In comparison to previous weeks, there aren't too many new games out this week. Many anticipated games have already been released in the last couple of weeks, to prepare for the holiday season. It's also Thanksgiving week and Black Friday coming up. A timely release of Scene It? Twilight is out for the Wii, coordinated with The Twilight Saga: New Moon movie debut. Tekken 6 also makes its debut on the PSP platform, following the previously released home console Tekken 6. See what new videogames are out in the week ahead!

This week's new videogame releases:
(subject to change)

Xbox 360
Karaoke Revolution Bundle

PlayStation 3
Karaoke Revolution Bundle

Wii
Cook Wars
Dream Salon
Karaoke Revolution Bundle
Marines: Assault on Terror
Rec Room
Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre
Scene It? Twilight
Your Shape

DS & DSi
Fighting Fantasy
Hands On! Tangrams
Hello Kitty: Party
Winter's Tail

PSP & PSPgo
Tekken 6

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Just this week, Sony Computer Entertainment America released the PSP Digital Comics reader. It's a free application you can download from the PSP's PlayStation Store. The first digital comics have just been released, and best of all they are free! You can download the three comics listed below using a redemption code, valid only until December 16, 2009.

Astro Boy: Movie Adaptation #1
Redeem using code: FF3N-H7B6-M2JF

Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment
Redeem using code: 724K-A4BG-JLD7

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #1
Redeem using code: EC2N-9HBR-HJD6

To download any of those Digital Comics, go to the PlayStation Network icon on your PSP menu (XMB) and select [PlayStation Store]. Look for the for "Redeem Codes" icon on the top right of the PlayStation Store (second small icon after the "Search") and enter the code.

These comics are from IDW Publishing, who were also responsible for the Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel, which is now pretty rare and valuable.

See more on the PSP's Digital Comics at www.playstationcomics.com.

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Electronic Arts and Pandemic Studios have announced that The Saboteur has "Gone Gold." That means work is completed on The Saboteur and it's out for production and distribution. News of the game being finished comes at the end of a rough week for Pandemic Studios, which was closed by parent company Electronic Arts this week. EA had purchased Pandemic Studios, along with BioWare, in October 2007. EA says they will continue to support Pandemic's games, including The Saboteur.

Here are more details on The Saboteur, from EA:
"Inspired by a true story, The Saboteur stars Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish race car driver trapped behind enemy lines in 1940s Nazi-occupied France. Motivated by personal revenge, Sean fights, climbs, and races through open-world Paris, sneaking into the heart of the Nazi operations and sabotaging their every move. With the help of the French Resistance, the British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, street smarts and brawn, players will exact revenge on those who aim to destroy Sean’s life. From derailing trains and blowing up zeppelins to scaling famous Parisian landmarks and more, this action hero uses a broad range of weapons, explosives and vehicles to get the job done."

The Saboteur will be available on December 4th in Europe and in North America on December 8th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Visit the official website of The Saboteur at www.thesaboteurgame.com.

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Now is a great time to buy one of Activision's new "Hero" game bundles. You can get a bonus $40 Amazon.com credit when you purchase one of the latest music/rhythm game releases from Activision, including DJ Hero with Turntable, Guitar Hero 5 Guitar bundle or Band Hero Super Bundle. Catch up with any of the new Hero games or do some early holiday shopping and you'll earn a nice $40 on your purchase.

Purchase one of the following bundles from November 21st, 2009 to November 27th, 2009, and you'll receive an email from Amazon.com within 2 days notifying you of the $40 credit:

Wii:
Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift - Super Bundle
DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable
Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle

Xbox 360:
Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift - Super Bundle
DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable
Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle

PlayStation 3:
Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift - Super Bundle
DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable
Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle

PlayStation 2:
Band Hero Super Bundle
DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable
Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle

Limited to one purchase per customer. This is part of Amazon.com's Countdown to Black Friday offers. See more details on the limited time offer here on Amazon.com.

This is one Art Deco-ed out package for BioShock 2. If you've been waiting for the announcement of the BioShock 2 Special Edition, well here it is. It's a unique bundle for the hardcore BioShock fans, which includes:

- BioShock 2 game
- Vinyl 180g LP with BioShock orchestral score
- Audio CD with BioShock 2 orchestral score
- Three vintage Rapture advertisement posters (rolled)
- BioShock 2 Art Book, 164 pages and hardcover

The BioShock 2 Special Edition will be a limited production, and will be available for $99.99 for Xbox 360 and PS3 or $89.99 for PC. If you want to secure your Special Edition, you best do it as soon as possible. It's available for pre-order now from Amazon.com and GameStop (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC).

Although it won't include a Big Daddy figure like the original BioShock Limited Edition did, you can order the new BioShock 2 Big Daddy figure now.

See more details and a larger image of the BioShock 2 Special Edition at BioShock's official The Cult of Rapture.

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Get ready to experience an all new racing mode and select from more racing cars in Need For Speed SHIFT. Electronic Arts has announced the Team Racing pack, a free DLC expansion for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It's the first expansion to arrive for Need For Speed SHIFT. Included in the Team Racing pack is a new gameplay mode, Team Racing, and five new cars. Xbox 360 players will be able to download the Team Racing DLC on December 1st (worldwide), while PlayStation 3 players will be able to get the DLC on December 3rd (Europe) or December 10th (US).

Here are more details on the Team Racing mode:
"The Team Racing mode brings a fresh new challenge to SHIFT by completely redefining online racing. In this mode, two teams of up to six racers will battle against each other for online supremacy. Individual driving strategy and playing it safe won’t work as team tactics and 200 mph split-second decisions are required to push your team to the podium."
See a video trailer of the new Team Racing DLC below.

Here are the five new cars included in the Team Racing pack:
- 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 427
- 1967 Shelby GT-500
- 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
- 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T
- 1998 Toyota Supra Mark IV
See screenshots of the five new cars here.

Need for Speed SHIFT is available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PSP, and mobile. It will be coming soon to the iPhone. Visit the official website at www.needforspeed.com for more information on the racing game or read our review here.

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Next week, we have some great tracks coming out for Rock Band which include Kelly Clarkson, Go-Go's, P!nk, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. A 6-pack will be coming out titled "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Anthology Pack 01" which will feature tracks from the upcoming album The Live Anthology. There are no Rock Band Unplugged (PSP) tracks announced for next week.

Single Tracks - $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points or 200 Wii Points) per track
"Our Lips Are Sealed" by Go-Go's (L)
"Miss Independent" by Kelly Clarkson (L)
"Who Knew" by P!nk (L)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live Anthology Pack 01 - $9.99 (800 Microsoft Points)
"A Thing About You (live)" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (L)
"American Girl (live)" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Even the Losers (live)" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Here Comes My Girl (live)" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Mary Jane's Last Dance (live)" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Refugee (live)" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

(Tracks with an "L" are compatible with LEGO: Rock Band)

These tracks will be available for the Xbox 360 and Wii on November 24th and will also be available on the PlayStation 3 on November 26th.

From Harmonix and MTV Games

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BioWare and Electronic Arts have announced a new upcoming downloadable expansion for Dragon Age: Origins. Coming this holiday, Return to Ostagar will be a new quest for Dragon Age gamers on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The new DLC will be available for $4.99 (or 400 Microsoft Points for the Xbox 360). This new adventure will lead you on an a journey for King Cailan's arms and armor, sure to make for some good loot.

Details on the Return to Ostagar DLC from BioWare and EA:
"Return to Ostagar, BioWare’s next thread in the Dragon Age: Origins tapestry, summons players to a new quest in which they will return to the fateful battleground in Ostagar where the Grey Wardens were nearly wiped out.  Players will discover King Cailan’s top-secret political agenda and go behind enemy lines to revisit a place that many feared had been lost to history."

Features include:
- A return to the battlefields of Ostagar, now thick with darkspawn encamped amidst the snow.
- An opportunity to reclaim the lost arms and armor of a king.
- A second chance to add Dog to your party.

Watch for Return to Ostagar soon. See more details on Dragon Age: Origins here at the official website.

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Early next year, Capcom will release some new downloadable content along with a new Gold Edition of Resident Evil 5. What can be expected?

To start off, Capcom plans to release two new downloadable episodes, with new costumes, and a new mode titled "Mercenaries Reunion." The "Mercenaries Reunion" mode will feature 8 new playable characters and some new weapon load outs. The first new episode will be called "Lost In Nightmares" and it will be released alongside the Costume Pack 1 on February 17th, 2010 for Xbox 360 and February 18th, 2010 for the PlayStation 3. The Second Episode (no title yet) will released alongside the Costume Pack 2 on March 3rd, 2010 for Xbox 360 and March 4th, 2010 for Playstation 3. See a chart below breaking down the release dates for North America and Europe.

Here is more information from Capcom on the "Lost In Nightmares" episode:
"Previously only seen during cut scenes of the original RESIDENT EVIL 5, the first new episode titled “LOST IN NIGHTMARES”, finds BSAA agent, Chris Redfield, working with his partner, Jill Valentine, as they investigate Ozwell E. Spencer’s hideaway. Spencer, the evil mastermind and co-founder of Umbrella Corporation, has been hiding a new evil deep within the basement of his mansion. Chris and Jill discover this grotesque evil standing in their way as the two enter deeper into the catacombs beneath the mansion."

If you haven't purchased Resident Evil 5 yet, you will be able to purchase the Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition which includes the original game and all of the downloadable content for an MSRP of $49.99 on March 9th, 2010. The PlayStation 3 version will include Resident Evil 5 and the extra content on a single Blu-ray disc, while the Xbox 360 will include a DVD with a download code for the extra content. No prices have been announced for the individual DLC as of yet.

Here are more details on the release dates of the DLC, from Capcom:

From Capcom

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Sony Computer Entertainment America released a free new downloadable application on the PlayStation Network called adhocParty. If you own a PlayStation 3 and PSP, you can now easily host or join games from other PSP players. If your PSP game supports Ad Hoc mode, adhocParty basically uses the PlayStation 3 as a bridge to join other PSP games online.

Here's how SCEA describes it:
"PSP titles with adhoc mode traditionally require you to play within close proximity to each other. AdhocParty takes advantage of the interoperable capabilities of the PSP and PS3 systems. It enables you to play games featuring Ad Hoc mode, such as Gran Turismo and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, over the Internet through the PS3. Your PSP connects to the PS3 via Wi-Fi, allowing you to chat online with fellow gamers in North America before jumping into competition from the comforts of each of your respective living rooms."

See a video from the PlayStation Blog below on how you can setup an adHoc Party using your PSP and PlayStation 3.

adhocParty is a great way to meet other PSP gamers online as well. You control a simple looking avatar and can join many different rooms when you sign on. Once you select a room, you can find other players and enter their homes to join a PSP game, or setup a home for yourself. You'll have to give it a try and experience it for yourself, but it's a great new function that finally gets PSP gamers more connected than ever. Download adhocParty for free from the PlayStation Network.

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