Ubisoft has announced their 2012 list of releases and interestingly enough, Assassin’s Creed 3 is listed on that list for release this year.

• Assassin’s Creed 3 – 360, PS3, Wii U, Microsoft Windows
• Brother’s in Arms: Furious 4 – 360, PS3, Microsoft Windows
• Far Cry 3 – 360, PS3, Microsoft Windows
• Just Dance: Final Party – 360, Playstation Move, Wii U
• I Am Alive – 360, PS3
• Prince of Persia – Wii, 3DS
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier – 360, PS3, Microsoft Windows
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online – Microsoft Windows, Wii U
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Retribution – 360, PS3, Microsoft Windows

It appears that it’s going to be a profitable year for Ubisoft if they can manage to keep those games in the 2012 release lineup.

via Gameranx

If you are doing last minute Christmas shopping or just want to buy yourself a game, you might want to check out GameFly’s Year End Sale.

Dozens of titles on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo DS have been slashed to unbelievable prices.  While some of the games are either old or just do not deserve a glance, there are some titles on there that are worth getting if you have yet to play them or have someone on your list who is asking Santa for them this year.  Mortal Kombat, Alice: Madness Returns, Portal 2, and for the kiddos the Ben 10 Triple Pack just to name a few.

GameFly’s sale will be running now until January 3, 2012 and features free shipping!

via GameFly

Nintendo is adding two Nintendogs 3DS bundles to it’s growing lineup of available 3DS bundles this holiday season.  Nintendogs = Cats: French Bulldog and New Friends and the Nintendogs: Toy Poodle and New Friends are both retailing for $169.99 respectively.

Hopefully if you are looking into purchasing either bundle for someone on your list they happen to be female, because these specific 3DS bundles are only available in pink.

via Joystiq

In an attempt to win you over and get your dollars, money hungry stores are starting to post their Black Friday shopping deals hoping that you will find just one of their deals juicy enough to spend the dough.  One of those stores looking to earn big money on the shopping frenzy day happens to Walmart and in their Black Friday circular, there are deals not just for the crazy women looking to get the latest Elmo doll, but also for us gamers!

$28 Dollar Games

• Batman Arkham City
• Battlefield 3
• Gears of War 3
• Just Dance 3

$15 Dollar Games

• Dance Central 2
• Kinect Sports Season Two

Walmart will also be selling a blue Wii for $99 and a 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect for $199.  The deals are only good from Thursday November 24th at 10 pm through Friday November 25th.

via Walmart  (Click to view full announcement of deals)

If you are of the female variety, love the color pink, or just want to get in touch with your feminine side, then the new “Misty Pink” 3DS is just for you.  Before you start applying makeup and curling your hair, there is one more tiny piece of info.  The cotton candy colored 3DS will only be available in Japan.

Nintendo made the announcement yesterday along with a handful of other announcements regarding their 3D handheld.

• Monster Hunter 4 will be releasing on the 3DS
• Briefly mentioned system updates
• Mario Tennis slated for a 2012 release
• Animal Crossing was announced for the 3DS
• More young girl friendly games will be releasing on the 3DS
• A new Fatal Frame is on the way along with Fire Emblem, an RPG

Do you think all of the announced 3DS love will save the failing handheld?

via Wired

Fanboys get ready to give your favorite console a hug, because GameStop released their annual report regarding who is coming out on top in console sales in the United States and Europe since December 2010.

In the US, Nintendo takes the top two spots with the DS selling 47.3 million and the Wii selling 34.2 million units.  The number three spot goes to the Xbox 360 which moved 25.4 million consoles.  Rounding out fourth and fifth place is the PSP selling 19 million and the PS3 selling 15.4 million units.

On the Europe side of things, Nintendo came out on top again with 46 million DS’s and 24.9 million Wii’s being sold.  PSP takes third place 14.8 million sales, the PS3 sold 14.7 million consoles, and coming in at the fifth spot is the Xbox 360 who sold 13.7 million consoles.

Nintendo must be pretty happy today with those reported numbers from the video game retailing giant, GameStop.

via Gamasutra