Five games are released in the United States this week. That's it. I guess no one wants to ship anything worthwhile a week before Christmas. Your choices are Rapala Trophies, a fishing sim on the 360; Bubble Bobble Evolution on the PSP; Alexey's Dwice, another PC puzzle game hoping to squeeze some sales out of the tagline "From the creator of Tetris!"; Paws and Claws Pet School on the PC; and 3D Model Trains for the PC.

Gamasutra's release list shows that the godless Japanese are clearly declaring a war on Christmas by releasing a large number of titles this week including new Tales and Seiken Densetsu games.