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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 Monday 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 smash open your piggy bank so you can spend its coin-shaped guts.
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Last week might have had more heavy hitters, but there’s no shortage of games out this Friday. Our pick of the bunch is probably Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins, which offers superb 2D platforming.
- WWE 12 – Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii
- Batman: Arkham City – PC
- Sonic Generations – 3DS and PC
- Kirby’s Adventure – Wii
- Rayman Origins – Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii
- Professor Layton And The Spectre’s Call – DS
Worth a look
If you’re one of the five people who wants to play Angry Birds but hasn’t, you can buy the original game and Rio in retail form on the PC this week. Alternatively, you could pick up one of a string of 3DS releases (Tales of the Abyss being the most exciting). The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North is also out, but received mixed reviews in the US earlier in the month.
- Tales Of The Abyss – 3DS
- Zumba 2 – Wii
- Angry Birds – PC
- Angry Birds: Rio – PC
- The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North – Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
- F1 2011 – 3DS
- WWE All Stars – 3DS
- King Of Fighters 13 – Xbox 360 and PS3
- Dr. Lautrec And The Forgotten Knights – 3DS
And the rest…
- ABBA: You Can Dance – WII
- PlayStation Move: Start The Party! Save The World! – PS3
- PlayStation Move: Move Fitness – PS3
- Tekken Hybrid – PS3
- Ben 10: Galactic Racing – Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS, and DS
- Horrid Henry: The Good, The Bad And The Bugly – 3DS
- Cooking Mama 4 – 3DS
- Cooking Mama World: Outdoor Adventures – DS
- Dino Strike – Wii
- Winter Stars – Kinect for Xbox 360, Wii, and Move for PS3
- Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party 5 – Wii
- Beyblade: Metal Masters – Nightmare Rex – DS
- Frogger 3D – 3DS
- Imagine: Fashion Designer 3D – 3DS
- James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes 3D – 3DS
- Family Trainer: Magical Carnival – Wii
- Martian Panic – Wii