activision would put one of the hottest females on Earth a bit more front and center to gloss over the game's inadequacies, but that, unfortunately, doesn't happen.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: You'll be able to unlock four episodes of the G1 Transformers cartoon series by completing certain achievements. Only thing is they come in YouTube quality. Really?

Buy, Rent, or Disembowel: Considering it took us about three hours to complete the Autobots campaign and about the same amount for Decepticons, you're going to want to give this one a rent over the weekend. Of course, you can always buy it just to experience Megan Fox calling for your help over and over again.

If high school gym class consisted of showing off your nonexistent skills as an athlete and avoiding Dirk, the class bully, you might want to turn away from your screen.

Behold, the official NBA 2K10 collector's edition package you will be able to pick up for $99.99 when it hits stores this October. 2K Sports has put together a pretty decent offering for the tenth anniversary of their flagship basketball title, which hopes to "deliver the most realistic, stylistic, and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise." Apparently that includes giving you something to stuff midget nerds into in the form of a metal lockers.

Inside the special edition set are these goodies:
> NBA 2K10 video game
> 2K Sports' NBA 2K10 game locker 
> 3" Figurine of Kobe Bryant by McFarlane Toys
> 16" x 36" Kobe Bryant poster
> Commemorative NBA 2K 10th anniversary DVD
> Access to the Gold Room, the NBA 2K10 VIP online lobby (accessible only with Xbox LIVE® and PlayStation®Network membership)

You have to get a bit lucky to snag one of these babies: Only 30,000 will be made and each will be individually numbered for authenticity. For an even luckier ten purchasers, an autographed Kobe Bryant fine-art print, designed by Shepard Fairey's Studio Number One, will be hidden and randomly packaged among the different lockers.

The game was already our pick of last year's litter, but having something like this populating our place of residence to show off to nobody in particular just made the deal just a tad sweeter. Just a tad though, no more.