Sega has just released this Sonic Generations launch trailer for the 3DS to celebrate its nationwide availability. The game has a completely unique set of levels, exclusive to the handheld edition, and the video shows off the gameplay for both Classic and Modern Sonic that players will get to experience.

Sonic the Hedgehog will lead the balloons tomorrow at the 85th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

In celebration of Thanksgiving, Trendy Entertainment has released some new DLC for the Steam version of Dungeon Defenders. This content includes: The Great Turkey Hunt (free until 12/2), Dungeon Defenders Hero Pack, and The Warping Core Challenge Pack.

With The Great Turkey Hunt, hunt humongous herds of Turkeys for their delicious Thanksgiving meat. Tread carefully, however, as the dangerous Dark Elf Warriors and the gigantic Mega Turkey Boss will stop at nothing to protect them. Victory will unlock a brand new set of holiday costumes which includes a pilgrim for the Apprentice, a turkey outfit for the Squire, Pocahontas for the Huntress, and a Conquistador for the Huntress.

Want to get in on the action but don’t have a copy of the core game? No worries. Dungeon Defenders is on sale via Steam for 50% off during this time period.

Ignited Games is preparing for a closed beta for their upcoming MMORPG Rosh Online: The Return of Karos. In Rosh Online, players fight to break a dark curse that has fallen over the world of Asmara. The game features quests, guilds, and large-scale PVP battles. For information on the upcoming closed beta, hit up the official website.

Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games today revealed two developer diaries for King Arthur II: The Role-playing Wargame, their forthcoming RTS releasing for PC which arrives after the first of the year.

Gather round for a tale of a king’s rise from obscurity to near immortality. The legend of Uther Pendragon and his heir to the throne, young Arthur, may be a familiar one, but there’s always more to uncover. With Arthur’s legacy reshaping the landscape of Britannia forever, residents must ready themselves for a world of magic, mystery and betrayal. Click here for Part II.

World of Warcraft is seven years old. To celebrate, Blizzard is giving away a “Celebration Package.” The package consists of a few fireworks, a “feat of strength” added to your achievements, a tabard and a 7% bonus to experience and reputation gains while active. To get the package, you’ll need to log in between now and December 3. Happy birthday WoW!

Celebrity physical trainer Jillian Michaels has a new Kinect game coming out that combines fitness with Tomb Raider. Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Adventure features over fifty levels of running, jumping, and gem collecting action. The game includes a fitness calendar to track your progress and allows the player to compare their skills using an online leader board.

Starting this Tuesday, SCEA Santa Monica and LightBox Interactive will be launching the private beta for upcoming PS3 MMO-shooter Starhawk. The beta will begin small, and as it progresses, more people and features will be added to the trial. Anyone who purchased Uncharted 3 has a voucher with a beta key and can gain early access this Tuesday.

SteelSeries and Ignite Game Technologies have joined forces to create the ultimate racing simulator steering wheel. The SWR-Si Steering Wheel, which is available now for $119, features over 20 buttons and dials, PC racing game compatibility, and can be completely customized. For more information on the SWR-Si, check out the official website.

Anyone who has played Skyrim will tell you two things about it: It is great, and it has some pretty hilarious bugs. A simple YouTube search will bring up dozens of videos of various glitches, both humorous and game-breaking. Pete Hines, Bethesda’s Community Manager, promises on his Twitter that bug fixes are on the way, stating, “Takes a while to test/fix/regress. Hang in there.”

The first batch of Dead Island DLC, “Bloodbath Arena,” will arrive on November 22. The DLC adds a survival mode, pitting you and your friends against waves of zombies in four different arenas. Survival mode can also be played solo. A new weapon, dubbed the “brain wave bomb,” is rumored to make an appearance in the DLC as well. Leaderboards are also promised, as is the ability to carry experience earned in survival over to the campaign. Bloodbath Arena will cost 800 MS points or $9.99, but will be free to anyone who pre-ordered the original game.

Harmonix today announced that on November 22, a five pack of hits from the platinum selling Canadian rock group Nickelback will hit the Rock Band 3 Music Store. The Nickelback Then and Now pack features some of the band’s biggest hits, and lands just in time for their newest album, Here and Now, which hits stores November 21.

How You Remind Me, from 2001’s Silver Side Up, leads the pack. It’s followed by Someday, the lead single off 2003′s The Long Road, and Animals from 2005’s All the Right Reasons. If Today Was Your Last Day from 2008’s Dark Horse, fleshes out the catalog of classics with This Means War. The pack will be available for $8.49.

Yesterday, Apple named Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D. as the Company’s non-executive Chairman of the Board. Levinson has been a co-lead director of Apple’s board since 2005, has served on all three board committees (audit and finance, nominating and corporate governance, and compensation), and will continue to serve on the audit committee. Apple also announced that Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, will join Apple’s board and will serve on the audit committee.

Levinson is chairman of Genentech, and a member of the Roche Board of Directors. He joined Genentech as a research scientist in 1980, and served as Genentech’s Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2009. He is also a director of Amyris, NGM Biopharmaceuticals, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Levinson currently serves on the Board of Scientific Consultants of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Advisory Council for the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 scientific articles and has been a named inventor on 11 United States patents. In 2008, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Levinson received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington and earned a doctorate in Biochemical Sciences from Princeton University.

No, it’s not a new social networking game. Many Facebook users were subjected to pornographic and violent images that infiltrated news feeds across the globe as part of a coordinated spam attack.

Many of the pornographic posts spread just by clicking them, so apparently some were just too curious to resist the urge. The technique employed is called clickjacking. These fake links pose as regular Facebook posts, often coming from friends we would normally trust to only post good links. When clicked, a JavaScript command is executed, causing a user’s computer to perform a program that spreads the link even farther, potentially depositing malware along the way.

If it looks odd, don’t click it. Let your friend know via a separate message, and report all clickjacking to Facebook.

Afterfall: InSanity has gone gold. According to Nicolas Games and Intoxicate Studios, the production has lasted 583 days, but the game will finally hit store shelves November 25.

Prospective players can still place pre-orders for either for the standard edition or the special Collector’s Edition, and those looking to get into Afterfall‘s post-apocalyptic world won’t have to wait, as a downloadable demo is now available. Through it, folks will have the chance to check out its dark, dreary world for the first time, teaming up with the main character, Albert Tokaj, as they visit sections of the second and ninth levels of the game. From what I’ve heard so far, it’s a mere taste of the madness that’s yet to come later this month.

Matrix Games, Slitherine and Code Force have just released this extended gameplay and features preview video for Distant Worlds – Legends. The video details the long list of new features and improvements coming with Legends, in addition to showing off some of the battles that players can wage across the galaxy.

Distant Worlds: Legends is the second expansion to the 4X space strategy Distant Worlds, that adds a new character system which includes Leaders, Admirals, Generals, Governors, Ambassadors, Scientists and Agents, each with defined abilities and traits and opportunities to advance and grow over time. Expanded gameplay for all existing races includes new race-specific events, technologies and victory conditions that can create a completely different game depending on a player’s choices. An expanded tech tree also awaits, with dedicated carriers, cutting lasers, rail guns, new planetary facilities and wonders, and a new hidden faction.