Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway is the third in the series of games that follow the men of the 101st Airborne Division (502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment). You once again play the role of Staff Sergeant Matt Baker, this time during Operation Market Garden in the later stages of World War II.
There’s been a few new features added to this as well. New specialised units, including bazooka and machine gun teams, are available to use, and you can now cover behind objects and fire from a third-person perspective. The "health" system has also been overhauled, as too has the mapping system.
Click here to get the PlayStation 3 version for £24.99 from ShopTo, or click here to get the XBox 360 release for the same price from the same retailer.
Either of these cheap games are worth getting, especially if you enjoy Call Of Duty and the like.
Anybody who’s ever played a football management simulation will tell you that they can quite literally take over your life. Marriages and relationships have ended because of them, and it’s even been rumored that real-life club managers use them to look for new players!
Football Manager is the undoubted king of this world, and every new season brings a brand new release with fully updated transfers and club data. Football Manager Handheld 2009 is a condensed version of the PC game, which for the first time includes a 2D match engine.
Click here to get this PSP title for £17.73 from The Hut.
XBox 360 Console Bundles
15 Nov
There are some decent XBox 360 console bundles around just now, which is maybe a little surprising when you consider how close Christmas is. But with the economy in the toilet, maybe it’s not that shocking!
The XBox 360 Arcade is the smallest system of the three available, but it’s also the only one that comes with games included (Boom Boom Rocket, Feeding Frenzy, Luxor 2, Pac-Man and Uno). It doesn’t come with a hard drive, although Microsoft are still selling the XBox 360 20GB hard drive for £12.99 – a very cheap way of making a worthwhile upgrade.
At Currys you can get two packages for £129.99 each:
XBox 360 Arcade set with a copy of Fable II
XBox 360 Arcade set with a copy of PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer
Meanwhile over at Comet you can get the XBox 360 Arcade set with a copy of just-released-the-other-day title Call Of Duty: World At War for the same price of £129.99. Click here for more details.
Finally, there’s a slightly complicated deal at Amazon which is well worth the hassle.
Add the XBox 360 Arcade set, the new XBox 360 Wireless Entertainment Pack (which contains a wireless controller and copies of Kung Fu Panda and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures), and a choice of game from a selected list to your basket, and enter the code XBXGME10 to get the whole lot for £129.98 – click here to see more information on this confusing, but decent, offer.
You might be glad to know that there’s only a couple of XBox 360 60GB Premium console deals around, and these are both identical to a couple of the XBox 360 Arcade offers featured above.
As you can tell by this system’s name, it comes with a 60GB hard drive. This used to be 20GB, until Microsoft decided to be generous and boost the size up to this new level.
Click here to get the console with a copy of Call Of Duty: World At War for £159.99 from Comet.
Over at Argos you can still get an XBox 360 Premium with three games, and an extra controller, for £169.95 – the titles are Kung Fu Panda, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, and Viva Pinata, by the way.
Finally, the potentially baffling Amazon deal mentioned in the Arcade section above is also available with an XBox 360 Premium console for the higher price of £169.98. Click here for more details on it.
The top-end XBox 360 system is the XBox 360 Elite. It’s the only one with a completely black finish, and it’s also the only one to come with a massive 120GB hard drive.
Me thinks that if this isn’t big enough for you, then nothing will be!
Comet have the XBox 360 Elite console, along with a copy of Call Of Duty: World At War, priced at £229.99 – click here for more information.
Lastly, that damn Amazon deal is back again! Read the bottom of the Arcade section above, and then click here to see the full details on how to get a very good bundle for £229.98.
In a strange move, many versions of Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows are different from each other. It’s a 2.5D side-scrolling brawler and platformer on the DS, a side-scrolling beat ‘em up on the PlayStation 2 and PSP, and a full-3D action game on every other console.
What’s consist with every one of them is the ability to choose whether to align with the good guys or the bad guys, which is similar to Spider-Man: Friend Or Foe. The new combat system is worth mentioning as well, because you can now actually fight on walls – giving Spidey a distinct advantage.
To get the DS release for £14.99 from Game, simply click here. PS2 owners can get their version for the same price, from the same retailer, by clicking here.
Game also have the Wii (click here) release available for £17.99, and the XBox 360 (click here) version priced at £24.99.
Play.com Game Reductions
15 Nov
Today there’s been a few Play.com game reductions that seem worth mentioning.
I’ve arranged them in alphabetical order, for no reason other than to be nice. How lovely of me.
DS
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword £9.99
PS3
Haze £9.99
Little Big Planet £29.99
TNA: iMPACT! £11.99
Wii
TNA: iMPACT! £11.99
XBox 360
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion £9.99
TNA: iMPACT! £11.99
Little Big Planet £29.99
14 Nov
Little Big Planet is one of the most innovative games that I’ve seen in recent years, and one that could potentially last forever. And to think we all used to believe that Pong was amazing!
You control small avatars (known as Sackboys, due to their appearance) in a variety of platforming scenarios. There’s a set of pre-built levels to explore, but where this really comes into its own is with its customisable nature – your character and personal space can be altered, and you can also build new objects and levels which can then be shared and played with online.
Click here to buy this PlayStation 3 game for £29.99 from Play.com.
As you will probably be able to tell by its title, Midnight Club: Los Angeles sees you racing all across Los Angeles on either cars or bikes. For some reason there are considerably fewer vehicles to choose from than before, with 43 cars and only 3 bikes.
Up to 16 players can race against each other online, which will be of some relief after tackling the rather difficult AI! A special mention should be made for the soundtrack, as there are some excellent tunes included from various hip-hop artists.
If you fancy this PlayStation 3 title, click here to buy it for £24.99 from Game. XBox 360 owners can click here to get their version for the same price from the same retailer.
Since overcoming some initial problems, the PlayStation 3 has gone one to become one of the top consoles on the market today. With a growing catalogue of decent tiles, both this and the XBox 360 are streets ahead of the competition – let’s just hope that Nintendo pull their finger out and get some "A List" games out for the Wii!
There are two noteworthy PlayStation 3 80GB console deals available at the moment, both of which come with a copy of the excellent Little Big Planet.
Instore at Blockbuster you can pick up a console with copies of FIFA 09 and Little Big Planet, plus Iron Man on Blu-Ray, for £299.99. You also get £20 worth of free rentals, which is nice.
Meanwhile, over at Amazon you can get the console with a copy of Little Big Planet for £289.97. This is good enough, but at the moment you get a free HDMI cable, and for an extra £10 can choose a game to add to the package (from a very extensive list, that includes the new WWE title). Click here to see what it’s all about.
Although there have been a few Arcade offers recently, this XBox 360 60GB Premium with three games deal is probably better than any of them. This is down to the fact that the titles included are quite good, and not any old crap thrown together in a bundle.
The titles are Kung Fu Panda, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, and Viva Piñata. Oh, and you also get an extra wireless controller as well.
Argos have this set available for £169.95 – for more information, click here (click the "Special offers" tab, and it’s "Offer 6").
Amazon Gaming Special Offers
11 Nov
There’s a handful of Amazon gaming special offers that seem worth a mention, which I’ve sorted out into separate console listings.
I’m nice like that.
DS
Nintendo DS Lite (With At Least One Free Game) From £99.98*
PS2
Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz (With Buzzers) £12.99
PS3
NHL 2K8 £9.40
Wii
Battalion Wars 2 £11.75
XBox 360
Bully: Scholarship Edition £10.58
FIFA Street 3 £9.40
NHL 2K8 £6.46
Two Worlds £9.40
* It’s actually possible to get more than one game free with this offer – simply get one of the console packs which already come with a game (the Big Brain Academy, Cooking Guide, Guitar Hero: On Tour, or Nintendogs)!
UPDATE: Few new titles added, with NHL 2K8 and Battalion Wars 2 looking particularly good value.
