Shaun White Snowboarding features five different mountains to race around, including Alaska, Park City, Europe and Japan – each one also has three sections (peak, back country, and park).
Whilst most of the versions of the game are fairly similar, the Wii one is like an entirely new title. Not only does it have a unique storyline and adventure, but it also takes full advantage of the Wii Balance Board.
Amazon are selling the DS release for £17.98 – click here for more details. Gamestation have the PSP version (click here) available for the same price, and over at Gameplay you can pick up the XBox 360 release (click here) for £17.99.
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (which is the title of the Wii version) can be yours for £24.98 from Amazon by clicking here.
Saints Row 2 £17.99
23 Jan
While the Grand Theft Auto series has strived for realism, Saints Row 2 goes completely the opposite way. If you enjoy blowing stuff up and just generally having a fair amount of mindless fun, it will quickly become a firm favourite in your collection.
One of the strongest features of the game is the amount of customisation you can do. The character you control can be changed in fine detail (right down to any tattoos or underwear that takes your fancy), as too can your "crib" – which means upgradeable televisions, pool tables, and minibars.
To get the PlayStation 3 release for £17.99 from Play.com, simply click here. XBox 360 owners can buy their version of Saints Row 2 for £17.97 from Tesco.
FIFA 09 £17.93
20 Jan
For many years, FIFA has lagged behind Pro Evolution Soccer in the race for the top football game on home consoles – until now. FIFA 09 has pushed it ahead of its biggest rival for the first time, with some excellent new features and smoother gameplay.
Goalkeepers are vastly improved, with realistic recovery times and better positioning. A completely revamped collision system makes every challenge a potential flashpoint, and the "Be A Pro" mode has been expanded to allow you to follow a single player’s career through four complete seasons.
Click here to get the XBox 360 version for £17.93 from The Hut. As far as cheap games of the footy variety go, this is the king of the mountain at the moment – until FIFA 10 comes out…
If you’ve been sitting on the fence in regards to trying out a Guitar Hero game for the first time, then this offer presents a very good opportunity to get in on the action at a very reasonable price.
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock features a total of 73 different songs for you to play along to, from artists like Pearl Jam and Metallica. Both the PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 versions have additional tracks to download, which help bring the complete total to 132 (a very hefty number indeed).
If you fancy the PS2 release, click here to buy it for £24.99 from ShopTo. You can also get the PS3 (click here) and Wii (click here) versions for £37.98 each from the same retailer.
After countless releases on the PS2 and PSP, it was inevitable that the SOCOM series would appear on the PlayStation 3 at some point – and so it has, with SOCOM: Confrontation.
When it was released, many reviewers were annoyed by technical issues and missing features. The good news is that these have been addressed by a number of updates, which make for an all-round better gaming experience.
Click here to get SOCOM: Confrontation, with a bluetooth headset, for £28.99 from ShopTo.
Infinite Undiscovery £12.73
17 Jan
Infinite Undiscovery is an XBox 360 exclusive role-playing game that comes from the team behind the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series’. Initially this looked very promising, but sadly it’s turned out to be just another run-of-the-mill title – pity really, when you consider the talent behind it.
Fans of the genre will definitely get the most out of it, whereas newcomers will probably be left feeling a bit disappointed by it all. This serves as one heck of a missed opportunity, especially with Square Enix on board as publishers.
The Hut are selling this game for £12.73 – click here for more details.
Even though Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is basically only a sample of what Gran Turismo 5 promises to deliver when it’s finally released, there’s enough in it to make it one of the best racers on the PS3 – which means the full game should be nothing short of amazing.
It’s interesting to note that this is being updated all the time with new tracks and cars, as well as brand new features never before seen in the long-running series. Up to 16 cars can race simultaneously now too, which makes for brilliant races.
Click here to buy this title for £12.91 from Asda.
Play.com Video Game Sale
16 Jan
We’ve had their "Mega Monday" offer that lasted considerably longer, but now it’s time for a true Play.com video game sale.
With some big savings to be made, this is scorching hot…
DS
Arctic Tale (National Geographic) £11.99
Bratz Kidz Party £11.99
Bratz Ponyz 2 £9.99
Hannah Montana DS Lite Bag £4.99
High School Musical 3 DS Lite Bag £4.99
Imagine: Happy Cooking £9.99
Naruto: Ninja Council 2 £11.99
Need For Speed: Undercover £11.99
Paint By DS £7.99
Pippa Funnell £9.99
Tenchu: Dark Secret £9.99
Tom Clancy’s EndWar £14.99
GBA
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team £9.99
PS2
Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp £9.99
Championship Manager 2007 £4.99
PS3
Assassins Creed £9.99
BioShock £17.99
Rock Band £29.99
PSP
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures £12.99
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Party Edition £6.99
Wii
Bratz Kidz Party £11.99
Cosmic Family £9.99
Golden Balls £11.99
Manhunt 2 £7.99
Movie Studios Party £9.99
NBA Live 09 £24.99
We Love Golf! £9.99
Wii Speak £17.99
WSC Real 08: World Championship Snooker (With Wii Cue) £17.99
XBox 360
Beautiful Katamari £9.99
Bully: Scholarship Edition £9.99
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion £9.99
Grand Theft Auto IV £17.99
NHL 2K7 £9.99
Rapala: Fishing Frenzy £14.99
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 – Legacy Edition £9.99
UPDATE: Seeing as this hasn’t been updated for a while, it seems worth revisiting – to find that although some games have disappeared, new reductions have also been added. Beautfiul Katamari is great for £9.99, as is the PS3 version of BioShock for £17.99.
Clive Barker’s Jericho £7.49
14 Jan
There’s no doubt that the success of attaching Tom Clancy’s name to games has alerted other film writers to the possibilities that the video game world presents – sadly horror legend Clive Barker will forever be associated with the stinker that is Clive Barker’s Jericho.
Some poor AI, where your teammates end up dead on a fairly regular basis, and broken gameplay mechanics let it down badly. If you’re a horror fan you’ll get more out of the game, but for everyone else it’s probably worth giving a miss.
If you fancy this PlayStation 3 title, click here to buy it for £7.49 from Gamestation.
Game January Sale
11 Jan
The Game January sale is on now, with reductions across every major gaming platform. New titles are appearing all the time, which means this post will be updated on a fairly regular basis.
Lots on offer, so let’s get cracking…
DS
Guitar Hero: On Tour – Decades £14.98
PS2
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith £12.98
PS3
Blitz: The League II £19.98
The Eye Of Judgment (With PlayStation Eye Camera) £29.98
Fallout 3 £19.98
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men £9.98
Shaun White Snowboarding £19.98
Unreal Tournament III £14.98
PSP
Medal Of Honor: Heroes £8.98
Wii
Alone In The Dark: Limited Edition £9.98
Death Jr: Root Of Evil £7.98
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn £19.98
MX Vs ATV: Untamed £11.98
XBox 360
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit £22.98
Far Cry 2: Collector’s Edition £24.98
Frontlines: Fuel Of War £9.98
NBA Live 09 £26.98
Shaun White Snowboarding £19.98
Smash Court Tennis 3 £9.98
Top Spin 2 £9.98
