An article in the latest PC Gamer issue showed a photo of a promo kiosk featuring a Gears of War Games for Windows retail box, indicating a port might be in the works. Now Microsoft, usually not commenting on rumors, issued a short statement that this is not confirmed, but merely a mistake by the artist as one of the MGS titles used as examples to show what their retail setup would look like. Still, no confirmation does not mean it is not true ...

Voting for Week One of Amazon Customers Vote ended late last night with more than 84 % of holiday shoppers voting for the Xbox 360 core system at the low price of $100. This deal will be available for purchase tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day November 23, 2006, beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on Amazon.com.

The winter season is near and RTL Enterprises announces yet another skiing title, as usual developed by 49Games, also known for Alpine Skiing. RTL Winter Games 2007 features 15 categories such as speed skating, biathlon, skijumping, alpine skiing, and making its entry this year is curling.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Thrillville (PSP/PS2/Xbox)
• College Hoops 2K7 (Xbox/X360)
• Harley-Davidson: Race to the Rally (PS2/PC)
• Pet Pals: Animal Doctor (PC)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

KOEI announced that two of its previously PS3 exclusive titles Fatal Inertia, and Bladestorm: The Hundred Year's War are now also headed towards the X360, launching worldwide March 2007. Fatal Inertia will support 4 player online racing through Xbox Live.

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is a 3D action-RPG , emerging gamers in a vivid fantasy world filled with a colorful cast of characters. Real-time combat and stunning 3D graphics combine with a spirited soundtrack to make Gurumin a fast-paced, immersive, magical adventure.

Reclaim the lost relics of the Divine Crusader, and return the Nine to glory. Knights of the Nine offers new dungeons, characters, quests, mysteries, and is now now available on either Xbox Live Marketplace, 800 points, or downloadable for PC at $9.99.

The Game Factory announced Garfield’s Nightmare, developed by Shin'en Multimedia, an NDS exclusive platform game with gorgeous graphics which sees everyone’s favorite fat feline, Garfield, trapped in a lasagne, pizza and donut induced nightmare!

Gamers will think Christmas has come early as Microsoft announced a special Gears of War retail offer available from Friday 24th Nov. (while stocks last). Gamers can get a copy of Epics action game Gears of War and an Xbox 360 to play it on, all for £299.99 (434.99 Euro).

FBI Agents working in conjunction with officials from NCsoft’s North American business successfully closed down a computer game operation alleged to be reaping profits by providing a fraudulent service to its players. The operation was closed down after multiple raids and interviews were conducted in various cities from California to Virginia.