Sometimes, the weekly Nintendo downloads are pretty sparse, with only two or three games to speak of -- but not this week. Nintendo offers up eight new downloads today, ranging from shooter classics to DSi photo apps. For WiiWare, we start off with Carnival King, a carnival-themed mini-game collection for 700 Wii Points ($7). "Aha! I Got It!" Escape Game is available for 500 points ($5), and features a little boy trying to escape various puzzle rooms put together by his father. And Family Card Games is another title starring Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy, and features three card games: Daifugo, Speed, and Memory. It's up for 500 points.

Infinity Ward may be taking steps to block one of the more commonly used methods of Xbox Live multiplayer cheating, according to a post on NeoGAF. It shows off a blurry screenshot (right), which reads: "This multiplayer session requires that you be in the game chat channel. If you don't switch, you can't play. Switch to the game chat channel now?" The implication, obviously, is that at least some of the multiplayer game types won't let you have private chats with your buddies. This is solidly in rumor territory for now, but it's a move that makes sense for the game.