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Midway Arcade Origins

Title: Midway Arcade Origins
Publisher: WB Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/5/2012
Overview: Get the ultimate old-school arcade with this collection that brings together over 30 classics made by the arcade masters at Midway. Play all-time favorites like Gauntlet, Defender, Spy Hunter, Marble Madness, Joust, and Rampage with achievement support for all titles and many that offer online leaderboards and co-op multiplayer. The collection also includes A.P.B., Arch Rivals, Bubbles, Championship Sprint, Defender II, Gauntlet II, Joust 2, Pit-Fighter, Rampart, Robotron 2084, Root Beer Tapper, Satan’s Hollow, Sinistar, Smash TV, Spy Hunter II, Super Off-Road, Super Sprint, Toobin’, Total Carnage, Tournament Cyberball 2072, Vindicators Part II, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Xybots, and 720 Degrees.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection

Title: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 11/5/2012
Overview: Get a super-sized dose of Super Saiyan action with the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection! DBZ: Budokai and DBZ Budokai 3 have been remastered with full trophy support, a new soundtrack, and the chance to experience each game in its original Japanese-language form. Play as and battle over 60 characters combined, with 23 warriors waiting in Budokai and over 40 ready to rumble in Budokai 3. Budokai features multiple fighting modes, including Story and Duel, with over 60 possible moves per character and a storyline that follows the DBZ anime from the Saiyan Saga to the Androids Saga. Budokai 3 adds a powerful Saiyan Overdrive battle system and characters from the DBZ movies and DBZ GT.

NASCAR the Game: Inside Line

Title: NASCAR the Game: Inside Line
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/5/2012
Overview: Experience NASCAR racing any way you want in NASCAR the Game: Inside Line! From quick-hit challenges to the race for the checkered flag to the relentless pursuit of the Sprint Cup, it’s all here. Compete as your favorite driver in Season Mode. Create your own driver and compete over multiple years in Career Mode. You’ll not only jockey for position with other drivers on the track, you’ll compete to earn your team dollars from over 60 official NASCAR sponsors. Relive the most remarkable moments in racing history in Challenge Mode. Pick from over 120 customizable looks for your car in the Paint Booth, face off with friends in split-screen multiplayer, and more.

Sports Champions 2

Title: Sports Champions 2
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/1/2012
Overview: Play like a champion right from the start in this motion-controlled sports challenge that lets you jump right into the action. Compete to be the best of the best in five new games: Tennis, Boxing, Golf, Skiing, and Bowling. Refined controls let you go straight to the action without having to calibrate your PlayStation Move. Create your own player and unlock new clothes, gear, and accessories as you win. Show off your winning moments by using your PlayStation Eye camera to snap victory photos you can share on Facebook. Up to four players can join the action in head-to-head competition or pass-and-play party-style fun.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Title: Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 10/29/2012
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.

To be the Most Wanted, it doesn’t matter if you put the most distance between you and the law – you only need enough room to escape. Outrun the law and outsmart your rivals in this high-speed race to become the most skilled, most ruthless, most wanted wheelman on the road! Need for Speed delivers another completely fluid, open, street-racing world where you can take on missions, challenge friends, and compete against rivals with seamless transitions between single and multiplayer. Choose a vehicle to match your driving style and hit jumps, blast nitrous, and more in play where the action never stops. Discover hiding spots and hidden shortcuts and share your inside knowledge, or keep it to yourself to gain an advantage.

Toy Story Mania!

Title: Toy Story Mania!
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Platform: PS3
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 10/29/2012
Overview: Get ready for all the fun of a theme park attraction, right at home! Disney has packed the thrills and wonder of the Toy Story amusement park ride into this collection of interactive shooting gallery mini-games! Use PlayStation Move controls in carnival-style play where you’ll take aim at targets inspired by the scenes from the ride, plus new settings created for this game. Team up to unlock hidden easter egg bonuses and fun collectibles. Earn in-game tickets and trade them for character Sticker Books that shape the themes you’ll experience during the game.

WWE 13

Title: WWE 13
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 10/29/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires a THQ Online Axxess code to access online content. The Online Axxess code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 7-day online trial is available via your PSN ID while renting this title. For more information, please visit wwe.thq.com.

This is a revolution. But the king doesn’t wear a crown – he wears a belt. Gut your way to the top of the WWE in this 2013 edition that’s overflowing with attitude. Turn your living room into a rocking WWE Live showdown with enhanced presentation that brings better commentary, amped-up sound effects, more hyped-up fans, and jaw-dropping Spectacular Moments. Relive a WWE golden age, when Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and Degeneration X, battled to win the Monday Night Wars of the Attitude Era. Shape your character’s destiny and the destiny of the WWE itself in WWE Universe 3.0. Enhancements to the powerful Predator Technology game engine deliver smoother animations and the best wrestling action outside the square circle.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection

Title: Zone of the Enders HD Collection
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/29/2012
Overview: NOTE: Metal Gear Rising Revengeance demo disc is available with purchase of this title, but not with rental.

Two mech-battle classics combine for one epic bundle in this Zone of the Enders collection remastered in HD. Far in the future, the Earth’s resources are drained. Pollution is everywhere. The population has grown too big for the planet to support. Mankind pushes into space to survive, sparking an all-out war on the new frontier. Rivalries between planets have formed, and the battle for control will be fought with incredible mech units capable of moving in any direction at any instant. Experience furious anime-style combat in Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner. Use swords, fire projectiles, and unleash melee attacks as you battle through two epic mech-action stories.

Assassin’s Creed III

Title: Assassin’s Creed III
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/29/2012
Overview: NOTE: Rental of this title does not include the Uplay Passport required by Ubisoft for access to online features and game modes. The single-use code is included with purchase and is also available for purchase separately via PSN. A limited multiplayer trial is available via your PSN ID while renting this title.

The true history of the battle for the New World will be authored by a man who does not appear on any American currency. Turn the tide of the American Revolution in this Assassin’s Creed saga. Play as a Native American assassin and fight alongside some of this nation’s greatest heroes, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, as you experience pivotal battles from the legendary conflict. For the first time, firearms play a prominent role in Assassin’s Creed. Watch your enemies helplessly try to reload their weapons as you stalk your targets with tomahawks, rope darts, and other weapons used by your master assassin.

Cabela’s Hunting Expeditions

Title: Cabela’s Hunting Expeditions
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/22/2012
Overview: Experience total freedom to map out your own hunt in this Hunting Expedition set in an open world. Cabela’s aims to re-create the thrill of venturing out into the wild unknown in some of the world’s most amazing locations, from Africa to North America. Track a variety of game using your own blend of strategy and stealth, patiently setting up the perfect shot. Customize your weapon in Gun Builder Mode, where you can fine-tune your firearm to match your preferred hunting style. To make sure you spend more time in the blinds and less time trekking to them, Cabela’s gives you a variety of ATVs to use so you can discover new, untouched territory.

Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013

Title: Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/22/2012
Overview: In Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013, you’re not just tracking one of the most ferocious beasts in the wild, you’re also hunting for redemption and revenge! Cabela’s adds an extra edge with a storyline from one of the writers of Fringe. After losing their father to the claws of a grizzly bear, two brothers reunite for a hunt ten years later, putting their past in the crosshairs and their own lives on the line. Track predators that move in coordinated packs, use social hierarchies, and ambush you with behavior driven by a smarter and deadlier AI engine. Things get really hairy in the new split-screen co-op Maneater Mode, where increasingly threatening animals come at you in waves.

Medal of Honor Warfighter

Title: Medal of Honor Warfighter
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/22/2012
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.

This gritty military saga not only reminds you what modern soldiers are up against, but also what they’re fighting for. Written by actual military Operatives, the story in MoH: Warfighter occurs on two fronts. Fight terror in hotspots across the globe while facing the harsh reality of a family stretched to its limits by the strains of war back home. When that family is threatened by an extremely dangerous explosive, your mission isn’t just to stop a ruthless terrorist, it’s to protect those you love the most. Join an ultra-elite Tier 1 force in a campaign inspired by real-life counter-terror strikes or choose from over a dozen highly skilled international teams to lead in competitive squad-based play.

Mugen Souls

Title: Mugen Souls
Publisher: Koei
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 10/18/2012
Overview: In Mugen Souls, seven vibrant worlds, each cast in its own vivid color, have peacefully coexisted, developing their own unique and thriving cultures. One day, the powerful Chou-Chou decides she wants them all. Create fully customizable (from looks to facial expressions to job classes) characters and explore wide-open worlds in this JRPG. Turn monsters into servants, use crushing Combo Attacks, and unleash the Moe Kill technique to enslave your enemies or worse – turn them into items.

Doom 3: BFG Edition

Title: Doom 3: BFG Edition
Publisher: Bethesda
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 10/15/2012
Overview: The FPS that started it all returns with a special edition collection that’s so awesomely massive they’ve named it after a really big weapon. Come out firing as you clean out the depths of Hell in Doom 3. Re-mastered presentation creates an even more bone-chilling environment, while a new checkpoint save system makes for a smoother experience. Plunge deeper into the nightmare with the never-before-seen single-player, seven-level expansion pack, The Lost Mission. Refined controls are more console-friendly, and you’ll be able to penetrate shadows with more than bullets thanks to an armor-mounted flashlight. To top it all off, you’ll even get full versions of the original Doom and Doom 2 games.

007 Legends

Title: 007 Legends
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/15/2012
Overview: Think of this as a greatest hits colletion, 007 style. James Bond 007 Legends combines six of the super agent’s biggest movies into an original unifying storyline filled with classic missions and unforgettable action. Play as Daniel Craig’s Bond and experience iconic moments from five decades of the Bond franchise, from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service all the way to Skyfall. Encounter classic Bond characters and eight of the series’ most memorable villains, many voiced by the original actors, as you experience some of the most incredible moments from the spy franchise. Use Bond gadgets, vehicles, and weapons on a variety of missions with assault, defense, elimination, and espionage objectives.

Jeopardy!

Title: Jeopardy!
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Family/Party
Release Date: 10/15/2012
Overview: Play America’s favorite quiz show with enhanced HD presentation, slick new menus, and new in-game features. Test your knowledge by guessing the answer to 3,000 clues. Ring in before the other contestants as you compete in Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy, then lay it all on the line in Final Jeopardy. Join host Alex Trebek for play that unfolds just like you see on TV. The Jeopardy Clue Crew of Jimmy, Kelly, and Sarah is on hand to help present clues for the first time in a game. Challenge friends and rack up winnings online, then see where you rank on the Jeopardy leaderboards.

Wheel of Fortune

Title: Wheel of Fortune
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 10/15/2012
Overview: I’d like to solve the puzzle! Your favorite game show has been recharged for exciting at-home play! Guess letters, buy vowels, and take home big prizes as you spin the Wheel of Fortune on PS3. This home version of the long-running game show gives you a chance to experience one of TV’s enduring favorites. Give the wheel a whirl and try and pick the right letters to fill in the puzzle. Compete against virtual contestants or play against friends. Solve thousands of puzzles, play mini games, and get the authentic Wheel experience with the voices of stars Pat Sajak and Vanna White.

Just Dance 4

Title: Just Dance 4
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: PS3
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.

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants

Title: Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants
Publisher: Kalypso
Platform: PS3
Genre: Strategy/Sim
Release Date: 10/9/2012
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.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Title: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Publisher: 2K Games
Platform: PS3
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.