"Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today — but the core of science fiction, its essence, the concept around which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all."
- Isaac Asimov


2012 is a movie from Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow.) This SciFi thriller follows the prophecy of the ancient Mayan calendar... the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012. When a global cataclysm puts the world into chaos, Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) helps to ensure that humankind is not completely destroyed. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Amanda Peet and Oliver Platt round out the cast of this end-of-the-world thriller.
Experience the chaos of battle as you fight the greatest wars in the Star Wars universe. Choose your allegiance -- take the Empire head on or crush the Rebellion -- and pick a soldier from one of four different armies. Fight on ten legendary planets and use a variety of weapons and vehicles, including X-wings, snowspeeders and AT-ST's. Play in intense multiplayer battles. Keep your wits about you and victory may be within reach!Battlefront is an action/shooter game that gives fans and gamers the opportunity to re-live and participate in all of the classic Star Wars battles like never before. Players can select one of a number of different soldier types, jump into any vehicle, man any turret on the battlefront and conquer the galaxy planet-by-planet online with their friends or offline in a variety of single player modes. Single player modes include "Instant Action," "Galactic Conquest" and the story-based "Historical Campaigns" mode that lets gamers experience all of the epic Star Wars battles from Episodes I-VI, fighting from the perspective of each of the four factions within the game. First and third-person game play depending on player preference.
Star Wars Battlefront for Xbox