Impulse Weekend Deals, Avatar preorder

Impulse passed along this week’s biggest deals - to kick off over the weekend - and announced that preorders are now live for James Cameron’s new game, Avatar along with a nifty preorder bonus. Both a regular version of the game, along with a Special Edition of Jame’s Cameron’s Avatar The Game are available for preorder now. The bonus for putting your money down early on the game includes two exclusive in-game weapon unlocks: the Fighting Staff (Na’vi faction) and the Dual Wasp (RDA faction). Dual Wasps have a short range, but they can quickly inflict enough damage to incapacitate nearby enemies. Fighting Staffs are melee weapons with a long range. Their attacks allow you to inflict damage on all surrounding targets.

Earlier this week Impulse announced that pre-orders for Pandemic’s The Saboteur were also available - though I have my doubts that the game will hit its target release date in Dec. after EA gutted the studio earlier this week. We’ll see, right?

This week’s Impulse weekend specials include the following games:

Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia on sale starting today through the weekend, $22.49 from $29.99

Kingdom Elemental: Tactics - $14.95 from $19.95

Iron Grip Warlord – Half off! - $9.95 from $19.99

Hacker Evolution – Untold – Half off! $12.50 from $24.95

Nemesis of the Roman Empire - $9.99 from $14.99

Warlords Battlecry III - $9.99 from $14.99

Supreme Commander Gold - $22.49 from $29.99

Scrapland - $9.99 from $14.99

Find out more by visiting impulsedriven.com/explore/onsale.

SpongeBob Truth or Square game in stores this week

THQ has released SpongeBob’s Truth or Square to all major retailers nationwide for the Wii, Nintendo DS, the Xbox 360, and PSP. In this off-the-wall action adventure game, players will take poart in some of the most humorous events from the last 10 years. The game also introduces a new and unique morphing capability that turns SpongeBob into unlikely objects like a spatula or sledgehammer. The game is slightly tied to a special episode of the show that celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the show.

In SpongeBob’s Truth or Square, players journey through memorable SpongeBob SquarePants locations to find the missing Krabby Patty formula in time for Krusty Krab’s Eleventy Seventh Anniversary. From Jellyfish Fields to downtown Bikini Bottom, players will have to run, jump, spin and hammer their way through 10 levels. Each level will take players back to a happy SpongeBob SquarePants moment, such as when SpongeBob becomes a fry cook, gets into the Salty Spittoon or meets Sandy for the first time.

Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants “Truth or Square” one-hour prime time television event premieres on Friday, Nov. 6, culminating Nickelodeon’s 10th anniversary celebration of the pop-icon and top-rated kids’ series. The event features celebrity guest stars Craig Ferguson, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, LeBron James, P!nk and Robin Williams, among others. SpongeBob’s Truth or Square was developed by Heavy Iron Studios.