Next up on the Something for the Weekend Gadget round up was the Abba You Can Dance game. Available for the Nintendo Wii, this Abba dance game comes from the creators of Just Dance and Michael Jackson The Experience. It features 25 timeless Abba songs including Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia and Fernando.

The Abba You Can Dance game allows you to dance with up to 4 players or you can sing along with the Wii microphone. Get this game and you can perform a story and play a role in a mini musical arrangement of classic Abba songs. Abba are one of the best bands of all time, and this dance game features their very best hits. Their music stands the test of time and the Something for the Weekend presenters loved it.

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Wow. The Gadget Show have surpassed themselves in the world of video games by building a Battlefield 3 simulator that turns a fantastic game into an amazing, immersive experience like you’ve never seen before. To get more realism than this you’ll have to sign up to the Army.

A Swedish company, MSE Weibull, have built the first ever omni-directional treadmill, on which the player can walk, run and crouch, gun in hand, through the virtual Battlefield 3 world. It uses a pre-release of the upcoming game which is about to wow UK gamers, an Igloo Vision projection dome, an XBox Kinect camera hack and paintball guns which shoot the player so that they can actually feel the gunfire experienced in the game. The Gadget Show brought in no other than Andy McNab to test this unique Battlefield 3 simulator.

We can’t offer you the experience shown on The Gadget Show just yet, but watch this space. What we can do is offer you a copy of the amazing new Battlefield 3 for your home console or PC, with heart pounding single and multiplayer action across locations like Paris, Iran and New York, from just £29.91 with free delivery.

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The Gadget Show Christmas Special featured the best stocking fillers under £25, which would be ideal presents if your budget is tight or you need a Secret Santa present for a gadget lover. Here were the top 5 stocking fillers under £25 as seen on The Gadget Show:

5. Cyber Clean £6.99

Cyber Clean is a high-tech cleaning compound for your tech, like laptops or phones. Cyber Clean as seen on The Gadget Show is a gooey substance that picks up dirt and grime with an antibacterial action, cleaning right between the keys of your keyboard. Cyber Clean was Gadget Show Polly’s choice.

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4. Fairy Jar £19.99

The Fairy Jar was the surprise choice from Gadget Show Jason. The Fairy in a Jar is LED lights in a jar, designed to bring calm to the chaos that could surround your Christmas morning. Jason said the Fairy Jar would light up his little girl’s world.

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3. Wine Bottle Kit £12.99

Gadget Show presenter Jon Bentley plumped for the Wine Bottle Kit which includes pourer, stopper and corkscrew in a neat little bottle-shaped package.

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2. Solar Powered Mobile Phone Charger £24.99

Gadget Show Otis chose the Solar Powered Mobile Phone Charger which is extendable and also charges PSP’s, Nintendo DS and MP3 players in addition to most mobiles. At £24.99 a great little stocking filler.

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1. Spring Speaker £12.99

The winner of the Gadget Show best stocking filler under £25 for Xmas 2010 was this spring speaker chosen by Suzi Perry. It expands like a concertina to provide great bassy sound and hooks up to most portable devices like iPods, phones, MP3 players etc. A great Gadget Show stocking filler for Xmas!

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The Gadget Show ran a feature on their Christmas special, which looked at the Playstation Move and the XBox Kinect. to see which was better. Gadget Show presenter Jon Bentley called these the two ‘must-have’ gadgets this Christmas. It’s been 4 years since the ground-breaking Nintendo Wii changed the way we think about computer games forever. Since then you can be pretty sure that clever young things in Atari T-shirts and designer glasses have been spending every waking hour in the research labs of Microsoft and Sony to bring the joys of gestural gamin to the XBox and the PS3.

This Christmas, the PS3 Move and the XBox Kinect have hit the shelves and are battling for supremacy. But which is better of the 2 interactive games according to the Gadget Show Christmas special? Jon Bentley ran some tests.

XBox Kinect:

Set-up:

The XBox is easy to set-up as your body acts as your controller, but it does have to be calibrated first and you do need a fair amount of space to stop you bashing into household objects. It has a clever voice recognition feature which allows you to control the console using voice commands such as ‘Xbox open tray’ to open the Xbox tray.

Gameplay:

Using the Kinect is better than using a controller as your body performs all the required in-game actions. It actually feels like you’re in the game and it’s very responsive. The driving game, Kinect joyride, felt rather strange without a controller. Kinectimals is a great animal game for kids.

PS Move:

Set up:

The playstation move allows you to stand closer to the screen, but it needs to be calibrated before every game.

Gameplay:

The gameplay is more complex than the Kinect because you have to combine button presses with real life actions. Quite tricky for a non-gamer. The Gadget Show also noticed lag between moves and on-screen response.

VERDICT:

The overall verdict on the Gadget Show Christmas Special was that the PS Move received 4 G’s, good for experienced gamers but not the easiest to control for gaming novices like your granny. The XBox Kinect received a Gadget Show rating of 5 G’s because of it’s ease of use and huge potential for the future of gaming.

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Gadget Show presenter Jason Bradbury came up with a list of the top 5 video games for 2010 in last night’s episode of The Gadget Show. 2010 has been an incredible year for gaming, one of the best yet. In terms of the top 5 video games, there were so many excellent titles to choose from and a lot of research was needed.

Jason is a self-confessed computer games addict, so this top 5 was right up his street. Here are the top 5 video games of 2010, from five to one, as seen on The Gadget Show:

5. Dance Central: (XBox 360) Kinect

There are some games where a traditional video games joypad just isn’t enough. Video games which encourage the gamer to get physical have been all the rage since the advent of the Nintendo Wii a few years ago. Before that we had the EyeToy from Sony, then the Playstation Move, and now Microsoft have muscled in on the physical gaming genre with its Kinect. Dance Central is the first dancing video game for the new XBox Kinect hardware. Dance Central is brought to you by Harmonics, the same team behind the hugely successful Rock Band. But instead of strumming on bits of plastic and drumming on pads, you are dancing to the beat using nothing more than your own limbs and body. Dance Central for XBox 360 features a whole range of tunes and dance modes, including an excellent freestyle mode.

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4. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Expansion Pack (PC)

Cataclysm is the expansion pack to one of the world’s most popular games, World of Warcraft. With over 12 million users of this video game wordwide, any expansion pack for World of Warcraft is major news. The last expansion pack became the quickest selling video game of all time on it’s release. Cataclysm features a whole new storyline, new characters, new areas to explore, dungeons and graphics which make the game look more gorgeous than ever. Cataclysm looks set to keep the most dedicated World of Warcraft gamers occupied for months to come.

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3. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (PS3 or XBox360)

Ever since it’s release, Gadget Show presenter Jason has been a huge fan of Assassins Creed. So much so that he was in the first game as a background character, having flown to Montreal to get his likeness scanned and used in the final release of the first Assassins Creed. It will therefore come as no surprise that he has included the latest version of Assassins Creed in his top 5 computer games for 2010. The game follows on directly from Assassins Creed 2, where you take the reins of the main character. This time you’re now a master assassin, and you create a brotherhood with which to attack your enemy.

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2. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)

Gran Turismo 5, also known as GT 5, took an astounding 5 years adn 60 million dollars to make. The good news is that according to Gadget Show presenter Jason, it looks like this latest Gran Turismo title was worth that time and money. 1000 cars to choose from in 70 exciting and glorious locations. For the first time in the main series, online play is available, damage to your car now appears, and you can even race in the dark. This game is one of the best reasons to own a PS3 and according to Jason, rightly features at number 2 in his top 5 video games of 2010.

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1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3, XBox360, Wii)

No real surprise that Call of Duty Black Ops was number one in the list of best video games 2010. But why is this the best video game 2010? Call of Duty is one of the largest grossing video game series of all time. Black Ops doesn’t let those standards slide. This time, rather than modern warfare, you take control of various special forces operatives during historic military moments, conducting covert or ‘black ops’ in locations such as Cuba and Vietnam. Look out for an appearance from none other than JFK in the game. Visually Black Ops is stunning, and the environment seems truly 360, with things going on all around you. Black Ops deserves it’s position as top of the top 5 video games as seen on The Gadget Show.

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Do you agree with this list of Top 5 Video Games of 2010? Did Mario unfairly miss out? Let us know your thoughts by posting a comment below!

Wii Party was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. To demonstrate, Ella Williamson, John Bishop, Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer had a game, seeing who could chop virtual food the quickest.

Wii Party is a great Christmas party game. There are 80 minigames on Wii Party, many of which are incredibly inventive and amusing. Examples include Bingo, hide the remote and pairs. Wii Party costs around £25 and is released on 26 November 2010.

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On this week’s edition of The Gadget Show Ortis looked at karaoke games for the consoles, XBox360, PS3 and Wii.

First up was We Sing for the Nintendo Wii. We Sing uses wired microphones and the disc comes pre-loaded with 30 tracks such as Every Breath You Take by The Police. Like most console singing games, We Sing monitors the pitch of your voice and awards you points for accuracy. Craig David thought there was a good collection of contemporary and older songs on We Sing.

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Next up was Lips: Party Classics for the XBox 360. Lips Party Classics has 40 tracks to choose from on the disc, and crucially an additional 220 tracks to choose from on the XBox Live online store. You can choose to sing in teams, or against each other. The lyrics are nice and big – easy to read.

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Singstar is a popular Playstation franchise, and the latest edition is SingStar: Volume 3 for the PS3. It lets you purchase songs from SOny’s impressive online catalogue, SingStore. There are around 1200 tracks to choose from. The navigation is slick and smooth. Craig David was mightily impressed with SingStar, and The Gadget Show awarded it an impressive 5 G’s.

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The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are in full flow with coverage all over the BBC at the moment. British medal hopes rest with the likes of Shelley Ruman and Amy Williams on the Skeleton, a scary luge-type event involving what looks like a tea tray and eye popping speeds. Most of the events of Vancouver 2010 are taking place in the skiing resort of Whistler, boasting stunning views of the Rockies and some amazing powder.

If you’ve been caught by the Winter Olympics bug but can’t make it to Vancouver in time, you can experience all the thrills and spills of the Winter Olympics in a virtual way – on PS3, Xbox360 or PC. The games in Vancouver 2010 are varied – compete in 14 different events from Skiing, Snowboarding, Bobsleigh to Speed Skating and Ice Hockey. Play online to compete against Winter Olympics fans from across the globe

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Tony Hawk: Ride was the last of this week’s Something for the Weekend gadgets. Gadget expert Ella Williamson explained that it is available for Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3. It’s essentially your typical Tony Hawk skateboarding game with a unique twist – it comes bundled with a fantastic skateboard controller which you stand on, and your movements on the board translate to your movements, tricks, turns etc in the game.

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The latest cutting edge driving game to hit the market is Forza Motorsport 3 and this was tested by Jason on last night’s episode of The Gadget Show in a reality vs virtual race off between himself and Johnny Herbert at Silverstone. Forza Motorsport 3 which took a team of 300 people over 2 years to make, including real life racing drivers.

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