It seems that Amazon is following Walmart’s example and holding a sale except this time it’s a bit different, Amazon is discounting games you actually care about.

This is a apparantly a father’s day sale and includes Xbox 360 games and Wii and PS3 accessories. While you won’t be getting these games for $20 a piece they do have Call of Duty 4 for $29.99, CoD: WaW for $41.97 and Halo Wars for $41.99.

While some buyers are sure to purchase one or two of these games for Dad, I think I’ll be picking a couple 2-3 up for myself.

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If you’re looking to pick up a few Xbox 360 games but don’t want to spend 60-bucks, you should check out Walmart’s latest deal. For a limited time, online customers can pick two qualifying games and recieve them for just $20 a peice.

Of course, don’t go thinking you’re going to pick up Halo 3 and Call of Duty: World at War for the discounted price as the list includes games like Sega Superstars Tennis, FIFA Street 3 and NFL Head Coach 09. Yeah, you get the point.

Anyways, you can head here to see the full list of 11 discounted games and pick out any two you want.

Sony’s E3 presention of its new Playstation Motion Control was nothing short of spectacular; being able to track a user’s movement in real-time holds endless possibilites for new games. But waht about existing PS3 games? Will they be left in the dust?

Well according to SCEA President, Jack Tretton, using the new controller with old games is definitly possible:

Personally, it’s very difficult for me to perceive God of War 3 being played with the Wii controller, it’s a different experience that doesn’t lend itself to certain types of games. [But] I think our [motion] controller can be used with every game that’s on the system now – and every game we’re working on.

Well Mr. Tretton, we’ll have to see it before we believe it. Let’s just hope they tweak the look of the controller before it hits the market cause in it’s current state it looks a bit ridiculous.

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SEGA and High Voltage have just announced that their much anticipated Wii FPS The Conduit has gone gold and is ready to hit store shelves on June 23rd.

Below is the official announcement from the companies giving a short insight into the game:

SEGA and High Voltage Software are proud to announce that The Conduit has gone gold, and will ship to North America on June 23rd, 2009. A unique first-person shooter, The Conduit is an original IP featuring an intense conspiracy-laden single-player campaign that brings an unparalleled shooter experience exclusively to the Nintendo Wii™. Soon you will be able to arm yourself with an arsenal of sci-fi gadgets and high-powered weapons as you fight against aliens, rogue agents and other enemy forces. Additionally, be ready to dominate your friends from around the globe in up-to-12-person online multiplayer battles!

Just as we reported to you yesterday Map Pack 2 has official hit Xbox Live and PSN for 800 Microsoft Points and $9.99 respectively for Call of Duty: World at War.

This is the map pack that includes the multiplayer maps Banzai, Corrosion and Sub Pens along with the all new Nazi Zombie map Shi No Numa.

The real announcement here however is that Playstation 3 owners will get the chance to play with World at War developers on Saturday June 11th from 1-5PM PST. Below are the PSN IDs that the developers will be playing under:

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The monthly sales data from NPD is out, and with the announcement that Nintendo has sold 20 million Wiis in the US and that the month of May was the worst in almost three years, here’s the sales breakdown:

Top selling games for the month of May:

1. UFC 2009 Undisputed, Xbox 360: 679,600
2. Wii Fit w/ Balance Board, Wii: 352,800
3. EA Sports Active Bundle, Wii: 345,800
4. UFC 2009 Undisputed, PS3: 334,400
5. inFamous, PS3: 175,900
6. Pokemon Platinum Version, Wii: 168,900
7. Mario Kart w/ wheel, Wii: 158,300
8. Punch Out!!, Wii: 156,900
9. X-Men Origins Wolverine Uncaged edition, Xbox 360: 120,700
10. Wii Play w/ remote, Wii: 109,800

For the month of May, video game sales in the US dropped 23 percent compared to last year and a three year low, dropping below the $1 billion sales mark for the first time since August 2007, according to recent data from NPD.

Total sales in May, including consoles, games and accessories, were at $863 million compared to $1.12 billion the year before. Console sales were down 30%, software sales down 17% and accessories down 25%.

Yep, as expected: another weekend, lots of games discounted on Steam. This time, it’s selected MMO games, which will see price cuts from 20% to 75%. The list of games:

City of Heroes Architect Edition – $15.99
Guild Wars Trilogy – $39.99
EVE Online: Apocrypha – $7.49
Lineage II: Gracia & trade Final – $15.99
Lineage – $7.99
EverQuest II Rise of Kunark Starter Pack – $15.99
EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey – $9.99
EverQuest Secrets of Faydwer Starter Pack – $15.99
EverQuest Seeds of Destruction All-In-One Compilation Pack – $31.99
Pirates of the Burning Sea – $15.99
Vanguard Saga of Heroes – $15.99
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures – $9.99

More info and details of the games here (Steam).

It seems that Forza 3 still has some surprises up its sleeves, despite over a hundred tracks and 400 cars shipping on 2 DVDs, Microsoft has confirmed that Forza 3 will also include the popular and prestigious Le Mans race track, including the 24 hour multi-class racing mode.

Things are certainly looking interesting for Xbox 360 petrol heads. Forza 3 drops this September.

After confirming that Battlefield 3 was i development, EA confirmed that another DICE game was in development as well, this time, the sequel of the innovative 3D platformer Mirror’s Edge.

This is despite lackluster sales and rather disappointing reviews of Mirror’s Edge, which still managed to sell over a million copies. Developer DICE on the other hand, expected sales of over 3 million. Expect Mirror’s Edge 2 sometimes in 2010.