As was already revealed late last night, Nintendo announced the North American launch of its Wii home video game console is set for Nov. 19, at an MSRP of just $249.99. The price includes one wireless Wii Remote controller, one Nunchuk controller and the groundbreaking collection of five different Wii Sports games on one disc.

Heroes of Annihilated Empires offers an extraordinary blend of RTS and RPG gameplay, challenging gamers to create a powerful leader and a dominant military force through battle, diplomacy and treachery in a rich fantasy world.

Undercover is an adventure game set during the Second World War, in the heart of war-torn Europe. The tantalizing story revolves around a horrible What-If scenario, tackling myths and undiscovered secrets and gives all new insights into the terrifying machinations of this era.

EA today revealed a roster of more than 25 songs that will be featured in The Sims 2 Pets, featuring the latest hits from hottest musical acts including the Pussycat Dolls, ALY AND AJ, The Flaming Lips and Hot Chip, in addition to theme and mode music from Mark Mothersbaugh.

Atari today announced that development is complete on Saint Seiya: The Hades from Namco Bandai Games and the game has gone gold. An overdose of innovative features and stunning enhancements designed to bring players closer than ever to the universe of mind-blowing 3D Cosmo battles.

Sonic and The Secret Rings stars the Blue dude with the ‘tude on his first solo adventure since the original Sonic The Hedgehog in '91. This intense and exciting action game combines high-speed action with easy to play controls to offer a brand new experience!

While the LMA Manager 2007 PC demo was released yesterday, Codemasters announced that the Xbox 360 demo is now also available on Xbox Live Marketplace, which allows you to take charge of Liverpool in a prestigious European tie with Inter Milan at the new Wembley Stadium.

In Broken Sword: The Angel of Death, gamers once again take the role of unwitting hero George Stobbart as he investigates dark secrets from a long-forgotten history.

Gamer’s Gate and Enlight are proud to announce the addition of two new titles to the digital platform. Capitalism 2 and Marine Park Empire are available now to customers on Gamer’s Gate and will offer gamers two, very different and exciting challenges.

Viva Piñata, a high-energy, mass-appeal entertainment property created by Rare Ltd. that brings a vibrant world of living piñata animals to video games, television and beyond. The Viva Piñata universe showcases an engaging cast of colorful, wild-roaming piñata animals that entertain and challenge imaginations.

Announced a while ago, Kameo Power Pack has finally been released and is sure to put your abilities to the test. This downloadable content contains three great new co-op modes of play: Expert Mode, Rune Battle Mode, Time Attack Mode, and will set you back 400 points.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.

SEGA announced two new characters for its Wii exclusive Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz. AiAi, MeeMee, GonGon, and Baby will be joined by new characters YanYan; a young, vivacious female monkey and Doctor; an older monkey with a past steeped in mystery due to his acute case of amnesia.

An evolution in open world gaming, Saints Row provides an unprecedented amount of freedom to experience the game as the player sees fit. The game, based in the fictional urban surroundings of Stilwater, is action-adventure with its core as a third-person shooter.

During its press conference in Japan, Nintendo announced that it will launch its new Wii game console on December 2 in Japan for 25,000 yen ($250). 16 titles will be available at launch, including The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Odoru! Made in Wario, Pokémon Battle Revolution, and Wii Sports will be sold separately.

Ancient China’s greatest warriors have rocked the foundations of heaven and earth for over 2,000 years. Now KOEI’s ‘Warriors Worth a Thousand’ return in Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2 that eclipses the original with an exquisite array of features!

An article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer referring to tomorrow's NY Times reveals Nintendo will announce that the Wii will be available Nov. 19 for $250 and will include Wii Sports titles (tennis, golf, baseball and bowling) bundled with the console. On top of that, it also reveals that there will be 25 to 30 Wii games available this year, including Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and they will be priced at $50. Wii will be able to browse the web, and classic downloadable games will cost $5-10.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy videogame will set 15 of the popular television show's characters against each other in a fighting/adventure game.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened rises to the challenge of being entirely in 3D; while the creators have kept classic game mechanics, the game benefits from the freedom and the immersion brought by a superb animated and detailed real time 3D environment.

In addition to debuting this week on the Xbox 360 and Xbox, NHL 2K7 is now available as a playable Xbox 360 demo via Xbox Live Marketplace, allowing you to play an exhibition game.

Bliss Island is a frantic, fun and fiendishly compulsive skill game created by indie-developer Pompom Software. Bliss Island first appeared as a web-based mini game ands is now headed for the PSP.

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:

• IGPX (PS2)
• Rule of Rose (PS2)
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The Secrets Of Atlantis is a new point and click adventure situated in the 1930s. You are Howard Brooks, a young aeronautic engineer who awakes on the Hindenburg zeppelin, investigating a strange vessel, one which will take you to the four corners of the earth, interacting with over 30 NPCs, and solving nearly a dozen puzzles.

Guitar Hero II arrives with a new track list, new venues and additional play modes – including the ability to transform the original Guitar Hero SG Controller into a rhythm, lead or bass guitar. The OPM November issue will have a GH II demo on its coverdisk, and while no games modes are revealed yet, it will have 4 songs : Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue, Strutter by Kiss, YYZ by Rush, and You Really Got Me by Van Halen.

Stargate Worlds, an MMORPG use Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 technology, provides players with a form of ranged combat unique to MMORPG that will take full advantage of modern and science fiction weaponry, cover, and terrain.