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Last updated: Tuesday 23 May 2006 In the court of the cursed king DRAGON QUEST: THE JOURNEY OF THE CURSED KING, Publisher: Square-Enix, Format: PS2. Price: £39.99. Family friendly? 12+: More than 40 million Dragon Quest games have been sold worldwide to date, but in Europe the franchise remains something of a mystery enjoyed only by gamers who import their interactive entertainment. A western yen for Japanese horror KUON, Publisher: Noblis, Format: PS2, Price: £29.99. Family friendly? 16+: JAPANESE horror is hugely popular at the moment. The blob's still packing a punch PAC-MAN WORLD 3. Publisher: Namco, Format: PS2. Price: £29.99. Family friendly? Yes: IT'S a quarter of a century since the gaming world was hooked by a little yellow blob being chased around a 2-D maze by a bunch of ghosts. When fear is the key ECHO NIGHT: BEYOND, Price: £19.99, Formats: PS2, Publisher: Nobilis, Family friendly? 12+: IT'S the year 2044. Space travel has long since ceased to be an exciting - and dangerous - occupation. A good time for going ape RAMPAGE: TOTAL DESTRUCTION Publisher: Midway, Platform: PS2, Price: £14.99: Family friendly? 12+ Insanely addictive animal antics ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD, Formats: Nintendo DS, Publisher: Nintendo, Price: £24.99. Family friendly? age 7 plus: INTERACTIVE art collecting hardly sounds like a recipe for gaming nirvana in these bloodthirsty days of marauding zombies and first-person shoot 'em ups. Lara's back, bigger and better LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER LEGEND, Formats: PS2, Xbox, 360, PSP, PC, Publisher: Eidos, Price: from £39.99. Family friendly? 12+. An offer you can't refuse THE GODFATHER. Publisher: Electronic Arts. Formats: PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP. Price: from £29.99. Family friendly? No. Just look at what your're missing ATV OFF ROAD FURY 3, Publisher: South Peak, Price: £29.99, Family friendly? 3+: JUST ABOUT the only racing genre that hasn't reached saturation point on the PS2, off road racing with all-terrain vehicles is a big deal in America but has yet to enthuse British enthusiasts in quite the same manner. Hellboy and Co behind enemy lines THE OUTFIT, Publisher: THQ, Format: Xbox 360, Price: £49.99. Family friendly? 15: IN the short while it has been available, the Xbox 360 has become the default home for war-based action games. Twenty-four hours in less than twelve 24: The Game. Publisher: Sony. Formats: PS2. Price: £29.99. Family friendly? 12+: IT'S amazing no-one thought of this before. Nothing to kick up a fuss about FIFA STREET 2, Publisher: Electronic Arts, Formats: PS2, Xbox, Price: £39.99. Family friendly? 3+. Perfect vehicle for virtual Villeneuves TOCA TOURING CAR RACER 3, Publisher: Codemasters, Formats: PS2, Xbox, PC, Price: £34.99. Family friendly? 12+. On your marks. Get set. Juju! TAK: THE GREAT JUJU CHALLENGE, Publisher: THQ, Formats: PS2, Xbox, Game Cube, Price: £29.99. I don't like Monday's STUBBS THE ZOMBIE, Publisher: THQ. Platforms: Xbox, PC/Mac. Price: £29.99. Family friendly? 15+. Can Chicken Little save the day? CHICKEN LITTLE, Publisher: Disney Interactive, Format: PS2, X Box, PC, Price: £34.99. Family friendly? Yes. Just send for the cavalry AGE OF EMPIRES III, Publisher: Microsoft, Format: PC, Price: £34.99: Family friendly? 12+. Shrek flexes his muscles SHREK SUPER SLAM, Published by: Activision, Formats: PS2, X Box, Game Cube, Price: £25.99: Family friendly? 12+ Epic adventure - if a little too easy THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Publisher: Buena Vista Games. Formats: Xbox, PS2. Price: £39.99. Family friendly? Yes. Football fun and a prince among games CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER, Format: PSP. Publisher: Eidos. Price: £34.99 Family friendly? Yep. What's big for the box This year the machines thousands of gamers hope to find beneath their tree on Christmas Day is Microsoft's mighty Xbox 360. So is the first of the "next genreation" machines really the quantum leap forward Bill Gates would have everyone believe? And what are the best games to buy if you want to show off? The column investigates. Enough to keep you busy on Christmas day Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Pulisher: Activision, Formats: PS2, Xbox, 360, GameCube, Price: 39.99: Family friendly? Yes. Big adventure with the awsone ape KING KONG: Publisher: Ubisoft. Formats: PS2, XBox, GameCube, X-Box 360, Game Boy Advance. Price: £39.99. Family friendly? 12+. Another work of wizardry HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, Publisher: Electronic Arts. Formats: PS2, XBox, PC. Price: £39.99. Family friendly? 10+: THIS is the bookies' favourite for the Christmas number one slot. Fitting comeback for a favourite Bond From Russia With Love | Publisher: Electronic Arts | Format: PS2 | Price: £39.99 | Family friendly? 12+ Same old sim but strong on soccer FIFA 06, Publisher: EA Sports. Formats: PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC, GameBoy. PSP. Price: £39.99. Family friendly? Yes.
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