Beowulf: The Game

Nintendo, which has been historically criticised for not providing enough software for its platforms, emerges as the clear winner this week ¿ at least in terms of quantity. Specficially, American gamers get to choose between eight DS titles over the next five days, including the likes of Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008 and Pocket Pets. Also, a quintet of Wii releases are available through Friday, which includes the towering arrival of Godzilla Unleashed and Myth Makers: Super Kart GP.

As the new blockbuster movie Beowulf from Paramount Pictures debuts in cinemas worldwide and the official game of the movie becomes available, work on the independently developed game of same name has been suspended. The game had been under development at German game developer 4HEAD Studios in collaboration with graphics and animation studio 3D-IO. Paramount Pictures has obtained the rights to the project's core properties including trademarks, Internet domains, and other assets.

Ubisoft has enlisted the help of film stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Ray Winstone for the upcoming Beowulf game based on the movie. This marks the first time that Hopkins and Winstone will work on a game. Other talent from the movie have signed up for the game as well.

Ubisoft just sent out its newest release schedule for Europe. No real surprises as Naruto is still listed for release on November 1 exclusively on Xbox 360 and Assassin's Creed is still listed for November on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Beowulf however has received an exact release date on all platforms. Beowulf will launch first on Xbox 360 and PC on November 8, followed three weeks later on Playstation 3 and PSP on November 29. A reason for this short delay was not given. Blazing Angels 2 for Playstation 3 has also been pushed back from late October to a November 22 release.

Are you a champion warrior from Norse mythology? Well shucks, why not? Youd be as strong as 30 Vikings, youd salivate with lust at the sight of gold, and youd brawl a juggernaut whos trying to wreck your homeland. You can test-drive this magnificent savagery by peeping the Beowulf trailer perched menacingly below this very paragraph. This gruesome interactive entertainment will supplement the blockbustin movie of the same name directed by the lovely Robert Zemeckis. Weve also got some

Due out in film form this November, Beowulf is also crashing into the world of videogames. Not bad for a heroic epic poem composed at a time when one of the great British traditions was attempting to hit passersby with the contents of your slurry bucket. By which we mean the Middle Ages, history-phobes, not last week in South London. According to publisher Ubisoft, the game will "reinvent the hack'n'slash genre," which is a bold boast. If it's at least as good as The Lord of the Rings: Return