For gaming Australians, AusGamers has a handy recurring news post outlining the week's major releases at retail Down Under, this week including the likes of Borderlands, Forza Motorsport 3, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and more.
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LiveDS unveils news screnshots for Kamen Rider on Nintendo DS and a video for the Wii version. Published by D3 Publisher, Kamen Rider will be released this december in North America.
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Activision Publishing has confirmed that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.'s Madagascar Kartz videogame will be released on 6th November 2009 and October 27th 2009 in Europe and North America respectively on Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, following the revelation of the title in Nintendo's recently released schedule. The videogame combines the wild world of DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar franchise with over-the-top kart racing, resulting in an outrageous ride the whole family can enjoy together.
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games today announce that LEGO Rock Band will feature the likeness of chart-topping UK band, Blur. Singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree will be shown in the game as LEGO mini figures as players perform the group's hit track, "Song 2."
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As part of a promotion Ubisoft is running with GameStop, those who pre-order COP: The Recruit for DS – either online or at retail locations across North America – will receive an unlock code to access exclusive bonus missions. There's no word on what the missions will entail, but at no extra cost, that's a sweet deal.
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WorthPlaying exclusively posted the MX vs. ATV Reflex Achievement list this morning.

"In preparation for our preview and interview coverage later this week, check out the MX vs. ATV Reflex Achievements."
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EA has worked with some of the UK's leading publishers of children's books and magazines, including Egmont and Penguin Publishing, to bring modern classic titles from critically acclaimed authors such as Cathy Cassidy, Eoin Colfer, Enid Blyton, and the various writers from the popular boys series, Too Ghoul for School to the Nintendo DS. Each FLIPS title features multiple books and the first four titles will be exclusively released on Nintendo DS in the UK on the 4th December 2009.
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A few weeks ago, Square Enix started a new type of cooperative Dragon Quest IX quest. These quests require that large groups of players team up to perform tasks. The first such quest was simple: get 500,000 players to submit their DQIX play data via Wi-Fi. Last week, players succeeded in this quest and were given a promised reward: an appearance by Dragon Quest Sword's Setia as a guest character.

Square Enix's plan was to use the data acquired through the quest to share stats about DQIX with other players. Today, it did just that. A National Census page page opened up at the DQIX Square Enix Members site. The page shares play data based off 677,350 (that's right -- they totally beat the 500,000 goal, it seems) data submissions.

The data is split into four pages: Special Data and Ranking, Profile Information, Battle Information, and Character Information.

Here are a few of the stats.
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Pre-heat the oven and have the icing close at hand as Majesco Entertainment Company and Sandlot Games Corporation have announced that Cake Mania 3 for Nintendo DS has shipped to retailers nationwide. With more than 100 million PC downloads and 650,000 units sold worldwide of the previous handheld versions, the Cake Mania series has proven to be a fan favorite that keeps the bakery chaos fresh in each iteration.
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GizmoGamer.com reports "Classic laserdisc adventure Dragon's Lair is headed to Nintendo's DSiWare download service, according to a new rating from Germany's USK ratings board."
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