If you have a PC, with a DirectX 11 compatible card, then I envy you because this game looks amazing on a DirectX 9 card and I cannot even begin to imagine how much better it will look on DX11.

So far I have been working my way through the Alien campaign, and it really is wonderful. There is something about running around a building as a wall crawling Xenomorph, clinging to ceilings and dropping down bringing an end to humans with guns..

And the gore…well there is rather a lot of it and although gore has never really had a major, stomach wrenching affect to me, I can see why some people are thinking that this is one of the goriest games about…as the Alien, to tend to rip out human larynxes and stick your acid-dripping tail through some poor bastards eye…

Still kinda cool though, in an amazingly sick way…

In other news, I am absolutely skint…like were talking barely enough money to cover bills here…I can’t wait to be paid!

I blame you credit card. DAMN YOU!

For those of you not familiar with Magic: The Gathering, its a trading card game in which you play the role of a planeswalker – a very powerful Mage capable of moving though the various dimensions of the Multiverse (Magical Universe). There are 5 main colours of Magic and the trading card games allow you to either specialise or diversify (I’m not sure about the 360 game yet though).

It does have a full campaign mode and it does look rather good. There is a very intense tutorial session as well which quickly but simply runs through the basics of the game.

So what’s in it for Magic veterans? Well, for someone like me who has been playing Magic for a while but is still unfamiliar with the more intricate rules of the games, there is a lot to learn. There is also some excellent artwork and some great cards.

Duels of the Planeswalkers costs 800 of those elusive XBox live points, and is available for download now!