Citing Hollywood executives, the LA Times claims that Sony has been in licensing talks with movie/tv studios the past few weeks in order to launch an online video service through its PS3 game console, as early as this summer. While Sony of course did not comment on the matter, SCEA's senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille said "we'll be offering a video service for PS3 in a way that separates the service from others you've seen or used." The service will have to compete with Microsoft's Xbox Live which currently offers 350 movies and more than 5,000 episodes of TV shows.

Dynamic action of Collapse immerses the player in an alternate future. 2096 A.D. The world as we know it is destroyed. Creatures from another dimension emerged over the old Europe, massacring and killing every life form they found on their way… That was a century ago.

Following a survey of existing measures to protect minors from harmful video games across the 27 European Union member states, the European Commission called for a retailers' Code of Conduct to be drawn up within two years.

Put on your headset, grab your clipboard and see if you have what it takes to be the boss in NFL Head Coach 09, a unique NFL experience that gives gamers the power to make decisions that define their career and ultimately the fate of their franchise as a head coach in the NFL. EA revealed that NFL Head Coach 09 will not only come bundled with Madden, but also as standalone title.

If previous trademark registrations are any indication, then Ubisoft's next installment in the Prince of Persia franchise will be called Prince of Persia Prodigy. According to trademork, Jordan Mechner has locked in the next installment in the Sands of Time trilogy, as he also owns The Sands of Time, Warrior Within and The Two Thrones. Maybe we'll get more details at UbiDays or E3.

Beijing 2008: the Official Video Game of the Olympic Games will be an authentic simulation of over 35 events from the upcoming Olympic Games and will allow gamers to experience the thrill of competing in many of the official venues.

In addition to a new campaign that ties up the Dread Lords saga, GalCiv II: Twilight of the Arnor adds civilization-specific technology trees and planetary improvements that add even more flavor to each alien race, while greatly expanding the strategic depth of the game. After a few delays, Stardock has set the launch date for April 30, 2008.

Black Bean's fast paced racing game SBK-08 Superbike World Championship, developed by Milestone, is the officially licensed WSBK, and will storm the next-gen consoles with brand new features and enhancements.

Double Helix, previously known as The Collective before it merged with Shiny, is currently working on Silent Hill: Homecoming, which raised the question, what happened to its previous project Harker? Foundation 9 clarified that question today when it confirmed the action game inspired by the classic horror novel Dracula was put on ice as the dev team is now working on SH5. Whether or not the game will be revived after the newest title in Konami's horror franchise wraps up, is uncertain at this point.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince you return to Hogwarts to help Harry survive a fraught sixth year. Engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew magical ingredients in Potions class, take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory, get sidetracked by Ron’s romantic entanglements and journey towards discovering the identity of the Half-Blood Prince.

Briefly mentioned in the latest Activison financial conference call earlier this year, no official announcement has been issued yet, however at last weekend's comic-con an Activision rep revealed that MUA 2 is being pushed from a, non-confirmed, tentative fall 2008 release until 2009. Probably done to give its freshly unveiled Spider-man game a bit more breathing room.

Summon Night: Twin Age is a fully stylus-driven action RPG set in the popular Summon Night universe featuring beautifully animated graphics, and addictive action RPG gameplay. The stylus is your key to the world of Clardona, whether as your swinging sword or your shimmering wall of fire.

38 Studios announced the expansion of its design team with the appointment of Travis McGeathy as systems design lead. Travis hails from SOE and joins his former co-workers at 38 Studios, Jason Roberts and Steve Danuser, who have been laying the groundwork in IP and game development in year one at the studio.

Ankama Games, known for its first MMO DOFUS, starts a new Tactical MMORPG project: Wakfu, featuring bright graphics and a fantasy universe much like its predecessor, even though the development team will be adding many innovations to the tactical gameplay.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. Funcom announced Age of Conan has gone gold, and that a patch will be available at launch with additional content, optimizations and bugfixes.

GRID takes players to locations over three continents to compete in a variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful racecars - new and classic, circuit and drift - players will compete in urban street races, as well as conquer official racetracks and championships. The eBay Motors Marketplace will allow you to buy and sell performance vehicles in a realistic setting.

Activision and Infinity Ward are planning a new offensive with the Call of Duty 4 downloadable Variety Map Pack, a series of new multiplayer maps, coming to the PlayStation Network on Thursday April, 24 for both North America and Europe!

Project Origin continues F.E.A.R.'s supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. Alma, whose rage against those who wronged her triggered a chain of events that have spiraled completely out of control, now has free reign, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• The World Ends With You (NDS)
• Wild Earth: African Safari (Wii)
• Cory in the House (NDS)
• High School Musical 2: Work This Out! (NDS)
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The 'Home' 3D online user community service will allow you to create your own avatar and explore a real-time virtual community, as if you are playing a detailed 3D game. The closed and open beta have been delayed until summer & fall respectively.