Heads-up: New games out this week (October 5)

FeaturePublish Date 01/10/2012 - 10:00am GMT+1

A look ahead to this week's new releases.

Welcome to Heads-up, our weekly feature which gives you an at-a-glance run-down on the games you'll be able to buy or rent this weekend. Every Monday we'll pick out the best of the bunch, link to our reviews and previews and keep you in the video game loop so you have enough time to pre-order for Friday's post. Time to smash open your piggy bank so you can spend its coin-shaped guts.

Worth a look

Resident Evil 6 is this week's biggest game, but early reports and reaction to the demos has been a very mixed bag. You can read our full verdict later today. Also likely to chart well is Ubisoft's Just Dance 4, which isn't going to surprise anyone but should go down very well amongst fans. Less likely to chart highly is NBA 2K13, although that's down to the relative small fanbase in the UK as as opposed to the quality of the game. Those in the know about the sport are saying very good things about 2K Sports' latest.