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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We're still brooding over Arrested Development's early demise and now this...

Technophilia has put together a list of games that won't reach your Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles because they have been cancelled for various reasons. We have announced some of them previously but here are the titles you can take off your wish list:

PS3

Theseis
A victim of its own production cost, Track7 has shelved its Greek Myth game epic for the PS3. The good news, you may still play it on the Xbox 360 and the PC.



Killing Day
Not confirmed cancelled but definitely MIA, and presumed dead by IGN, depsite impressive E3 sneak preview.




Elveon
Again, this epic fantasy title has not been officially declared a goner by its developer but anything about the game has been taken off 10tacle Studios' website. PC and Xbox 360 versions still alive.



The full list awaits after the jump!

It seems like Splinter Cell: Double Agent has one tactic that we all wish would fail anytime soon - delaying tactics. Recently, it has been reported that the September release has now been moved to October. But we all have to keep our guards up. You never know when Sam Fisher might walk in on you.

But here's one thing that you shouldn't delay - listening to how Splinter Cell: Double Agent will sound like. Not to spoil your fun or anything, but the whole QJ crew is behind me when I say that the guitars on the Jail theme is just wicked fresh. The synthesizers on the Menu theme was solid and controlled. Kudos to Romain His. If you want to know more about the story behind the music, download the audio file of Senior Coordinator Derek Chan's in-depth interview with His. Here's a transcript of the interview to make sure you don't miss a beat.

Download: [Interview with Romain His]
                  [Jail Theme]
                  [Menu Theme]