EA announced that The Sims 2 Store is now live, allowing The Sims 2 players to choose from a range of thousands of items ranging from fashions, furnishings, decor, to entertainment, home office items, etc., and download them directly into their The Sims 2 games

SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom is an action-packed adventure featuring 10 playable characters from some of the most popular Nickelodeon TV shows, as well as numerous iconic locations such as Retroville, Amity Park and Bikini Bottom. Players will play cooperatively as both heroes and villains while utilizing special gadgets in order to defeat the Morphoids.

New reports from market research company DFC Intelligence forecasts worldwide video game industry revenue to reach $57 billion in 2009, including revenue from video game hardware and software, consoles, handhelds, PC games (including MMOs). There are currently 11 countries that have annual video game revenue in excess of $1 billion.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies.

At the Interactive Digital & Entertainment Festival in Cannes earlier this week, THQ revealed that it is bringing SimBin's RACE racing game to the X360, currently scheduled for Nov. 2008. Race 360 will feature 350 cars, 15 tracks, 7 modes, 2 player splitscreen, and up to 12 players online. Currently there are plans for seven DLC packages planned through Xbox Live, two shortly after launch which will be free.

At World Wide Invitational in Paris, Blizzard officially announced the third installment in the Diablo franchise! A short demo showed off the Barbarian & witch doctor classes, picking up God Of War like red orbs as health, busting through walls, which also does damage to enemies, co-op, customized equipment for each class, promising more quests than in previous titles, improved controls, easy access to skills through a revamped hotbar, and of course all in nice 3D.

Today Project Top Secret officially reaches the most anticipated milestone yet as Acclaim finally announces the winner of the Directorship, Michael “Doran” Zummo. Mike will be offered the biggest career bump in the industry as he’s offered the directorship of an upcoming game from Acclaim Games, working with David Perry as Executive Producer.

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation focuses on online play and the global community and clans that support it, with support for Tournaments, Clan Ladders, and Leader Boards. Additionally, players will be able to modify their appearance through facial and physical customization.

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation focuses on online play and the global community and clans that support it, with support for Tournaments, Clan Ladders, and Leader Boards. Reminiscent of Warhawk, SCEA confirmed that SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation will come bundled with a bluetooth headset.

38 Studios announced the appointment of Thom Ang as Director of Art to oversee the management and direction of all aspects of 38 Studios artistic development, including the MMOG codenamed Copernicus, and work closely with Todd McFarlane and R. A. Salvatore

Men of War is 1C Company's latest RTS, taking place in Europe during the height of WWII. The story unfolds across three different campaigns played out through the eyes of Soviet, Allied and German soldiers.

As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance. Early July Kaos will release a multiplayer demo featuring the Oilfield and GNAW maps, updated with the latest v1.1.1 code, will be released.

EA unveiled new game details and the line-look for its Wii exclusive "All-Play" products, starting with next month's NCAA Football 09 All-Play, designed for social play and featuring unique controls, distinct presentation and a style of play that is inviting to players of all skill levels.

Meridian4 announced that Buka's catalogue of games is rolling out over the Internet, with many titles available at your favorite digital distribution channel. Titles including Battle Mages, Battle Mages - Sign of Darkness, Operation Matriarchy, Entente: WWI Battlefields and just recently, Pacific Storm became available on Steam. Purchase it before July 1, save 20% off $19.99.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! allows players to dance along with favorite characters to familiar High School Musical songs from all three movies, while High School Musical 3: Senior Year features all new songs from the upcoming theatrical release and lets fans play through the game as the Wildcat whose personality is most like theirs.

SimBin celebrates its five-year anniversary by giving away "Andy Priaulx Crown Place Race Way" on Steam, which includes a brand-new island track and new cars from triple-World Champion Andy Priaulx in his BMW 320si from WTCC and Fabrizio Giovanardi in his Vauxhall Vectra VXR from the BTCC.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies.

Once there was the ESRB who were the source of various leaks on upcoming titles, but these days marketing research companies are taking over. A new survey gauged participants' interest in a variety of possible new Halo titles, ranging from the previously rumored LEGO Halo, a Halo MMO, RTS (Halo Wars), arcade game, squad based shooter, all the way to a surreal "family friendly" Halo game. Unfortunately The Teletubbies vs. Halo was not amongst the options.

People who were offended by the sexual content of last year's Hot Coffee mod could receive between $5 and $35 restitution if they joined the class action lawsuit. Even though the main stream media widely reported on the matter and various politicians joined the crusade, only 2,676 people signed on for the settlement, according The New York Times. Initially Take Two was facing $2.75 million in fines, but with the small turnout the publisher is only looking at $30,000. On the other hand, the various lawyers involved in the filing are seeking $1.3 million in legal fees.

In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. This Community Bonus Pack includes eight levels (5 DM, 1 CTF, 1 VCTF & 1 WAR) created by some of the best UT level designers from around the world.

Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 is based on a little-known Russian offensive that occurred during May 1942, in which a German counterattack had three Soviet armies surrounded, forcing them to fight their way out of the Barvenkovskiy Kotel ‘meat grinder’.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.

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. Since the Spore Creature Creator was released earlier this week EA revealed that fans have created and shared more than one million creatures using the Creature Creator in the first week of availability.

Death Track: Resurrection is a combat racing title that plunges players into the not too distant future when the world is in chaos. The population is tired of traditional sports. Replaced by far more aggressive, violent and thrilling types of entertainment the public screams for more.

Capcom announced that it has entered into an agreement to license Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3, the second agreement between Capcom and Epic Games on licensing Unreal Engine 3, for a yet unannounced European developed title.