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.

Epic Games announced its acquisition of Utah-based development studio Chair Entertainment Group, known for XBLA title Undertow, which will continue to operate under the same name while maintaining its focus on creating new original game properties utilizing Epic's Unreal Engine technology.

The second complete album is coming to the Rock Band downloadable content catalog: The Cars’ 1978 self-titled debut will be available Tuesday, May 27. The Cars was released 30 years ago this month and spawned a slew of new wave classic hits.

Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade, be nice or play rough!

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft promise a whole new generation of high-definition gaming, but when it comes to the crunch, it’s the same old story. As Greenpeace's search for greener electronics continues, it was time for the game consoles to go to their labs for scientific analysis – and all of them tested positive for various hazardous chemicals.

The city pack add-on moves the SimCity Societies experience into new, exciting, and exotic locales, allowing players to create the perfect vacation spot. To attract and host Sims travelers from around the world, players must build and manage their destinations with an eye towards lucrative detail.

Based on a persistent manga-style universe, Street Gears is a massively multiplayer roller game where players can challenge each others in races or tricks contests.

LEGO Batman features all of the characters from the LEGO Batman construction sets, plus a few new additions. Gamers will have the ability to roam the streets of LEGO Gotham City as Batman or Robin, and even take control of the villains while manipulating gadgets and building/operating vehicles in co-op gameplay.

The war between the GDF and Strogg will soon be igniting on next-generation consoles as id Software and Activision confirmed that their team-based first person action title Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, is coming to next-gen platforms.

PixelJunk Eden is a platform game where the player feels like a small insect seeing a garden for the first time. Within this evolving and vibrant 2D plant environment, the player leaps and swings between lush plants, smashing into approaching enemies and navigating around the undergrowth to gather treasures.

Xbox Live Arcade's worldwide games portfolio planner David Edery revealed that Microsoft is planning on raising the limit for XBLA titles to 350mb, saying "We've been listening to our partners, listening to our customers to try and get a feel for what's right. We don't want the size limit to hit the roof because we think there's some value in promoting small pick and play experiences that don't cost USD 20 million, it's good for the ecosystem."

Elefunk is a Playstation Network title by UK based outfit 8bit Games. The premise is quite simple, guide your elephants from point A to point B, but getting there is a bit more tricky as you will be facing a variety of pitfalls, construct your own bridges, deal with wildlife and defy gravity as you jump and leap from canyon to anyon.

Joymax announced a new expansion for its massively popular free-to-play MMORPG, Silkroad Online. Entitled Legend III Roc Mountain, the expansion will give players access to a new area, new monsters, epic quests, precious armor, weapons, and shields.

Buzz! packs over 5000 questions – on topics including music, celebrities, TV, sport, science, nature, movies and general knowledge – alongside 1000 pictures and videos, into a PSP game ready to test your knowledge at home or on the move.

Codeminion discontinued space shooter Pteroglider has been re-released as a freeware game. Soon after the game was originally launched in April 2004 it has been removed from the online stores due to Codeminion’s focus changing towards the casual games market.

Tiga said today that research produced by Patrick Kierkegaard of the University of Essex, showing that there is little evidence to suggest that video games are anything but harmless, was an important contribution to the debate on video games and violence.

Decades after their original release, Arkanoid DS and Space Invaders Extreme are getting revamped gfx, multiplayer modes, new power-ups, sound and other content.

Nintendo's new WiiWare service tears down limitations for how developers create games, and the way people receive them. Starting today, Wii owners with an Internet connection can download new, creative games from a wide range of developers, from large publishers to indie shops.

Cities XL is a city building game that'll push realism to the limit with cities that are bigger, more realistic and sophisticated than ever before, while letting players take their game online as they interact with others in a massive online environment. Enter the "Point, Shoot... Win!" contest and have a chance to see your home or one of your neighborhood buildings in the game.

C&C: Red Alert 3 takes players on an epic RTS adventure to a breathtaking alternate future spawned by time travel run amok, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series' light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay. In case you haven't yet, check out yesterday's screens and trailer.