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Summer is just around the corner and kids will be out of school soon. What is there to do for fun? Video games! With gas prices on the rise, a great way to keep kids and adults of all ages busy this year is good old fashion video games. Let me tell you we have come a long way from Frogger and Pac-Man, and were not talking Ms. Pac-Man either. There are some great games out on the market today in many different formats. So what are the most anticipated games of the year for 2008?

The debut of Wii Sports got us up and moving last November. Nintendo continues to put the fun in exercise with their release of Wii Fit. It is not as much a video game as a workout, but just as exciting. This game is scheduled for US release on May 14, 2008.

Set to be released this summer is the fifth installment of the Namco Soul fighting series, Soul Calibur IV. This game will be available for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems. At last, the game will be available for competitive play online. Soul Calibur IV will feature five new characters: bonus characters Angol Fear and Scheherazade, Darth Vader, a guest character on the PlayStation 3 version, the guest character on the Xbox 360 version is Yoda; there is also a new character by the name of Hilde.

The go-kart style of racing in Mario Kart for Nintendo Wii is sure to please the young and young-at-heart alike. As of now, there have been seven installments of this game with the eighth coming this year.

How could we survive without more Grand Theft Auto? The series has not changed much in the past, but the look of its ninth title, GTA IV is quite refreshing. This will be the first in the series to feature the RAGE game engine like the one in Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis. The thieving begins on April 29, 2008, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

If you like Burnout Revenge, you are sure to love Burnout Paradise for PS3 and Xbox 360. The graphics are some of the best. This game is set in an open world with no waiting for loading times and no lobbies or game menus. One of the best features is the incorporation of the Gun N' Roses hit, Paradise City. The newest Burnout installment was released in January.

Bring on more Wii. In the third installment of the Super Smash Bros. series, for the first time, the game will feature third-party characters. Developed by Sora, Super Smash Bros. is a crossover fighting game that emphasizes on ring outs as opposed to knockouts. Brawl is the first to support battles online with the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection.

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