As the Nintendo Wii U release date approaches, gamers can begin trading in their current generation consoles for big cash – and not mere store credit –  over at eBay’s electronics trade-in program.

Forza Horizon combines Forza authenticity with a festival atmosphere and the freedom of the open road. It offers an immersive pick-up-and-play, open-road racing experience and features realism, diversity and innovation.

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is an action-RPG, which takes you back to feudal Japan and pits you against the Yokai, demonic creatures inspired by Japanese myth and folklore.

GOG.com has a great weekend promo going on, whereby their entire Electronic Arts catalog is 50% off, titles such as Syndicate, the Ultima series, Alpha Centauri, SimCity 2000 and so many more, all priced at $2.39, all Win7/Vista compatible, and DRM free.

Featuring an 83-song set list and access to far more music than ever before, as well as innovative new gameplay modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans think about and play music games.

PlanetSide 2 takes all the groundbreaking features from the original game – massive multiplayer battles, distinctive empires to rally around, and enormous continents to support intense ground and air combat – and adds features that modern gamers have come to expect out of the FPS and MMO genres.

London is falling! ZombiU is built from the ground up to take advantage of the Wii U controller and tests your will to survive in a fear-fueled zombie survival horror first-person shooter. Stock up your Bug-Out Bag with supplies, and make every second count.

The Mass Effect trilogy follows the rise of Commander Shepard from Alliance Marine to becoming the galaxy’s most elite soldier – the only soldier who can lead an all-out galactic war against an ancient alien race known as the Reapers.

Nintendo added eight NDSi/eShop and one Virtual Console title to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Liberation Maiden, NightSky, Marvel Pinball 3D (demo), Mutant Mudds, Ghosts'n Goblins, Castlevania: The Adventure, 18th Gate, (NDSi/3DS/eShop), and Shock Troopers (VC).

Smite is a free-to-play online battleground between gods where players choose from a selection of mythical gods, join session-based arena combat, and use custom powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.