The 12 greatest Xbox 360 games

Microsoft has stopped making its hugely successful console. Here are our favourite moments from its 10-year history

The life of a games console is brutish and short, but some live longer and brighter than others.

Launched in 2005, the Xbox 360, which has recently been discontinued by Microsoft, will be remembered as a classic games machine. Powerful and well-supported by publishers, the console was also perfectly set up for the coming era of online multiplayer gaming - via the robust XBox Live infrastructure.