Eurogamer writes: DS game New Super Mario Bros. may have spent more than three years (169 weeks) in the UK all-formats top 40, but that doesn't hold a candle to what the original Rayman achieved.
There are some great game deals being offered today for the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from Amazon.com. PlayStation 3: Batman: Arkham Asylum (regular edition) $34.98 (discounted by $25) Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector's Edition $59.98 (discounted by $40) Xbox 360: Batman: Arkham Asylum (regular edition) $34.98 (discounted by $25) Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector's Edition $59.98 (discounted by $40) Another deal comes for Wii gamers today on the Rabbids game series. Here are the deals offered today, December 14th, while in stock: Rabbids Go Home - $29.98 Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - $11.98 Rayman Raving Rabbids - $11.98 Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 - $11.98
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...
Kotaku writes: Earlier this year, Crecente got hold of some delightful little Raving Rabbids figures from Ubisoft. Figures I tried to swipe, before he smacked the back of my hand and sand no, naughty. Well fuck you, Crecente, you and your patronising hand-slapping. I'll just go buy my own, because Ubisoft have announced that the figures - made by NECA - will soon be made available to the public. What's more, there'll be five figures available: the four we've already seen (Sam Fisher, Prince, Altair and vanilla Rabbid) plus a new one, the screaming/plunger-wielding Rabbid, which you can see (along with the classy packaging) after the jump.
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.
Rafael Nadal's savaging of sole Brit Wimbledon hope Andy Murray may have disappointed the UK tennis fans somewhat (come on, we all knew it was going to happen) but we've still got a weekend of racquet sports to look forward to. Ie. the inevitable Federer/Nadal face-off that we witnessed a year ago.
And that's the only Wimbledon-related preamble you're going to get out of us - if you want sports punditry go and look at the BBC
ToysRUs 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.
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
Surfer Girl reveals some dirty laundry of Ubisoft and Nintendo with the stories of: ¿ How the marketing and executive types in Ubisoft have turned the development of Red Steel 2 into a nightmare. ¿ How Nintendo tried to sabotage Rayman Raving Rabbits 2 so that the third-party title from Ubisoft would not compete with Nintendo's own Super Mario Galaxy.
Some of IGN's favorite stages from Ubisoft's surprise Wii hit, Rayman Raving Rabbids, were those which employed on-rails shooting challenges. In their review of the title, they wrote that the linear, but fun creations could probably power an entire game. Well, Ubisoft hasn't gone quite that far, but it has invested more time and effort into the presentation of these selections for the official sequel, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 The shooter stages are back and you'll still use the Wii remote to fire not-so-deadly plungers at the critters as they run, fly, dig, jump and swim through the environments. However, you'll be able to notice right off the bat that the locations in question look much more realistic. That's because they actually are real.
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