"I've just been informed that Aurora Feint II:The Arena will go out at a sale price of 7.99 that will go up to 9.99 after the holidays."

Good news all around. So now, Aurora Feint II will initially sell for $2 less than Puzzle Quest when it hits the iPhone. Does that make a difference to any of you?

Current - Super Smash Brothers: Brawl (Wii)

6:00 AM PDT - Yoshi's Island DS

8:00 AM PDT - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS)

10:00 AM PDT - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

12:00 PM PDT - The New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS)

2:00 PM PDT - Mario Kart Wii

4:00 PM PDT - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii, presumably, though possibly Gamecube)

6:00 PM PDT - Mario Party DS

8:00 PM PDT - Pokemon Diamond and/or Pearl (Nintendo DS)

Check Amazon during the day to see if these predictions are true — and more importantly, just how low the deals go.

Eds Note: Slight correction: Mario Kart DS, NOT Mario Kart Wii and Pokemon Diamond confirmed, not Pearl as a choice.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Amazon Thanks, FitzRhapsody!]

Yes, that includes any Playstation 3 they have in stock (including the Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle) and yes a "similar offer" is also available on WalMart.com.

As a side note, the chain will also be selling a number of Blu-ray movies for $15 a pop this week, while supplies last.

Wal-Mart Boosts Volume of Blu-ray and Hi Def Among More New Electronics Enhancements [Wal-Mart, thanks Kevin]

Circuit City's weekly ad offers a $10 gift card with a pre-order of Devil May Cry 4 for either the Xbox 360 version or the PS3 version. A $10 gift card is also available for pre-orders of the 360 and PS3 versions of Turok. For a full rundown of all the weekly ad deals, check out CheapAssGamer.com.

Best of the Sunday Ad Video Game Deals (1/20 - 1/26) [CheapAssGamer]

AOL is giving away a 40GB Playstation 3 with a copy of Ratchet and Clank Future and a wireless Sixaxis controller to customers who sign a two-year contract for AOL Broadband Wireless Plus.

The 24-month contract also requires you to sign up for AOL Talk call plan (not sure what that is) and runs £19.99 a month. Once you stick around for 24 months you can keep your PS3 forever. The only catch, besides the ironclad two-year contract, is that you have to pay a deliver charge of £14.99 for the console, controller and game. Not a bad Christmas present, especially since it comes with Ratchet and Clank.

Judging by the price and location of the source, I suspect this is a UK only deal.

AOL Broadband now offering a free Sony PlayStation 3 [Think Broadband]

The Uncharted deal is probably the best one of the lot, but while you're there, you might as well peruse the Wii section as well. Never know what will be lurking around in there plus there's liable to be less screaming children there than in Toys R Us.

Assorted Video Games (Buy 1, Get 1 Free) at KB Toys [Black Friday Ads]
[Thanks, Darkwormer]

Circuit City weekly ad [Circuit City]
[Thanks, Islandkiwi]

[via GoNintendo]

That buy a Blu-ray player or Playstation 3 and get five free Blu-ray movie offer that ended last month has just been reupped. The new offer runs from Oct. 1 through Jan. 31 and includes a new selection of movies. I wonder why the HD-DVD folks aren't doing this. Maybe there isn't a single company invested deeply enough to warrant the expense.

Blue-ray Savings

Chain Reaction
Flight of the Phoenix
Ultraviolet
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curese of the Black Pearl
The Prestige
Wild Hogs
Swordfish
Superman
Full Metal Jacket
Stir of Echoes
American Psycho
The Devil's Rejects
The Patriot
S.W.A.T.
Chain Reaction
Hart's War
Omen 666
The Last Waltz
Species

Circuit City Shadowrun Deal [Circuit City]

Best Buy is running a special this week that knocks $600 off the price of a special HDTV PS3 gaming pack.

The get the deal you need to purchase a $2,000 1080p Sony LCD TV, a copy of Motorstorm or MLB07: The Show, a copy of a Blu-ray version of Casion Royale, Open Season or Underworld Evolution and a Playstation 3. The whole kit and kaboodle ends up running you $2,089.... or maybe it's $2,689, depending on which page of the ad you believe. If I were you and wanted to get this deal, which runs through the end of the week, I'd bring the front page of their ad in with me when I went to go pick up the deal. Brian Crecente

[Thanks Michael]

If you are a member of Sam's Club and have any interest in picking up an HD-DVD drive for your Xbox 360, you might want to go check their prices.

It looks like some Sam's Clubs may be having a sale, knocking the price down to a piddly $72. It's not clear why or where the price is being dropped, but it is clear it's not at every Sam's Club, so call first.

Gizmodo points out the sale may be due to certain clubs no longer stocking the device anymore. A reader on our sister site points out that this is a price drop that takes place when the store has two or less of the HD-DVD drives.

So it's not a given, but worth a call if you're on the hunt. Brian Crecente

Dealzmodo: Sam's Club Xbox 360 HD DVD Drives for $72 [Gizmodo]

If you haven't taken the plunge into high-def gaming yet, NewEgg seems to have a deal for you.

If you purchase a 46-inch Samsung LCD HDTV from them for about $3,000, the company will throw in either a free Xbox 360 or a free Playstation 3.

Seems like a good deal if you want to drop into high-def gaming in one swipe. Brian Crecente

Pretty transitions at least. Woo.

Now go get the best mouse ever before they are all gone! Michael Fahey

Woot Main Page
Razer Copperhead Blog Page [Woot! - Thanks theuberasian!]

Free Script

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller [Amazon]
[via: Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites]

Yes, I mean that literally.

Hit here to buy one of the $1,000 20GB bundles.

The forced bundle includes some good stuff and some real crap:

This Sony PlayStation 3 20GB Most Wanted bundle includes the following items:

* Sony PlayStation 3 20GB Game System
* PS3 Wireless SIXAXIS Controller
* Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
* Madden NFL 07
* Ridge Racer 7
* NBA 07
* Marvel Ultimate Alliance
* Resistance: Fall of Man
* Resistance: Fall of Man Official Strategy Guide
* 1 Year Product Replacement Plan
* 12 Month Game Informer Subscription

I thought someone once told me that forcing people to buy a warranty was illegal? Maybe not. I know forcing someone to buy Untold Legends should be. And what the hell's the deal with the one-year magazine subscription? Why don't they just throw in some N-Gage games as well? Brian Crecente

I'm a little unclear if anyone who recently purchased an Xbox 360 can use this deal or if you have to go through Microsoft's spiffy new Xbox 360 sales site.

But it's certainly worth a try. You just need to go to the site, register and enter the code XBXNG104 to qualify for tokes for two free Arcade games.

I went through the process myself, not to try and land free Arcade games, but to try and detect whether this was some sort of phishing scam and it doesn't appear to be, but don't trust me. Check it out yourself before putting in your info.

Register Here [Xbox 360 Next Gen Now]

Brian Crecente

Starting December 11, Playstation Portable owners will be able to get their LocoRoco game on for free. Sony is making a Christmas-themed level of the strangely mesmerizing blobby game available for free on YourPSP.com

The best part is, you don't need the game to play the level which will feature a new Christmassy tune, snowy enemies, sleighs and reindeers.

I love that game's music, I actually have one of the songs set as my ring tone. Yes, everyone at work hates me. Brian Crecente

Free Xmas LocoRoco download for all [Computer and Video Games]

Whoops, those crazy kids at Best Buy always seem to be accidentally selling stuff early. Their latest snafu? An Xbox 360 Wireless Headset.

Reader EZWaffles says he was tromping through his local Best Buy when he noticed a blue shirt walking by toting a stack of the headsets in his arms. The employee told them he was just taking them back to the warehouse because they didn't go on sale until sometime between Nov. 8 and Nov. 12. Rejected, EZW started to head to the exit when he happened to notice a spare wireless headset lying on a display cabinet. He snagged it, ran to the check-out, paid and skidaddled. The price tag was about $60.

He hasn't actually popped it open yet because he's gifting it to his wife today... shhhh, don't say anything. Brian Crecente

Well expect the same for question number two. Remember if you answer the question correctly in the month posted you get double the entries for that month. The third and last question will be asked shortly before the contest ends and I go to sit in a line to get the winner their Playstation 3.

Hit up the rules if you're confused, which I suspect you may be.

OK, here goes, questions number two:

How many pieces of jewelry are visible on Toshihiro Nagoshi when he hit Osaka to promote Yakuza 2?

Remember to email your answer, in the subject line, to kotakucontest@gmail.com and don't forget, it's not too late to answer last month's question and be eligible for the Playstation 3. Brian Crecente

The headline pretty much says it all. Best Buy is running a sale through tomorrow that discounts 1,600 Xbox Live points down to $5 if you buy a 360 game. That's about $15 off the regular price. Not bad, not bad at all. Brian Crecente

Cheap Ass Gamer reports that the Assassin's Creed Collector's Edition, now available for pre-order at Play-Asia for the 360, PC or PS3 for $59.90, comes with a cool little 12-inch Altair figure.

The photo shows the black and white prototype of the figure. The final version will be in color. This Play-Asia deal is for the Asian version, but CAG points out that the game is region free and that the US version of the CE will cost $100. Sounds like a deal.

Play-Asia Reveals Assassin's Creed Collector's Edition [CAG]

My morning eCost email shows that they've got a limited supply of Playstation Portables (that's the core pack) for $149. While that would have been a great deal like six months ago, it's still a decent deal now. I think the current going price for the core pack is $200. (Though I found some on Froogle for $150)

The sale runs through Monday afternoon, but last I checked they only had a dozen left. It's going to have to get way, way, way cheaper before I start thinking about buying one for my son for some in-house multiplay, but it's getting there. Brian Crecente

PSP Sale [eCost]

The pack will include some new multiplayer skins (Jen, Elhuit, etc.) and some new multiplayer maps. 3DR says that both are coming along nicely, but they still haven't figured out exactly how many of each will be included when the pack hits Marketplace and their site.

There's no date set for when the pack will hit, they will hit, says Mr. 3DR Guy, "when they're done." Ooooh, lets hope that's not the standard "When they're done" time, which apparently means never. Brian Crecente

National Camera chain Wolf Camera is running a special this week that gives you a free Playstation Portable if you purchase selected T-Mobile cell phones. Reader Michael swung by the story and says he was told that the deal requires you to purchase a phone on the list and sign up for a two-year contract.

Michael managed to find a phone that was just $30. He ended up paying nothing for the phone or PSP after he decided to spring $50 for a two year protection plan. The deal runs through Thursday and remember, it does require you sell your soul to a cell phone company for two years. Brian Crecente

Free PSP [Wolf Camera]

You can also save a few dollars here and there on a slew of 360 accessories like the wireless network adapter ($10 off), the wireless controller ($5 off) and some games (several $6 off.).

Clearing stock for a new sku, price drop in prep for the coming of the Wii and PS3 or just a sale? Who cares, it's a cheap(er) 360. Brian Crecente

Xbox 360 Console [Dell, via Xboxic]

You have until Friday at midnight EST. We'll announce the first winner Saturday and then start all over again on Monday with prize pack number two. Brian Crecente

[Kotaku]

Contest [Kotaku]

We gave away an import white DS Lite a few weeks ago and now we're giving away an Enamel Navy DS Lite from Japan. It hits streets on March 11 and Brian A will be there to land one for one lucky winner.

You have until March 13 to enter to win. If you entered for the white DS Lite, you're already entered, so no worries.

Hit the link for details if you didn't enter the first time around.

Contest [Kotaku]

We reported in January that EA was cutting the price on current generation games, but GameDaily Biz pointed out that these price cuts extended deeper than the Madden and Medal of Honor games that were originally among the reduced price titles. What else? How about EA's first person shooter Black due Feb. 28 and The Godfather both hitting shelves for $39.99? Sounds good.

EA Lowering Prices on Current Gen [GameDaily Biz]
EA Cuts Price on Current-Gen Games

No word on how much the sequel, Big Brain Academy, will cost. I think Nintendo is going to lowball the first one to get us all hooked and then crank up the price as the sequels hit. By the eighth title we'll all be handing over our souls for that sweet taste of brain training.

Two DS Brain Games Dated [Kotaku]

The Street is reporting that Electronic Arts has slashed the price of current generation console titles by $10 to $20.

Troy Wolverton reports that the price cuts were a reaction to weak video game sales in recent months and could very well be the start of a trend. He went on to quote one (shudder) analyst who says that he expects more publishers to follow in EA's footsteps.

The story goes on to list some amazing price drops including EA's Medal of Honor: European Assault which dropped to $19.99.

Wow, that's a great deal.

Electronic Arts Cuts Game Prices [The Street]

Nintendo DS [eCost]

A reader says the most recent Target catalog he received in the mail lists the DS selling for $99. He took it to his local store and they were sold out so he went to Circuit City, ad in hand, where they price-matched the portable no questions asked. Time to start checking your mail.

$99 DS Coming to Target [Kotaku]

The last vestiges of Acclaims impact on games is up for sale. The down and out company is auctioning off the rights to all 218 of their games. This would be sad if it weren't for the fact that so many of the titles have the words "Mary Kate and Ashley" in them. If I had any clue what the hell I would do with it, I'd out bid the $5,100 offer for the Smash TV rights. I'll buy that for a dollar!

Acclaim IP [Bankruptcy Court]