And rightly so

PSN masterpiece Journey is the fastest-selling game ever to hit the service.

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Sporty special

Digital balls and cues make up the bulk of this week's downloads, with a few titles vying to catch your eye with their take on established sports. There's also a brace of demos for indecisive gamers.

3DS Download Software

Arc Style: Soccer!! 3D (Arc System Works, $6.99) — Arc dabbles with digital goalposts in this super-cute take on the beautiful game. We'll give it a good going-over in our upcoming review.

3DS Demos

Mutant Mudds (Renegade Kid) — Here's a novel first: the inaugural demo of a digital game on the 3DS eShop. It also just so happens that Mutant Mudds is one of the better downloadable games for 3DS, as our Mutant Mudds review explains.

DSiWare

90s Pool (Cinemax, 200pts) — Another simple take on the sport, Cinemax brings us to the baize and racks them up. We're chalking our cue in anticipation for a forthcoming review.

WiiWare Demo

2 Fast 4 Gnomz (Qubic Games) — A better effort than predecessor Gnomz, now you can try Qubic's action platformer for nothing. After that, you can read our 2 Fast 4 Gnomz review for more information.

Nintendo Video

World Premiere Skyscrapers by OK Go (available at 9 a.m. PST) — OK Go hit Nintendo Video once again this week with their latest display of 3D mastery. Don't miss the world premiere of the band's newest video Skyscrapers on Nintendo Video.

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Up nearly 50%

Kid Icarus: Uprising is doing the business for Nintendo in Japan, as hardware sales following its release increased nearly 50% week-on-week.

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Yep, still looks awesome

Crimson Dragon is homing in on its Xbox Live Arcade release, as Microsoft Japan has launched an official site for what some — particularly this editor — would call the most exciting Kinect game yet.

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"Nintendo to show more soon"

Gearbox Software is prototyping Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U, and studio president Randy Pitchford has spoken to Vox Games about its work so far on the next Nintendo platform.

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A link for the future

XSEED Games is known for bringing top drawer RPGs to North America — it's publishing The Last Story after all — and it's just revealed another role player for Nintendo fans to get their hands on: Unchained Blades.

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Fit for a king?

The first stills and details of New Little King's Story had us worried it would be a radical departure from its predecessor, the classic Little King's Story on Wii. Judging by this new trailer below we needn't have worried, as the upcoming Vita game has all the bizarre enemies and soldier flinging of its Nintendo counterpart.

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Salt

Here we go ladies and gentlemen: Kotaku claims to have the skinny on the next PlayStation.

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Video too

As the "first-ever sports simulation on Kinect" — sorry, Hulk Hogan's Main Event — Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 has a lot of weight on its shoulders.

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Only at ASDA

Here's a UK deal to warm the cockles of your heart: buy Kinect Disneyland Adventures at ASDA between now and 30th April and Microsoft will donate 15% of its purchase price to Make-A-Wish.

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