Hey Renee,

For multiplayer: games get MAG if he has lots of buddies online.

Sports, Madden, NBA LIVE 2010, NBA2K10, and MLB THE SHOW 2010 comes out March 2nd

Action: God of War collection is only 30 bucks and worth $100. Uncharted 2, Ratchet and Clank Future: A crack in time to name a few.

There are tons more on the PSN as well.

Pixel Junk Monsters
Shatter
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Critter Crunch
just to name a few..

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Renee, Welcome to the TQcast Forums!!!

Pretty much everything Desz said.

Multiplayer games:
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (this is the most popular one)
Killzone 2
Battlefield 1943 (PSN Game)

Action:
Metal Gear Solid 4

Racing game:
Burnout Paradise

Sports:
Fight Night Round 4
Fifa 10

If you want to spend some time with him on the PS3, make sure to pick up the following:

LittleBigPlanet
Magic Orbz (PSN Game)
Peggle (PSN Game)
Bejeweled (PSN Game)


I might be forgetting a couple of games, l I'll come back and add more as I remember.

Everything those two have said, plus:

If he likes music:
Rockband
Singstar

Shooter/action:
Resistance 1 and 2
Borderlands
Batman
Marvel Ultimite Alliance 2

Fighter:
Tekken 6
Virtua Fighter 5
Soul Calibur 4

RPG:
White Knight Cronicles

PSN Store:
Uno


There are a TON more, the PS3 is a gold mine of games. Just more of depends on his likes.