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Sam Fisher reels you in

It's a double-whammy of Ubisoft launch game trailers this week: first we saw gameplay footage of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, and now stablemate Splinter Cell 3D has received the trailer treatment.

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With traditional "no plans yet" suffix

With core gamers the world over crying out for Halo on Kinect, Microsoft's Halo studio 343 Industries has commented on the possibility of the two system-sellers coming together.

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Well seasoned

The battle for tennis supremacy on Move is heating up, as 2K Sports has shown off the new online World Tour mode for Top Spin 4.

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Another casualty

WiiWare has had a rough time of it these past few months: Super Meat Boy was canned in November, then last week it lost Bloktonik, and now High Voltage's Animales de la Muerte has been cancelled for WiiWare.

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64-bit baby in depth

With Bomberman Hero arriving on Virtual Console today in Europe, the N64 is firmly back in many gamers' minds, while for some it never went away. This month's issue of Retro Gamer magazine is ideal for both, as it's a special collector's edition detailing Nintendo's 64-bit beauty in all its glory.

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It could make all the difference

Thanks to the wonders of the Virtual Console, many Nintendo gamers have been introduced to the wonders of Sega's Shining Force and Shining Force II games, but sadly the series hit hard times during the Sega Saturn days, causing developer Camelot to part ways with Sega, and the series has never recovered. Several campaigns to reunite the two companies have fallen on stony ground, but the Shining Force community has lined up one last roll of the dice in the form of the Shining Force SOS campaign.

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Holding out for a Hero?

It's an auspicious day in Virtual Console history, as the service receives only its second third-party N64 game in the West, after Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber. It's certainly the highlight of what is otherwise a rather underwhelming download this week.

Virtual Console

Bomberman Hero (Hudson Soft, N64, 1000pts) — This single-player bomber outing divides players due to its complete lack of multiplayer modes, but it still holds a special place in many gamers' hearts. We'll bring you a full review in the near future to let you know if this is worth your 1,000 Nintendo Points or not.

WiiWare

Successfully Learning Mathematics: Year 2 (Tivola, 800pts) — Don't worry, you haven't missed Year 1: this maths educational aid from Tivola features a number-loving vampire (a ah ah!) and even a hidden minigame, promising to help children "learn about the world of mathematics in a fun and accessible way". We'll do the sums and come up with an integer between 1 and 10 to describe our feelings.

WiiWare Demos

Lead the Meerkats (Lapland Studio) — A decent attempt at trying to break the lucrative meerkat simulator market, now you can try out the game before putting your 1,000 Nintendo Points down for the full version. Read our Lead the Meerkats review to help you in your purchasing decision.

DSiWare

Puzzle to Go Sightseeing (Tivola, 500pts) — A tourist-themed take on the Puzzle to Go formula which looks unlikely ever to change. Our Puzzle to Go Planets and Universe review is a write-up of the previous game in the series, so don't expect much to change in this new sightseeing title.

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