Beijing 2008 £24.99
27 Aug
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Beijing 2008 is the official game of the Olympics - yes it’s just finished, but this is still great fun if you love button bashing! Technically this is the second game based on the 2008 event, with Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games being the first.
32 nations are included to choose from, as well as a total of 38 different events to compete in. A career mode is available for the first time in eight years, and for the very first time you can now play online too.
Game have the PlayStation 3 (click here) and XBox 360 (click here) versions available for £24.99 each.
The Guitar Hero games are really something that you have to experience yourself to understand how great they are. It sounds a bit crappy pushing some buttons in time to music, but in reality is one of the best gaming experiences you’ll probably ever have.
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock has been out for a little while now, so the prices have started to go down a bit. Guitar Hero: World Tour should be out later this year, and will be the first in the series to use drums and a microphone (like Rock Band does already).
Instore at HMV you can get either the PlayStation 3 or XBox 360 versions of Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (with a wireless guitar) for £49.99. Alternatively, Gamestation have the PS3 release for the same price (click here) if you can’t be bothered going out!
Wii owners might like to know that they can also get this for the same price as part of the Gamestation deals we featured t’other day.
When the very first Lego Star Wars game was released, a new phenomenon was born. Since then we’ve had a couple more Lego Star Wars titles, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, and the next one due out is Lego Batman: The Video Game.
Players will be able to fight on land, sea, and in the air uaing any number of recognisable vehicles - from the Batmobile through to the Batwing. All the characters from the actual Lego Batman series are included as well as some new ones such as Clayface, Man-Bat, Mad Hatter, and Batgirl.
Click here to preorder the XBox 360 version or click here for the PlayStation 3 release, both of which are £29.99 each at Amazon.
The Bourne Conspiracy £19.99
25 Aug
The Bourne Conspiracy expands upon Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne character, and immerses you in a cat-and-mouse espionage action adventure. It’s much closer to the story in the first film, rather than the books.
Played from a third-person perspective, you move from fight to fight in order to experience sequences that aim to blend Bourne’s signature hand-to-hand combat with intense shooting and the ability to escape and evade deadly situations.
To get this PS3 game for £19.99 from ShopTo, simply click here - XBox 360 owners can get it for slightly less (£17.99) as part of The Game Collection deals we featured a couple of weeks back.
Gamestation Deals
25 Aug
Gamestation deals are quite regular, especially in their stores - although they’ve become slightly worse since Game bought them, but I suppose that’s to be expected.
They’ve recently made all postage free, so here’s some more bargains that have appeared this very day on their website that look better than ever:
DS
Betty Boop’s Double Shift £9.99
Code Lyoko £9.98
Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy £9.99
Tank Battles £9.99
GBA
ESPN Final Round Golf £14.99
PS3
Devil May Cry 4 £14.99
PSP
Steel Horizon £9.99
Wii
And Then There Were None £14.99
Death Jr: Root Of Evil £14.99
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (With Wireless Guitar) £49.99
Monster Trux: Arenas £9.99
XBox 360
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box £19.99
Jumper £9.99
When the PlayStation 3 was originally released, the only controller you could get was the SIXAXIS wireless one. It contains a battery which lasts for 30 hours before needing recharged, limited motion-sensor capabilities, and finer analog sensitivity. Sadly the rumble feedback was removed.
However, since then the Sony PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 wireless controller has been unveiled - which is exactly the same as the SIXAXIS, but with the rumble feedback put back in. Madness, but great for any of those cheap games that you’ve bought!
Click here to get this for £24.99 from Game, when you buy it with anything else. I suggest that you get it along with this wrapping, as the total will come to £25.98.
The PlayStation 3 has gone through many different hard drive sizes since it first appeared on the scene. The latest is 80GB, but it wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see yet another step up (or two) next year. You can never have enough space!
Dixons have a couple of deals running this bank holiday weekend that look quite interesting. The console by itself is listed at £299.98 - however if you click here and enter the voucher code PS3CONSOLE20 at the checkout you’ll get £20 off, taking the price down to £279.98.
They also have the system with either Haze (click here), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (click here), or Wall-E (click here) for £299.99. Sadly the voucher code doesn’t work with these bundles.
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit is the very first game in the Dragon Ball Z franchise to appear on either the XBox 360 or PlayStation 3. It focuses more in fighting instead of collecting capsules and Dragon Balls for your character, and is in 2D (unlike Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi which was "over the shoulder").
The story mode is is quite impressive, although newcomers may be a little confused as to what’s going on - the graphics are pretty good too.
Both the XBox 360 (click here) and PS3 (click here) versions are £24.93 over at Asda.
NHL 08 £17.98
19 Aug
NHL 08 is the annual update to the NHL series of games, with the usual updated roster and smattering of new features. Not a lot to get excited about, if we’re being honest.
The "Skill Stick System" lets you control the puck more easily, and "Goalie Mode" lets you control your goalie with a new third person camera. Custom plays can also be created which can be tried out in practice mode before using them in a real game.
Click here to buy this PlayStation 3 game for £17.98 from Amazon. PS2 owners might like to know that they can get the game for £8.93 as part of the Asda price blitz.
Hot PlayStation 3 Pre-Orders
18 Aug
There’s some hot pre-orders available right now for the PlayStation 3.
All of the titles should be good, which is good. Good.
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift £29.99
Resistance 2 £29.99
Shaun White Snowboarding £24.98
