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The Adventures of Tintin: The Game

Title: The Adventures of Tintin: The Game
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 12/5/2011
Overview: The whimsical tale of a young reporter’s quest for a legendary treasure comes to life in this game meant to be a true companion to The Adventures of Tintin movie. Built with help from filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, the whole experience gets as close to the movie as possible. Solve an incredible mystery as you hunt for lost scrolls that lead to a bounty of sunken treasure, playing solo or with a friend, with or without the motion control of Xbox Kinect. Play as Tintin, Captain Haddock, Snowy, and three unlockable characters as you fly planes, fight ancient knights, and more in a true adventure for the ages.

National Geographic Challenge!

Title: National Geographic Challenge!
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 12/13/2011
Overview: Test your knowledge of nature in this quick-moving trivia game featuring the award-winning photography of National Geographic. The light-hearted fun is powered by over 4,000 questions in four themes: Amazing Planet, Aquatic Life, Dangerous Encounters, and Predator vs. Prey. Fifteen trivia challenges include memory, true/false, anagrams, odd one out, and more. Challenge friends in multiplayer or take a trivia trip around the world in Explorer Mode. The game features some of the best visual clues around, with over 2,000 high-res photos and 60 minutes of high-def video from the world-renowned National Geographic archives.

Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL

Title: Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL
Publisher: Crave
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/23/2011
Overview: Networks bring together their most famous stars all the time. They call those gatherings awards shows. Cartoon Network had something else in mind when they put together this extravaganza: all-out action! The biggest stars on Cartoon Network come together to duke it out in Punch Time Explosion. Choose from 18 famous characters from 11 Cartoon Network shows including Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, and more. Do battle in 21 arenas, use special attacks, face big bosses, and get quick assists from 19 more characters. Go right at it in Battle Mode, fight multiplayer brawls, or choose Story Mode for play shaped by a tale from one of the network’s writers.

Kung Fu High Impact

Title: Kung Fu High Impact
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/21/2011
Overview: You’ve helped plenty of heroes rumble through street-fighting brawlers. Kinect is here to return the favor. Fight your way to victory with this game that puts you inside your own classic side-scrolling platformer! Jump, punch, kick, and flip as you unleash an infinite array of Kinect-controlled combos in high-impact comic book-style action. Pound your way through an 11-chapter single-player comic book storyline. Flash all of your fight skills as you take on enemies ranging from hardcore street gangs to powerful wizards and evil mini-creatures. Pick your perfect fight by choosing your level, enemy, length of fight, and fine-tuning the physics for the ultimate custom battle.

WWE 12

Title: WWE 12
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/21/2011
Overview: NOTE: This game requires a THQ Online Axxess code to access online content. The Online Axxess code is included with purchase of this title, but not with rental. A 7-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag while renting this title.

WWE 12 pulls a move that would make its champions proud, reinventing itself and returning bigger and badder than ever before. New Predator Technology has supercharged presentation. Matches unfold with smoother animations, wrestlers unleash more moves, and victories are won with an all-new Breaking Point submission system. The game builds on its customization system by not only adding the ability to create your wrestler’s entrance, but by letting you design the arena he’s walking into. Shape your story as you take your favorite stars on the Road to Wrestlemania. Share your creations with the WWE community, build your legend in the revamped WWE Universe 2.0, and more.

Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 3

Title: Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 3
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Music/Dance
Release Date: 11/21/2011
Overview: NOTE: Gameplay requires a USB microphone. This game does not include a USB microphone with rental or purchase.

The Gleek-out continues as the McKinley High Glee Club returns with their biggest selection of hits yet! The hit show is only two seasons old, but this is already the third volume of Karaoke favorites unleashed by the unstoppable prime-time pop powerhouse. Sing along with your favorite characters from the show’s cast in 35 of their greatest performances from Glee’s second season. Relive the most memorable moments from “Auditions,” “Britney/Brittany,” “The Rocky Horror Glee Show,” and other episodes. Make it a party with multiplayer games geared for up to four and check new online leaderboards to see how you stack up against Gleeks from around the world.

King of Fighters XIII

Title: King of Fighters XIII
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/21/2011
Overview: When the call goes out to assemble the greatest fighters in the world, the question is not who will answer, but who will answer most loudly! The best of the best meet in a King of Fighters tournament featuring 30 powerful hand-drawn characters. After some of the top fighters met with bad luck, some thought the tournament might not happen. But a mysterious organization has pulled it off, hyping it to a feverish pitch. Gameplay has been completely overhauled to make this a more successful tourney. Six modes offer more variety, fights unfold at a faster pace, visuals are sharper, and new combos offer more ways to pummel your opponent.

Hole in the Wall: Deluxe Edition

Title: Hole in the Wall: Deluxe Edition
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 11/19/2011
Overview: Experience the quirky challenge of the international hit Hole in the Wall game show with this motion-based version for Xbox Kinect. The concept seems simple enough. With a foam wall hurtling toward you, slip through the holes. But it’s harder than it looks, and the end is usually wetter than contestants would like! Jump, twist, and contort yourself to sneak through the holes in the wall, or you’ll be driven into the water waiting at the end of the track. Make it to the other side and score big points. See how many walls you can conquer in Survival Mode or compete in four-person multiplayer.

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Title: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 adds more fighters, more arenas, and more over-the-top action, reigniting the battle to be the best of the best. Fight as 12 new legends, including Dead Rising star Frank West, Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright, Guardian of the Galaxy Rocket Raccoon, and Marvel’s ultimate sharpshooter, Hawkeye. The battleground has been expanded with eight new stages and improvements that add new twists to existing arenas. Gameplay has been overhauled to make this the most competitive Marvel vs. Capcom battle yet. As if the roster of 48 characters didn’t pack enough punch, you can unlock Galactus Mode and wield the almost limitless power of the world-eater himself.

Yoostar on MTV

Title: Yoostar on MTV
Publisher: Yoostar Entertainment
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Music/Dance
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Some games give you a chance to star in your own show. This one gives you the keys to an entire network! Take over MTV in this Yoostar game that puts you inside your favorite MTV shows and music videos. Star in 80 scenes from 20 different MTV programs capturing some of the most memorable moments in MTV network history, from the Moon Man statues to the Jersey Shore. Perform hits from artists like Snoop and Lady Gaga in karaoke-style music video sing-alongs. You can share your best (or worst) performances on Facebook and Twitter, where your clips will live alongside the moments featuring the real stars of MTV.

Winter Stars

Title: Winter Stars
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: The competition heats up when the temperature drops in this Olympic-style sports festival! Become a cold-weather legend in 11 different sports: downhill skiing, bobsledding, snowmobiling, snowboard cross, ski jumping, figure skating, biathlon, curling, paraskiing, short-track, and curling. Experience what it’s like to compete as and live the life of a superstar in a story-based single-player mode, complete with quick-hit arcade-style training mini-games between events. Win championships and bragging rights in four-person online and local multiplayer, including a Family Mode that allows each player to choose their own difficulty level. Do well and earn points to purchase new equipment and upgrade your skills so you can elevate your performance.

Bejeweled 3

Title: Bejeweled 3
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Mega-popular match-three puzzler Bejeweled now has a triple of its own with this third installment that’s bigger, brighter, and more addictive than ever! The world’s #1 puzzle game shows why it’s a runaway hit with eight modes designed to keep your puzzle experience fresh. Match sets of three gems in Classic Bejeweled. Explore 40 Quest puzzles, wind up with non-stop Lightning action, then relax with a Zen experience you can customize to perfection. Choose from two control schemes, earn trophies based on your skills, check your rank on the worldwide leaderboards, and more.

The Price is Right Decades

Title: The Price is Right Decades
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: The longest-running game show in TV history brings the excitement of 40 years of pricing fun right into your living room! Feel the thrill of being called to “Come on down” to four different decades of the show. Play over 40 pricing games from the last four decades, including rare games taken from the TV show vault and brand new games never seen in any previous versions. Sit on Contestant’s Row – where you’re always the next contestant! If you make it far enough, you can even Spin the Wheel for a chance at a payoff in the Showdown. Play on your own, or challenge a friend in local multiplayer. Authentic show music and sound effects round out a true-to-TV game show experience.

Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat – uDraw

Title: Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat – uDraw
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: NOTE: This title requires the uDraw GameTablet for gameplay. The uDraw GameTablet is not included with rental or purchase of this title.

You’ve battled with your favorite Super Heroes. You’ve defeated enemies and used their awesome powers. Now, you can do it with a new weapon – an artist’s pen! Draw your path through a Super Hero Squad adventure based on six comic book-style stories using your uDraw tablet. Control Thor, Cap, Iron Man, Hulk, and other favorite Squaddies by drawing inside the game world to target attacks, create barriers, and more. You can even trigger an earthquake by shaking your uDraw tablet. Visit Super Hero Squad locations including the Baxter Building, Helicarrier, and Sanctum Sanctorum as you try to foil a plot by the diabolical Dr. Doom!

Dreamworks Super Star Kartz

Title: Dreamworks Super Star Kartz
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: When these movie stars race, they don’t call in stunt doubles! Your favorite characters from DreamWorks animated films hit the track for a racing extravaganza that’s as outrageous as some of their movies. Compete for the checkered flag with the stars of Shrek, Madagascar, Monsters Vs. Aliens, and How to Train Your Dragon. Choose from a variety of different races, including Time Trial, Circuit,  Battle, and four-player split screen. Use power-ups to rocket past the competition on twisting turning tracks filled with challenges of their own. Announcer King Julien is on hand to call all the action.

Pictionary: Ultimate Edition – uDraw

Title: Pictionary: Ultimate Edition – uDraw
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: NOTE: This title requires the uDraw GameTablet for gameplay. The uDraw GameTablet is not included with rental or purchase of this title.

The Pictionairy experience has never looked better than in this new HD presentation that uses the interactive uDraw tablet. Sketch out clues on the digital uDraw screen while your teammates follow along on the flatscreen. There are over 1,500 preloaded clues, and this time you can even make up your own, giving you a challenge that never has to end. Choose from seven news ways to play, customize your Pictionairy Man piece, and set custom rules to create an experience all your own.

Victorious: Time to Shine

Title: Victorious: Time to Shine
Publisher: D3P
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Music/Dance
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Enroll at Hollywood Arts High where you will get the best homework assignment ever: Work on your talent and become a star! Join Tori Vega and all your favorite characters from the hit Nickelodeon series as a new student at Hollywood Arts. Showcase all of your talents as a performer as you create a Hollywood Arts talent show. Use Kinect to sing, dance, act, direct, play instruments, and more in a custom performance featuring songs from the TV series. You can team up with a friend in co-op play or go head-to-head to see who’s the bigger star.

Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Title: Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Music/Dance
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Experience stardom on stage in this game based on the story you see on screen in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked! Play as all six superstars from the Chipmunks and The Chipettes: Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, or Eleanor, and belt out 30 of their greatest hits. Learn 50 dance moves and earn points based on how well you perform them. “Alvinize” your voice in a single-player storyline based on the film and full of fun cutscenes. Have a two-player dance party in Co-op Mode, go straight to your favorite song in Freestyle mode, and pull of show-stopping finishing moves with help from your Munk Power meter.

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Title: Kinect Disneyland Adventures
Publisher: Microsoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: Kinect is your ticket to a magical Disneyland Adventure that’s part virtual park visit and part living fairy tale! Experience your favorite rides and attractions on an interactive journey filled with whimsical quests and encounters with your favorite characters. You’ll meet and interact with over 40 Disney icons who will offer you their autographs and the chance to go on challenging quests. See what lies down the rabbit hole, swordfight with Captain Hook, and more in mini-games inspired by Disney stories. Star in your own Disneyland parade, take pictures of your experience and send them to friends right from the game, and more.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Title: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Publisher: Microsoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 11/14/2011
Overview: Ten years after Halo electrified the gaming world and revolutionized shooter gameplay, you can relive the original struggle between humanity and the Covenant in HD. The original campaign has been remastered, with some of the franchise’s classic multiplayer maps re-imagined in six detailed map remakes. Play new multiplayer maps and uncover new details of the Halo saga in motion graphics as you collect up to 1,000 Achievement Points in the campaign or multiplayer. Old meets new with the ability to toggle to Classic Mode and play the original. New meets old with a feature that’s a must – the ability to play the original version in online co-op for the first time.