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LA N0IRE (PS3/XB0X)

Rockstar Games takes a more subtle sidestep into crime-solving over common-or-garden gunfire. If the "LA Confidentiel re-imagined as Police Quest" vibe doesn't grab you, the most lifelike MotionScan faces you've ever interrogated will.


CHILD OF EDEN (PS3/XBOX)

An indescribable hybrid of intergalactic shooter, rhythm-action game and motion-sensing marvel, this is the latest experience from Rez creator Tetsuya Mizugnchi. His white-gloved demo at E3 made him look like a drunk snooker ref-bonus.

DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION (PS3/XBDX/PC/ONLIVE)

One of the best games ever gets a prequel. its trademark mix of biomechanical body enhancements, stealth, conspiracy theories and stylishly dapping black trenchcoats are all intact.



BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY (PS3/XBOX/PC)

Rocksteady didn't need much for this sequel to its unexpectedly satisfying Arkham Asylum. A new set ting - a city slum-cum-prison a la Escape From New York — new villains (Catwoman, Mi- Freeze) and a few new Bat-toys, it's delivered. We're there,



 LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD

A prequel to N64 classic Ocarina ofTirne, this all-new Link outing has the usual mix of swords, potions and evil-force vanquishing. That Nintendo manages to rearrange such hackneyed elements into something fresh every time is a miracle,



GEARS OF WAR 3 (XBOX )

Scries finale brings four-player co-op, one-shot weapons, kc-T doing his "acting" and a lot of plot loose ends to tic up. Beast multiplaycr mode turns Horde on its head and lets you loose on the humans with your own Locust army.



UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION (PS 3)

"Indiana Jones wears Gap" free-runner-cum-super-soldier Nathan Drake heads to the desert for more lost cities and improved AL Uncharted is arguably the only PS3 exclusive franchise that Xbox owners would kill for, and it's now in stereoscopic 3D.

THE LAST GUARDIAN (PS3)

Auteur of the bittersweet Fumito Ueda provides a sort of megamix of his two previous emotional rollercoasters by pairing a lonely, castle-dwelling boy with an enormous feathered beast , and seeing if they make friends.



SUPER MARIO 3DS (3DS)

Nintendo finally aired plans for its iconic plumber's 3D debut this month - seeing it instantly leapfrog Metal Gear Solid as our most coveted 3ds title. Details are scant, but the .Super Mario Galaxy team is behind it, so we're setting brains to "amazed".



MAX PAYNE 3 (PS3/XB0X)

Now in die private security business rather than being a cop but still being shafted by persons unknown, Rockstar Games' heavily-armed, habitually-miffed, bullet-time gunman Payne is back. Expect "mature content" in slow-mo.