 | LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £11.99 Simply marvelous. Cute, addictive, brilliant with friends, wonderfully designed and with a vast level design kit.
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 | Uncharted: Drakes Fortune - Platinum Edition (PS3)
Buy new: £14.99 / Used from: £12.00 A fantastic tribute to classic adventure movies. Great characterisation and solid gameplay; this was the first game to really justify owning the PS3.
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 | Dead Space (PS3)
Buy new: £11.57 / Used from: £8.99 The best horror game since Resident Evil 4. Great pacing, wonderful controls and atmosphere you can cut with a knife.
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 | Resistance 2 (PS3)
Buy new: £45.06 / Used from: £9.50 A brilliant if linear single-player mode and an extensive amount of multiplayer options. Much better than its predecessor.
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 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
Buy used from: £14.00 The story is pretentious and overblown and if you're not a series fan you'll wonder what the hell is going on, but the gameplay itself is better than ever.
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 | Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
Buy new: £24.99 / Used from: £12.99 The increased realism and more sombre tone has definitely been a point of contention, but while it's not as fun as Vice or Andreas, it's still a wonderful game in so many ways.
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| Killzone 2 (PS3)
Buy used from: £12.69 Not reinventing the wheel, but round ones work just fine anyway. A good solid campaign with some truly excellent multiplayer modes.
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 | inFamous (PS3)
Buy new: £24.92 / Used from: £14.99 Not without considerable flaws and lacking a bit of technical polish, it's still a lot of fun and with some great gameplay ideas.
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 | Mirror's Edge (PS3)
Buy new: £7.84 / Used from: £5.00 Flawed, but brilliant in places. The combat and some level design frustrates, but when it works it's blissful. The time trials are also addictive.
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 | Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3)
Buy new: £14.07 / Used from: £9.80 Incredible value for some superb games. Worth buying just so you can try Portal alone.
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 | Burnout Paradise (PS3)
Buy used from: £7.28 One of the best racing games in years. The city structure split opinion down the middle, but its qualities easily outshine any moderate frustrations.
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 | Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Buy used from: £6.97 Until God of War arrives on the PS3, this will more than fill the gap. Wonderful visuals and utterly peerless presentation make up for somewhat unremarkable gameplay.
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 | Folklore (PS3)
Buy new: £39.99 / Used from: £16.83 Wonderful designs, great music and haunting presentation; it's like it was designed by Tim Burton. The gameplay gets tiresome but it's a great game overall.
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 | Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
Buy new: £17.99 / Used from: £15.00 The best JRPG of the generation so far. Sega prove that there's more to them than lame film licences and Sonic.
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 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
Buy new: £39.87 / Used from: £35.00 Possibly the best PS3 game to date. A near-perfect sequel that builds on the first game and improves in almost every area that counts.
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 | Motorstorm: Pacific Rift - Platinum Edition (PS3)
Buy new: £14.99 / Used from: £12.49 Tricky and occasionally frustrating but ultimately compelling and satisfying, this is a great arcade racer.
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 | Assassin's Creed II (PS3)
Buy new: £36.96 / Used from: £34.99 One of the best games of 2009. Improves on the first game in every regard; an essential purchase.
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 | Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)
Buy new: £31.63 / Used from: £24.99 The best superhero game ever. Batman finally has a videogame which does him justice.
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 | Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time (PS3)
Buy new: £37.99 An excellent sequel which offers more variety and polish than any of its predecessors. Possibly the best 3D platform game this gen.
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