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Wii Speak is a microphone accessory for the Nintendo Wii that can be placed near the video display to allow voice chat to be conducted with the entire room – the only drawback being that it will only work on a very select number of games at the moment.

Actually, only a total of eight games are compatible (including Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City, The Conduit and Monster Hunter Tri), with The Grinder and The Conduit 2 planning to make full use of the device when they are released.

Click here to get this for £7.73 from The Hut.

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Hell must have frozen over, because, believe it or not, there's been a Need for Speed title created that's actually very good – Need for Speed: Shift is probably one of the best racing games in 2009. I think I need a lie down!…

The change to simulation racing and realistic drifting from arcade racing has been a good decision, as the cars feel a lot better than before. The stupid "street racing" formula has been removed as well, with emphasis going on a true driving experience (why they couldn't have done it sooner, I don't know).

Click here to buy this XBox 360 title for £12.85 from Simply Games.

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Although the similarities with Pokemon are obvious (both have you capturing and raising different species of creatures in order to battle others), Invizimals requires you to hunt and capture creatures within the real world utilising the concept of augmented reality.

You'll need the PSP Go!Cam camera in order to play this, but thankfully there's a bundle available that includes this with a physical trap device which is used as a fiduciary marker.

To get Invizimals, with a PSP Go!Cam Camera and Trap, for £9.98 from Amazon, click here.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the sixth entry in the Call of Duty series, and has a storyline that serves as a direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. To say that this was being hotly anticipated would be a huge understatement…

The single player campaign is not any longer than that in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, as the emphasis is on the multiplayer aspect – rightly so, as this is what gamers enjoy the most about the series. However, the new "Special Ops" mode is good fun either alone or with a friend.

Amazon are selling this XBox 360 game for £24.98 – click here for more details.

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Way of the Samurai 3 is the third entry (surprise, surprise) in the Way of the Samurai series, but is relatively unknown outside of its native Japan. The fact that not too many Western reviewers have bothered to even mention this as being out might have something to do with this…

Anyway, you play as a nameless ronin who can choose to fight alongside good or evil during the tumultuous time of the Sengoku era, carving your name into history along the way. Though the graphics have been criticised somewhat, this shouldn't stop you from enjoying an excellent title from the same studio behind No More Heroes.

HMV have both the XBox 360 (click here) and PlayStation 3 (click here) releases available for £17.99 each.

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While the now-standard 60gb XBox 360 Elite system is probably enough to satisfy casual gamers, those of us who enjoy the hobby a bit more will more than likely consider an upgrade to an XBox 360 250GB Super Elite console – being that it gives you just over four times the amount of hard drive space to play with.

Play.com currently have two different XBox 360 250GB Super Elite console (with five games and two controllers) bundles available for £239.99 each, with the first containing Fable II, Forza Motorsport 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Gears of War 2 and Halo 3:ODST – for more information, click here.

Click here to get the second option, which comes with Crackdown, Fable II, Forza Motorsport 3, Gears of War 2 and Halo 3:ODST.

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If you've been neglecting the original Wii Fit a bit, you might be glad to know that Wii Fit Plus has since been brought out – rather annoyingly it contains all of the activities and options from the first game (although there are 15 new balance games and six new strength training and yoga activities).

A calorie burning counter has also been included, plus you can even create a profile for a pet – quite why you'd want to do this I don't know, but each to their own!

Click here to get Wii Fit Plus, with a Wii Balance Board, for £69.99 from Argos.

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After originally being released at the beginning of 2009, it looked as though gamers in the West would miss out on the latest installment in the Yakuza series – but thankfully we now have it available, albeit in a slightly edited form (a Japanese history quiz, hostess clubs and a Shogi chess mini-game have all been removed).

This special pack contains not only a copy of the game, but a soundtrack CD as well. The even better news is that four pieces of downloadable content are also included – "Battle For Survival", "All-Star Tournament", "All-Star Tag Tournament" and "Haruka's Request".

Click here to buy this PlayStation 3 title for £17.99 from Zavvi.

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It's probably best to point out straight away that MAG is an online-only game – so if you don't have an Internet connection, it's basically unplayable (although if you're reading this, I'm presuming that this is something not really worth pointing out!).

256 players take to the battlefield to win glory in a world of online warfare on an unprecedented scale, across three different factions in a number of roles. Some technical awkwardness exists, but believe me when I say that this is something not to be missed…

Powerplay Direct have this PlayStation 3 game available for £27.49 – for more information, click here.

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Ever since Microsoft did away with the middle option console (the Premium with a 20GB or 60GB hard drive, depending on when you bought it), everyone's been left with two options – the Arcade or the Elite. Whilst the price difference is quite big, at least you now get 120GB of storage space to play with!

It also comes in a black finish, which although similar in looks to the PlayStation 3, actually looks a wee bit better. I probably shouldn't have said that, as I have no doubt fanboys might get a little upset…

Anyway, Amazon currently have a deal whereby you can get the system, plus a game from a choice of six (Forza Motorsport 3, Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Lost Odyssey or Mass Effect) for £179.99 – which can also be upgraded, for an extra £10, to include either a Wireless Entertainment Pack or one of a choice of six (Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction being just three from the list).

For more information on this very worthwhile offer, click here.

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