Scarface: The World is Yours While the Xbox is in its golden years at this point, there are still quite a few decent games coming out on the system. In 2006 the number of releases landing on Microsoft's last generation system seemed to come to a screeching halt, but a few decent releases managed to make an impression. One of the most surprising games, a movie tie-in based on the classic Al Pacino film, Scarface, managed to capture the imagination of Xbox gamers in North America. Besides its considerable success at retail, Scarface The World is Yours is actually a decent game - and that's saying a lot about a game tied to a feature length film. Scarface starts out with a ludicrous plot where Tony manages to survive the events of the film, and works to rebuild his empire through a series of freeform missions that involve shooting and driving on the streets of Miami. While the game starts out with a pretty far-fetched plot path (there's no way Tony survived the final scene in the movie), the action picks up immediately and is a lot of fun. For giving us one of the year's best movie-inspired game titles in 2006, Scarface: The World is yours deserves the title of Best Xbox Game of 2006.

Splinter Cell Double Agent Sam Fisher's swansong mission on the Xbox, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, proves to be the most compelling and intense iteration of the series yet. The series that began on Microsoft's Xbox gets a chapter that takes advantage of the familiar Splinter Cell stealth and action gameplay along with a new decision based element that lets players make good and dark choices that affect how the game flows. There's a lot to do in Double Agent including some well designed single-player action, coop play for two players, and some brand new multiplayer action that is worth jumping into. For offering an entirely unique gaming experience and delivering some compelling game content to Xbox owners, Splinter Cell Double Agent earns a well deserved spot on our list

Justice League Heroes Justice League Heroes is another game that renews the faith in games based on licensed properties. It takes a franchise with a grand legacy (bolstered by several cartoon series including Justice League and Justice League Unlimited) and serves it up with an alternate storyline packed with DC Comics universe references, fun characters, a strong line-up of bad guys and a decent amount of popular DC Comics favorites . But even if you ignore all of that, it's really hard to ignore the various layers of gameplay icing on this super hero powered cake. From decent full screen co-op play to cool unlockables and support for resolutions up to 720p, Justice League Heroes delivers a solid and fun action role-playing game that offers a vast amount of replayability. For delivering all this and giving us the coolest depiction of Batman and The Flash, Justice League Heroes gets a well deserved spot in our list of the best of 2006.

NCAA Football 07 At first glance, the Xbox version of NCAA 07 looks like minor upgrade to the '06 version, but the reality is that this college football title is a significantly better game than the last two releases in the series. Besides fixing a myriad of simple problems that have dogged the series for a few years, some vast improvements in how the sliders work actually impacts what happens in the game. NCAA 07 returns the series to its former glory and is considered by those in the know as the true sequel to NCAA 04. For delivering a college football title that is actually fun, EA Sports gets its due on our list.

FIFA 07 This year's version of EA Sports' soccer game has surpassed Konami's popular Winning Eleven series, proving that anything is possible when you put your mind to it. In the past FIFA was heavy on licenses but short on gameplay. This year's soccer game is far more evened out with gameplay that actually matches the vast amount of clubs and venues that EA has licensed. The end result is a game that soccer fans will truly appreciate. FIFA 07 delivers 27 leagues and 500 total teams, along with all the modes and players that true soccer fans want to play. For delivering a soccer game that fans will actually want to play, FIFA 07 rounds out our list of the best Xbox games of 2006.