Xbox Price Drop, Cheetah Girls, Sonic, NBA, NHL, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Skate It, Dinosaur King and Guitar Hero!

Get news on the Xbox price drop plus videos for Cheetah Girls, Sonic, NBA 2K9, Skate It, Dinosaur King and Guitar Hero!

Game News

Wow! We have a pile of game news for you to check out - with heaps of videos! From the final pieces of Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, to Guitar Hero, Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom, Dinosaur King, Skate It, NBA 2K9, NHL 2K9 and more. Plus, the 411 on the awesome Xbox 360 price drop, Harry Potter and the next Pokemon card game set. It's all here, plus the list of all the new games that drop this week for every game system from Nintendo DS to Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PSP and even for your PC!

Rocking Your World

Guitar Hero just keeps rolling out the fun as it announces the music legends Sting and Tool are joining the Guitar Hero World Tour line-up! Take a look at this video of Sting getting digitized for the game.

Guitar Hero World Tour – Sting Video - .wmv file (52MB)

Harry's Coming Home!

Harry Potter that is. The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie arrives in Summer '09 and EA just announced the video game will come out at the same time! With wicked wizard duels, the adventure of J.K. Rowlings' sixth book, and an incredibly realistic world to run around in, this game will be a must-have for Harry Potter fans.

World Records, Weird Contortions and Eternal Glory!

16 year-old Chris Chike worked his fingers to the bone to get into the Guinness World Records for his mad Guitar Hero skills, but there's an official Guinness World Records video game on the way that makes it easy! The official game is coming for the Nintendo Wii and if you register online and hook up your copy properly, it'll track your high scores in events like watermelon smashing, boat balancing and other crazy things. Once everybody has had a chance to get in on the game, the high-score will end up in the next edition of the Guinness Book of World Records! Check out this goofy trailer for a look at the game.

Guinness World Records – Game Trailer - .mov file (50MB)

Get Your N on!

With the NBA 2K9 and NHL 2K9 sports games on the way, plus MLB Superstars with its family-friendly mini-games, there's a bunch of sports game fun coming this way. Take a look at the game trailers for NBA and NHL 2K9 right here, plus clickable pics of the "Baseball Bocci" mini-game from MLB Superstars.

NBA 2K9 – Game Video - .mp4 file (46MB)

NBA 2K9 – Game Video - .wmv file (33MB)

NHL 2K9 – Game Video - .mp4 file (55MB)

MLB Superstars - a family-friendly sports game full of mini-games for you to play!

Rockstar Time!

Disney's Cheetah Girls are coming back with a new video game - The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom. It's loaded with stuff from the Disney Channel movies and lets you join the girls as they travel the world, dance-off and play fashion mini-games. Here's the game trailer so you can see it in action!

The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom – Trailer Video - .mov file (127MB)

The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom – Trailer Video - .mov file (47MB)

Don't Fall Down!

EA's Skate It video game is all about pulling sweet tricks without landing on your butt. To help you stay standing, they've put together a video on how to use the Nintendo Wii Balance Board. Check it out - your ass will thank you. Oh! And watch the entire video for a surprise at the end.

Skate It – Balance Board Video - .mov file (318MB)

The Finish Line!

The new adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends are done! The Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood RPG for Nintendo DS has had the finishing touches put on it by the legendary Canadian developers, BioWare. Packed with action, adventure and a heap of villains from a different dimension, this is a new adventure for Sonic, Amy Rose, Rouge the Bat and the rest. Check out this video about the making of the game, then check back soon for Kidzworld's Sonic game review!

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood – Game Video - .mov file (17MB)

Become the King!

Sega's Dinosaur King unleashes you into an Earth full of dinosaurs that battle for good and evil. You can become Rex or Max, battling Dr. Z and the Alpha Gang in a race to recover pieces of an ancient artifact. At your side - dinosaurs! You can dig up these ancient beasts and command them in 3D battles. If you have the skills to learn the 240+ special moves for over 100 dinosaurs, you can be the king. You can also meet other characters from the TV show, find fossils, join multiplayer battles and more. Take a look at this video to see how to dig up a dino-buddy.

Dinosaur King – Game Video - .mov file (9MB)

Cheap Gaming Fun!

Microsoft's Xbox 360 just got cheaper! The high-powered game console is getting ready for Thanksgiving by giving gamers a deal. Here's the new price for the different flavors of awesome.

Xbox 360 Arcade - $199

Xbox 360 20GB - Not Available.

Xbox 360 60GB - $299

Xbox 360 Elite - $399

There's a Storm Brewing

Forget Gustav, brace for a storm in the Pokemon card game as the Pokemon Trading Card Game Diamond & Pearl - Stormfront set gets closer. With over 100 new cards, it's ready to rock the game when it hits on November fifth with Gyarados, Tyranitar, more powerful Pokemon, and Trainer cards that let you play two in a turn! Here's a look at the booster packs and the new theme decks.