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A rather bumper crop of new games today. That's in part to a bit new release - Crysis 2 - and the arrival of Nintendo's new handheld - the 3DS.

To be honest I'm more exited about a release for next Friday - Shift 2: Unleashed, but let's get on with today's retail releases.

XBOX 360
Assassins Creed Brotherhood: Da Vinci Edition
Crysis 2
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars

PLAYSTATION 3
Assassins Creed Brotherhood: Da Vinci Edition
Crysis 2
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
PlayStation Move Heroes
Tomb Raider Trilogy

WII
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
Nickelodeon Fit

PC
Crysis 2
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
The Sims Medieval

3DS
Asphalt 3D
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
Nintendogs and Cats
Pilotwings Resort
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Rayman
Ridge Racer 3D
Samurai Warriors
Splinter Cell
Super Monkey Ball
Super Street Fighter IV
The Sims 3

DS
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
My World My Way
Peppa Pig Theme Park Fun
Phineas and Ferb Ride Again
Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus

PSP
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive

Something of a calm before the storm about tomorrow's selection of UK/Euro retail videogames releases. After all - next week sees the arrival of both Bulletstorm and Killzone 3.

But back to tomorrow's releases and I suppose the highest profile is Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

PlayStation 3
Marvel vs Capcom 3

Xbox 360
Crackdown & Mass Effect (Double Pack)

Halo 3 & Fable II (Double Pack)
Marvel vs Capcom 3
PopCap Hits!

Wii
Fit & Fun

PC
Bejewelled Blitz
Magicka
Plants vs Zombies: Game of the Year Edition

DS
The Mysterious Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

You may want to save your cash for next week.

Today sees the last big weekend of the pre-Christmas videogames rush, though most of the best games have been released already.

Perhaps this week's best released in Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare. The disk version comes with all the multiplayer premium DLC released for the game and you don't need the original to play it. You can read our review here.

Check out the full list of European releases after the jump.

Disney has just announced the next series to get Lego'ed at the capable hands of Traveller's Tales is none other than Pirates of the Caribbean.

Due for release in spring 2011 for PS3, 360, PC, Wii, DS and PSP, LPOTC will offer 70 playable characters across 20 levels, all recreated from the popular movies, including the latest one due in May 2011.

There are slim pickings to be had in your local videogame emporium today. That's thanks to the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Kinect earlier in the week. Obviously no publisher wants to put up a AAA release against those titles.

So what do we have in store today?

Gloria checks out the long awaited remake of GoldenEye.

How does the ground breaking FPS stand up against modern shooters?

If reintroducing WiiWare demos wasn't enough, Nintendo has now released a Sonic Colours demo for DS. What a fun-filled week!

To access the taster you must use the DS Download service on the Wii's Nintendo channel, transferring it your handheld with DS Download Play.

As with DS Sonic games before it, Sonic Colours is to remain strictly 2D, presumably to appease fans of the originals.

Personally, I don't care what anyone says: I loved Sonic Adventure 2.

Nintendo has announced that, as of Friday, demos of WiiWare titles will once again be available for download.

The service makes a comeback with tasters of Furry Legends, Jett Rocket, ThruSpace and Zombie: Panic In Wonderland, and will update and refresh on a regular basis.

Unlike the WiiWare demo trial period Nintendo set up last year to boost sales, which ended in January, the new service should be sticking around.

Well, actually it's only the first shipment, but those lucky enough to get a copy on the 26th of this month will become the proud owners of:

"AN EXCLUSIVE WHITE SPARKLY GLOVE CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR MJTE PLAYERS SO THEY WILL LOOK AND FEEL JUST LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON WHEN HE PERFORMED BILLIE JEAN!"

I thought I better give those caps some space. Now be sure you don't fall over on your way out of the store and catch your hair on fire.

Source: Ubisoft

Yes it's another of the big pre-Christmas release weeks with many of today's releases no doubt being wrapped as gifts.

THQ and Sony were kind enough to send over WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 and The Move: Shoot respectively, alas neither arrived in time to make for reviews today - but look out for those early next week.

Anyhoo, here's today's big list of releases:

Did you miss us? What do you mean you didn't know we'd gone anywhere? Well I'm back from a few days with the family in North Devon and it's time to bring you the list of stuff now available in your local store from today.

Obviously the most high profile release is Medal of Honor - check out our single-player review here - meanwhile there's plenty of other stuff hitting stores today.

All of these pale into insignificance though next to the mighty gameplay behemoth that is Angry Bids - which is now available on Android. So, there goes the last reason to own an iPhone/iPod Touch.

Check out the release rundown after the jump:

FIFA gets a rival today as Konami releases Pro Evo Soccer 2011.

Other new retail releases in Europe include NBA 2K11, Black Bean's World Rally Championship and Front Mission Evolved.

The Move version of Heavy Rain is released too.

Check out the full rundown of releases after the jump: