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.

Players will take control of WALL-E and EVE through a fast-paced adventure based on the upcoming Disney/Pixar film. The game will allow fans to relive some of the movie’s most thrilling moments as they explore 10 worlds filled with non-stop action and adventure, along with head-to-head multiplayer challenges.

Shaun White Snowboarding, powered by the award-winning Assassin's Creed engine, allows players to enter a world of total freedom, where they can create their own experience and choose how, where, and with whom they want to ride.

With the Games Convention in Leipzig creeping closer, Akella revealed its lineup of titles it will be showing at the GC, being held in Leipzig, Germany, August 19-24, 2008, including PT Boats, Disciples III, Heavy Duty, Showdown: Scorpion, Numen, Moscow Racer, A Stroke of Fate, Postal 3, and Night Watcher.

Swords will be honed and weapons optimized in Soulcalibur IV, as it delivers new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, making it the definitive fighting game experience. Namco Bandai revealed that SC IV is red-hot, as it has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since its Aug. 4th release date.

Mario Super Sluggers blends richly interactive baseball action with eccentric characters and elements (Princess Peach, Wario, Bowser, Shy Guy, Baby Mario, Koopa Troopa, Donkey Kong, etc.) from across the popular Mario universe. Players can swing the wireless Wiimote just like a real bat or wave it toward the plate to deliver a masterful pitch.

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:

• Race Driver: GRID (NDS)
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Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), 4 player on/offline co-op, and an 8 player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). The next issue of Stuff Magazine reveals six more tracks that will appear on the next Guitar Hero installment.

After recently being dropped by NCSoft, Spacetime Studios acquired the rights to its own space fantasy combat game Blackstar, but since the company is self-funded it was forced to scale down from thirty-two down to sixteen folks in the hopes of developing a pitch, a prototype and another publishing deal.

Check out the following new screens from Sega's E3 2008 lineup:

• 'Alpha Protocol' (PS3/X360/PC) - 6 New Screens
• 'Bayonetta' (PS3/X360) - 2 New Screens
• 'Bleach: Dark Souls' (NDS) - 8 New Screens
• 'Dinosaur King' (NDS) - 7 New Screens
• 'Empire: Total War' - 5 New Screens
• 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider' (PS3/X360) - 5 New Screens
• 'MadWorld' (Wii) - 11 New Screens
• 'Samba De Amigo' (Wii) - 18 New Screens
• 'Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood' (NDS) - 36 New Screens
• 'Sonic Unleashed' (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - 26 New Screens
• 'Space Siege' - 5 New Screens
• 'Stormrise' (PS3/X360/PC) - 8 New Screens
• 'Valkyria Chronicles' (PS3) - 7 New Screens
• 'Yakuza 2' (PS2) - 6 New Screens

Check out the following new screens from Sony's E3 2008 lineup:

• Buzz! Master Quiz (PSP) - 5 New Screens
• Buzz! Quiz TV (PS3) - 10 New Screens
• Crash Commando (PS3) - 20 New Screens
• Fat Princess (PS3) - 6 New Screens
• Flower (PS3) - 10 New Screens
• inFamous (PS3) - 6 New Screens
• Killzone 2 (PS3) - 12 New Screens
• LittleBigPlanet (PS3) - 16 New Screens
• MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3) - 14 New Screens
• NBA 09: The Inside (PS3) - 42 New Screens
• Pain: Amusement Park (PS3) - 9 New Screens
• Patapon 2 (PSP) - 18 New Screens
• PixelJunk Eden (PS3) - 10 New Screens
• Home (PS3) - 5 New Screens
• Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic (PS3) - 8 New Screens
• Resistance 2 (PS3) - 5 New Screens
• Resistance: Retribution (PSP) - 4 New Screens
• Siren: Blood Curse (PS3) - Screens
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation (PS3) - 7 New Screens
• Super Stardust Portable (PSP) - 7 New Screens

Having already received $1.5 million in June 2007, Ultizen Games announced that it has secured another $6 million USD in funding to support company’s continued rapid growth through acquisitions.

Las Vegas based developer HSC Labs has licensed has Simutronics' HeroEngine in connection with their massively multiplayer game project currently getting underway.

Theatre of War 2 is a 3D RTS that covers events of 1943, the operations in Tunisia. Players will have the option to lead the German Afrika Korps of Rommel, supported by Italian military contingent, in their last full-scale attack or be at the head of the opposing English and American armies.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Metal Slug 7 [NDS] - Trailer #2
• CustomPlay Golf 2009 [Wii/PC] - Trailer
• Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway [ALL] - Making Of Developer Diary #2
• Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising [ALL] - Grenade Trailer
• Tornado [NDS] - Lollipop Trailer
• Madden NFL 09 [ALL] - John Madden Interview Trailer
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Konami released its Q1 2009 financial results for the April-June quarter, revealing revenue went up 17% compared to the same period last year, while income jumped 65% dominated by the June 12 release of Metal Gear Solid 4, which has 3 million copies in two weeks. Kojima Productions' stealth action shooter boosted Konami's PS3 numbers from 1.3% last year to 57% this quarter, NDS, PS2 and PSP revenue dropped while Wii and X360 increased.

Deca Sports is an athletic offering, pulling together ten sporting events and pushing the player to their limits, fully using the Nunchuk/Wiimote to control your Mii like characters, including multiplayer. Hudson announced that its 10-Sport party game Deca Sports has exceeded 700,000 units shipped worldwide.

LittleBigPlanet is a community-based game where players meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots, and use their character's abilities to play, create and share what they build with other gamers throughout the world via PS Network. Fans who pre-order LBP will get a Brady Games MiniGuide, a LittleBigStickerBook, a LittleBigPouch, an exclusive downloadable Nariko SackGirl and Kratos SackBoy.

Central to the appeal of Ghostlight's International Athletics, developed by The Code Monkeys, will be the immense variety of the ten gut-busting events and the innate need of man to compete and win against his fellow man.

To promote the upcoming film Tropic Thunder, Massive Inc., Paramount Pictures and Ubisoft have teamed up to create a first-of-its-kind dynamic in-game interactive scavenger hunt in Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, which encourages gamers to actively interact with the dynamic in-game campaign, take action from the clues, and get rewarded at the final stage of the hunt.

The state of California today reimbursed the ESA $282,794 for attorney’s fees after the state attempted to defend an unconstitutional law restricting the constitutional rights of video game publishers, developers and consumers.

Conspiracy has entered into a publishing agreement to bring Black Bean's fast paced racing game SBK08 Superbike World Championship, developed by Milestone, to North America. SBK08 is the officially licensed WSBK, and will storm the next-gen consoles with brand new features and enhancements.

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals, based on Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy graphic novel series, is a visually striking, richly detailed point and click adventure game developed by Benoît Sokal’s White Birds Productions. Got Game Entertainment has delayed Nikopol from its original Aug. 11 release date until Sept. 10, 2008.

Six Degrees Games has secured $7 Million in financing, funds that will support the product development, launch and distribution of an original sports-themed virtual world designed for six to 14 year-olds, but open to all ages, currently in closed beta.

Steel yourself to face foes that no captain has ever bested before, in this perilous adventure of the enchanted worlds. Collect weapons, pick up crewmen, amass great riches and explore un-chartered seas. Learn the secrets of dozens of enemies as you cast off and set sail on a daring voyage of adventure and battle.