Written by John Scalzo  on December 01, 2005

Specials: Turkeys? We don't need no stinking turkeys.

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November has come and gone and with it go turkey, stuffing, and more fall releases than you can shake a stick at. This November was extra special however as the Xbox 360 has finally (and some might say prematurely) ushered in the next-generation of gaming. On that note...

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As this is Xbox 360 month we have plenty of Xbox 360 impressions to hit you from all sides. Nick and Glenn talked about their Expectations for the Launch and then stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to get the most out of Day One and Another Day One. If you aren't suffering some information overload yet, Vadim wants you to know Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Xbox 360 Then John pulled out his librarian's ruler to measure the 360 launch with this month's Video Game Librarian, A Librarian's Look at the Xbox 360 Launch. Finally, with all this Xbox 360 excitement it was the perfect time for Nick to drop a list of The Worst of the Xbox

If all of this Xbox 360 love is just a little too much for the PS2 fanboys out there, Adam let loose with a Grand Theft Auto Retrospective last month to celebrate the release of Liberty City Stories for the PSP.

The Month That Was
The Xbox 360 wasn't the only system to make waves this month as many companies trotted out official announcements for North American releases of a ton of stuff featured at the Tokyo Game Show. Tourist Trophy, Me and My Katamari, the PSP Mega Mans, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Super Princess Peach, Where Do Babies Come From? and Super Monkey Ball DS will all be rolling towards American gamers soon.

Nintendo jumped on the release list bandwagon as well with a breakdown of January through March, Nintendo style. A ton of highly anticipated games pepper that list including a final release date for Odama!

But the rest of the month was known for its business deals as EA locked up the Simpsons license, 2K tapped into the Da Vinci Code, Midway pinned TNA Wrestling and powerhouse developers BioWare and Pandemic merged. Activision also quietly revealed they are working on an X-Men 3 movie game during their quarterly financial call.

In big big business news, Sony announced that they have shipped 100 million PS2s worldwide. Whew.

And in a bit of sad news, Blizzard killed the GameCube version of StarCraft: Ghost. Of course, a release date for the PS2 and Xbox renditions is still nowhere to be found.

A Few Good Reviews
Kameo: Elements of Power (Xbox 360)
We Love Katamari (PS2)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP)
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A Few Good Previews
Final Fantasy XII: Hands-On (PS2)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
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Next month...
Christmas baby! Prepare yourself for bountiful video game presents galore and games of the year, movies that are strictly Oscar bait and the white devil known as snow.