1. Condemned 2 - £44.99 - £49.99
Released next week, the follow up to one of the Xbox 360's creepiest launch titles is as brutal as its predecessor. This game blends horror with handson combat and hi-tech forensics.
Format: PS3, Xbox 360
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2. Advance Wars: Dark Conflict - £29.99
This turn-based strategy game is a rare war game on the usually upbeat DS. Don’t expect cutting edge graphics but look forward to compelling gameplay. Battleships for the noughties.
Format: DS
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3. Burnout Paradise City - £49.99
The fifth title in the Burnout series gives players the keys to Paradise City where they tear up the place in an orgy of street racing. There’s plenty for the casual and committed gamer alike.
Format: PS3, Xbox 360
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4. Harvest Moon: Magical Melody - £39.99
Blessedly free of big guns and flying grenades, this is an altogether gentler game than many on this page – you play a farmer building up a smallholding in a colourful cartoon world.
Format: Wii
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5. Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 - £34.99 – £49.99
While the second and final title is unlikely to win any prizes for breaking new ground in games, it’s an impressive first person shooter nonetheless. High octane fun for FPS fans.
Format: PS3, Xbox 360, PC
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6. God of War: Chains of Olympus - £29.99
One of the best ever titles to come out on the PSP, this epic title is a high-class hack-and-slash adventure inspired by ancient Greek mythology, all realised in suitably legendary graphics.
Format: PSP
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7. Bully: Scholarship Edition - £39.99
Although many found the premise of this title offensive when it first launched on the PS2, it’s much tamer than its moniker suggests. It’s been updated for the Wii and Xbox 360.
Format: Wii, Xbox 360
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8. Geometry Wars: Galaxies - £29.99 – £39.99
For something that started life as a bonus game in another title, Project Gotham Racing 2 on the Xbox, the retro-styled Geometry Wars has come a longway. It plays like an arcade classic.
Format: DS, Wii
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9. Patapon - £24.99
Beware the Patapons, bouncy creatures who are out to lure you into their addictive game. As the ruler of the Patapons you must control them using rhythm and beat.
Format: PSP
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10. The Orange Box - £34.99 – £49.99
Some of the best games from the last five years are inside The Orange Box. Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode One, HL2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 all come on one disk.
Format: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
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27 March 2008, Chosen by Rebecca Armstrong
