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Batman Arkham Asylum demo out now

If you can’t wait to play Batman Arkham Asylum at the end of August you can actually have a little go with it now thanks to the demo. In the demo you play as the Dark Knight helping Commissioner Gordon escort The Joker into Arkham Asylum. You can get it right now for Xbox 360,PS3 and PC from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Network. Buy Batman Arkham Asylum now New: Buy Batman Arkham Asylum from Amazon.com Related: PS3 to get exclusive Joker content for Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham Asylum announcement

Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell delay

Bad news for fans of Splinter Cell. Sam Fisher’s latest adventure has been moved to 2010 for that ‘extra bit of polish’. Red Steel 2 has also been delayed to 2010 by Ubisoft in case you care. Buy Splinter Cell now New: Buy Splinter Cell from Amazon.com

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Xbox Kinect FPS games

Microsoft has filed numerous patents for new FPSs using the Natal hardware – now renamed as Kinect. In the patents they talk about first-person games smoothly transitioning into third-person where you get a better view of what’s going on. I guess we’ll have to wait a few more months to see exactly what they’re talking about. Buy Natal now New: Buy Kinect from Amazon.com Related: Project Natal console package

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Fallout 3 PS3 downloadable content

Good news for Fallout 3 fans on the PS3. The first downloadable content will be available in September starting with Broken Steel, which means you’ll have the level cap lifted so you can enjoy all that XP going forward in other expansions such as The Pitt and Operation Anchorage. Related: Fallout 3 review, Broken Steel

Latest Releases on the Nintendo Shop Channels

Latest Releases on the Nintendo Shop Channels

This week we have another interesting selection of games to download on your Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DSi. Digital Downloading small and affordable titles is becoming very popular and is a great way to get new games for your favourite system in this touch economic climate. On WiiWare this week we have three titles: Water Warfare from Hudson Software. If you’ve ever been worried about the gore and over the top violence in the modern first person shooter and its possible affect on your children then Water Warfare could be the answer. Unlike any other FPS I’ve seen, Water Warfare...

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Nintendo Quiz Show

Our favourite Japanese company are finally spending some of the cash they’ve been printing with the incredible sales of the Nintendo DS and Wii. After a successful advertising and sponsorship campaign on Channel 4 in the UK last year, Nintendo have decided to sponsor a new quiz show called Britain’s Best Brain for Channel 5. It appears the show’s format uses a similar set of skills to that of the successful Brain Age for DS and Big Brain Academy for Wii. Contestants on the show will need to be highly skilful with their memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk taking.