Call of Duty 4, Microsoft's Sidewinder Mouse and more!

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Tuesday 20th November, 2007

A massive week as Crysis hits shelves (and brings computers to their knees), we pick our game of the year in Call of Duty 4 and make it available in the Games Shop. All in this week's update.

Out of the trenches: COD4

Call of Duty 4 is the game of the year. It's a big call, but it's our duty to bring you the facts, and they all get laid out in our detailed review. Stay tuned, we'll also be bringing you an updated review on the Xbox 360 version of the game very soon.

To play Call of Duty 4 you'll be wanting a decent mouse. We got our hands on the beastly Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse and weigh in our decision.

Crysis hit our shelves a day early this week, and GameArena were on point to get servers up right away. If you haven't gotten the latest graphics card destroyer from the team that made FarCry, it's available in stores everywhere. Stay tuned for the GameArena review!

More PC: Games | News | Reviews | Downloads

71 songs just aren't enough

Microsoft has released news of the December Dashboard update for the Xbox 360. Apart from confirmation of a Parental Timer mode that will allow parents (and probably mischievous friends) control over how long you can play the console they also released details of their Xbox Originals line-up the update - due December 4 - is bringing.

Hot on the heels of the release of Guitar Hero 3 on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 just last week, Activision released downloadable content for the game. We've got the full brief on what's available.

More Xbox: Games | News | Reviews | Downloads

More Xbox 360: Games | News | Reviews | Downloads

Are you Pro at Pro Evo?

If you're headed to the eGames Expo in Melbourne this weekend make sure you swing by the Atari booth to try your hand at winning a host of prizes with their Pro Evolution Soccer Tournament.

Sony confirmed the addition of DivX decoding in their next firmware update on the PS3. This news comes directly after the release of their 2.00 firmware update last week. For full details, you know where to click.

More PlayStation 2: Games | News | Reviews | Downloads

More PlayStation 3: Games | News | Downloads

More PlayStation Portable: Games | News | Reviews | Downloads

Compare your Wiis?

A new section has been added to the Nintendo Wii, the Mii Contest Channel. Allowing users to share and compare their Mii's, the Channel is available to anyone with a broadband internet connection.

More Guitar Hero 3 news, and it seems Wii users of the popular guitar game may not be getting the full picture. Users have reported the sound in the Wii version of the game is only being played in mono sound.

Blasting onto Games Shop

To cap off a massive week, BigPond Games Shop has Call of Duty 4 available to purchase. That's right, you can buy and download the Game of the Year directly from our Games Shop! Remember, for BigPond Broadband Members you get 20% off the price, unmetered downloads for the game and unmetered downloads when you play on any one of our 15 low ping servers. If you're not a member you still only pay $99.95 and you still have access to GameArena's ultra fast servers.