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It's the little things like better graphics and the touch-screen controller that make Skylanders Giants on Wii U the best version.

It’s a question many gamers have been asking for almost a decade now. Why has no one else tried to make a Super Smash Bros. game? The all-star Nintendo brawler has been one of the most played and best loved games across its last three consoles, the N64, the Gamecube and the Wii. Its focus on chaotic multiplayer, offscreen kills and the elimination of health bars looked like it was going to reinvent the entire fighting genre.

Assassin's Creed III is an impressive looking game with tremendous scope. But while it gets many things right, it falls short of greatness.

When a game is hailed as "the most anticipated title of the year" and is the third installment in a franchise that blew away nearly all the competition from the last generation of console gaming, expectations are high, and there is almost certain to be a letdown.

The brutal and bloody God Of War III is a blistering adventure and an essential purchase for all PS3 owners.