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Whilst the original was criticised by many for being unoriginal and pretty boring, Overlord II is a much improved effort – the combination of great humor and a unique combination of action and strategy make this something well worth adding to your collection.

Taking control of the previous Overlord's son, you must battle against a Roman-inspired civilisation known as the "Glorious Empire" – who are hell-bent on eradicating or enslaving known magical creatures…

Click here to get this PlayStation 3 title for £7.95 from ShopTo. Remember to use the ShopTo £1 voucher in order to get the price down to £6.95.

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When you see the XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 (yes, there are some) with a fair smattering of A-list games, it would be easy to dismiss the Wii out-of-hand. However, I've never yet seen a console so easy to pick up and play – which is an opinion a huge majority of people seem to agree with.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or even if you've never so much as glanced at a video game before – you'll be up and running in next to no time. Oh yeah, and Super Mario Galaxy and The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess are easily up there with the best titles on other systems (and the Wii release of Resident Evil 4 is the definitive version to own).

Click here to buy a Nintendo Wii, with Wii Sports, for £134.99 from HMV.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a role-playing game that revolves around an escaped prisoner and their efforts to thwart a plot masterminded by a fanatical cult – a scheme involving opening gates to a hellish realm called Oblivion and unleashing its horrors on the mortal world.

Additional content has been released for it since it first came out, and two packs are contained in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Game Of The Year Edition. "Knights Of The Nine" centers on the rise of the sorcerer-king Umaril, and "Shivering Isles" offers over 30 hours of new material to enjoy.

Click here to buy the PlayStation 3 release for £9.95 from Zavvi, or click here to get the XBox 360 version for £14.99 from Gameplay.

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Blue Dragon is an epic role-playing game which follows the story of five friends as they travel across the world to confront Nene, the evil king of the Grand Kingdom. Interestingly, this is so huge that it needs a whopping three discs just to contain everything in!

Even for a title which has now been out for a couple of years, the graphics are simply astounding – many current games can't even match the beauty in this one. Special mention to the music too, which adds an extra dimension to an already excellent game.

The Hut have this XBox 360 title available for £6.73 – for more information, click here.

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Punch-Out!! is something very rare indeed – one of those Wii cheap games that even hardcore gamers will enjoy! Based on the classic original boxing game, this is as good as the legendary NES title (plus the graphics are much improved too).

Fighting as Little Mac, you must work your way up through the professional boxing circuits – battling some very strange and colorful characters along the way. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to box Donkey Kong, this will let you find out!

Click here to get this for £7.99 from Comet.

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The fact that you can get various colours of DS consoles meant that it was inevitable we would see the same happen with the Wii – such is the case with the new black Wii. It's exactly the same as the standard model, it's just that everything in the box comes in black instead of white.

There are a couple of black Nintendo Wii deals running this weeked at Game. First off you can get a system with Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and the Motion Plus accessory for £149.99.

The other offer is the console with Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Super Smash Brothers: Brawl, New Super Mario Brothers and the Motion Plus accessory for £179.99 – for more information on both, click here.

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Cooking Mama is a cookery styled-simulation mini-game compilation for the DS. In it you are tasked with cooking various meals using the touch screen – with the stylus being used to chop vegetables, slice meat, flip food in pans, and arrange the final items on the plate.

Though slightly repetitive in areas, this is certainly challenging enough to warrant taking a look at. Three game modes also ensure that you won't be stuck for anything to do once the main recipes have been completed.

If you fancy this, click here to buy it for £4.98 from Gameplay.

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Being the sequel to Shellshock: Nam '67, which was regarded as a decent third-person shooter, you'd think that sequel Shellshock 2: Blood Trails would be just as good – sadly, it's fallen victim to the first-person shooter trap (i.e. it's never going to be as good as Call of Duty, etc.).

Although the story is actually pretty good, this is the only positive thing I can say about this game. There's not even a multiplayer mode, so once you've completed the disappointing single player campaign you'll have little or no reason to go back to it.

If you do fancy this PlayStation 3 title, click here to buy it for £4.99 from Play.com.

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The Gamestation Steal of the Week offer is now on, with lots of top titles available at decent prices across pretty much every format.

Seriously, this is one deal not to miss – and it'd wouldn't surprise me to see more stuff added over time…

PlayStation 3

Call of Duty: World at War £19.99
Condemned 2 £9.99
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition £19.99

Wii

The Conduit: Special Edition £11.99
Dead Space: Extraction £14.99
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games £12.99

XBox 360

Call of Duty: World at War £19.99
Fable II: Game of the Year Edition £15.99
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition £19.99
Gears of War 2: Game of the Year Edition £15.99
Street Fighter IV: Collector's Edition £16.99

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You'd think by now that they would have run out of new ideas to implement in these instrument games, however Guitar Hero 5 manages to incorporate a few – the highlights of which are drop-in/drop-out play, a Rockfest competitive mode and both song-specific and general challenges to unlock bonus stuff.

The track list contains 85 songs by 83 different artists and several musicians with works in the game have been modeled for avatars, including Johnny Cash, Carlos Santana, Shirley Manson, Matthew Bellamy and, most controversially of all, Kurt Cobain.

Tesco are selling the PlayStation 3 version for £17.87 – click here for more details. XBox 360 owners can click here to buy their release for the higher price of £25.99 from the same retailer.

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