Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is set on a hostile planet, where humans struggle for survival as conflict arises between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded.
In an interesting development, you can actually die because of the weather in this title – surely a first for a video game! The single player campaign has a decent storyline which will keep you engaged, plus the multiplayer mode is still somewhat popular on XBox Live (even though this came out in 2006).
If you fancy this XBox 360 title, click here to buy it for £7.99 from Play.com.
If you’re the owner of either an XBox 360 Arcade or Core console, and fancy upgrading to including a hard drive, then you might very well be interested in the XBox 360 60GB Live starter kit.
Inside it you’ll find an XBox 360 60GB hard drive, a wired headset, an ethernet cable, and a three-month XBox Live Gold subscription (which lets you download stuff from the Marketplace and take part in online multiplayer games).
Click here to buy this bundle for £49.99 from Gameplay.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is a "part sequel, part prequel", as events run both before and concurrently to the story of the former leader of Rainbow Six, Logan Keller, and continue from where the first game concluded.
In it you play the role of Bishop, who has a great deal more experience than Keller and is more deeply involved in the story. Along with an exciting single player campaign, the excellent co-op and multiplayer modes from the original return bigger and better than ever.
To get this PlayStation 3 title for £9.99 from Play.com, click here.
Bolt From £9.93
21 Feb
Bolt is a video game based on the recent Disney film of the same name. Instead of focusing on the storyline of the movie, the game tries something different by allowing you to enter Bolt’s television series from within the film.
You must explore, defend yourself, and defeat the evil villain Calcio to save your owner Penny’s father – which is definitely something that kids will enjoy, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Click here to buy the PlayStation 2 release for £9.93 from The Hut, or click here to get the Wii version for £17.99 from CD-WOW.
Although it was only a short time ago that we featured Lego Batman: The Video Game on this site at decent prices, it’s since dropped even more – apologies if you already made an order, but the value of stuff goes up and down very quickly on the Internets!
The title itself will seem very familiar to players of the Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones series’, the only difference being that you now get to control Batman and Robin. All of their most famous enemies make an appearance at some point, including The Joker and Catwoman – you can even play as them, if the fancy takes you.
Click here to get the Wii version for £12.99 from Amazon, click here to buy the XBox 360 release for £13.99 from SoftUK, or click here for the PlayStation 3 version which is £15.91 at Asda.
Okami From £9.91
19 Feb
As far as incredibly underrated games go, Okami has to be top of the list in terms of greatness – critics acknowledge its quality and many hardcore gamers do as well, it’s just that this hasn’t really filtered through to the masses (which is a great shame).
The visual design is what catches your attention straight away, with some astoundingly beautiful graphics. Although it’s not the most difficult title you’ll ever play, it’s almost certainly the most original.
Click here to get the PlayStation 2 version for £9.91 from Asda, or click here to buy the Wii release for £12.73 from The Hut.
From all of the different versions available, Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition is easily the best. Not only does it take full advantage of the Wii’s unique controls, but it also includes all of the extra content other consoles had to offer – making this the most complete package on the market today.
The Wii Remote is able to aim and shoot anywhere on the screen, and can also be flicked to use the knife to instantly attack an enemy. The Wii Nunchuk is used to move around, which isn’t all that exciting to be honest!
Click here to buy this brilliant game for £14.73 from The Hut.
If the very thought of a virtual Noel Edmonds in the video game version of Deal Or No Deal leaves you in a cold sweat, just wait until you see Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen: The Game – you won’t sleep for a week!
In it you must master all aspects of cooking, whilst getting judged by Chef Ramsay as you progress. Authentic recipes become available as you get further into it, which can even be used in the real world.
Click here to get the Wii version for £11.73 from The Hut.
The success of the big-screen version of Transformers meant that a game based on it would be inevitable – and the result? The not-as-bad-as-some-would-have-you-believe Transformers: The Game.
As an XBox 360 exclusive, Transformers: The Game – Cybertron Edition comes with some additional content not found on any other consoles. There’s a couple of extra levels, a DVD about the making of the game, a comic book, and some box art to be found inside the set.
HMV are selling this title for £7.99 – click here for more details.
Although I’ve heard it said that both Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and Kung Fu Panda are kids games, I have to disagree – Indiana Jones is quite challenging, in the same way that the other Lego titles have been. Kung Fu Panda is rather easy though!
Don’t be put off that the latter is based on a film either, because it’s a rare example of a tie-in that’s actually worth playing. Perhaps the makers of the Iron Man and Fantastic Four games should take notes…
Click here to get an XBox 360 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and Kung Fu Panda double pack for £9.99 from SoftUK.
