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Colin McRae: DiRT is the most diverse and exhilarating off-road racing experience ever with sensational gravel, mud and dirt events the world over. Events include the series’ intense point-to-point races and then take players further off-road than ever before.

Race in challenging heavyweight 850bhp cars, drifting on the loose gravel and high-speed blind corners of Hill Climb events along perilous cliff edges. All 12.4 miles of the world famous Pikes Peak International is included, with over 150 precarious turns to negotiate through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

How about engaging in multiple car races with Dakar-style trucks and super-powered 4x4s on the toughest desert terrain in Rally Raid competitions? Then there are Rally Cross events, switching between dirt and road racing, where the competition is always tight, fast and collisions with your opponents are inevitable.

With more off-road racing styles to be revealed, Colin McRae: DiRT also offers a dedicated mode for European, International and Global rally championships featuring official 2WD, 4WD, Classic and RWD rally cars.

Zavvi have the XBox 360 release of this game available for just £15.99 – click here for more details.

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Thrillville: Off The Rails lives up to its name with 20 death-defying rides so outrageous, they inspire the same word from every park visitor who sees them: "Whoa!". Players build these incredible "Whoa Coasters" to leap from one track to another, launch through the air like cannonballs, blast through a burning ring of fire and more.

But the new fun doesn’t stop there. Off The Rails features 34 playable multiplayer minigames, 15 all-new theme areas, over 40 thrill rides, a new story that ties together more than 100 missions, and social interaction with park guests that’s better than ever. The in-depth conversations both advanced the plot and suggest better ways to manage the park. But is every guest to be trusted?

Click here to buy this Wii title for £14.99 from Zavvi.

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Devil May Cry 4 immerses gamers in a gothic supernatural world, where a new protagonist clashes with a familiar hero. As the new leading man, Nero, players will unleash incredible attacks and non-stop combos using a unique new gameplay mechanic, his powerful "Devil Bringer" arm.

With the advanced graphical capabilities of the next-gen systems, high definition visuals and intricate detail come to life as players explore new and exotic locales. Dynamic action and undeniable style combine with explosive fighting options and a gripping story to produce the incomparable experience that only a Devil May Cry game can deliver.

To get the PlayStation 3 version of this game for £24.99 from Play.com, click here (additionally, click here for more on the XBox 360 release).

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Go! Explore is the 3D sat nav for the PSP that uses a GPS receiver. Go! Explore is a fully functional, state of the art satellite navigation tool for PSP, incorporating both vehicle and pedestrian functionality, the very latest in three dimensional mapping technology and over 100 different categories of overlays for such things as speed cameras, petrol stations and restaurants. The Go! Explore package comes with the GPS system and a UMD featuring all UK and Ireland maps. You can choose from 12 languages and more voices will become available to download via the PSP Store.

Click here to preorder this device for £27.99 from HMV.

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Following the success of Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party and Buzz! Junior: RoboJam, Buzz Junior!: Monster Rumble is the third title in the critically acclaimed Buzz! Junior range of titles.

Play as one of four mischievous monsters as you explore the Monster Mansion causing chaos. These out of control monsters have been created by a mad professor and have escaped from the lab. All the monsters wish to be top dog but there is only room for one at the top in the Monster Mansion. The monsters must therefore take part in a series of games to determine the winner.

Choices UK are selling two versions of this PlayStation 2 title – one with the four buzzers needed to play for £14.99 (click here), or one without the buzzers for £7.99 (click here).

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The PlayStation 3 is the most advanced computer system that serves as a platform to enjoy next generation computer entertainment contents in the home, realised through the combination of Cell and RSX processors. Having Giga-bit Ethernet and a pre-installed hard disk drive (HDD) as standard in the PS3, users will be able to download a variety of contents as well as access on-line games and services over the network.

Equipped with basic input/output ports, the PS3 supports a broad range of displays from conventional NTSC/PAL standard TVs to the latest full HD (1080i/1080p) flat panel displays, offering the joy of the most advanced computer entertainment contents to homes around the world. For use in living rooms, maximum heat and noise reduction has been achieved with a noise level equivalent to that of the current slim-line PlayStation 2. With the overwhelming computational power of the Cell processor, the PlayStation 3 is capable of playing back content from Blu-ray (BD) disc at a bit rate of multiplex 48Mbps with ease, the maximum bit rate defined in BD standards.

Click here to get this console for £239.99 from Choices UK – I should point out that the box it comes in will be slightly damaged (i.e. it might look a bit bashed), but the system will work perfectly.

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The Club is a loosely organised and highly illegal underground entity. The Club is a meeting ground for those seeking the ultimate in vicarious thrills, and those who want to watch them. You have been entered into the sport, and against the odds must fight for survival. Set in a variety of unusual and evocative locations scattered across the globe, you will be wielding high-powered weaponry in a bid to earn your escape. Your first task is to survive, but you must kill according to their rules – quickly, relentlessly and with style.

The Club redefines and refreshes the mechanics of 3rd person action shooters. The Club focuses on addictive and rewarding gameplay that tests your skills to the limit and offers a relentless pace never before seen within the genre. Offering frantic, fast paced gameplay with a unique style, tone and storyline that drips with energy, attitude and anarchy, The Club is a genuine showcase for the capabilities of the next-gen platforms by maximising the graphical and audio technology available to give a gameplay experience that is second to none.

To get the XBox 360 version of this game for £17.99, simply click here – the PlayStation 3 release can be found for £20 instore at Asda (either one of these cheap games is well worth the money, incidentally).

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After being humiliated yet again by Crash Bandicoot at the end of Twinsanity, Dr. Neo Cortex returns to his evil scheming in his dilapidated Iceberg Lair. He hatches a sinister plan to challenge Crash to a seemingly friendly race competition…with plans of crushing the hapless bandicoot under the ruins of the hazardous racetrack!

In Crash: Tag Team Racing, players will be able to fuse two cars together on the fly to form a super vehicle outfitted with a turret gun with the all-new "clashing" technology. Players can continue their adventures on foot with out-of-car action, allowing them to traverse an amusement park-like world where they can interact with other characters, collect items and complete mini-missions.

Click here to get this PSP title for only £7 from HMV.

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Reid Hershel, Farrah Oersted, and a mysterious girl named Meredy must embark on a journey to learn the truth on the fate of their world.

The story begins when Reid and Farrah attend to the crash of a spaceship near their hometown, Rashea. As they investigate the place of the incident, a weird blue animal leads them to a young girl injured by the crash who speaks an unknown language.

Further on, Reid and Farrah learn that the mysterious girl, named Meredy, came here to prevent a deadly collision between her planet, Celestia, and Reid and Farrah’s world, Inferia. With the help of some friends picked up along the way, Reid, Farrah, and Meredy set out on a quest to collect a set of spiritual beings, their only hope to save both of their planets from a terrible disaster.

HMV have Tales Of Eternia, on the PSP, available for £9.99 – click here for more details.

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Based on the classic card game that has hooked kids for generations, Top Trumps: Dogs & Dinosaurs takes the experience to a whole new level. Play against the computer or against your friends, play the quizzes and collect special cards and trophies.

Click here to get this DS title for £6.99 from Choices UK.

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