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Plug in your microphones and get your voices ready: it's time to relive the magic with Disney Interactive Studios' Disney Sing It: Family Hits. Featuring beloved songs and videos from classic films, including "Cinderella,' "Mary Poppins," and "The Jungle Book," as well as contemporary favorites such as "Aladdin" and "Toy Story," fans can sing solo or with their families in collaborative and competitive modes, while viewing full-screen videos from the movies. Among the 30 songs are "A Whole New World," "Under the Sea;' and "You've Got a Friend in Me," each with onscreen lyrics. The game also offers vocal tips and exercises from Anika Noni Rose of "The Princess and the Frog." For Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3, both nonbundied and sold with a microphone. Rated E for Everyone.

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Who can believe it's been 10 years since Nickelodeon's "Dora the Explorer" came on the scene? Preschoolers can join the celebration through 2K's Dora the Explorer: Dora's Big Birthday Adventure, playing along with Dora and Boots as they try to find their way out of Wizzle World on the way to the bash. Players will trace, tap, shout, and scribble their way through challenges, such as riding a unicorn over the rainbow and traveling through mystical lands like the Dancing Forest. Birthday games include Card Match, Balloon Pop, and Dress Up. Featuring the voice actors from the television show and a cameo by Rosie Perez, this Nintendo DS game is rated E.

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Following the climax of this summer's live action adventure film, THQ's The Last Airbender offers players the perspective of Prince Zuko on his journey to capture the Avatar, a young boy named Aang, in order to regain his father's honor. Through epic battles, hand-to-hand combat, and various challenges, kids will discover and master amazing firebending and airbending abilities, as they revisit locations seen in the movie. Available for the Wii (rated T for Teen due to Fantasy Violence) and DS/DSi (rated E 10+).

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Activision's Transformers War for Cybertron challenges players to become the ultimate weapon as a character in the final, epic war that will determine the survival of their entire race. Armed with a lethal...

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