Today's new Nintendo Download releases brings plenty of new games on the Wii Shop and DSi Shop. Below are the announced games, and one DSi camera application, from Nintendo. There's also the first fighting game that would spawn a series of fighting hits, Fighting Street. The new WiiWare, Virtual Console and DSiWare games will be available starting at 9am PST. Don't forget to check out today's new episode of Nintendo Week as well!

DSiWare releases:

Sparkle Snapshots
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Take photos and embellish them to your heart's desire with Sparkle Snapshots. Choose from a large variety of fancy frames, backgrounds, stamps and funny outfits to decorate your photos, or use the powerful paint program functions to manipulate them in detail. Want to take a new photo and add it to your collection? Adjust the lighting conditions and lens type to match your subject and even use a shutter timer to allow yourself some extra time to get everything perfectly in place. Save your favorite snapshots in your Nintendo DSi Camera album and use Nintendo DS wireless communications to send your masterpieces to your friends. It's all the fun of a photo booth – and more – in the palms of your hands.

Viking Invasion
Publisher: BiP Media
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: They come from the North, and they're about to invade your Nintendo DSi system. Beware of Olaf the Viking and his motley crew. Even now, their drakkars are sailing up the rivers to attack your castles. It's up to you to construct fortifications to prevent them from pillaging everything you own. The more you defend yourself, the more ferocious they'll become. Before you know it, they'll be invoking legions of fantastic creatures straight out of the mythical land of Asgard. Fortunately, the experience you gain will help you to build even more powerful defenses. Thwart all your assailants' ruses and unlock new kinds of buildings: tornado-blowing windmills to repel the ships, monoliths that strengthen your fortifications or canons that shoot studded shells. Discover more than 10 levels, tons of units, a Campaign mode, a Survival mode and three difficulty levels. There's even a little surprise at the end. Can you rise to the challenge and stop Olaf from taking your treasure home to his sweetheart Olga?

Battle of Giants: Dragons – Bronze Edition
Publisher: Ubisoft
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: As last of the noble and rare Bronze Dragons, you must defeat the evil SALMU dragons and reclaim the 25 exclusive bronze gems they stole. Explore 10 maps and travel through the great jungles of Earth, the scorched grounds of Fire, the frozen wastelands of Ice and the floating islands of Wind. Customize your dragon's appearance by changing its body, wings, tail shape and colors – even add stripes. Test your dragon's fighting skills against your friends in head-to-head combat or four-player tournaments.

WiiWare releases:

Carnival King
Publisher: Incredible Technologies
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 700 Wii Points™
Description: Carnival King is a fun-for-all-ages video game that brings the spirit and energy of competitive carnival games to the screen. Players compete for top scores and prizes while visiting three different amusement parks: Arcadia, Dreamland and Lagoon Park. Each park has four sets of games and a Bonus Round to test players' speed and accuracy. For novices or sharpshooters, the games are continually challenging, and the difficulty level can be adjusted to match each player's growing confidence.

"Aha! I Got It!" Escape Game
Publisher: Ateam Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Play alone or with family and friends to solve this puzzling adventure game. Today is Milo's birthday, and he just got an amazing present from his dad: a room full of puzzles. Milo needs to solve all the puzzles to escape from the room. Shake, push and twist the Wii Remote™ controller to collect and use in-game items. There's plenty to solve – see if you have what it takes to figure it all out.

Family Card Games
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Suggestive Themes
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy are back for some good ol' card game action. Try your hand at one of three card games: Daifugo, Speed or Memory. Family Card Games offers appealing cel-shaded graphics, endearing music and friendly, competitive match-ups. You can play one-player Daifugo or play against up to three other random players in an online match. You can also view your ranking and see how you match up with players around the world. Test your reflexes against another player in Speed and see who truly has the fastest hands. Memory will test your mental capacity as you try to remember where cards and their respective matches are.

Virtual Console releases:

Fighting Street
Original platform: TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM
Publisher: Capcom
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Blood, Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: A port of the arcade version of STREET FIGHTER, the legendary fighting game that started it all. Players control RYU or KEN and battle against unique fighters from all over the world. The first fighter to knock out an opponent and win two rounds is the winner. Power up your attack to three different levels – the longer you hold a button, the stronger your attack. Input commands to perform special attacks and deal serious damage to your opponent. Combine your normal and special attacks effectively to fight your way to victory.

R-TYPE™
Original platform: SEGA Master System
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: R-TYPE is a classic, side-scrolling arcade shoot-'em-up that was developed by Irem in 1987. It's the 22nd century, and you are humanity's last hope against the evil Bydo Empire. Your ship is called the R-9a "Arrowhead" and comes with a standard gun, but power-ups and upgrades are available in each mission. Navigate through eight challenging levels that will test even the best gamer's reflexes. The SEGA Master System version features an exclusive secret level not found in any other release.

Half-Minute Hero
Developer: Marvelous Entertainment
Publisher: XSEED Games
Platform: PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Official website: www.halfminutehero.com

Review Summary:
Growing up on 8-bit RPGs is something that many of us have done. They are close to our hearts and XSEED Games has already roped you in because of this fact. Half-Minute Hero on the PSP has a great time mechanic and developer Marvelous Entertainment has created a fun, addicting and quirky RPG. You play the Hero, have thirty seconds to save the world and you try to succeed thirty times over. With six modes, multiples difficulty modes, does Half-Minute Hero hold up and is it worth your 30 dollars? Read on my friends.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Read the full review below.

EA Mobile has just released Command & Conquer: RED ALERT iPhone on the App Store. It's now available for $9.99 from the App Store (here). The real time strategy game has been adapted to the mobile iPhone gaming platform, allowing you to command Ally or Soviet forces at a touch. Twelve levels are included in Command & Conquer: RED ALERT iPhone. Command & Conquer: RED ALERT iPhone will support WiFi and Bluetooth multiplayer gameplay, and will also have an upcoming expansion pack, the “Empire of the Rising Sun” Expansion Pack.

Watch a video demonstrating the touch screen gameplay below.

Features of Command & Conquer: RED ALERT iPhone noted by EA Mobile:

- The fate of the world – in your hands! – Drag and scroll to gauge the battlefield. Pinch-zoom in and out of the action. Select and move units with a tap. Control multiple units at once!

- Choose Your Favorite Faction – Fight for Soviet domination or battle to restore peace with the Allies. Deploy military might unique to each side and engage in different campaign storylines.

- Battle Through 12 Combat Levels – Tackle the single player campaign across 12 maps, or fight in Skirmish Mode on two different battlefield maps with war squads that players create and control.

- Command and conquer your armies across multiple battlefields! – Command units in different environmental conditions. Build a base and manage resources with a new easy-to-use combat system.

- Arm Troops for All Out War – Employ classic units like Kirov Air Ships and new units like the Paladin Tank. Or R&D new technologies to destroy enemies.

Visit the official website of Command & Conquer: RED ALERT iPhone here.

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Rockers wanting to add some more music to their setlist on Rock Band can blast onto the game this week to download Nirvana, Foo Fighters and a single from Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. The PSP's Rock Band Unplugged will also be receiving Bullet For My Valentine and System of a Down.

Xbox 360 and Wii (Nov. 3rd)
PlayStation 3 (Nov. 5th)
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points or 200 Wii points) per track

Foo Fighters Pack 03 - $6.99 (560 Microsoft Points)
"Best of You" by Foo Fighters
"The Pretender" by Foo Fighters
"Wheels" by Foo Fighters
"Word Forward" by Foo Fighters

Nirvana Bleach Pack - $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points)
"About a Girl" by Nirvana
"Blew" by Nirvana
"School" by Nirvana

Single track
"Fake Friends" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

PSP - Rock Band Unplugged (Nov. 5th)
$1.99 per track
"Waking the Demon" by Bullet For My Valentine
"Toxicity" by System of a Down

The Pie Baker of Bakersburg sent in a warning during Halloween that a pie has gone missing. Not just any pie, but a Chronoberry Pie. The pie has a time-bending effect, and it looks like that spells chaos when a character by the name of Mr. P.B. Winterbottom, a pie enthusiast, gets his hands on it.

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is a new game in development, to be published by 2K Games. It's an upcoming release for the Xbox 360's Xbox LIVE Arcade. You get to control the antics of Mr. P.B. Winterbottom in this very unique looking game with some time travel gone awry. In The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, you will "cooperate, compete against, and disrupt your past, present, and future selves." The visual style, inspired by old black & white silent movies, is looking great, as you'll see from the new screenshots 2K Games sent in.

See some new screenshots and artwork from The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom here.

Here are more details on the game, from 2K Games:
"Mr. P.B. Winterbottom is a villainous gentleman with a predilection for pies. Swiping the mysterious Chronoberry Pie changed everything for our beloved Winterbottom, one bite made him more than an ordinary pie-grabbing humbug. That first taste changed him into something quite extraordinary, granting him the ability to break the rules of time. With these newfound time recording tricks up his cufflink, and with the help of his time clones, Winterbottom can now snatch pies with the greatest of ease. But on his journey to devour every pie, Winterbottom must mind the signs and the perils of being unstuck in time."

You can see some earlier concept work of The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, which shows the idea of the gameplay, in this video here. 2K Games will be publishing the game under it's 2K Play label for Xbox LIVE Arcade. Visit the official website of at www.winterbottomgame.com to learn more about the origins of the game. Watch for more details on The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom soon!

Namco Networks and game developer Big Blue Bubble have just released a new game for the iPhone and iPod touch called Garters & Ghouls. A timely release for Halloween, in this new shooter game you play as the goth gunslinging Marie Dupois. Fight fire with fire, as you've actually been brought back from the dead to fight against the undead. There are a total of 25 levels, with downloadable content support. A storyline laced with some dark humor adds to the fun.

You can see the teaser trailer for Garters & Ghouls below. Garters & Ghouls is now available from the App Store for $4.99.

Visit the official website at www.gartersandghouls.com for more screenshots and information.

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Get ready to sink into an RPG with Dragon Age: Origins, revisit the Star Wars saga with a new Ultimate Sith Edition and handheld Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron next week. A couple of new music/rhythm games aimed for family play are out with Band Hero and LEGO Rock Band. Sony Computer Entertainment America introduces a new PS3 Slim hardware package with the PlayStation 3 250GB system. PSP gamers finally get Ghostbusters: The Video Game, along with a new Jak & Daxter game. See what new games are out for the first week of November!

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

Xbox 360
Xbox 360 Arcade Play Wireless Controller Gaming Pack
Band Hero - Stand Alone Software
Band Hero - Super Bundle
Dragon Age: Origins
Jurassic: The Hunted
Lego Rock Band
Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 250 GB system
Band Hero - Stand Alone Software
Band Hero - Super Bundle
Dragon Age: Origins
Jurassic: The Hunted
Lego Rock Band
Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

Wii
Academy of Champions: Soccer
Band Hero - Stand Alone Software
Band Hero - Super Bundle
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves
Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked
Hidden Mysteries: Titanic - Secrets of the Fateful Voyage
Jurassic: The Hunted
Lego Rock Band
Need for Speed: Nitro
We Cheer 2

PC
Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life
Dragon Age: Origins
Football Manager 2010
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

DS & DSi
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
Band Hero NDS Bundle
C.O.P. The Recruit
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Hidden Mysteries: Titanic - Secrets of the Fateful Voyage
Junior Brain Trainer
Lego Rock Band
Need for Speed: Nitro
Jewel Quest Mysteries
Jewel Master: Egypt
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Style Savvy
Sushi Academy
WireWay

PSP
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron

Rather than thinking we could put together the ultimate list of games to play this Halloween, we asked you to help us put it together. We also threw in a little treat, courtesy of Bannco, giving away three of their secret FPS weapons for the PlayStation 3 and PC: The FRAGnStein Monster Controller. Congratulations to Maceo T., John G. and Kevin W. for winning the FRAGnStein controllers! Thanks to all of you that submitted a game recommendation to play this Halloween. Now fill your screen with ghouls, freaks, gore and the bizarre by firing up any one of the games listed below! Happy Halloween!

Games to get you into the Halloween spirit:

Altered Beast
Alone in the Dark Inferno
Alien Versus Predator 2
American Mcgee's Alice
Batman Arkham Asylum
BioShock
Borderlands
Brutal Legend
Bullet Witch
Burn Zombie Burn!
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty: World at War (Zombie mode)
Castlevania
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Chakan
Clive Barker's Jericho
Clock Tower
Condemned
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Dead Rising
Dead Space
Dead Space Extraction
Demon's Souls
Devil May Cry
Doom
Doom 2
Doom 3
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Fable II
Fallout 3
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame 2
Fatal Frame 3
F.E.A.R
F.E.A.R 2 - Project Origin
Friday the 13th
Galerians
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Ghosts & Goblins
Ghouls n Ghosts
Grim Fandango
Guitar Hero Metallica
Half-Life
House of the Dead: Overkill
Hugos House of Horrors
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMBIES 1N IT!!!1 (not a typo!)
Indigo Prophecy
Ju-On : The Grudge
Kingdom Hearts
Knights in the Nightmare
Left 4 Dead
Little Big Planet
Maniac Mansion
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Michael Jackson Moonwalker
Monster Bash
Mr. Bones
Night Trap
Nightmare On Elm Street
Oblivion
Obscure Aftermath
Oddworld Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld Abe's Exoddus
Oddworld Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld Stranger's Wrath
Onimusha
Pac-Man
Persona 3
Plants vs. Zombies
Prey
Quake
Rainy Woods
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil Archives
SAW
Shadow Hearts
Shadowman
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill Homecoming
Siren
Splatterhouse
System Shock 2
The Addams Family
The Path
The Suffering
The Witcher
Typing of the Dead
Zombie Apocalypse
Zombies Ate My Neighbors

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With gaming making such a push towards digital downloads, it's great to see there will still be some rare releases for those who like to grab something solid. Like Sony Computer Entertainment America's just announced, and meaty, God of War III Ultimate Edition. SCEA listened to its fans and are delivering the Ultimate Edition for $99.99. Read on to see why you should pre-order today!

See a larger image of the God of War III Ultimate Edition here.

Here are the details from the US PlayStation Blog on what you'll find packed in the God of War III Ultimate Edition:

Exclusive Collectibles
- High-End Sculpted Replica of Pandora’s Box
- Limited-Edition God of War Art Book featuring exclusive art, content and interviews

Exclusive Digital Content
(Available via PlayStation Network voucher codes on day of launch)
- God of War Combat Arena containing an exclusive environment and seven challenges
- Premium Kratos Skin – Dominus
- God of War: Unearthing the Legend Franchise Documentary – a full-length movie documentary depicting the history of the God of War franchise
- God of War Trilogy Soundtrack – God of War, II, and III scores from the game (mp3 digital download).
- God of War: Blood and Metal EP – a heavy metal homage featuring original music inspired by God of War (mp3 digital download).

The God of War III Ultimate Edition is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com and GameStop as well as GameCrazy stores. If you pre-order, the Ultimate Edition or Standard Edition, you will receive a voucher code to download the God of War III playable demo, today. You'll also get an exclusive downloadable skin for Kratos.

Finally, if you kept up with our tips on joining the Spartan Army on www.GodofWar.com, you may just be getting a God of War III playable demo voucher in your email today! If you are one of the select Spartans to get the demo, you can also download the demo from the PlayStation Network today. The download is about 2.6GB.

Pre-order the God of War III Ultimate Edition from Amazon.com or GameStop today to indulge in this awesome God of War package!

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Gamers in London are in for a treat with Scribblenauts. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that a Halloween-themed level will be given away to attendees of the London Dungeon. Make sure you bring your DS and Scribblenauts and look out for the Scribblenauts team there to download the Halloween level, tomorrow on October 31st.

Here are the details from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment:

"Players over 12 years old, or accompanied by an adult, that bring a Nintendo DS and a copy of Scribblenauts to the queue at the London Dungeon on Halloween (Saturday, 31st October 2009) between midday and 3:00pm can receive a newly created Scribblenauts level via the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection.

This will be the only time this macabre level will be available to the public."

Don't forget, you can dress-up Mawell as a witch, zombie, pirate, and more in the game! Scribblenauts is available exclusively on the Nintendo DS.

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