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Games

Just Dance 4

Title: Just Dance 4
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Music/Dance
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: As long as the pop charts keep turning out new hits, Just Dance will keep giving you reasons to hit the dance floor! Throw a dance party anytime with 40 new hits including “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida, “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera, and the unstoppable “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepson. Each song now has four different routines. Pick your favorite or try and master them all. Prove you have the best moves by challenging up to six friends in the all-new Battle Mode. Just Sweat recharges its dance-based workout with new routines, customizable programs, and a calorie counter.

Fable: The Journey

Title: Fable: The Journey
Publisher: Microsoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: Take a new kind of journey through the land of Albion: One you experience firsthand in this adventure built from the ground up for Kinect! At the core of the high-impact storyline is Theresa, a character who’s made an appearance in every one of the franchise’s installments. Fifty years after Fable III, she sends out a call for help. If you’re brave enough to answer, you’ll embark on a journey crawling with danger, brimming with action, and filled with fun characters. Experience the story from inside the game. Explore visually-stunning environments in new areas of Albion, wielding magic, crushing enemies, solving puzzles, and healing your faithful horse with your own hands.

Harry Potter for Kinect

Title: Harry Potter for Kinect
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: If you ever wondered what it would be like to attend Hogwarts, here’s your chance! Harry Potter for Kinect lets you join the fabled school of witchcraft and wizardry and play as your favorite characters, including Harry, Ron, and Hermione. You can even scan your face into the game, be sorted into one of the school’s four houses, and play the story through your own eyes! Experience the most exciting scenes from the entire eight-film franchise, casting spells by waving your wand or using voice commands. Learn how to battle Death Eaters, chase the Snitch on the Quidditch field, and more as you fight the coming of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Dragon Ball Z for Kinect

Title: Dragon Ball Z for Kinect
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: Feel what it’s like to unleash the most powerful Dragon Ball Z attacks in this game that puts you right inside the battle! Use Kinect motion controls to experience scenes from the legendary anime franchise. Re-create some of the series’ most explosive battles and fight huge bosses in Story Mode, or try and max out your score in furious one-on-one battles. Find special QR codes that unlock new characters and bonuses when you hold them in front of your Kinect. Get fired up for your adventure by watching exclusive never-before-seen anime footage. All in all, there more than 100 moves to master on your way to becoming the ultimate DBZ warrior!

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Title: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Publisher: 2K Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Strategy/Sim
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: Face an alien enemy powerful enough to unite all the governments on Earth against it in this strategy classic from the makers of Civilization. When an alien horde descends on our planet, every militarized nation unites to form an ultra-elite fighting force that will band together for humanity’s last stand. Command the multinational force and plot the strategy to save mankind. Establish your central command base, map out combat missions, and deploy your troops on the battlefield. Work to expand your headquarters, recruit soldiers with special skills to send to the frontlines, and research alien technology to create more powerful weapons to use against your enemy.

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants

Title: Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants
Publisher: Kalypso
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Strategy/Sim
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: Do you want to fight your way to greatness or buy it? Pick your path to power in this 17th Century seafaring saga where the entire Western Hemisphere is ripe for the taking. If it’s battle you want, choose Adventure Mode, where you’ll follow the pirate’s life, raiding, pillaging, and plundering your fortune by ruthless conquest. Choose the trader’s path and fill your coffers by establishing trade routes, building industry, and becoming the driving economic force in the colonies. Or, choose Free Play Mode and use a combination of both. Sail on 16 historically accurate types of ships and visit 60 cities in solo play.

Dishonored

Title: Dishonored
Publisher: Bethesda
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: Revenge is a dish best served as creatively as possible in this sinister blend of mayhem and magic. Part stealth-action challenge, part steampunk apocalypse, and part demonic rampage, Dishonored is a built-from-the-ground-up original that blends a city environment grounded in realism and a storyline dripping with the supernatural. Play as Corvo, an assassin mysteriously given powers of magic after taking the fall for the murder of an empress. Use your dark powers to teleport between buildings, slip into the bodies of animals, or sic a pack of rats on your enemies. Use your assassin skills and a clever array of gadgets to eliminate your targets one-by-one as you craft your own distinct combat style.

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Title: Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
Publisher: Rising Star Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Strategy/Sim
Release Date: 10/4/2012
Overview: In this sprawling real-time action strategy game, the battleground is far from home and victory is far from assured. The Asian Pacific Alliance has conquered Earth with an all-out nuclear strike. The United Earth Coalition looks to respond, and the battleground is the planetoid of Taurus, a world with over 30 islands critical to the outcome of the war. Command a carrier and battle across the sea, conquering islands then fighting to control them. Set each island you conquer to mine, produce valuable resources, or wall-up for critical defense. Upgrade your weapons, deploy other types of battle vehicles, manage your fuel and ammo supplies, program remote computer-controlled strikes, and more..

NBA 2K13

Title: NBA 2K13
Publisher: 2K Sports
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/1/2012
Overview: Forget stepping into the shoes of your favorite players, NBA 2K13 lets you create a shoe of your own! Use an intuitive new Control Stick scheme in play boosted by executive producer Jay-Z, who’s lent some of his own music and rounded up some of his friends to provide pre-game highlight montages and other production enhancements. Hardcore hoopheads can settle one of the all-time debates: Dream Team 1992 vs Dream Team 2012. From there, the deepest basketball experience yet gets even better, with new features including a Shoe Creator and a blown out My Career Mode. Live the full life of a superstar, right down to demanding a trade to a superteam and calling for your coach to get fired.

Resident Evil 6

Title: Resident Evil 6
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/1/2012
Overview: The sixth Resident Evil begins in the Oval Office. Leon Kennedy is about to decide whether to shoot the leader of the free world, as the C-virus has just infected the President of the United States. That sets the tone for the franchise’s most ambitious saga yet. The story unites Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Jake Muller and their partners in an intertwined battle against the undead that spreads across three continents. Use new controls that give more options in battle, play the returning Mercenaries Mode, and more. Underlying the action is the eerie vibe of early Resident Evil games, with more moments that make you wonder what’s lurking in those shadows.

Angry Birds Trilogy

Title: Angry Birds Trilogy
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: Experience Angry Birds on the big screen as the worldwide hit mobile game comes to Xbox 360! The Angry Birds Trilogy combines Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio, and the original that started it all, and gives them new cinematics, visuals, and bonus content made for HDTVs. Battle the pesky pigs with smooth Kinect motion controls that have you swiping through the air to launch your birds and smash the pigs who stole your eggs. Take the battle to the colorful surroundings of Rio, and celebrate festive occasions around the world in Seasons. In all, the games include more than 290 levels of pig-pummeling action.

Wipeout 3

Title: Wipeout 3
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: The hit TV obstacle course challenge returns for a third smash-and-splash romp that adds two key words: Instant Replay. Test your balance as you try your luck on 12 new winter and summer obstacle courses in solo or team modes for up to four contestants. Successfully survive courses to unlock new characters, episodes, and power-ups. A new over-the-shoulder point of view lets you see firsthand that squishy foam obstacle that’s about to derail your dreams of victory and send you splashing into defeat. Each splashdown can now be rewound and played over and over again with the new Instant Replay feature, so you can get maximum payout from every wacky wipeout!

FIFA Soccer 13

Title: FIFA Soccer 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

There is no more thrilling outcome than the one that no one saw coming. FIFA 2013 takes the all-world football experience you expect and adds intrigue by amping up the unexpected, making each match play out with the anything-can-happen feel of real life football. Key refinements improve first-touch capabilities with more realistic physics and intensify battles for ball control with a new Player Impact Engine. The AI attack is now more relentless, and a tweaked dribbling mechanic with true 360-degree mobility lets you chart a path through the defense with more precision. You’ll also find more free-kick options, new Skill Games, expanded Kinect voice commands, and much more.

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Title: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: Solving one mystery plunges Sherlock Holmes into a plot that’s even darker in this sinister saga where the prime suspect is Holmes himself! The detective’s downward spiral begins when he returns a missing necklace, only to find out the necklace he returned is a fake, and all signs soon point to Holmes as the one who took the real jewels. Examine crime scenes, find clues, question witnesses, pursue suspects, and use your dizzying detective intellect and deduction skills to choose which leads to follow. Experience a story that brings out Holmes’ darker side, with the entire city of London turning against its once-beloved mystery-solving hero.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013

Title: Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Dominate the pitch with total ball control in Pro Evolution Soccer 2013! The new FullControl system lets you choose the pace and direction of your ball and gives you more command over how your players trap passes. Put moves on the defense and add flair to your dribbling with the touch of a button. New Player ID gives individual players signature moves and personalities that make them stand out. Master the moves of your best striker or win the crowd with the play of an eccentric keeper. Action unfolds at a quicker pace, with refined balance between attacking players and defenders so your team moves with the skill of a championship side.

Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WW2

Title: Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WW2
Publisher: Mad Catz
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 9/20/2012
Overview: For the United States, World War II began at Pearl Harbor. This WW2 flyer begins on the day that lives in infamy and continues in the skies all across the Pacific Theatre. Experience 23 of history’s greatest missions packed with over 100 mission objectives in air-to-air, air-to-ship, and air-to-ground scenarios. Take out your targets in the same combat situations that made heroes out of many, including dogfights, aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings, and torpedo-and-dive bombing runs. Complete the thrilling single-player campaign or play it with some wingmen in four-player co-op. Stare down additional challenges in a variety of multiplayer modes where you’ll fly alone or with a team.

Dead or Alive 5

Title: Dead or Alive 5
Publisher: Koei
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag or PSN ID while renting this title.

The warriors of Dead or Alive return for another round of hard-hitting, hand-to-hand combat in explosive stages that feel like scenes from a Hollywood movie. Weaken your opponent by hurling them into new cage Danger Zones then punish them with new moves including Critical Stuns, Combos, and Bursts. Check out the new Move List mid-fight to help decide how to finish off your opponent. Take a break and take in the action in Watch Mode, where you can view replays of your matches or watch fights featuring two computer controlled opponents. Use a fully-controllable camera to capture your favorite action shots and view them later in Album Mode.

Harley Pasternak’s Hollywood Workout

Title: Harley Pasternak’s Hollywood Workout
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/20/2012
Overview: There’s looking good, then there’s looking good enough to walk down the red carpet with the world’s eyes on you. Slim down and tone up with the same workout used by Hollywood stars in this fitness program designed by celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak. Use his proven 5-Factor Fitness program to create a customizable workout you’ll perform for 25 minutes a day, five days a week. Run, jump, squat, and more in a variety of A-list worthy environments, including a beachfront condo and a Hollywood Hills mansion. Harley helps track your workouts, provides tips on proper form, and offers nutritional advice so you get the maximum benefits from your workout.

Kinect Nat Geo TV

Title: Kinect Nat Geo TV
Publisher: Microsoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 9/17/2012
Overview: NOTE: This is a two disc game, but it only counts as one disc against your rental plan. Season Pass Token to access additional episodes is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Introducing a new kind of reality TV: augmented reality TV! Kinect Nat Geo TV takes Nat Geo’s acclaimed nature TV programming and uses the Kinect motion control experience to immerse you in living virtual environments you can explore and discover. But you won’t visit natural habitats as a person, you’ll morph into a variety of different animals and explore the environments as if you were in the wild. Follow simple commands that prompt movements in mini-games that entertain and teach. It’s an incredible new way to learn about nature, animals, and the planet on which we live.

F1 2012

Title: F1 2012
Publisher: Codemasters
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 9/17/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Immerse yourself in the adrenaline-charged world of F1 racing with the official game from the globe-trotting chase for the checked flag. Choose any driver and team from the 2012 season and compete on every one of the circuits on the F1 race calendar. In addition to presentation and technical fine-tuning, the 2012 edition adds a new Young Driver Test Mode that offers tutorials on driving F1 vehicles then challenges you to earn a spot on a team. The 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Austin, Texas makes its video game debut, and the famous German Hockenheim circuit makes a triumphant return to the competition to be 2012’s best.