Good news, Avatar fans! THQ has announced that they are well into the development of the sequel to Avatar: The Burning Earth. The game's sequel, titled Into the Inferno, will appear on the PS2, the Wii, and the DS this coming October. Details and a trailer in the full article.

  

Based on the Avatar animated series, the cool-sounding Avatar: The Burning Earth is slated for release on the Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS. It puts you in the shoes of hero Aang who must save his land from the evil Fire Nation.

Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph and Jet will be at your disposal to pit against your feisty enemies. You can play alone or with friends to complete the quest and save your crib from impending doom.

These three screens were taken from the game's Xbox 360 version. Details for the iterations in the Nintendo platforms are still scarce, but we'll fill you in for more as they come.

 

Thanks in part to some pretty aggressive price-slashing, EA's FIFA 07 and Need For Speed: Carbon have once again worked their way to the top of the UK videogame charts, getting the number one and number two positions respectively. In third place is another football (soccer for us folks in the U.S.) title: Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6.

THQ's recently released strategy title for the PC, Supreme Commander, has taken the number 4 slot, while THQ's Avatar: The Legend of Aang sits at number 5. For the rest of the top ten for the week ending February 17, check out the list below.

1. FIFA 07 (EA)
2. Need for Speed: Carbon (EA)
3. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
4. Supreme Commander (THQ)
5. Avatar: The Legend of Aang (THQ)
6. The Sims 2: Pets (EA)
7. Battlestations: Midway (Eidos)
8. Lost Planet (Capcom)
9. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
10. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts)
    

The holidays are fast approaching. And since Christmas is geared primarily to the young 'uns (and kids at heart), game developers are lining up all the kiddie-related titles as early as October. At least parents and their kids will have a healthy choice of wholesome games to play during the holiday vacations.

Here are the games coming out October 9 (hey that's tomorrow!):

Avatar: The Last Airbender - from Nickelodeon's cartoon with the same name. Play as Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph, and save the world from the evil Fire Nation. For those children who are so into the whole martial arts scene... Ki-ya!

Crash Boom Bang! - orangey-furred Crash and the weird gang are back! It's not just a screen scroller, it's also got tons of mini-games to choose from. Expect endless hours of fun. This is also for the peculiar kids who like kicking crates.

Monster Bomber - for the first time, kids don't have to flick boogers at each other for fun! In this game, the players are expected to fling colored balls to the upper screen. Once the right colored ball hits a particular monster, boom! It disappears. It looks like a high paced-game. Recommended for kids who ate too much candy last night.

Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who? - We are! The big brown dog and the gang of misfits enter the DS with another adventure. The bad guys won't win because of those pesky kids.

Clubhouse Games - The only game targeting the adult audience. Forty-two games in one. Need we say more? Yeah...a chat feature. A game to play while the kids are sleeping or playing one of the games above.