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Spring is springing up everywhere at Ziff Towers this week. Games are finally starting to really bloom and this week's show takes a peek at some of the first sprouts.

First up, http://the1upshow.1up.com has been taking every chance to play http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3158044. We asked 1UP's ringleader http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=4561231 and Reviews Editor http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=4549029 what they think of the game that has made our own usually-unflappable taskmaster, http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=1002411, "giddy".

If you're like us, you're desperate for something to play on your Wii. http://egm.1up.com's News Editor http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5447290 catches Mark satisfying himself with an import version of the strategy game http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3153631. It won't arrive stateside until this summer, but when it does, will it be worth your time?

Nearly all the peaceful denizens of Ziff Towers are a-buzzin' about the http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3150593 teaser trailer hitting the web this week (check out the http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/10302!). We took a deeper look with our own GTA-maniacs -- EGM's Editor-in-Chief http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5379799, Reviews Editor http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5434859, and the 1UP Network's Top Banana, http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5345401. What do they see when they watch it for the upteenth-time?

Finally, we have to tell you a secret...we play PC games, too. http://gfw.1up.com Editor http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=4551247 suggests that the 1UP Show's resident PC FPS lover, http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=4547486, check out http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3127962. What do they think of this particular post-nuclear disaster shooter?

Thanks to http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1up/ALLPS3/content/~3/105446518/newsStory for sharing the news with us!