SEGA of America, Inc. is happy to announce that Sonic Unleashed for the Wii home video game system and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system has officially shipped to stores across North America. Packed with stunning internationally-inspired locations and classic fast-paced gameplay, Sonic Unleashed promises an action-packed adventure for gamers of all ages featuring an extensive variety of missions and puzzle stages as well as unlockable content throughout the game for players to uncover.

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First they invaded the world and, now your TV!

The Rabbids have taken over almost every channel you can imagine, from music to movies—even TV ads! Help the Rabbids destroy all our daily viewing and drive Rayman crazy.

In Story Mode, play through a week of television, with each day bringing new wacky challenges of skill and insane movements in a compilation of mini-games. With up to eight players in turn-based mode and four players simultaneously, get ready for you and all your friends to go insane!

• Unique use of the Wii Balance Board. Play loads of exciting new games with the new Wii Balance Board and experience the first game in the world that you can play with your rear end!
• New wacky games. 65+ brand-new games that spoof popular culture, from TV series to TV classics, not to mention insane ads!
• All-new party mode. Play co-op or battle your friends simultaneously with up to four players, or go crazy with up to eight players in party mode! You can even sabotage your friends while they are playing!
• Unique use of the Wii Remote. Discover new and innovative ways to play with eight types of gameplay, including shaking, precision, dexterity and balance.
• Shake that Rabbid. Use the Wii Remote and Wii Balance Board to dance and wiggle your booty.
• Customize your bunny. Pimp your bunny out, take his photo and send it to your friends online.

Pre-order Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party and receive a free poster. Offer good while supplies last.

Release Date:Tue, 18 Nov 2008

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Nintendo of America president, Reggie Fils-Aime, has hinted that they also have plans to offer some kind of community experience on the Wii. \”Nintendo has always had a vision on community,\” he says. \”The issue is that we define community differently than our competitors. … Our consumers do want a sense of community, and we\’re going to deliver that–but in a way that is unique to Nintendo.\” It is believed that Nintendo will reveal their unique community features at next years E3 event.

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No surprise here, another EA game on the PS3 platform performs much worse than it does on its Xbox 360 counterpart - Need for Speed Undercover. While NFS: Undercover is a pretty poor game generally, it just got a whole lot worse on the PS3. IGN report that the PS3 version of the game can be unplayable at times due to the messed up frame rate glitches and it also suffers from graphical issues that extend beyond the frame rate and overall visual style. Overall - 4/10.

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From the XNA Team Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2008/11/19/xbox-live-community-games-is-open-for-business.aspx ):[QUOTE]Hopefully you’ve managed to upgrade yourself to the New Xbox Experience (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/nxe/ ) already!Some people are reporting having trouble logging on to Xbox.com (http://www.xbox.com/ ) to sign the new Terms of Use. If that includes you, try signing this through your Xbox 360 console instead. That is probably your quickest and easiest route back to Premium Creators Club (http://creators.xna.com/ ) membership status.We’ve also got a new area just for Xbox LIVE Community Games over on the Xbox.com forums (http://forums.xbox.com/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=36 ). This will be where we can send those earnest voices that don’t necessarily want to make a game, but simply want to offer their opinions on the games created. Each Community Game will have its own thread created once it is available through Marketplace.On Creators Club we’ve opened up the last piece of the site to the Creators — the “My Business (https://profile.xna.com/en-US/mybusiness.aspx )” portion of your profile is now live. If you’re selling a Community Game or plan to sell one you need to give us your information there so we know where to send the check!This is a pretty incredible day for all of us. We’ve managed to do something that no one has really done before. We’ve opened up the console and given independent game developers a chance to sell their work to the millions of Xbox LIVE gamers.Our creators have submitted more than 30 different games (http://catalog.xna.com/en-US/gamescatalog.aspx ) that you can download now through the Community Games channel (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/catalog.aspx?d=7 ) on the New Xbox Experience. Each game has something incredible to offer and speaks to the potential that waits beyond today. We really can’t wait to see what happens next![/QUOTE]

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From arstechnica.com (http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/11/19/meet-your-xbox-community-game-launch-titles ):[QUOTE]The New Xbox Experience has arrived today, along with the Xbox Community Games Platform. This new portal will offer countless games from independent developers that are moderated by the community, rather than Microsoft. We had a chance to play around with the Community Games prior to launch, and we have liked what’s out there so far. Let’s take a look at just a few of the games that you can scoop up at launch.The Good * Bloc (200 Points, $2.50) * Lines (200 Points, $2.50)The Bad * Cubage (200 Points, $2.50) * Space Combat (200 Points, $2.50)The Strange * Drift (400 Points, $5) * Being (200 Points, $2.50) [/QUOTE]Full Story: arstechnica.com (http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/11/19/meet-your-xbox-community-game-launch-titles )

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry.

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SPRay is an action-adventure game in which you play an eccentric Prince who must save his village from a banished evil Queen who’s returned to capture and enslave the villagers. After donning a magic crown which summons two liquid spraying spirits of the Prince’s personality, he sets out to defeat the evil Queen and her army of anti-matter soldiers. Use the “angelic” and “wicked” spirits to spray water, oil, goo, and other liquids on enemies and surfaces to help you solve puzzles and wipe out evil!

• Perform gravity-defying moves as you spray, stick, and slide your way through challenging puzzles.
• Creatively fight enemies by blasting various liquids on them and finishing them with a flurry of sword slashes!
• Use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to take hold of your “angelic” and “wicked” spirits.
• Get together with friends to play crazy multiplayer games like “Paint It” and “Sticky Chewing Gum.”

Release Date:Tue, 18 Nov 2008

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From gamasutra.com (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21176 ):[QUOTE]All Columbia Pictures movies have been pulled from the Xbox Live version of Netflix, following the launch of the New Xbox Experience dashboard update.Columbia Pictures is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, but the move does not appear to be malicious on the part of Sony executives — all movies distributed by Sony Pictures still remain accessible through the service.”A few hundred titles are temporarily unavailable to be streamed via the Xbox game console,” Netflix corporate communications VP Dave Swasey told consumer website MTV Multiplayer.”Those titles are still available to be watched on subscribers’ computers and on TVs via other partner devices, and we hope they’ll be licensed for Xbox 360 shortly.”[/QUOTE]Full Story: gamasutra.com (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21176 )

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Confusing title, but not as baffling a game. This feels very familiar to what’s gone before it. In fact, if you’ve got last year’s Armored Core 4 you’d be mistaken for thinking you’d put the wrong disc in your system. The only differences are the new missions, improved customization and the inclusion of online co-op play. …

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