I don't have much to add to the below press release from Microsoft other than I would like very much to get in on that beta test. Hint, hint.

Exclusive “Halo 3” Trailer Makes Broadcast Debut – Viewers to See Master Chief Like He’s Never Been Seen Before
Fans worldwide can experience a thrilling look […]

Blizzard announced today on the World of Warcraft site that they will be introducing stat tracking to the game.

Stats will include:

Bestsellers: the most auctioned items
Crafter's Corner: the most created items
Fierce Creatures: the most dangerous enemies
Gold Rush: the most gathered items
Big Booty: the most looted items
Heroes for Hire: the […]

Lest we forget, I thought a repost was in order:
Yes children, it's that time when once again as we have completed another issue of the 'lil but mighty Phuze Magazine! You can find Phuze 7 on newsstands packaged with XLR8R Magazine as well as in gaming stores across the US. But why wait? […]

Yes that's right! Because we are magnanimous and love to spread holiday cheer (and because Nintendo gave us one), Phuze is giving away a brand new DS Lite along with a copy of Children of Mana!

All you have to do is answer the below Mana-related questions correctly and send them to moi. Of those who […]

So a few weeks ago it was reported that Tecmo badboy Tomonobu Itagaki had his busy hands all over some hapless female coworker and that he was now deep trouble as such.

However, Gamespot today reports that the whole thing was a right kerfuffle and that the woman accusing Itagaki of the shenanigans was simply […]

Unless you are a 10 year-old girl this is a fairly craptacular week for gaming releases. Catz! Horsez! Hamsterz! However, Mercury Meltdown is a hell of a lot of fun and Double Agent on the Wii certainly can’t be any worse than Casino Royal! Man, what a convoluted pile!

Barnyard (WII)
Brave: The Search for Spirit […]

FINAL FANTASY XII
Square Enix, PS2, $49.99
One would think with name like Final Fantasy, they would have never made it past the first one. Yet, here we are nearly twenty years later looking upon the twelfth installment of the world’s biggest RPG franchise…and it’s undoubtedly one of the best ever. As fans will tell you, […]

WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2007
THQ, PS2, $49.99 / Xbox 360, $59.99
Grease up, squeeze into those pastel tights and start swinging… It’s just you against an entire league (and loony bin’s) worth of “sports entertainment” superstars in the sharpest-looking wrestling simulation yet. Whereas previous virtual outings have been content to deliver expansive career modes, trash-talking […]

We just got an email from Sony PR about all the PS3 hoopla this week but most notably they mention PS3s being airlifted into the country and promise more units THIS WEEK in time for the day after Thanksgiving, the spookily named BLACK FRIDAY. We shall see Sony. We. Shall. See.

They also claim to […]

MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE
Activision, PS3/Xbox 360, $59.99 Wii $49.99 PS2/Xbox $39.99
A comic book fetishists wet dream, Marvel Ultimate Alliance has managed to squeeze twenty of Marvel’s finest into a button mashing extravaganza (though a total of 140 either make good-guy cameos or otherwise try to whip the universe into upheaval.) You’ll take an assembled team […]