hile the PSP Go isn’t officially set to go on sale until October 1st it seems that some Target locations have broken the street date, as you can see above.

This picture was taken by an Engadget reader who spotted the PSP Go in stock and on sale at a Target around Atlanta. We’re not sure exactly how many more Targets (if any) are selling the hardware but if you’re feeling lucky head over to your local store. What do you have to lose?

Although, the worst part about this is that there are no video game underwear made specifically for women. What gives?

Just in time for the not-so-exciting patch a blogger over at Examiner has noticed that his local Target was selling the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead for a ridiculously low price of $12. Dumbfounded by this discovering he proceeded to go to another Target and found that the game was also $12.

Now, there’s no telling if this is a nationwide clearance as there have been no official announcements but definitely check out your local Target if you haven’t already picked up Left 4 Dead. This is a deal that’s too good to pass up!

Joystiq has recently gotten their hands on a flyer released by Target that clearly shows you will recieve Target Gift Cards when you purchase some of their products.

First of all, if you purchase both Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, which comes bundled with MotionPlus, along with Grand Slam Tennis you will be greeted with a $20 gift card. Alternatively, if you purchase Guitar Hero Smash Hits for any console you will be given a $5 gift card.

Sure, it’s not much considering you have to spend upwards of $110 to get $20 back or $50 to get $5 but it is a discount of sorts.

So when I latched on to a copy of Shaun White Snowboarding, now available for the Xbox 360, the Playstation 3, PC and PSP, I wasn’t all that sure what to think.  See, it’s not like this game has a whole lot of plot to it.  You’ll play a snowboarder who launches through a series of challenges like slalom racing, and straight out races, and other kinds of snowboarding fun, as well as an opportunity to sail down some very nicely set up courses and do tricks and flips and whatnot.  Playing the challenges allows you to get cash to trick out your board and gear, and you’ll also get to advance to different kinds of courses, like mountain peaks, back country hills, parks, and of course, Target Mountain, which is basically just one giant commercial for Target, assuming you bought your game at Target.  The best kick in the teeth about the Target Mountain pack is that it costs more than the regular, so you’ll basically be paying Target a premium to advertise itself to you.

That particular kick to the teeth aside, Shaun White Snowboarding really surprised me.  I had a surprising quantity of fun throwing myself down a mountain to a positively outstanding funk soundtrack comprised of songs like “Play That Funky Music”.  Tricks weren’t terribly difficult to pull off, and it did a really nice job of capturing the feeling of speed as you go flying down a mountain with a chunk of fiberglass strapped to your feet.  I actually managed to blow a lot of time just cruising down the various mountains, sliding in and out of the pine trees, jumping off ramps and wood piles and houses and suchlike…there’s plenty to do here, and you’ll probably be able to enjoy it repeatedly, giving it all sorts of replay value.

Okay, granted—if you like to have a storyline when you play your games, then Shaun White Snowboarding’s miserable attempt at a plot is going to be a spectacular joke to you.  There’s only so much narrative value in “improve as a snowboarder and travel to various locales where you’ll continue trying to improve as a snowboarder”.   As for action, it’s also in pretty short supply here, because you’re basically playing a sports game.  While you’ll get to chuck snowballs at your fellow racers when you’re in the Death Race portion of the game, you’ll never lay hands on, say, a shotgun or a chainsaw.  And I’m sorry, but I think being able to handle a chainsaw or shotgun would just up the awesome factor of a snowboarding game like a million percent.

The key point to take away from all this is that you’re snowboarding.  If you like the feeling of speed and the exhilaration of gravity as you take a long drop off a mountain with nothing between you and a shattered spinal column but sheer momentum and a hunk of fiberglass.  They did a solid job with it, but there’s only so much you CAN do with it by dint of the material itself.  If you’re okay with the inherent limitations of the source material, then you’ll love this game.

Goal or No Goal (Gong), the free-to-play, multiplayer, online soccer game and community, is now available at Target. GONG!, available for Windows PC, is already being played online in nearly 20 countries, including the United States, Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt and Mexico.

This three vs. three multiplayer online soccer game has established itself as the one of the hottest online soccer game communities on the Web. The exclusive retail product features a premium subscription that provides faster leveling-up and increased rate of earning stars, access to VIP events, as well as 800 starter coins that can be used for in-game transactions.

“GONG! Goal or No Goal is a family-friendly game whose distinctive fusion of social interaction, casual sports MMO and online community experience have already made it a global success,” said Wim Stocks, vice president of Sales and Strategic Partnerships for THQ.

For a suggested retail price of $19.99, consumers who purchase the game at Target will receive a VIP package totaling more than $60 of retail exclusive content. Developed by Sleepy Giant, GONG! Goal or No Goal is rated E for everyone.

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Here are the games you will be able to buy for $40 at Target: Call of Duty: World at War, Shaun White Snowboarding, Madden 09, Animal Crossing, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and Midnight Club.

via Kotaku