Ubisoft has announced that Cranium Kabookii has shipped to retailers in the U.S. and is exclusive to the Wii. Developed by Ubisoft's Quebec studio, in collaboration with five-time Toy Industry Association Game of the Year winner Cranium, Inc., Cranium Kabookii celebrates the amazing things friends and family can do as they create, perform, discover and connect with one another. Cranium Kabookii is rated "E" for Everyone and has an MSRP of $49.99.
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Ubisoft has revealed its is bringing 'Cranium Kabookii' exclusively to Wii, based on the award-winning board game. The new edition will feature dancing and singing as well, comes with special glasses that add to the 'fun' and is set for release this Christmas in Europe.
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Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant producer Kirsten Forbes said that Wii will be the lead SKU on this, the fifteenth title in the platforming franchise.

"So we decided to lead on the Wii SKU this year," she said, confirming vg247 weren't actually lying to you when we wrote this story's headline.

"Developers normally lead with the lowest common denominator piece of technology, and so although we're doing PS2 and the Wii and the 360 and the PSP and DS versions of the game, we led with the Wii from a graphics point of view."

VG247 then asked her if there was going to be a PS3 version, to which she replied, "No".

However by this time vg247 were intoxicated on free beer and too much sun and didn't get to ask why. Watch this space on that one.
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Vivendi has formally revealed its new Crash Bandicoot adventure, Mind over Mutant, which will be out on Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP and DS at the end of the year. Check out 360 screens here.

In a blatant parody of the iPhone craze, the story has a rejuvenated Neo Cortex taking over the world with a, "text-messaging, do-anything device which controls both mutant and bandicoot minds."

The new game apparently takes a more ...

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GamePlasma has just posted new details and screen shots for the upcoming multi-platform, Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant.
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Toys"R"Us has just gone above and beyond the call of corporate greed. The retailer is offering what is perhaps the worst next-gen console "bundle" in the history of gaming: a Nintendo Wii and 10 games (No 1st Party titles) for $700.
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Australian GfK's weekly software sale charts for All Formats, PC, Xbox 360, DS, Wii, PS2, PS3, and PSP.
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The Orange Box debuts at 3, Phantom Hourglass at 4

Sega's Football Manager 2008 has entered the UK's all-formats chart at number one this week, knocking EA's FIFA 08 off the top spot.

Accounting for 38 per cent of all PC titles sold in the past week, Sports Interactive's management sim is Sega's first multiformat number one title since last year's version of the popular football franchise.

1. Football Manager 2008 (PC)
2. FIFA 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
3. The Orange Box (Xbox 360, PC)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
5. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
6. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)
7. Ratatouille (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
9. Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
10. Crash of the Titans (Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA)
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Sept 14, 2007 Now weve seen it all. Right at this very minute, Crash Bandicoot is standing outside our UK offices, handing out ice-creams, Red Bull and vodka from a wonderfully decorated Crash of the Titans ice-cream van. As we pointed out in our recent hands-on, Crash of the Titans has the potential to be more than just another kid's game. Stay tuned for a full review soon and in the meantime check out our video interview with the developer and collection of ...
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Sierra and Vivendi have partnered up with the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society School & Youth program, providing the mug of Crash Bandicoot as its mascot. The scheme teaches children across America about community service and raises both awareness and money for leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

GamerSquad can't decide whether the agreement is more a venture in shameless self-promotion for Crash or a genuine goodwill gesture. In either case there's no mention on the press release of either Sierra or Vivendi donating any of the profits from the game to what is without a shadow of a doubt a worthy cause.
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