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After seemingly being in development for at least three years, Final Fantasy XIII has finally arrived. Although some reviewers (and gamers themselves, it has to be said) have been a bit critical about this latest in the series, fans and lovers of role-playing games are sure to lap this up.

As part of this Final Fantasy XIII: Collector's Edition release you'll find a copy of the game inside special fliptop packaging. Alongside it is a CD containing selected music from the game, "The World of Final Fantasy XIII" hardback artbook, three exclusive art prints and a unique collectible decal.

Click here to buy this XBox 360 set for £22.99 from CoolShop.

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Racket Sports is a collection of five different sports cheap games in one – tennis, table tennis, badminton, squash and beach tennis (which actually seems more like five variations on one sport, if you ask me). Think of it like a Wii Sports for people who like tennis!

Developed exclusively for use with PlayStation Move equipment, which is sold separately, this is Sony's attempt to steal some of the casual gamers from the Wii market – but will it work?…

Game have this PlayStation 3 title available for £19.99 – for more information, click here.

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The Nintendo DSi is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS handheld, and comes with a range of new features not found in any of the other hardware releases. Key amongst these are the inclusion of two cameras and the removal of the GameBoy Advance slot on the back (which means that the Guitar Hero grip won't work with it, stupidly).

It's around 12% thinner than the DS Lite, but is slightly longer, and comes with an SD card slot which can be used to store pictures and download software. In a first for a Nintendo handheld system, the firmware is upgradeable – which means that any illegal flash cards will be made incompatible near enough straight away.

If you fancy a black Nintendo DSi console, click here to buy one for £99.99 from Amazon. The same retailer also has the white one (click here) for the same price.

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Final Fantasy XIII is, as you'd expect by the title, the thirteenth entry in the role-playing series. In it you will journey through the floating cityworld of Cocoon and the savage lowerworld of Pulse, encountering a diverse band of would-be allies along the way – whilst gaining new powers and discovering new things as you progress…

Some reviewers have been overly critical about the more linear nature this has – I personally don't think it's that much of a big deal, as it should actually end up appealing to more people this way. Gorgeous looking graphics and a vastly improved battle system more than make up for this anyway.

Click here to buy this XBox 360 game for £12.24 from Choices UK.

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Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a real-time strategy game that is set in a parallel universe where World War II never happened, and instead the Soviet Union rose to power and battled the Allies in the 1950s. The Empire Of The Rising Sun have risen to power as a threat as well, and you choose which faction you want to play as.

The main gameplay involves constructing a base, gathering resources, and training armies comprised of land, sea, and air units to defeat other players – each faction also has a fully co-operative campaign, which is playable with the console or with another human online.

ShopTo have this XBox 360 title available for £3.85 – for more information, click here.

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Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is the first game in the Colin McRae series of racing titles to be released after the driver's death in 2007 – and serves as a fitting tribute to one of the best rally drivers this country has ever seen.

Four continents are available to race across, with five different event types: rally, rally cross, trailblazer, land rush and raid. A brand-new multiplayer mode is also included, plus a world tour that features multi-car and solo races at new locations.

Click here to get this XBox 360 game for £9.97 from Currys.

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Whilst you've probably heard it a million times before, it's worth mentioning again how brilliant Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is. Put simply, if you enjoy first-person shooting games you need to get a copy – it's the best in the genre in quite some time, and is probably even better than Call of Duty: World at War (and some would say Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as well).

The Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Game of the Year Edition differs from the other version by including four brand-new multiplayer maps. Doesn't sound a lot, but then online multiplayer is something you'll be going back to for some time to come…

If you fancy this XBox 360 title, click here to buy it for £9.99 from Amazon. Definitely one of the best cheap games of all-time.

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The Hut discount vouchers are available right now for you to use.

Enter the following codes at the checkout to get the corresponding discount:

AUG10 for £1 discount on a £10 spend
AUG20 for £2 discount on a £20 spend
AUG40 for £4 discount on a £40 spend

These are valid from now right through to midnight on Monday the 30th of August 2010.

Click here to visit their site.

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After the joys of plastic guitars and drums, plus an abundance of microphone-based singing games, now it's time for something different – a turntable! Yes, you too can now join the ranks of Grandmaster Flash and DJ Jazzy Jeff (if only in a virtual way, on a deck with only a handful of buttons) in DJ Hero…

More than 80 remixes of two different songs from a selection of over 100 across numerous genres are available, plus on selected tracks you can play against someone else using a guitar controller.

Powerplay Direct are selling the DJ Hero Turntable Kit, for use on the Wii, for £31.99 – click here for more details. XBox 360 owners can click here to get their release for £35 from Tesco.

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Rock Band: The Beatles has a soundtrack consisting of 45 tracks by the popular Liverpool band, and features virtual depictions of all four members performing the songs as you play along on the guitar, sing in time, and/or bang the drums.

Many further tracks will be available as downloadable content in the form of full albums – Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Rubber Soul being released so far (more may possibly appear in the future.

To get this Wii game for £8.99 from Powerplay Direct, click here.

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