Craig, Dench, sign on for new Bond game

Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and more have all signed on to provide their voices to Activision's new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.

New Guitar Hero champ contended already

What real beer drinkers and Guitar Hero aficionados have in common: Guinness. Except one's a stout and the other is a World Records repository. Both are definitive.

UEFA Euro 2008

Funny how a fanatic can be expected to pay any price for a soccer game. But as UEFA Euro 2008 is basically akin to a single-purpose expansion pack for FIFA soccer, is it so not worth a full $50. Not even close.

Sierra scrapes memorabilia barrel, finds Ghostbusters car

Sierra Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products just announced the "Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Tour" which will see the quasi-famous hearse making stops at various events to help hype a forthcoming Ghostbusters game.

Kung Fu Panda

There's nothing quite like gathering the family together on the couch, firing up the oh-so wholesome Wii and then beating the crap out of all creatures great and small. And cuddly.

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Swapping Force for Fedora, the plastic fantastic Lego games go grave robbing with some whipsmacking professor named Henry. Mind the snakes.

DFC: PS3 to overtake Xbox 360 in 2009

The record game sales of 2007 are just a start for the soaring videogame business according to industry research firm, DFC Intelligence. Further, DFC forecasts that sales of the formerly floundering PlayStation3 should overtake the Xbox 360 in sales in 2009, finishing in a strong second behind the Nintendo Wii.

Move over Rock, next Hero does Guitar plus full on 'Band'

Activision just unveiled Guitar Hero: World Tour, which will include an electronic drum kit and microphone along with the ubiquitous fake guitar for full on band jams, just like the phenomenally successful upstart, Rock Band.

Gran Turismo hits milestone, nobody hurt

Because nobody cares about 48 million, Sony just announced that the celebrated Gran Turismo racing simulation series has hit a real milestone, 50 million units sold to date, with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue bumping it past the distinguished marker just recently.

DFC: Nintendo looks to conquer Europe

Game industry analyst group, DFC Intelligence, is readying forecasts for release over the next few month. In this overview, DFC notes that Nintendo Wii is expected to dominate Europe, the PlayStation3 might start to recover but never regain its former dominance, and the Xbox 360 will just sort of dither about in all European markets other than the U.K.