Heads-up: What's new this week

FeaturePosted 03/08/2010 - 8:00am GMT+1

A look ahead to Friday's new releases.

Welcome to Heads-up, our 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.

While we try our best to recommend the best titles for you to spend your money on, there's really nothing to get even remotely excited about this week. There's not even much due next week, so you're best off picking up StarCraft II if you haven't already or saving for the likes of Mafia II and Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days due in a few weeks.

Art Academy - DS
The Last Airbender - Wii and DS
Challenge Me: Brain Puzzles 2 - DS
Silent Heroes - PC
Complete Penumbra Collection - PC
UFO: Extraterrestrials - PC

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sonic_freak

I should start visit this sites forums to keep up with stuff like this, I visit way too many forums as it is though XD

Why on earth does me posting about Wesley moving to Eurogamer mean I deserve 2 thumbs down? :-S
Posted 14:45 on 03 August 2010
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IndoorHeroes

Yeah think everyone knows by now but thanks anyway ^_^
Posted 13:19 on 03 August 2010
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sonic_freak

Nope, nothing for me this week. Why is there always a game drought in the Summer?

Oh, for anyone interested, I've found out where Wesley Yin-Poole who used to staff here is now working. He's at Eurogamer -
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/se...3d-sonic-games

Appologies if you guys already know, I've only just noticed. Good to see he's still writing in the games industry :)
Posted 11:20 on 03 August 2010
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draytone@ El-Dev

The only thing that interests me is the Marlon Brando type outfit you can get but I'm not willing to shell out an extra £15 for that. It's £24 for the PC version and an extra £10 for the 360/PS3 versions... a bit harsh!
Posted 10:28 on 03 August 2010
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El-Dev@ draytone

Posted 10:24 on 03 August 2010
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draytone@ El-Dev

What do you get?
Posted 10:03 on 03 August 2010
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El-Dev

I wonder if it's worth spending the extra £15 for Mafia II Limited Edition? Hmmm...
Posted 09:45 on 03 August 2010
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draytone

summer drought?

I'm hoping Mafia have picked their window really well. The video that VG put up makes me even more interested in it...and I always swore that I hated 3rd person games... oh how I've changed!
Posted 09:31 on 03 August 2010
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Neon-Soldier32

Quite nice that the cummer drought (of games) has been broken up by the likes of StarCraft and Mafia. I'm still looking forward to picking this up though.
Posted 09:29 on 03 August 2010
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