25 to Life

While Xbox Live was shut down in 2010, 25 to Life is now playable online using replacement online servers for the original Xbox called Insignia. On purchasing the Windows version, customers would also obtain a free "Street Warriors" playing card, which included a featured character from the game itself.

• Title — 25 to Life • Developer — Avalanche Software Ritual Entertainment • Publisher — Eidos Interactive • Genre — Third-person shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows

The game is about a man named Freeze, his friend Shaun Calderon, and police officer Lester Williams in the fictional city of Las Ruinas. Freeze commits crimes with Shaun to get money, which he spends for his family, while Williams is trying to stop the organized crime and across the city. One night upon returning home, his wife confronts him about these actions. Saying they are a bad influence to their son Darnell, she wants him to stop. After an argument, he agrees. The next day, he tells Shaun he wants out of the game. Shaun levels a gun on Freeze, informing him that he must do one last job, a narcotics trade. At the deal, Freeze finds the Colombian drug dealers dead and corrupt police officer Maria Mendoza waiting for him. Freeze flees with the police in pursuit and loses them, but loses his money in the process. It is then revealed that Mendoza has been working with Shaun. The 2nd Street D-Boys realize Freeze wants out of the gang and he has to avoid both his former gang and the police. Shaun also kidnaps Freeze's wife and son for ransom for the money lost in the botched deal. To pay this ransom, he robs a bank. After a gun fight against police, he reaches his getaway car, only to be arrested by Maria. Meanwhile, Mendoza informs Williams of Shaun. They look for Shaun in his house, but get caught in a gun fight. Williams finds evidence and goes to a club to find Shaun, chasing him to the subway. The chase ends with Williams arresting Shaun, but Mendoza kills him and tells Shaun to leave for Mexico. Shaun goes to Tijuana and fights his way to a local club called "The Curtains Club". He robs a casino, fights security, and goes to a wealthy man named Saragosa in his penthouse, whom he kills. Freeze breaks out of jail and gets new clothes at the mall while being chased by the police. He kills Mendoza in the mall and hunts down Shaun, now a wealthy drug kingpin. After engaging Shaun in a shootout with Freeze winning, he kills Shaun by stepping on his neck until he suffocates. Now reunited with his son, though his wife is still missing, the final scene shows Freeze telling Darnell, "From now on, it's just you and me against the world. Now let's do this", as a large number of police officers arrive, with Freeze picking up a gun and pointing it at the police.