{"id":1592,"date":"2008-11-30T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T15:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2008-11-30T09:37:47","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T15:37:47","slug":"this-week-in-games-nov-30-dec-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/30\/this-week-in-games-nov-30-dec-6\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: Nov. 30 &#8211; Dec. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pop_box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1593 alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"pop_box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pop_box.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>The new releases are definitely starting to wind down for the holiday&#8217;s &#8211; aside from a load of DS shovelware most platforms are pretty thin on new games.  The biggest release this week comes from the multiplatform release of <strong>Prince of Persia<\/strong>.  Their is also a multiplatform release of <strong>Tales of Despereaux<\/strong> in anticipation of the big holiday movie release.  Other than that it is mostly minor releases and leftivers fromprevious weeks.  It is interesting that the PSP again has no releases, and last week&#8217;s <strong>Mytran Wars<\/strong> has yet to appear at retail, making it 3 of 4 weeks with no new games. Check out the rest of the list!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1365\" title=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prince of Persia<\/li>\n<li>Destroy All Humans! Path Of The Furon<\/li>\n<li>The Tale of Despereaux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1366\" title=\"ps3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prince of Persia<\/li>\n<li>SingStar ABBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1367\" title=\"wii\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>King of Fighters Collection- The Orochi Saga<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek<\/li>\n<li>My Fitness Coach<\/li>\n<li>The Tale Of Despereaux<\/li>\n<li>Safecracker<\/li>\n<li>Family Party: 30 Great Games<\/li>\n<li>Mushroom Men: Spore Wars<\/li>\n<li>Ski &amp; Shoot<\/li>\n<li>Bigfoot Collision Course<\/li>\n<li>SPRay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1368\" title=\"ps2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Tale Of Despereaux<\/li>\n<li>Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories<\/li>\n<li>SingStar ABBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1369\" title=\"psp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No new releases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1370\" title=\"ds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prince of Persia: The Fallen King<\/li>\n<li>Heavy Armor Brigade<\/li>\n<li>Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi<\/li>\n<li>The Tale Of Despereaux<\/li>\n<li>Slingo Quest<\/li>\n<li>Wordfish<\/li>\n<li>My Fun Facts Coach<\/li>\n<li>Animal Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Happy Cooking<\/li>\n<li>Dreamer: Puppy Trainer<\/li>\n<li>Emma at the Farm<\/li>\n<li>Emma in the Mountains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1371\" title=\"pc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grand Theft Auto IV<\/li>\n<li>Shaun White Snowboarding<\/li>\n<li>Zoo Tycoon Ultimate<\/li>\n<li>Neopets Puzzle Adventure<\/li>\n<li>Disney&#8217;s Bolt<\/li>\n<li>The Tale of Despereaux<\/li>\n<li>A Vampyre Story<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week&#8217;s games, the major DS releases <strong>Chrono Trigger<\/strong> is excellent, and <strong>Age of Empires: Mythologies<\/strong> is also quite solid, but most everything else struggled to rise above mediocrity.  Oh, and <strong>Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods<\/strong> finally trickled in, but was accompanied by two patches and an apology from the publisher regarding quality &#8230; not a promising start!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new releases are definitely starting to wind down for the holiday&#8217;s &#8211; aside from a load of DS shovelware most platforms are pretty thin on new games. The biggest release this week comes from the multiplatform release of Prince of Persia. 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