World Championship Games, known in Europe as International Athletics, is the most realistic athletics simulation available on handhelds. Featuring 14 varied track and field events playable in jaw-dropping international stadiums, the game delivers online and wireless multiplayer fun for up to four players via the Wi-Fi channel and local LAN.

Microsoft's Xtival 09 is a four-day festival of gaming, competitions and exclusive downloads, free to all Silver & Gold Xbox Live members. Xtival 2009 will bring a broad range of entertainment content and experiences from music, movies, game tournaments and promotions from May 1-4.

ZootFly announced it secured the official Mr. T graphic novel license from Mohawk Media to develop a series of games packed with the trademark over-the-top adrenaline-pumping action of Mr. T. The games will feature knuckle-whitening action-adventure, furious brawler combat, gravity-defying platforming, and environmental puzzles.

A new study by Dr Souvik Mukherjee, a researcher and computer game narrative expert from the School of Arts & Humanities at Nottingham Trent University, concludes that computer games can be read like books and should be regarded with the same value as literary texts.

Virtua Tennis 2009 will again allow you to take on the world's top tennis players in some of the most realistic courts to be found on gaming consoles. Take on the likes of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, or play as Maria Sharapova against Venus Williams to recreate some classic court battles.

Starting April 19, Target will roll out a new reservation program that offers customers a chance to reserve top video game titles for $1, and when they come pick up their game they'll receive a $5 Target GiftCard to put toward a future purchase.

Video Games Live will return to Los Angeles, CA on Thursday, June 4th at 8:00pm, as it will be performing at the historic Greek Theatre as the closing ceremony of E3. A lot of new material has been incorporated into the 2009 show and partnered with the E3 convention, there will be a variety of very special guests from Japan and Europe in town for this performance.

A new study by Dr. Simon Goodson and Sarah Pearson from Huddersfield University reveals that driving games leave you feeling more agitated and aggressive than violent shoot-'em-ups.

A new study found that adults who play a lot of action video games may be improving their eyesight. A group of 22 students was divided in two, one playing shooters Call of Duty 2 and Unreal Tournament 2004, while the second played The Sims 2, a sim game. At the end of the 50-hour trial, the action game players showed an average of 43% improvement in their ability to discern close shades of gray, while the Sims players showed none.

Guitar Hero: Metallica features an Expert+ difficulty setting for people with two kick pedals, pop-up video style tracks, new guitar and bass tones, allowing you to play as a band member in single instrument or band career game modes, a total of 28 Metallica tracks, as well as 21 other artists. GameStop will host midnight launch events for Guitar Hero: Metallica on Sat., March 28, 2009, at approximately 400 of its U.S. stores.

Erik Svedang’s Blueberry Garden, an exploration game set in an ever-changing ecosystem, received top honors at the 2009 Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards, while Bethesda Softworks' post-apocalyptic open-world adventure Fallout 3 became Game of the Year at the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards.

A new study conducted by Nottingham Trent University, the Department of Health and Nottingham University Hospital, set out to investigate the levels of energy expended when playing video games indicates videogaming could form part of recommended daily physical activity.

Carnival Games is a frenzied combination of tapping, blowing, speaking and stylus maneuvering bringing the midway to life, with favorites such as Alley Ball, Frog Leap and Dunk Tank, complemented with fresh games like RC Raceway and Clown Hammer.

Thriller New Media is specifically focused on creating and operating MMOGs centered on military- and espionage-themed topics targeting first person shooter (FPS) and action gaming experiences.

After having just performed the opening of the Taiwan International Music Festival last weekend in Taipei to an endless sea of tens of thousands, and having sold out every show so far this year, Video Games Live is proud to announce 45 new shows for 2009.

Halo Wars is a strategy game based on the Halo universe where players will command armies of familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind. Apart from the pre-Launch Tournament, Gamestop will also host midnight launch events for Microsoft’s Halo Wars at more than 2,000 stores nationwide.

Square Enix has signed an agreement with Valve to bring its titles to customers in North America via Steam on April 9, starting with SE's RPG The Last Remnant, as we revealed yesterday.

In 2005, the California State Assembly approved legislation to limit the access of extremely violent video games to minors (anyone under 18), which was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger but immediately appealed by the VSDA and ESA, and has now finally been overturned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which deemed it unconstitutional.

Harmonix and MTV Games are making a generous minimum $50,000 gift to Starlight Children’s Foundation to bring the power of music to children facing chronic and life-threatening illnesses. In addition, more than 650 Rock Band bundles have been provided to Starlight’s seriously ill children at its Great Escape family events and to hospitals around the country.

Seattle based engine developer Digini, known for tis X360/Pc engine Blade3D, merges with Shanghai based design studio Vyk Games to form Blade Games combining game development systems and outsourcing services to empower game makers of all levels to pursue their passion and bring their ideas to life.

World Championship Games, known in Europe as International Athletics, is the most realistic athletics simulation available on handhelds. Featuring 14 varied track and field events playable in jaw-dropping international stadiums, the game delivers online and wireless multiplayer fun for up to four players via the Wi-Fi channel and local LAN.

Travel Games For Dummies is the first title for the NDS in EA's For Dummies series of games, and offers three exciting games in one. The game is packed with over 600 puzzles for Solitaire, Sudoku and Crosswords enthusiasts.

Nottingham, UK, based Simple Lifeforms is a social game company formed to develop and publish games that combine the best features of online games (such as Runescape and World of Warcraft) and social networks (such as Facebook and MySpace).

Empire Interactive announced an exclusive, multi-year deal with Mensa, acquiring the rights to develop and publish console, hand-held, and PC videogames based on the Mensa license in the US and UK.

The Academy announced the nominations for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards which this year feature 39 different games, lead by Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's seven BAFTA nominations, Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) garners six, Fable II and LittleBigPlanet follow with five each, Steven Spielberg wins his first video games nomination for Boom Blox.