If you're still waiting for AMD's answer to the current offerings from market leader Intel, you might be one step closer to being satisfied today.

According to CNet, the first 45-nanometre server chip to come out of AMD – the quad-core 'Shanghai' Opteron processor – is starting to see availability at selected resellers, despite not officially launching until 13th of November.

The processor ranges – Opteron 837X and 838X – don't come cheap, however: the relatively high-end 8384 model, which features quad 2.7GHz processing cores and takes a surprisingly low power draw of 75 watts, is listed on reseller's sites for a whopping $2,350 (£1,443) per chip.

Fallout 3Publisher:Bethesda
Platforms:PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
UK Price (as reviewed):£24.99 with free delivery
US Price (as reviewed):$49.99 including delivery

Here's a quick and easy history lesson.

Once upon a time, there was a company called Interplay that made some of the best computer games ever. One of its most well known franchises was the Fallout series, which was an isometric RPG set in a post-nuclear apocalypse wasteland inspired by 1950s culture.

An Interview With Lara CroftWe’re lucky sods here at bit-tech. Not only do we get to play with the latest and best hardware on your behalf (though judging by Richard’s current expression that’s something that causes more grief than gladness), but we also get to occasionally get out of the office and go on press trips too!

On our latest excursion we popped along to Luton ‘Croft Manor’ Hoo, a manor estate outside of London where Eidos was showing off the latest build of

Tomb Raider: Underworld Hands-on PreviewPublisher:Eidos
Platform:Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP
Release Date: 21/11/2008

Tomb Raider has changed a lot over the years and through the eight main games that make up the franchise we’ve seen Lara change from a straight-up Indy-a-like to a character with deep motivations and parenting issues.

The new Lara, as seen in Underworld is a driven and single-minded young heiress who is always on the fringes of society. Think Paris Hilton crossed with Han Solo, but who is desperate to rescue her mother from the mystical realm of Avalon.

Saints Row 2Publisher:THQ
Platforms:Xbox 360, Playstation 3
UK Price (as reviewed):£31.73 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$59.99 (inc. Delivery)

The life of a gangster in the twenty-first century is not an easy one. Gone are the days of spats, gentleman's agreements and speakeasies. These days any self-respecting gangster has to worry about bitches and hos, cred and bling, guns and whether or not to get that MBA.

Far Cry 2Publisher:Ubisoft
Platforms:PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
UK Price (as reviewed):£24.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$49.99 (inc. Delivery)

Here’s the funny thing about Far Cry; it was never all that great a game in all honesty, but that somehow ended up getting forgotten and it was the console expansions that got all the flak.

Wow, I know – controversial, eh? It’s true though.

If you like your video streams to turn the air blue, you might want to avoid content from Microsoft in the future: the company has received a patent on technology designed to automatically censor words from an audio stream.

According to Ars Technica, the company has been granted the patent by the US Patents and Trademarks Office and is now free to implement the system – which uses a predefined blacklist of banned words and a real-time monitoring system which can immediately react and censor the offending word – in its existing products as well as apply it to future technologies.

An Islamic non-profit group called American Islamic Forum for Democracy has commented on Sony's recall of LittleBigPlanet and said that it doesn't see it as A Good Thing.

Sony recalled all copies of LittleBigPlanet, as well as delaying the European release of the game, after they discovered that there was two lines from the Qur'an inserted into one of the pieces of background music. Sony never received any official complaints about the game, but decided to recall it anyway in order to avoid causing offence and the issue has since flared into a serious discussion.

NEW YORK--A California train engineer who was sending and receiving text messages was blamed last month for causing one of the worst railroad crashes in U.S. history that killed 25 people.

Dead SpacePublisher:Electronic Arts
Platform:PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
UK Price (as reviewed):£26.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$46.99 (inc. Delivery)

There’s an on-going discussion in the more pretentious corners of the Internet, where floppy-fringed journalists like myself are to be found constantly waging over one argument; are computer games an art form?

I say yes, based on nought but the idea that they are a creative process designed by a group of individuals in an attempt to elicit an emotional response.

By Paul NewmanTuesday, 21 October 2008

Laura Robson makes her debut on the main Women's Tennis Association tour today when she plays Iveta Benesova in the first round of the Fortis Championships in Luxembourg. Britain's 14-year-old junior Wimbledon champion has been given a wild card into the tournament.

Robson, who will be 15 in January, played her first senior tournament last month, winning her opening match in Limoges before retiring injured in the second round. She has since played two more senior events, reaching the semi-finals in Shrewsbury and losing a tough three-set match to Germany's Angelique Kerber in Barnstaple.

LG Display is demonstrating a 15-inch double-sided reflective display at International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2008 show that kicked off on Tuesday in Korea. The reflective LCD (RLCD) has a resolution of 512x384 and features a 14:1 contrast ratio. The prototype is an ECB-mode display that is white when no power is applied to it, and it has a 46 percent aperture ratio, along with a 20 percent reflectance ratio and 12 percent color gamut. The display uses ambient lighting to illuminate its image, making it ideal for use in outdoor, daytime environments.

Fans of the rich-content made available on the web by Adobe's Flash Player will be pleased to hear that yesterday saw the official launch of Flash Player 10.

According to BetaNews, the latest Flash release coincides with the simultaneous RTM of Creative Suite 4, Adobe's premier content creation software. The delay due to wanting a simultaneous release with CS4 may go some way to explaining why Adobe managed to get pipped to the post with Microsoft launching the second release of its Flash competitor Silverlight two days earlier, and also why the latest build had a longer than usual six month beta period.

LG Display is demonstrating a 15-inch double-sided reflective display at International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2008 show that kicked off on Tuesday in Korea. The reflective LCD (RLCD) has a resolution of 512x384 and features a 14:1 contrast ratio. The prototype is an ECB-mode display that is white when no power is applied to it, and it has a 46 percent aperture ratio, along with a 20 percent reflectance ratio and 12 percent color gamut. The display uses ambient lighting to illuminate its image, making it ideal for use in outdoor, daytime environments.

Fans of the rich-content made available on the web by Adobe's Flash Player will be pleased to hear that yesterday saw the official launch of Flash Player 10.

According to BetaNews, the latest Flash release coincides with the simultaneous RTM of Creative Suite 4, Adobe's premier content creation software. The delay due to wanting a simultaneous release with CS4 may go some way to explaining why Adobe managed to get pipped to the post with Microsoft launching the second release of its Flash competitor Silverlight two days earlier, and also why the latest build had a longer than usual six month beta period.

The Force Unleashed was available on pretty much every platform from the DS to the PlayStation 3, but it failed to make an appearance on the PC much to the chagrin of the PC Gaming Alliance. Now, PCGA President and Intel boss Randy Stude has hit back at Lucasarts and accused the Star Wars team of making uneducated excuses.

Lucasarts had previously explained that the reason for a lack of a PC version for The Force Unleashed

The Force Unleashed was available on pretty much every platform from the DS to the PlayStation 3, but it failed to make an appearance on the PC much to the chagrin of the PC Gaming Alliance. Now, PCGA President and Intel boss Randy Stude has hit back at Lucasarts and accused the Star Wars team of making uneducated excuses.

Lucasarts had previously explained that the reason for a lack of a PC version for The Force Unleashed

Big software releases like Windows Vista mark the end of "planned software" for the industry, according to Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst.

Speaking at a forum in Singapore on Friday, Whitehurst said the proprietary, "top-down, planned" software-development model, characteristic of closed-source companies, is coming to an end. Such a model is demonstrated by Vista and the number of bugs within it, he said.

Whitehurst claimed that there are "half the number of bugs in Linux per thousand lines" compared to the Microsoft operating system, because of the open-source, collaborative model.

Manufacturer:Silverstone
UK Price (as reviewed):£152.69 (inc. VAT) With windowed side panel
US Price (as reviewed):$199.98 (exc. Tax)

Silverstone, and its TJ07 premium aluminium chassis especially, has achieved something of a cult status within our community over the last few years thanks to the TJ07’s elegant design and excellent build quality. It used a unique uni-body construction where the majority of the case's chassis is made from a single piece of curved aluminium.

Drakensang Interivew: From Fable to FalloutI’d not really heard about Drakensang before I went along to the Eidos press event where the European release of the game was being showcased. An epic 3D RPG with deep combat and multiple gameplay paths, it’s fair to say that though I didn’t know the game going in, I left very impressed.

So impressed in fact that, while the mini-doughnuts and spring rolls were being handed out as finger food to a crowd of journalists who were clearly baffled by the strange blend of cultural culinaries, I sat down with two of the men behind the game – Boris Arendt from developer Radon Labs and Class Wolter from German publisher DTP.

Lego BatmanPublisher:Warner Bros. Interactive
Platform:Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£27.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$48.99 (inc. Delivery)

There is a season for all things, so they say. A season to plant, a season to reap; a season for growth and a season for recession. Judging from Hollywood’s latest antics there’s also a season for the true comic book adaptation and the kind-of re-imagining of some classic heroes.

Need for Speed: Undercover Hands-on PreviewPublisher:Electronic Arts
Platforms:Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PSP, PS2, DS, Mobile,
Release Date: 21/11/08

I’ll get this out of the way right now and say that, no, I cannot drive a car. Or rather, I can – I just haven’t ever since I crashed my first car back when I was in my late teens. I’d be more specific with the dates, but the head injury makes that a bit difficult.

Skate it!Publisher: [eurl=http://www.skateit.ea.com/ ]Electronic Arts[/eurl]
Platform:Wii and DS
Release Date: To Be Announced

It’s weird to be nostalgic for a console that isn’t yet out of date, but I remember the sheer feeling of potential that went through me when the Wii was first announced. It was strange, but wonderful.

Motion-sensing? Hell, that means first person shooters can be played with 1:1 movement – imagine how cool it would be to aim a gun with that?!

The second edition of the ITF/Tennis Europe Educational Forum took place recently. Held for the first time at the Tennis Europe Junior Masters in Orbetello, Italy, the event was attended by many of the continent’s top Under 14 and Under 16 players.

The educational forums, of which around 10 are held every year all over the world, are a key part of the ITF’s Junior Tennis School initiative. The other part of the Junior Tennis School is the e-learning website www.itfjuniortennisschool.com.

Awind tunnel that simulates airflow around and under a car's body is helping the design of vehicles that use less fuel and emit less carbon dioxide.

The new 27m2 wind-generating chamber was recently installed at Volvo's facility in Gothenburg, Sweden. It has four steel belts to rotate car wheels at motorway pace and a giant 5MW fan to generate the corresponding air speed a vehicle would be driving against.

These features, the company believes, will help engineers better understand aerodynamic forces in real-life driving conditions.

Brothers in Arms: Hell's HighwayPublisher:Ubisoft
Platform:PC, Xbox 360, PS3
UK Price (as reviewed):£23.73 (inc. VAT)
US Price (as reviewed):$49.99 (ex. Tax)

It looks like we’re due for something of a World War 2 game renaissance this winter following the avalanche of apathy that had begun to greet the genre following massive over representation in the last few years.

There were only so many times we could parachute into Normandy or re-capture Stalingrad before the whole setting started to feel old and stale, and while the occasionally superlative game managed to make the setting seem fresh and entertaining again, with the arrival of the FPS juggernaut that was

World of GooPlatform:PC, WiiWare
Developer:2D Boy
UK Price (as reviewed):£11 (Direct download)
US Price (as reviewed):$20 (Direct download)

I know what you're thinking.

Artsy, kind of casual sounding and positively reeking of a small development studio – it's another one of those damn indie games that Joe's about to rant on about!

I can see your point, I suppose. With a name like

Wipeout HDPublisher:Sony
Platform:Playstation 3 exclusive
Price (as reviewed): £11.99/$20 (PSN download only)

Back in the depths of history (1993 for the factoids amongst you), a new games console was introduced to the world. This console came to be known as the PlayStation, developed by Sony, and would change the face of gaming forever.

That's what Sony said, anyway. The two other console titans of the day, Nintendo and Sega, were not concerned. After all, Sony made consumer goods – televisions and Walkmans – so it couldn't oust the incumbents, could it?

Toshiba Canada recently bolstered its notebook lineup with four new products, including an all-new Tecra R10 premium notebook meant for business users, which the company is touting as the fastest and most secure Toshiba notebook to date, a Wednesday report reveals. The remaining three include updated ultra portable Portégé-series notebooks with the A600 and an update to the R600, while a new M750 Tablet PC was also introduced.

Toshiba Canada recently bolstered its notebook lineup with four new products, including an all-new Tecra R10 premium notebook meant for business users, which the company is touting as the fastest and most secure Toshiba notebook to date, a Wednesday report reveals. The remaining three include updated ultra portable Portégé-series notebooks with the A600 and an update to the R600, while a new M750 Tablet PC was also introduced.

Cell carrier Orange is dropping the BlackBerry Bold due to quality issues, according to a leaked internal memo at the company's UK division. The provider says that reports of chronic software flaws from a "variety of mobile operators" have prompted it to remove the phone from the market entirely until it can be promised a definitive fix from Research in Motion. The latter is said to be fixing the glitch and promises extra testing to prevent such a problem from reoccurring.

Manufacturer:ECS
UK Price (as reviewed): N/A
US Price (as reviewed): N/A

Core Clock: 740MHz
Memory Clock: 2,200MHz (effective)
Memory: 512MB GDDR3 per card

The 9800 GTX+ is something of a forgotten commodity in the current generation of graphics cards – a hanger on from the heady days of G92, when Nvidia ruled the roost and 8800 GTs roamed LAN parties in great graphics rendering herds.

Manufacturer:ECS
UK Price (as reviewed): N/A
US Price (as reviewed): N/A

Core Clock: 740MHz
Memory Clock: 2,200MHz (effective)
Memory: 512MB GDDR3 per card

The 9800 GTX+ is something of a forgotten commodity in the current generation of graphics cards – a hanger on from the heady days of G92, when Nvidia ruled the roost and 8800 GTs roamed LAN parties in great graphics rendering herds.

CHICAGO--U.S. researchers have developed ultrathin films that when sandwiched together form a superconductor, an advance that could lead to a new class of fast, power-saving electronics.

Quantum of Solace Hands-on PreviewPublisher:Activision
Platforms:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2
Expected Release Date: October 31st 2008
Get the Demo!

There’s a rule. You know it, I know it and the whole damned industry know it. It isn’t exactly a secret.

Games based on movies are almost universally very poor. There’s so much evidence to support this view that we could build a house out of it, and then probably charge an inordinate amount of money for it based on the way the economy is going lately. Oh, well.

Day 2 at the Osaka Mayor’s Cup, Asia’s Grade A event, saw the seeds continue their march through the draws relatively unscathed.

In the boy’s event number 1 Yuki Bhambri (IND) had a straight sets 60 62 victory over Wild Card Shu Saito (JPN). Number 2 seed Hiroki Moriya (JPN) also continued into the 3rd round with a 62 63 victory over Stephen Hoh (AUS). Number 3 seed Hsieh (TPE) put a shaky start behind him with a 75 63 victory over Wild Card Suk-Yong Jeong (KOR).

Breaking out of its normal camera business, Nikon this morning unveiled its unique Media Port UP300x media player. The device mounts a video eyepiece on headphones that supplies a 640x480 picture equivalent to a 50-inch screen viewed from 10 feet away. The unusual trick lets owners watch MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and WMV videos while on foot, on public transit or other areas where users want large-screened video without access to a regular TV. It also builds in 802.11g Wi-Fi and supports not just web browsing with Flash and Javascript but also buying music and video directly from an online store.

Skate 2Publisher:Electronic Arts
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Expected Release Date: Q1 2009

Three or four years ago everyone thought that the skateboarding genre was pretty much filled up and if a developer had expressed any intention to create a new skateboarding game for consoles then you could bet your bottom dollar that the publisher would quickly talk them out of it. That space was filled by one man; Tony Hawk.

Warhammer Online: Age of ReckoningPlatform: PC Exclusive
Publisher:EA
UK Price (as reviewed):£24.99 (inc. Delivery) with one month free, £8.99 per month there after
US Price (as reviewed):$44.99 (inc. Delivery) with one month free, $14.99 per month there after

Reviewing an MMO is a pretty difficult job because of the masses of content available and the amount of time required to get to the higher levels. We've been playing

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedPublisher:Lucasarts
Platform:Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, PS2
UK Price (as reviewed):£37.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price (as reviewed):$57.99 (inc. Delivery)

In case you hadn’t noticed there are an awful lot of games coming out at the moment. New games, re-releases, indie games, freeware – the bit-tech offices are getting swept away by a tidal wave of gunfights, statistics and CDs. That’s why it’s taken us some time to get around to

FIFA '09Publisher:EA Sports
Platforms:PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS
UK Price:£24.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price: TBA

Football games are the strange stalwart of the videogames industry and have been ever since we were all blown away by Sensible Soccer as kids. Even now the mention of that classic top-down adaptation is enough to make us all shiver with nostalgia.

Ah, the good ol’ days; the time of

FIFA '09Publisher:EA Sports
Platforms:PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS
UK Price:£24.99 (inc. Delivery)
US Price: TBA

Football games are the strange stalwart of the videogames industry and have been ever since we were all blown away by Sensible Soccer as kids. Even now the mention of that classic top-down adaptation is enough to make us all shiver with nostalgia.

Ah, the good ol’ days; the time of