Big-gun releases.IT'S A fantastic week for gamers, with some real crackers coming on to the market as the Christmas hustle begins. Little Big Planet is an incredibly unique and entertaining experience on PS3, while Far Cry 2 is about as good as first-person shooters get on PC. Bioshock pushes it all the way on PS3, though, and Dead Space will give the creeps to all Xbox 360 gamers who love a spot of survival horror Survival horror is a video game genre in which the player has to survive against often undead or otherwise supernatural enemies, typically in claustrophobic environments and from a third-person perspective. . Title: Little Big Planet Platform: PS3 Price: pounds 44.99 Creative and incredibly addictive to play either on your own or with friends, this is an action game with a real difference. You can choose to build a world to share with other gamers or simply explore the adventures there on the disc. Either way, customising your sack-man character is a hoot, and developing your own patch on the planet for others to come and see feels more like the game itself than an added extra. This is unique, stunning and sets a new benchmark for PS3 games to beat - and that could take some time. ***** Title: Far Cry 2 Platform: PC Price: pounds 34.99 The original Far Cry was an incredible first-person shooter  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. experience on PC - and that's saying something, bearing in mind how
many FPS (Frames Per Second) The measurement of full-motion video performance. See frame. fps - frames per second titles have appeared in recent years. Four years later and it's back, with a new developer and a new location - Africa - for the action. And this is about as good as these games have ever been, with 20 square miles to explore in search of an arms dealer called The Jackal, using stealth or all-out attack. The weapons are there, whichever approach you choose, and the environments are unbelievably rich with amazing flora and fauna to uncover, should you find the time. Bundle in a dynamic weather system to help - or hinder - your progress, and you can be sure that Far Cry 2 presents one of the toughest and most tantalising Adj. 1. tantalising - arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success" tantalizing inviting - attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" 2. FPS worlds on any format right now. ***** Title: Bioshock Platform: PS3 Price: pounds 39.99 Quite rightly considered one of 2007's games of the year on Xbox 360 and PC, Bioshock is finally available on Sony's next-gen console. And, as before, what you experience throughout your exploration of Rapture, an underwater city built by the realm's self-proclaimed leader Andrew Ryan, is likely to change the way you relate to games for ever. Posing gamers with a layer of moral questioning above the strikingly solid gameplay mechanics, weapon and 'magic' customisation and a tightly-knitted plot, Bioshock is so much more than just "run and gun". Let it get into your head and you'll realise that what has been created here is more than a game, perhaps more of a personal journey with all the top-notch trappings of a near-perfect title to revel in around it. Genius. ***** Title: Dead Space Platform: Xbox 360 Price: pounds 49.99 Someone once said that in space, no-one can hear you scream. That'll be a relief for anyone passing by gamers engrossed in Dead Space, a very creepy survival-horror title set on-board a spaceship overrun by Necromorphs - or aliens, to you and me. Graphically it's stunning, and the atmospheric sound will be the source of a spine tingle or two, although the game itself is a little on the linear side. Games in this genre have been a little hard to come by recently if you're looking beyond the Resident Evils and Silent Hills of the console world, so Dead Space fills a decent-sized black hole in your games collection. **** * What's hot and what's IT WAS Nicole Kidman who helped to crank up the DS sales last Christmas and Nintendo have been recruiting a host of new celebrities to promote the handheld console for the coming festive period. Girls Aloud, all keen fans, top the bill, with Ronan Keating, Jamie and Louise Redknapp plus Fern Britton and her celebrity chef husband Phil Vickery also featuring in the TV ad campaign, which kicks off on October 27. In the charts this week, Pro Evolution Soccer This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since July 2007. 2009 knocked FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f 09 off the top in its first full week of release, while Saints Row 2 also made a big impression, flying straight into third position. The other games all remained static, with Brothers in Arms faring worst, falling from five to 10. Game chart (all formats) 1: (-) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 2: (1) FIFA 09 3: (-) Saints Row 2 4: (2) LEGO Batman: the Videogame 5: (3) Wii Fit 6: (6) Mario Kart Wii  This article or section contains information about an unreleased video game.The content may change substantially as more information becomes available. 7: (4) Star Wars: the Force Unleashed 8: (7) Wii Play 9: (8) Tiger Woods PGA Tour Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a series of video games developed and published by Electronic Arts featuring professional golfer Tiger Woods. History EA has had three golf series in its history:
10: (5) Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track,YELSPA (UK) Ltd CAPTION(S): ADDICTIVE - Little Big Planet; TOPS - Cheryl Tweedy |
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