CAG's shipwreck & mrs. shipwreck preview the new releases for the week of July 22nd, 2009. It's a short, but rather royal release list with the likes of "The King of Fighters XII", "Little King's Story", and the follow-up to "My Life as a King". Don't worry "Shatter" and "'Splosion Man", we consider you to be noble releases as well.

Special thanks to GoDaddy.com for providing CAG Foreplay listeners with a code for domain names for only $7.49 a year. Just enter code "GAMER1" when you check out to get your savings.


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Love him or hate him, JimmieMac has been mixing it up on CAG since 2003. He even won the "Most Memorable CAG Villain" 2007 Cheapy Award.

I'm very excited to alert the CAG community that Jimmie is appearing as a contestant on Season 6 of Hell's Kitchen, which premieres tonight on Fox at 8pm Eastern. I'll definitely be watching and cheering him on!

Jim's Hell's Kitchen Interview Clip

Amazon had the Xbox 360 version for $135 last week. Buy.com has both versions on sale for $125.

Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition $124.99
Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition $124.99

GameFly is having another used game sale with free shipping on select titles. GameFly's games come complete with manual and case, are guaranteed and are usually in excellent condition. Click the "Read More" link below for the complete list.

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The following are CAGs most ordered games from Amazon.com (through CAG affliliate links) during Q2 2009 (April 1st to June 30th). Amazon's Xbox Live store is a hit with CAGs, with 11 downloadable codes making the chart this quarter. I think it's safe to assume that CAGs grabbed up heavily discounted bundles of You're in the Movies for the included Vision Camera.

After doing these breakdowns for several months now, it's pretty clear that the Xbox 360 is the most deal-friendly console on the market. Not only is the hardware the cheapest, but Xbox 360 library is the most aggressively discounted too.

1. Xbox 360 Live 1600 Points*
2. You're in the Movies
3. TMNT 1989 Arcade*
4. DOOM*
5. Punch-Out!!

Keep reading for the rest of the Top 50, breakdown by platform, and hot chart action!

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Buy an Xbox 360 Elite bundle with Halo 3 and Fable II, get a $50 gift card. Buy an older Lego Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda bundle, get a $70 gift card. Offer ends July 25, 2009.

Xbox 360 Elite $50/$70 Gift Card Promotion

It's been over two years since "Band of Bugs" brought its earthy take on turn-based tactics to Xbox Live Arcade. So why are we reviewing it now? Developer NinjaBee has done a great job supporting their game and like "Kingdom for Keflings", Band of Bugs now has Avatar support. They've also released a new expansion that adds characters from the space simulation title "Outpost Kaloki X" into the existing game play. While those who already own Band of Bugs will get the Avatar support for free, the downloadable add-on will cost you $3, so it seems like a good time to take a quick look at both of those new embellishments and re-introduce people to the game.

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Target has got a bunch of Xbox 360 deals including a buy 1 Xbox 360 game, get 1 50% off sale. They are also throwing in a $50 gift card with an Xbox 360 60GB console purchase, and a $5 gift card when you buy 1600 Microsoft Points.

Best Buy has Gears of War 2 for $30 and a $10 off any $29.99+ game promotion when you pre-order a select game.

Toys R Us is trying to unload some big Guitar Hero boxes, selling Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Kits for Wii for $50 and including a $10 gift card. The Wii and Xbox 360 Band Kits are $100 and also include $10 gift cards. Lastly, If you pre-order Wii Sports Resort, you can score a $5 gift card.

Read on for the rest of the deals.

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The following will be on sale for one week starting today until next Thursday:

3 on 3 NHL Arcade $4.99
Brain Challenge $4.99
Crash Commando $4.99
Flock $7.49
PixelJunk Eden $4.99
Savage Moon $4.99
Wipeout HD $14.99

GameStop is having their popular Buy 2, Get 1 Free Sale on all used games and accessories until Sunday 7/19, available online and in-store. Get an additional 10% off with an Edge Card.

Use coupon code B2G1FREE to activate the sale online and code SAVER for free shipping.

Buy 2, Get 1 Free Used Game Sale

Get a $10 video game credit when you pre-order any version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The game also qualifies for release date delivery, which is free with Amazon Prime. Combine this with the ECA 10% discount and/or Amazon's 50% off trading promotion and suddenly that Prestige Edition doesn't seem so scary anymore.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

CAG's shipwreck & mrs. shipwreck preview the new releases for the week of July 14th, 2009. Retail releases are slim this week, but we get a glimpse at what the future holds with a hearty sampling of downloadable games.

Special thanks to GoDaddy.com for providing CAG Foreplay listeners with a code for domain names for only $7.49 a year. Just enter code "GAMER1" when you check out to get your savings.


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I took the new DS game "Treasure World" for a test drive and you're invited to come along for the ride.



"Treasure World" was provided for review by Aspyr. The game was played for a total of four hours.

If you've been having a hard time finding one of these, now you've found one...on sale.

Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition $134.99

You'll have to provide your own snarky comment about the lack of quality in this week's ads. I'm getting a bit tired of doing so.

Best Buy has a PS3 80GB bundle with Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Sold 4 for $400.

GameStop has a big summer sale in progress, and their ad highlights $100 off Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kits. They've also got Tom Clancy's Hawx for $20.

Read on for the rest of the deals.

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If you've never played Pikmin before, this appears to be a great opportunity to pick it up cheap.

New Play Control! Pikmin $14.98

The original Roogoo was a well-received puzzle game on Xbox Live Arcade and PC, so it's not shocking to see additional platforms being invaded by these sugary sweet, alien-bear creatures. To further the galactic conquest of the series, developer SpiderMonk and publisher SouthPeak Games have released Roogoo: Twisted Towers for the Wii. With substantially more content and Wii-specific play mechanics, this appears to be the definitive Roogoo experience, but is it an experience worth having?

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Pre-order Madden NFL 10 for any system before 8/13, and get a $10 Amazon gift card. The $10 will come via email within 10 business days from end of the promotion. One per household.

Pre-order Madden NFL 10 at Amazon, Get a $10 Gift Card

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Ghostbusters, Battlefield 1943 and Punisher: No Mercy are on the virtual plate this week, along with game shopping and industry news, new releases, your CAGbag questions and so much more!


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GameStop has a pretty big sale both online and in-store, featuring a ton of games under $20 and $100 off Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kits. Some of the $19.99 highlights include:
Bionic Commando (PS3/360) $19.99
Wheelman (PS3/360) $19.99
HAWX (PS3/360) $19.99

GameStop July Sale