Cheap This Week - 13/07/11

Crackdown! EDF! Child of Eden!

Feature by Lewie Procter Contributor

Published on 13 Jul 2011

Limbo, Trials HD and 'Splosion Man, Xbox 360 - £6.98 delivered

Three of the best Xbox Live Arcade games going, shoved onto a disc, and now heavily discounted. Works for me.

John awarded a 9/10 in Eurogamer's Limbo review, saying "Limbo pivots between joy and despair with devastating efficiency, such as when the silhouette of another boy lounging in a tree offers the promise of a new friend - and then you notice a little hand, dangling limp from what you realise is his slouched, long-dead body." Lovely.

RedLynx can also brag about getting a 9/10, courtesy of Tom's Trials HD review. He said, "Even playing it from start to end will take hours, and it's a game built for endless replay and community expansion beyond that."

Dan gave a less impressive (but still worth your time) 7/10 in Eurogamer's 'Splosion Man review. "'Splosion Man is certainly an improvement over The Maw, if only because it feels more like a game you can sink your teeth into for more than an afternoon. Its immediate charms are tarnished only by some repetitive level design and some minor control frustrations."

Three great games that would each normally cost more than this on their own - I'd say it's easily worth the price of entry for any one of these games.

Deal of the week

Child Of Eden, PS3 - £14.99 delivered It's now the same price at Amazon, but Play.com include a free T-shirt too.

The price keeps dropping on this one. A couple of weeks ago I was highlighting this for £20 as being a really good deal, and here it is for 25% less.

The PS3 version is similar, except the controller is the controller.

The PS3 version of Child of Eden has been confirmed to support Move controls, and I have an inclination that might be the optimal control scheme for the game. Move has both precision waggle aiming like Kinect, but also buttons for direct control of shooting.

It's not out on PS3 for a while, so you're going to have to be patient on this one, but I strongly recommend ordering it as soon as possible if you want to ensure you get it at this price.

Simon gave the Xbox 360 version 9/10 in his Child of Eden review.

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