From Excite Truck's instruction manual:
How to Select Music Tracks:
1. Insert your SD Card into the Wii console.

2. Begin or continue a game and enter any race. Before the race begins, press + on the Wii Remote to access the Sound Options screen.

3. Select the "SD Card" option.

4. Any MP3 files available on your SD Card will be displayed (100 songs maximum). To choose a specific song for the race you are about to enter, highlight that song. You can also choose to randomize all songs shown for that course. Highlighting "Default" will play the standard in-game music.

5. Press 1 to return to the Sound Options menu, then 1 again to return to the pre-race screen. You can also use the "Sound" command at any point during the race to change the current song.

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Knights of the Nine, the new faction questline in Oblivion, will be released for the PC and Xbox 360 on November 21, 2006. On that date, Xbox 360 Oblivion players will be able to download the expansion for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). The PC release will be available at retailers on November 21 for $19.99. The PC release will include all downloadable content released to date (read about them here, a total $13.53 value on those alone) and the Knights of the Nine questline. A PC download of the Knights of the Nine will be available on 12/4/06 for $10.

On the PS3 side, Oblivion has been pushed back to a Quarter 1 2007 release date. Oblivion was anticipated as a launch title (November 17, 2006) on the PS3, as reported earlier. The PS3 release will include Knights of the Nine as well.

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"If you're here for Gears of War, go to the right," yelled a Best Buy employee as he formed up a group of about twenty customers who showed up on the opening hours of the store on Wednesday. The employee, sounding more like a drill sergeant at this point, addresses the group: "We have not received the shipment we were anticipating as of yet. Come back later or call the store to see when it has arrived." Dismissed! A disappointment it was to the eager Gearheads.

Customers who pre-ordered from GameStop/EB Games who received a call Tuesday night that their pre-order was coming in may have also received a disappointing follow-up message. On Wednesday an automated message was delivered that advised customers to call their local store before attempting to pick up Gears of War, as shipping problems may have caused a delay. Some gamers even posted on the Xbox.com forums that their pre-order had been sold to other customers.

Typically when a game is released, a date is announced to give everyone an equal opportunity to sell or buy a game, as stores hold their inventory in the stock rooms. Microsoft may just have been just as eager to sell Gears of War as gamers have been eager to get it, allowing Gears of War to be sold as retailers received the shipments.

So if you haven't picked up Gears of War, don't give up as today will likely be more promising! Let us know how your experience in getting Gears of War went for you!

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Originally to be named "GamePro Expo," taking the name of IDG's GamePro magazine, IDG is holding a "Named By Gamers" contest. From the Gamepro.com post: "Send us your best idea for a name, and if we choose to use it you will win a trip for two to the new event special with behind-the-scenes access! The prize package includes round trip air fare for two, hotel and local transportation, plus a ton of other cool goodies." The contest will be run until November 20, 2006 and the winning name will be selected by the end of November 2006.

Enter the contest here! Hopefully they'll be able to handle the hordes of us gamers!

Read more from Next-Gen here.

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- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Call of Duty 3
- Excite Truck
- Red Steel
- Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
- Cars
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
- Madden NFL 07
- Elebits
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Need for Speed: Carbon
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Trauma Center: Second Opinion

The guide covers some features of the Wii, including rumble functionality in both the Wii remote and Nunchuk controller, Virtual Console games and pricing, WiiConnect24, Wii games coming soon and Nintendo DS games.

The back page has $5 off coupons for the following Wii games:
- Call of Duty 3 (and GameCube version)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance (and GameCube version)
- Tony Hawk (and GameCube version)
- Elebits
- Super Monkey Ball

There's also a free offer for the "Zelda Strategy Guide" if you buy Zelda Twilight Princess and Excite Truck at the same time (on same reciept). We would have posted the coupons for you, but copies are not accepted. You will have to pick up the Wii Launch Guide up at your local Best Buy stores.

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More reviews will surely be coming in over the next couple of days. Keep a lookout at Gamerankings.com for reviews on Gears of War. Not that any non-perfect ratings will deter Gearheads who have been anticipating Gears of War, including 'ol Rivithed.

Read today's press release announcing Gears of War hitting retailers today at Gearheadsofwar.com.

Have you picked up Gears of War today? If so, let us know where! See you on Emergence Day!

UPDATES:

Gamespot.com has given Gears of War a 9.6 rating, receiving an Editors' Choice Award.

1up.com rates Gears of War a 10 out of 10, "Genius"

IGN.com rates it a 9.4, receiving Editors' Choice Award.

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From Microsoft's press release: "Beginning Nov. 22, on its first anniversary, Xbox 360 will be the first gaming console in history to provide high-definition TV shows and movies directly to gamers in their living rooms. Xbox 360 gamers will have access to the full-length TV shows as downloads to own and movies to rent via download from the Xbox Live® network, the worldwide leader in online distribution of high-definition gaming and entertainment content. This announcement also brings with it several additional “firsts”:

For the first time, consumers will get an integrated gaming and entertainment experience on a gaming console that includes downloadable high-definition TV shows and movies. This new full-length content adds to the ever-expanding number of choices gamers have on their Xbox 360, whether they want to play games or play a movie on a disc or as a download in high definition or standard definition."

Several of the movies announced were:
“M:i:III,” Nacho Libre” and “Jackass: The Movie” from Paramount Pictures and “The Matrix,” “Superman Returns” and “Batman Forever” from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

It'll be interesting to see if a new hard drive is introduced to handle the need for greater storage capacity of the digital downloads. Would this announcement affect your purchasing decision on the upcoming Xbox 360 HD DVD player?

Read the full press release from Microsoft here and find out more about the television shows and movies here.

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Gearheads of War sends word that Emergence Day is upon as of tonight. Emergence Day events start this Sunday, 11-12-06. Read more on Gearheadsofwar.com. Have you pre-ordered your Gears of War or confirmed the pickup date in your area?

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