Heads-up: What's new this week

FeaturePosted 07/09/2010 - 11:32am 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.

Worth a look

There's nothing out this week that we think you absolutely need to own, but there are a few notable releases that plenty of people will get a lot of fun out of. R.U.S.E. is the latest attempt at making RTS accessible for console gamers, and it does a good job, especially in multiplayer. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep isn't the PS3 iteration of the series fans are after, but the PSP game is still a solid entry in the Disney-themed RPG franchise from Square Enix. H.A.W.X. 2 is also worth a look, released this week on PS3, but already out on Xbox 360. It's a bit silly in places, but offers some good dogfighting fun.

R.U.S.E - Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - PSP
Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 - PS3

And the rest…

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions could go either way, while UFC Undisputed 2010 on PSP will be great if it can manage to ape the home console versions.

Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions - Xbox 360, PS3, DS and Wii
Ninety Nine Nights 2 - Xbox 360
The Sims 3 Fast Lane Stuff - PC
UFC Undisputed 2010 - PSP

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TomO

dav2612: This was written before Martin had finalised his thoughts, and at the time it he wasn't liking it as much as he did by the time he'd finished it and played it cooperatively. The text has now been updated.

guyderman: We haven't got final code in for Spider-man yet, hence us saying it could go either way. We just don't know at the moment.

Posted 15:40 on 07 September 2010

IndoorHeroes

I'm quite eager to play some Spidey. Looking forward to our review copy arriving.

Posted 15:34 on 07 September 2010

guyderman

Take it Spder-man: Shattered Dimensions isn't much cop either? (although I've read some alright reviews for it!)

Posted 14:31 on 07 September 2010

dav2612

"H.A.W.X. 2 isn't quite good enough to warrant a purchase"

Did HAWX 2 not get a 7? When did a 7 become a 'don't buy'? According to the VG rating guide, a 7 is:

"... will have plenty of redeeming features to make parting with your hard earned cash a good decision".

Not normally one to dispute review scores but one is confused.

Posted 13:38 on 07 September 2010