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Every once in a while, GameFly throws a storewide sale our way. Fortunately, now is one of those times — until May 19th, at least — so it’s worth checking out the used games that the site has to offer. Whether you’re looking for something fun to play during Game Night or just want to pick up a cartridge that you don’t already own, there are a lot of noteworthy titles available.

Here are some that we found intriguing, either because they’re awesome games or they’re just too cheap to resist (or some combination thereof):

• LifeSigns: Surgical Unit — $13.99
• Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles — $14.99
• Jam Sessions — $16.99
• Worms: Open Warfare — $16.99
• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney — $19.99
• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin — $23.99

Those are just the ones that stuck out to us, though. Let us know in the comments if you see any others worth a mention.

Game publisher THQ blames its massive fiscal 2008 loss in part on increased competition in the kids’ games market from Nintendo and “music games,” according to a recent conference call.

Calling the kids’ market in 2008 “the most crowded market for videogames for kids in recent memory,” THQ president and CEO Brian Farrell said that “new competition from Nintendo’s first-party titles, as well as new music games” hurt the company’s kids business, CasualGaming.biz reported.

Kid-oriented brands in THQ’s stable include Pixar, DreamWorks Animation, and Nickelodeon.

On Tuesday, THQ reported a net loss of $35.3 million for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2008. Last year, the company made $68.0 million.

Only question now is, which music games does Farrell mean? That sounds like a very careful way of pointing out that Disney’s Hannah Montana and High School Musical games, which have done extremely well on the Nintendo DS, are sapping THQ’s audience.

I can see why THQ might want to avoid mentioning Disney by name. Some
of THQ’s strongest kids’ titles are based on Pixar films like Cars and
Ratatouille, and Disney’s rapid expansion into the game space could
threaten that deal in the long term.

THQ’s biggest kids’ game this year is likely to be Wall-E (pictured), based on the upcoming Pixar film.

Image: THQ

THQ: Nintendo Success Making Kids’ Market Tough [CasualGaming.biz]