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Online Chess Kingdoms

Genre: Board
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: November 28, 2006
ESRB Rating: Everyone
IGN Rating: 6.0

Online Chess Kingdoms combines intense 3D graphics and storytelling with a variety of single and multiplayer game modes for the ultimate chess experience. The game lets players choose from one of five chess sets representing five distinct forces that are in a struggle to gain supremacy of the Universe. The game features several single-player modes and multiplayer online gameplay, letting players join factions and battle for supremacy in a persistent online world.

Open Season

Genre: Action
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Date: September 19, 2006
ESRB Rating: Everyone
IGN Rating: 6.3

Open Season is a riotous romp in the great outdoors, where the rowdy brood of forest animals turns the tables on a bunch of unsuspecting hunters. When a domesticated grizzly named Boog gets lured into leaving the creature comforts of home by a fast-talking mule deer named Elliot, he finds himself lost in the woods just three days before hunting season. Forced to "rough it" in the great outdoors, Boog goes native, rallying all the forest animals to take back their home and send the hunters packing. The Open Season video game allows players to relive the movie experience by playing as Boog and Elliot. Throw skunk bombs, hurl rabbits, use acorn-firing squirrels and pull outrageous woodland pranks to scare the pants off the hunters in this action-adventure romp through the forest.

Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

Genre: Racing
Publisher: Sega
Release Date: April 25, 2006
ESRB Rating: Everyone
IGN Rating: 7.3

SEGA's wild drift-happy racer comes to PSP with this follow-up to the arcade and Xbox Outrun revival. The enchanting draw of the open road has never been so appealing with the choice of one of 12 fully licensed Ferrari models, featuring the all-new F430 and the dazzling Superamerica. Gamers will feel the throaty whine and that distinctive Ferrari exhaust tone as they power their way across 30 glorious stages from the best of the OutRun2 original and the follow-up OutRun2 SP arcade experience. Race from coast to glorious coast with a fresh new mission structure, a license mode and wireless link play with up to 6 players for a thrilling head-to-head journey. With platform specific missions, the player will also be able to unlock PSP exclusive content by connecting with the PS2 version, and vice versa. Stack up the OutRun miles from the sun-drenched sands of Palm Beach to the charms of Cape Way to unlock new tracks, cars and much more!