Crytek has just teamed up with universities yet again for their technology, CryENGINE 3. Their goal is simple: get them hooked.

It's not as much of a shocker as, say, Cactuar being already taken, but it's just as much of a news. ESRB has finally come out with their rating for Final Fantasy XIII (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360). Like with the other iterations of the franchise, XIII has been tagged with a T for Teen rating.

And now for our weekly report on the hardware sales from Japan. Media Create has released the numbers for the week of November 9th through November 15th. Interesting results this week. Check them out in the full article.

Can't wait to find out more about Natal, aren't you? After Microsoft's denial on the rumors of Natal's release date, we now get something more concrete as regards the release of new information for the said technology.

Ubisoft's putting some major advertising in Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360 and PC). How serious? Let's have Jeffrey Dickstein of Publisher take the floor on this one: As you're slamming a terrorist's face into a urinal, you might ask yourself, "is this the new Degree deodorant I should buy?"

More news from the BMO Capital Markets Forums. It looks like Activision's got something up their sleeves for Call of Duty online players. More fees to be paid.

A date's been set for Konami's Silent Hill 2 videogame movie sequel. A target date at least. Meeting the deadline is obviously going to be dependent on when the script is done, what with screenwriter Roger Avary sentenced to jail.

This is the week, guys! No more filler games! Well, alright, so we still have a couple of titles from the Imagine and Petz series, but never mind that. Big titles are coming out this week, and the publishers did not fail to beef up the lineup just before the Black Friday sales. It's a deluge of games, alright. Can your wallet handle it?

We didn't think there could be any bigger news this week than the release of Modern Warfare 2. Apparently, we were all wrong. Dead wrong. Modern Warfare 2's thunder-stealer: Microsoft's banhammer.

If you're feeling strapped for cash this past couple of weeks, particularly because of your latest purchases, Uncharted 2 and Modern Warfare 2, too bad, cos there's another hot "2" title that you shouldn't miss. It's Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, and PC), and it's coming your way next week. Not to worry, though. Amazon's got you covered. More details after the jump.

Thanks to quadraxas for the heads up!