China's video game industry regulator the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and copyright watchdog issued a circular on Saturday prohibiting foreign investment in domestic online gaming operations through joint ventures, wholly owned enterprises and cooperatives, while also disallowing foreign firms from indirectly influencing gaming firms through agreements or technology support.

Forza Motorsport 3 unites the racing game genre, making it possible for everyone to experience the thrill of more than 400 of the world’s most exotic and exquisite cars on over 100 renowned real-world tracks and exotic road courses from around the globe.

Experience a new type of strategy and arcade game. Fence off parts of the battlefield to corner your enemies. You are knight Fortix, the sole hope for the desolate and tortured land of Fortiana to become the fertile land that it was before. Collect catapults and power-ups to besiege the fortresses and take on dragons.

Need for Speed Nitro will have players of all skill levels hooked from the moment they get into the action, while arcade racing fans will be exhilarated by the deep and challenging gameplay.

Formed by Bungie alumni Michel Bastien, Damián Isla, and Rob Stokes, Moonshot is dedicated to exploring the uncharted spaces of high-quality downloadable games, bringing to those worlds our years of experience with AAA productions.

Forza Motorsport 3 unites the racing game genre, making it possible for everyone to experience the thrill of more than 400 of the world’s most exotic and exquisite cars on over 100 renowned real-world tracks and exotic road courses from around the globe. On launch day Turn 10 will release a free Game Add-on car and track pack, adding ten new vehicles and two tracks.

IPKeys has selected Emergent’s Gamebryo LightSpeed development system to create counter-IED simulations for the Federal Government's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization’s Technical Gaming Team.

Codemasters has selected NaturalMotion’s animation middleware morpheme in a far-reaching deal covering upcoming titles and future game development.

The crazy, zany, world of Katamari is back and better than ever before, complete with new stages, new visual effects, new strategies, and full 1080p HD resolution! The gameplay has generated millions of fans worldwide and the loveable characters are ready to roll again.

In an original storyline developed exclusively for the game, Ben and the Omnitrix will journey to outer space and distant never-before-seen planets for the first time ever in the series, using his alien forms and their special powers in an effort to thwart a grand scheme to conquer the universe one planet at a time.

EA Phenomic's BattleForge is a new fantasy online RTS game where you assemble your own army with collectible trading cards. Win, trade and buy your cards online to create your ultimate deck. BattleForge is the first game to leverage Microsoft’s DirectX 11 and AMD’s new ATI gfx processor chipset.

Today's King Tut exhibit wasn't all that bad. Lots of interesting stuff to see and read about, but unfortunately Tutankhamun himself was not there. One of the more interesting tidbits was that his sarcophagus itself was enclosed within 8 additional gold-gilded boxes, with each one bigger than the last. Crazy!

While we were there, we also checked out the rest of the museum, and most of it was boring modern art or crappy paintings that I could care less about, but there was one piece, The Spine and Tooth of Santo Guerro, that represented a cathedral entirely built out of disassembled machine gun barrels, handguns, scopes, various bullets and pellets. Wickedly awesome!

When we finally got home, we watched the new Stargate Universe, which, while being a bit confusing at times with the use of flashbacks, is pretty damn good so far. As if two hours of TV weren't good enough, we also snuck in the latest "Supernatural" episode, which never disappoints with the good music, action and sarcastic humor.

Battlefield 1943 takes players back to WWII, offering endless hours of 24-player multiplayer action over three classic and tropic locations: Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. Ea is now allowing fans to pre-order the PC edition of Battlefield 1943 for $14.99, although it isn't out until next year.

The ‘SFI Mission 4/Pack’ priced at $19.99 features four military strategy games. The games featured in the pack are ‘Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord’, ‘Combat Mission II: Barbarossa To Berlin’, ‘Strategic Command: European Theater’ and ‘Strategic Command II: Blitzkrieg’

Designed to deliver a true driver’s experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed Shift is built by racers for racers, delivering an authentic and immersive driving experience.

Forza Motorsport 3 unites the racing game genre, making it possible for everyone to experience the thrill of the world’s most exotic and exquisite cars. Live the most realistic racing experience ever as you take the wheel of more than 400 of the most-beloved cars on over 100 renowned real-world tracks and exotic road courses from around the globe.

Need for Speed Nitro will have players of all skill levels hooked from the moment they get into the action, while arcade racing fans will be exhilarated by the deep and challenging gameplay.

A late start yesterday — AKA sleep — made for quite a busy day. Catching up on things while staying on top of the new stuff is quite a hassle.

Tomorrow is finally BBQ time, the one that was canceled a few days ago, so I'll be saving myself all day to pack it away in the evening. We'll bring a few bottles of wine for smooth sailing, so a good time should be had by all.

The fall TV season has fully kicked in, and the new DVR is being put to the test as we watched episodes of "Entourage," "House," "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "Sons of Anarchy," and that's only a fraction of what we've recorded this week.

I picked up the new Alice in Chains and Megadeth albums, so I'll be checking those out in a bit, some hard rockin' music is always good for staying awake in the middle of the night.

Fort Zombie is a lite Action/RPG where players will find themselves trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Faced with no other choice but to find shelter from an impending wave of zombies migrating from a nearby metropolis, players will be challenged to choose a building to be their Fort throughout the entire campaign.

Cities XL expands upon all that make city builders fun and interesting, with cities that are bigger, more realistic and sophisticated than ever before, while letting you take your game online, and interact with others in a massive online environment.

Fortune hunter Nathan Drake returns in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog's blistering PS3 exclusive 3rd person action adventure shooter. Previously only available to pre-order customer, SCEA has released the multiplayer demo to the general public, allowing you to check out four maps, four competitive modes and two co-op modes, although the twitter feature has temp. been disabled as it was flooding the network service with updates.

Adam’s Venture: The Search for the Lost Garden brings a combination of action oriented gameplay with classic puzzle solving along with an involving storyline. Set during the 1920’s, Adam’s Venture takes you on an epic journey of discovery to find the legendary place of the beginning of mankind, the lost Garden of Eden.

Experience a new type of strategy and arcade game. Fence off parts of the battlefield to corner your enemies. You are knight Fortix, the sole hope for the desolate and tortured land of Fortiana to become the fertile land that it was before. Collect catapults and power-ups to besiege the fortresses and take on dragons.

Fable 2 offers even more choices and features, while building on the core gameplay theme of the original Fable where every choice continually defines who you become, allowing you to truly live the life you choose. Lionhead launched the first installment in the Fable II: Game Episodes, allowing people who have not yet experienced the game to download it in 5 episodes.

Designed to deliver a true driver’s experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed Shift is built by racers for racers, delivering an authentic and immersive driving experience.