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    Samsung UA55C9000 3D LCD TV

    At $10,000, the Samsung UA55C9000 costs more than twice what an otherwise similarly specified, similarly sized, Samsung TV would sell for. So what’s so special about it? We reckon that several of the more extraordinary features justify that price.

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Borderlands
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Borderlands, a videogame for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, is a shooter-style game with a role-playing element, and is definitely best enjoyed in multiplayer but however you play it, it’ll be one of your most memorable gaming experiences this year.
Need for Speed: Shift
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Need for Speed: Shift, a racing simulation game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP and PC, is a superbly judged line-up of vehicles and just the right degree of upgrading and tuning.
EyePet
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EyePet, a new game for the PlayStation 3, uses undeniably interesting technology, and is a a great drawcard for the kids, who’ll immediately be entranced by the cheeky little critter skittering around on the TV.
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
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WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 is is quite literally fun for all the family, accessible for all age groups, even if you're not a fan of the soap-opera of the US sporting world. This game reaches well beyond its core fanbase and provide crazy fun entertainment for just about anyone.
NBA 2K10
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NBA 2K10 is the latest, but not the greatest, videogame in the 2K Sports series. Anyone short of the most rabid basketball fan will be put off by the horrible graphics, the complicated controls and a career mode that feels too punishing to be enjoyable.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, a videogame for the PlayStation 3, is a beautifully crafted game that combines an entertaining adventure with tight action sequences, woven together with the best voice and motion acting you’ll see in a game this – or any other – year.
Batman: Arkham Asylum
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Batman: Arkham Asylum, a videogame for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, is a is a nearly perfect Batman game - great design, narrative and production values. It is a brilliant superhero game.
UP
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UP, a videogame for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP and PC, has strong production values, but is too hard for the littlies to play and too dumbed-down to appeal to adults.
Call of Juarez 2: Bound in Blood
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Call of Juarez 2: Bound in Blood is a wild-west themed first person shooting game, available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. It is not just a great cowboys and indians game, but a great game full stop and one of the best releases so far this year.
The Bigs 2
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The Bigs 2 is a baseball videogame for Xbox 360 and Wii, where you guide the re-entry into the Majors of a player coming back from injury and a mysterious Mexican rehab.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP. Wii and Nintendo DS is on one hand far and away the best console game of golf available, however several major areas in dire need of improvement have apparently not even been touched, so the overall effect is that the game appears virtually identical to the previous outing.
Fuel
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Fuel is am ambitious largely off-road racing video game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, and offers players thousands of virtual square miles of varied terrain.
Prototype
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Prototype, a game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, is an action adventure game starring a man who has suddenly acquired an ability to collect and channel not electricity, but a viral infection, to all intents and purposes making it a superhero game.
Terminator Salvation
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Terminator: Salvation, the game of the movie of the same title, and despite some OK machine standoffs, just doesn't feel like the ultimate battle for survival. While not dreadful, it's just one more 'movie-made game' missed opportunity to chuck onto the huge pile of similarly mundane brethren.
Scene It? Box Office Smash
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Scene It? Box Office Smash is a movie-focused quiz game for the Xbox 360, and is worth picking up if you're on the lookout for entertainment that is fun without being too demanding or stressful.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, provides solid, entertaining combat with weighty-feeling weaponry and there's the odd touch of flair - you'll often want to delay sending chatting enemies to their maker for a few more seconds, for instance, just to hear what they have to say.
Resident Evil 5
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Resident Evil 5 sees you dealing with the aftermath of a viral infection in Africa, resulting in your character being relentlessly attacked by hordes of infected and extremely crazed village inhabitants.
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
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Tenchu: Shadow Assassins on Wii is a game that sees you robbed of your agility and speed, reduces your weapons to only working in specific situations and otherwise useless, you are prohibited from engaging enemies in close combat, and your success as a ninja rests on assessing each level like a puzzle, executing precisely the required, pre-determined actions at the right moment.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
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Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway is a really mundane affair and entirely misses its intended target of making you both care about, and be repulsed by, the horrors of war.

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