Every avid Xbox player out there is aware of the term “Gamerscore” and how important is it to have a high Gamerscore. For those who aren’t so knowledgeable in the gaming area, gamerscore is a system that Microsoft created with the newest Xbox 360. Although the Gamerscore of a player gives no extra abilities to a player, everyone wants to boost Gamerscore as high as they can. Why? Bragging rights.

Most people who just begin playing with the Xbox 360 console will not give a second thought about their Gamerscore. Most players generally start by playing a few games they enjoy for a while, beat them, and then get bored. So, once they get bored, they tend to become obsessive over the Gamerscore. It gives the player something to work for and try and be the best. Nonetheless, having the best Gamerscore is quite unrealistic, as there are players out there who solely dedicate their life to it.

If you do sufficient research into which games are the easiest, you can very easily boost your Gamerscore. So yes, what I am saying is that there are games where it is much harder to get points from, in comparison to others. I have seen people squeeze out 1000 points within 20 minutes on one game, but not even get 50 points after playing another game for two hours. It really comes down to the game, and some games are much easier to succeed on. And the best part is, you do not get fewer points just because the game you are playing is easy. Gamerpoints are usually awarded quite evenly, although evidently tasks that are harder will receive more points to boost your Gamerscore.

In my opinion, the very best way to boost your gamerscore is to sign up for GameFly and put a bunch of games in your q. With GameFly you get 2 games at a time, and you can keep them for as long as you want, with NO late fees. If you sign up through this link you can try GameFly for FREE for 10 days!

Now, one of the easiest games to boost your Gamerscore is King Kong. All you have to do is play through the story mode and you will soon have received all the 1000 points available in the game. Easy enough! Secondly, there is the game TMNT, another great game to boost your Gamerscore. Once again, all you really have to do is play through the story mode. Some achievements in the game may seem like you need to go out of your way to get them, but do not be fooled like the title. Most of the achievements in it are things you must do in order to beat story mode. To put it more simply, if you beat the story mood, you get most of the Gamerpoints. If you finish the game and did not get every single Gamerpoint possible, you can go back and complete the tasks you did not. Gamerscore boosted!

Some other games to boost your Gamerscore:

• Call of Duty 2

• Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires

• Avatar: The Burning Earth

Call of Duty: World at War, also referred to as Call of Duty 5, is the latest installment of the ever-popular Call of Duty series. The prequel to World at War, Modern Warfare, was one of the best selling games of all time. CoD 4 made game of the year, as well as many other awards.

With the success of Modern Warfare, there were a lot of high hopes for World at War. However, there were also a lot of doubts, because World at War was to be produced by Treyarch, who did NOT make Modern Warfare. Treyarch is famous for the notoriously under-average Call of Duty 3. Most people thought that Treyarch would mess up big time and ruin CoD’s reputation.

Well, I am here to tell you that Treyarch did a pretty good job. World at War is definitely not the best game ever made, but it is certainly fun to play. It is essentially a clone of CoD4, because they used the same basic game engine. If you have played CoD4 before, you will notice immediately the similarities. The designers made very few changes to the actual engine, and instead, focused on improving the graphics.

The graphics in World at War are phenomenal. They are by far the #1 reason to buy this game. The game, mostly because of its realistic graphics, has a very real feel to it. If you play it on a big screen TV with surround sound, it literally feels like you are standing in the middle of a war; a World at War if you will.

Well, like I said, World at War strongly resembles CoD4. If you own Modern Warfare, picking up World at War may be useless. Even the guns are similar, though they are from a completely different time period. You can see easily which guns in World at War match which guns in Modern Warfare, and the game is played almost identically.

The only really big change is the introduction of vehicles. I think Treyarch designed the vehicles very well. As of right now there are only tanks available for use, and they are not available in every map. In fact, there are only a few maps that DO have tanks. I was dreading my first Xbox Live match on World at War because I figured I would get continuously owned by a tank. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The tanks are neither overpowered nor underpowered. They do enough damage to kill in one hit, but they are slow enough that avoiding them is pretty easy. I have played many games where the vehicles completely ruined the experience, by being overpowered and dominating everyone else.

In the end, it really comes down to what time period you enjoy. Obviously World at War is based around World War 2, so if you like the older style game play, choose World at War. However, I really do think that Modern Warfare is a better game overall, so if you are not a huge fan of WW2 games, or just don’t care, I encourage you to try CoD4.