Let's accept the fact that in the end we're all at the mercy of Mother Nature and that she'll pwn us anytime she wants. This can include letting bears who can turn a pink brassiere and a moose's antlers into a lethal slingshot, armed with either a smelly skunk or a grouchy squirrel with lots of acorns to spare, run lose in the wild.

So, we thought it best that you learn to recognize these situations and know how to get out of them. And who better to learn from than the master of wildlife mischief himself - Boog the bear from Open Season! Just follow this 'Open Season Guide to Surviving the Wilderness for Bears' lessons, and up your chances on not being the butt of jokes of the animal kingdom.

Download: [Lesson 2: Squirrels are Nuts]
                  [Lesson 3: Forest Animals Rule!]

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Hello again, fellow woodsfolk! We know Open Season is getting you guys out from under that rock and out in the open. They've just released the gamefor the PSP, PS2, NDS, Xbox 360, Xbox, PC, GBA, and GameCube (and coming soon on the Wii).

Since we know how all of you love screenshots we've got more for you just now straight from Ubisoft! The picture above is from a next-gen platform, most probably the Wii. The pics below are from the rest of the consoles. And not only that because we also have a special video for you guys! It shows all about how the Skunk Bombs will be used! Go ahead and unleash the inner prankster in you and terrorize the wicked hunters! You can throw the skunk bombs in the middle of a camp, down the chimney of a cabin, or out onto the boat of a fisherman! Yeah, victory never smelled this good! So make sure you download the video below (it's only 5MB)!

Download: [Open Season Guide to Surviving the Wilderness - Lesson 1:Skunkitude]
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Buy: [Open Season for NDS]
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Buy: [Open Season for Wii]

Boog the bear and Elliot the mule-deer are out now, earlier on the gaming platforms than on the big screen! Ubisoft just released Open Season today, September 18, and is (and will be) available for the PSP, PS2, NDS, Xbox 360, Xbox, PC, GBA GameCube, and Wii (coming soon). While it's out in a whole bunch of platforms, it's still gonna be the same game that will take you into the woods for a pre-movie delight!

If you haven't gotten it yet, and are still deciding, here's a simple outline of what we've already revealed before:

• wild royrides down the rapids!
• an arsenal of anti-hunter weapons (skunk bombs, acorn-firing squirells, etc)!
• hunter chases!
• learn Wild Skills!
• outrageous woodland pranks!
• become buddies with other animals!
• up to three or four players!

So get on with the show! Catch the game before the movie comes out on November 29!

Buy: [Open Season for PSP]
Buy: [Open Season for NDS]
Buy: [Open Season for Xbox 360]
Buy: [Open Season for Wii]

You all might have noticed that Christmas is just around the corner, and game developers and publishers probably noticed this too. And here's another hint that the holidays are so near: great game releases. And there's enough to get every gamer excited.

If you ask us though, gamers who fancy the sports games will be the ones who'll find it very hard to sleep at night especially with this list of titles that will be released in the coming days, weeks, months... Just be sure you won't be cranky in the morning for lack of sleep from anticipating - or playing - the games.

So here's the list of Xbox 360 games' European release dates:

September:
22:  Just Cause
30:  Mad Tracks
TBC:  LMA Manager 2007
TBC:  World Snooker Championship 2007

October:
6:  Import Tuner Challenge
6:  Open Season
20:  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
27:  NBA 2K7

November:
3:  Need For Speed: Carbon
10:  WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007
17:  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
TBC:  Cars
TBC:  Eragon
TBC:  Football Manager 2007
TBC:  Pro Evolution Soccer 6
TBC:  The Sopranos

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Open Season is the game based on the Sony Pictures Animation's CG animated film of the same name in which a rowdy brood of forest animals turn 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 will allow player to relive the movie experience by playing as Boog and Elliot.

The Team over at Achieve360Points got their hands on the achievement list for the upcoming game. Open Season has 46 Achievements that add up to the usual retail amount of 1000 gamerpoints. Right now 32 of the game's achievements are still not known as they are secret achievements, but the ones that are known range from beating the game to collecting stuff just like in most platformers. The game will be shipping on September 19th so until then go ahead and check out the achievement list with the known achievements below:

• (50) Adventure completed! - Complete the adventure.
• (100) Maximum Wild Points Obtained! - Complete the game with maximum Wild Points.
• (15) Butterfly Badges! - Collect all 10 Butterfly Badges.
• (15) Flower Badges! - Collect all 10 Flower Badges.
• (15) Trash Badges! - Collect all 10 Trash Badges.
• (15) Feather Badges! - Collect all 10 Feather Badges.
• (15) Beetle Badges! - Collect all 10 Beetle Badges.
• (15) Acorns Badges! - Collect all 10 Acorn Badges.
• (15) Track Badges! - Collect all 10 Track Badges.
• (15) Mushrooms Badges! - Collect all 10 Mushroom Badges.
• (15) Leaf Badges! - Collect all 10 Leaf Badges.
• (15) Buddy with all animals! - Become buddy with all animals.
• (100) Collection Rewards! - Unlock all 10 Collection Rewards.
• (65) Wild Skills! - Learn all 15 Wild Skills.

If you're a tree-hugger who wishes poor little Bambi would get a spine, turn into "Bambo" and start kicking some game-hunter butt - rejoice! It's only three and a half months until the release of Ubisoft's Open Season (just in time  to make going back to school a little less grim).

As you may have guessed, OS is a game that takes the whole macho big-game hunter scenario and turns it on its head, as predator becomes prey and the animals start fighting back. A pet grizzly (!) named Boog is lured away from his comfy home by a double-talking mule deer named Elliot. Before long, Boog is hopelessly lost, forced to survive like his wild relatives. As if this is not bad enough, its hunting season. To keep his hide from becoming a rug, Boog must rally all the animals in the forest against the armed human invaders.

The game, scheduled to ship in September about the same time the movie hits theatres, allows the gamer to play as Boog or Elliot, take wild virtual joyrides shooting rapids in a floating outhouse (sure to be a hit with the middle-school set), and access an arsenal  of deadly weapons - including skunk bombs and acorn-firing squirrels. One can play alone, or with up to three other gamers.

An E-10 rating is expected.

As you have read the announcement, the upcoming animated movie, Open Season, will have a tie-in video game created by Ubisoft which brought us great games such as Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell and King Kong. You play the protagonists in the movie Boog, a grizzly bear, and Elliot, a deer, as you evade hunters by using "foresty" weapons like skunk bombs. There will also be a four-player minigame multiplayer mode which makes this a potential party game. Basing from the screenshots, the game looks very funny and at the same time interesting to play but I sure hope that the difficulty of this game isn't too easy like other kiddy-themed movie-tie-in platformers.