Heads-up: What's new this week

FeaturePosted 17/11/2009 - 12:20pm GMT

A look ahead to Friday's new releases.

Welcome to Heads-up, VideoGamer.com's weekly feature which gives you an at-a-glance run-down on the games you'll be able to buy or rent this weekend. Every Tuesday we'll pick out the best of the bunch, link to our reviews and previews and keep you in the video game loop so you have enough time to pre-order for Friday's post. Time to splash the cash.

Recommended
In what has to be one of, if not the most packed release week of the year, you've got plenty of top quality gaming entertainment to keep you busy. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed II and Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 offer the grown-up, adults only experiences, while Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Sony Computer Entertainment's LittleBigPlanet are perfect examples of games suitable for the whole family - even if both can prove quite tricky at times.

Assassin's Creed II - Xbox 360, PS3
New Super Mario Bros Wii - Wii
Left 4 Dead 2
LittleBigPlanet - PSP

Also worth a look
Beyond our sure fire picks there's plenty more that could well prove solid investments, including the delayed release of Dragon Age on PS3, Formula 1 2009, PES 2010 on Wii and handheld versions of Assassin's Creed for DS and PSP.

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues - Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PSP, DS
Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier - PS2, PSP
The Sims 3 World Adventures Expansion Pack - PC
Formula 1 2009 - Wii, PSP
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - DS
Dragon Age: Origins - PS3
PES 2010 - Wii
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Sith Edition - PC
Muramasa: The Demon Blade - Wii
Assassin's Creed II: Discovery - DS
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines - PSP

And the rest
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders - DS
Divine Divinity 2: Ego Draconis - PC, Xbox 360
EA Sports Active: More Workouts - Wii
Eco Tycoon - PC
Family Gameshow - Wii
I'm a Celebrity...Get me out of Here! - Wii, DS
Jig-a-Pix Pets - DS
Jig-a-pix Wild World - DS Jambo Safari - Wii
Jig-a-Pix Wonderful World - DS
Lancaster - PC
League of Legends - PC
Medieval Games - Wii
Midnight Club: Los Angeles Platinum - PS3
Pole to Pole - PC
Princess Melody - DS
Saw - Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack The Ripper - PC
Th Secret Saturdays - DS, PSP, Wii
We Sing - Wii
Yoga: The First 100% Experience - Wii

New stuff to check out

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Wido@ rbevanx

After watching them lineage short-videos. I was heavily intrigued and I think its a wise decision. Throughout January I will pretty much play MW2 mostly still Mass Effect 2 arrives. Dragon Age: Origins can fill that spot for me.
Posted 16:32 on 18 November 2009
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rbevanx@ Wido

Good man Wido.
Posted 21:55 on 17 November 2009
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Wido

I think AC2 will be a buy from me this week. I'm sure Dragon Age: Origins can wait till Christmas for me. Something to tie me down with for January before the release of Mass Effect 2.
Posted 19:39 on 17 November 2009
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IndoorHeroes

I'm too invested in MW2 multi to devote much time to AC2 :-(
Posted 14:04 on 17 November 2009
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South_East_Jedi

AC2 for me, should get mine in the next couple of days, luckily finished MW2 campaign last nite, so I only have the MP to lure me away from AC2
Posted 13:24 on 17 November 2009
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Karlius

AC2 bought on preorder months ago now finally arriving woo hoo
Posted 12:42 on 17 November 2009
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El-Dev

ACII and L4D2 can wait until they are reduced, ACII will most likely need to be the lower side of £20 to tempt me. So sometime next year then for that.
Posted 12:41 on 17 November 2009
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thpcplayer

star wars for me YEAH!
l4d 2, too
Posted 12:37 on 17 November 2009
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