Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

Ubisoft have decided to run an extremely generous Christmas promotion through their online store, Electronic Theatre can reveal today. When ordering any of the publishers' six biggest titles for Christmas, or any of the Imagine range of games for the NintendoDS, customer will receive a fantastic free gift, and with selected titles the opportunity to win much, much more...

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc., a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, announced today that it has secured a license from Ubisoft to produce branded accessories based on the Rayman Raving Rabbids series of games. The multi-year agreement gives Mad Catz North American rights to a range of accessories for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PC, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and the Wii home videogame system from Nintendo.

Game Informer have just sent out their newest edition to American stores nationwide and this months' review scores can be found below. Super Mario Galaxy receives the game of the month award, while Rock Band also impresses. Time Crisis 4, Soul Caliber: Legends and Jenga were this months' worst games. Rock Band (PS3/Xbox 360/PS2, EA): 9,25 / 9,25 F.E.A.R. Files (Xbox 360, Sierra): 6,5 / 7 Beowulf (PS3/Xbox 360, Ubisoft): 5,75 / 5 Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PS3/Xbox 360, Eidos): 7 / 7,25 Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (NDS, THQ): 8 / 8,5 MX vs. ATV Untamed (Xbox 360/PS3, THQ): 8 / 8,25 Scene It? (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 8,5 / 7 Viva Pinata: Party Animals (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 5,5 Bee Movie (Xbox 360/PS2/Wii/NDS, Activision): 6,5 Time Crisis 4 (PS3, Namco Bandai): 4,25 / 4,5 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo): 9,75 / 9,75 **Game of the Month** Smarty Pants (Wii, EA): 7,5 / 6 Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii, Ubisoft): 7,75 / 8 Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii, Capcom): 8,25 / 8 Soul Calibur Legends (Wii, Namco Bandai): 4 / 4 Ghost Squad (Wii, Sega): 7 / 6,5 Battalion Wars 2 (Wii, Nintendo): 7,25 / 7,25 Endless Ocean (Wii, Nintendo): 6 Trauma Center: New Blood (Wii, Atlus): 7,5 Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (Wii, EA): 6,75 Dancing With the Stars (Wii/PS2, Actgivision): 5,25 Jenga (Wii, Atari): 2

Ubisoft has gone into a frenzy of organisation and stamped release dates on all of its key upcoming titles... September: * Dark Messiah: Elements - 7th September (Xbox 360) * Settlers VI - 7th September (PC) * Brothers In Arms: Double Time - 21st September (Wii) October: * Naruto: Rise of a Ninja - 19th October (Xbox 360) November: * Assassin's Creed - 9th November (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) * Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway - 16th November (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) * Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 - 16th November (Wii, DS) * Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - 16th November (PC, Xbox 360) * Haze - 30th November (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Video Game Generation reports that Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 will reportedly be released later this year, and focus more on Rayman's efforts to stop the Rabbid invasion of Earth. Ubisoft is also aiming to make it funnier than the first title, and will include support for up to four simultaneous players.

Rayman Raving Rabbids gets itself a sequel. The first consisted of loads of minigames, and Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 looks set to give us more of the same. Ubisoft promises that the Rabbids will be given a more detailed background than last time, with a narrative all about their training for world domination (Set in their top-secret camp, situated under a shopping centre) that Rayman infiltrates. Obviously, this will entail many more minigames, and lots of shaking and pointing.