Target's released their list of promos for this week's pickings. Among other deals, one that the gamers may take notice of is the retailer's price drop for this Rock Band bundle (Xbox 360, PS3), which currently sells for just US$ 149. More details on Target's deals are in the full article.

With all the current commotion happening around EA's Mass effect, especially with the Fox News and Cooper Lawrence incident, it seems that the Target has plans of getting in on the bandwagon by taking down the game from their shelves.

Details on this rumor in the full article.

According to an employee at retailer Target, Nintendo might be planning to release more color variations of their Wii console. This speculation stems from an observation the said employee noticed with regards to how Target was cataloging their Wii units. More details are available in the full article.

On shelves last week, off shelves this week. After yesterday's rumor of Target supposedly pulling out Manhunt 2 from retail shelves, we have more confirmation coming from other sources that the retail chain is indeed washing their hands clean off of Rockstar Games' latest PSP, Wii, and PS2 title.

But the question remains... for what reason is Target doing this and how widespread has the "Manhunt 2 purging" gotten?

How many titles more before Jack Thompson succeeds in driving home the point that minors are being sold Mature-rated games even without the proper identification from retail stores?

After sending his 15-year-old son to purchase BioShock (PC, Xbox 360) a while back, the kid adds yet another to his growing collection, in the form of Bungie Studios' epic Halo 3.

In a press release circulated yesterday, the anti-game advocate claims that his son was able to purchase the game from a Target store without having to verify his age. Ironically, in doing so, he helped the very title he sought a TRO for just last week.

Miami attorney and anti-violent video game activist today did a successful sting on Target Corporation. His fifteen-year-old son, on the first try, was able to buy the "Mature-rated" Halo 3 without producing any age ID at the Dadeland Station Target.

Thompson is aiming to prove that the current game age rating system is majorly flawed and that serious revisions have to be made on it to make it more effective.

A simple graphical error on a banner ad in Target just might get you the deal of the century. An online forum thread pointed us to the said Target ad, and we checked it out. True enough, they're offering Halo 3 and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for US$ 30 each. We've screen capped the image below.

 

Before you get all clicky-clicky on our Read link though, there's a very big disclaimer here. While the banner ad has the titles clocked at 30 bucks, their individual product pages list them for their real price - Halo's got 60, Metroid's on 50. Now, lots of people have called Target about the said banner and if they could get the games for the price as advertised on the banner ad - and not the price on the product page. And y'know what? Some of the good, friendly ladies in Target's customer service actually honored the deal!

Other people in the forums have also said that it didn't work for them, saying that the customer service rep they talked to doesn't even know of the banner ad and that they've always had the games notched in their real prices. Some people have even said that Target's already fixed the banner ad - which is weird because when we visited the site just a few minutes ago, well, the screencap shows you.

Now, if you get that lucky cookie and persuade customer service enough... you never know! For what it's worth though, whether these two games come at a discount or not, personally, I'd still buy them. I'm sure a lot of you guys would still buy the games anyway, right? Regardless of price?

Kotaku blogger Flynn de Marco has posted an update regarding Target's ongoing DS games sale, but first, a backgrounder. This week's Target circular included an ad announcing that the all regular Nintendo DS games that are priced US$ 29.99 and above will be on sale for only US$ 24 each.

If you stop by a Target and see only a few games with the sale sign, don't worry. If the employees tell you that only the games will the sign on them are on sale, that's no problem. According to de Marco, while the sign might not be on all games in the US$ 29.99 and above price range, "all games US$ 29.99 and up are on sale and the price will be in the register when you go to make your purchase."

The Target sale will end Saturday, so check 'em out. Leave a comment below and let us know about your purchases. If you know of any other similar sales, you can also leave a comment to let other gamers know about them.

More information that the retailers are holding out for a possible blitz...and it comes from the future. Barring thoughts of flux capacitors and De Lorean, an anonymous tipster provided cell phone cam shots of the previews for this Sunday's newspaper circulars.

   

As for further details on the shots (according to Joystiq):

• Circuit City has Wiis. Limited quantities. No rain checks. While supplies last. Limit 1 per household. Vouchers will be handed out Sunday, 1 hour prior to opening (10am).
• Best Buy has Wiis. Minimum 20 per store. No rain checks. Stores open at 11am on Sunday.
• Target only has Wiimotes and nunchucks in the ad.

This snippet seems to coincide with other recent reports of more Wiis shipping in this Sunday, so it might be worth checking out.

It is very difficult to post about a site that provides their visitors information about the availability of the Wii in a Target Stores close to their neighborhood without going into accolades about how hot the Wii is at the moment, and how the little white console is so hard to find because it just keeps selling-out. Oops.

Anyway, just click the read-link below and then input your zip code there and you should end up informed about whether or not it is worth trekking to the store today. Yeah, angry kids (and kids at heart) screaming for Wii Consoles are like hamsters. This tool should help you check if the rare food-pellet (the Wii) that shuts them up is available

Cornelius Wilson over at PS3.net said that there's a rumor going around that Target stores will get PS3 units on December 12. Anybody checked this out yet or called their local Target if it's true?

Then again, Sony did promise a steady supply to make up for the launch numbers confusion when Sony ended up delivering less than half of the 400,000 units they had promised. No problem there, said SCEA Corporate Communication Director David Karraker, they'd have one million PS3s shipped by December 31 with "airfreight delivery for PlayStation 3 to assure a steady stream of systems for North American consumers."

So if this rumor's true, then go get yourself a PS3.

If it's not, cheer up. There'll be more on the way. As Ian C. said in his previous article, Sony may be starting slow, but like the tortoise, it's going steady! Those shipments are going to keep coming in.