Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games players compete in events (100m track, table tennis, swimming etc.) that take place in venues based on the official London 2012 Olympic Games, against a supporting cast of characters from the worlds of both Mario and Sonic, including Luigi, Knuckles, Yoshi, Tails and more.

London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games will allow gamers to create their own moments of sporting history and fame by experiencing the thrill and adrenaline rush of the events and disciplines that will be a part of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

A new University of Missouri study claims that playing violent video games causes players to become more aggressive as their brain gets less responsive to violence, predicting an increase in aggression.

BioShock forever changed the expectations for the FPS going beyond run and gun corridors, monster-closet AIs and static worlds, creating a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience.

TikGames announced an agreement with Universal Partnerships & Licensing to develop and publish the first officially licensed video game based on the Chucky movie franchise.

Atari has released its latest financial results, revealing that while it has improved its incoming it is still running a €6.2 million loss, however that is merely half of its loss last year. Less positive news for the people at Eden Games, it's workforce is being trimmed to merely 30 people, while Atari is getting rid of Cryptic Studios altogether.

Avalanche Studios are currently developing Renegade Ops for digital download as well as two larger high-prestige projects for a 2013 release. Founded in 2003, Avalanche Studios are know for their open-world titles, a foothold the studio intends to maintain with their new games in development.

SouthPeak Interactive announced it has lined up a range of titles for digital release on the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network Games on Demand service in North America.

Supremacy MMA raises the bar in the MMA space by bringing an unprecedented level of fluid combat, intuitive controls and true-to-the-sport brutality.

Guild Wars is a competitive online RPG with an emphasis on rewarding player skill. In large head-to-head guild battles, cooperative group combat, and single player missions, players will explore a fantasy world while pursuing professions and acquiring skills to develop their own personalized character.

Telltale Games and Universal Partnerships & Licensing announced an expansion of its relationship to include games based on the newest installment of NBCUniversal’s popular “Law & Order” franchise over multiple years.

MTV Networks is launching 345 Games, a new video gaming arm of Comedy Central and Spike TV, and will develop products based on the Entertainment Group’s franchises and brands.

UK based developer Supermassive Games has chosen to partner with Gamebase USA to develop its newest title using the Gamebryo 3-D Engine.

Age of Empires Online invites players to create a living, growing online world, shared with friends and friendly rivals around the globe.

Lots of movement going on in the C&C universe these days, earlier this month a new community manager was appointed, Aaron "Apoc" Kaufman has been replaced by Eric "CIRE". Victory Games was formed to be the focal point for the creation of strategy games at EA, with its current focus on making a AAA Command & Conquer PC game. Victory Games is led by Jon Van Caneghem, known for the Heroes of Might & Magic franchise, and comprised of former C&C talent as well as industry veterans, spread over studios in Los Angeles, CA; Austin, TX; and Shanghai, China.

East Carolina University’s Psychophysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic revealed the results of a year-long randomized, controlled clinical study that measured the efficacy of so-called “casual” video games (CVGs) in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety as a co-morbid condition.

Duke Nukem will bring his signature brand of babe-lovin’, cigar-smoking, beer-chugging and ass-kicking action as he once again saves the Earth and our babes from hordes of invading aliens.

THQ’s games will build on the epic adventure that blazed onto television screens in 1984 as Voltron:  Defender of the Universe, in which five robotic lions, piloted by a team of brave space explorers, combine to form the mighty robot hero, Voltron.

Five theme-park style alleyways -- from Coaster Corner to Whirligig Way -- set the stage for gamers to swing away in the batting cage, avoid twisting tornadoes in the Hot Air Balloon Race, take a galactic journey to the red planet in Rocket to Mars and much more.

In Resistance 3, humans are hunted by Chimeran death squads, but various groups have figured out different ways to survive across the destroyed country.

In addition to the Xbox LIVE experiences unveiled during Steve Ballmer’s keynote, Microsoft is revealing new downloadable games and LIVE experiences for the Xbox 360 console, Windows PC and Windows Phone 7 onsite at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

UTV True Games announced that it has strengthened its management team and its international business development outreach with the appointment of Sean Lim as the new International Business Development Director for the company.

EA announced that servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates, just like it has the past few years. Fans may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates.

Introducing a new storyline and the next generation of Pokémon, the new releases will feature the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram (Pokémon Black Version) and Zekrom (Pokémon White Version) on the game covers worldwide.

Legendary female Japanese composer Kinuyo Yamashita will be performing her original music from Castlevania along with the New Jersey Symphony this Wednesday, December 29th and Thursday, December 30th at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).