EA Sports Fantasy Football returns...

EA SPORTS FANTASY FOOTBALL is open for registration at fantasy.EASPORTS.com. Renew your league from last year or create a new league and invite your friends to play.

This year, use your PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system or Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to expand your fantasy football experience with applications like EA SPORTS Fantasy Football Live Draft Tracker & Live Score Tracker and Madden NFL 09 Integration.

Madden NFL 09 - The first sports game that adapts to you!

Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation, Madden NFL 09 delivers its most complete NFL football package ever.

Whether you're a seasoned vet or picking up the game for the first time, players of all skill levels will enjoy a unique, yet challenging experience with the innovative Adaptive Difficulty Engine, which tailors the game to match your playing style.

With more than 85 new features and enhancements, Madden NFL 09 is the most authentic and adaptable game in sports video game history.

NCAA Football 09 video game - out now

The electricity of Big Play Saturday is back!

Powered by the all-new Breakaway Engine and showcasing unique college-style animations, NCAA Football 09 arrives with all the excitement and pageantry of a storied college bowl game.

Develop a loyal fan base with a Home Field Advantage and build your legacy in the Online Dynasty Mode.

With authentic collegiate gameplay and thousands of school specific plays, college Saturdays jump to life like never.

With more than 70 new features and modes, NCAA Football 09 is king of the next-gen gridiron this season!

New Dragon Quest video game debuts at No.1 in Japan

Square Enix's Dragon Quest V - Tenkuu No Hanayome has entered the Japanese charts at number one in its first week of sale, according to figures from Media Create.

The game sold 644,000 units, way ahead of its closest rival Gundam Battle Universe for the PSP, another new entry at number two, which sold 138,000 copies.

The only other new entry in the top ten was Aqua Plus' Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi for the PlayStation 3, at number four with 34,000 units sold.

The full Japanese top ten for the week ended July 20 follows -

1. Dragon Quest V (DS)
2. Gundam Battle Universe (PSP)
3. Persona 4 (PS2)
4. Tears to Tiara - Kakan no Daichi (PS3)
5. Wii Fit (Wii)
6. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
7. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS)
8. Derby Stallion DS (DS)
9. Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (PSP)
10. Densetsu no Stafi - Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan (DS)

Source: Games Industry

Video games bugs and glitches video

A video showing some classic video game bugs and glitches - look out for the football bouncing on the goal post that no player can reach...

Watch the video here...

Les Claypool to write music for 'Mushroom Men' Video Games on Nintendo Wii

Primus principal Les Claypool has written the original theme track and four other themes for the Nintendo Wii "Mushroom Men" video games, due this fall.

This is the first game music for Claypool, who previously created the themes for TV's "South Park" and "Robot Chicken," as well as film scores. For Nintendo, it's believed the first time the leading game publisher will have original music from a top artist in one of its games.

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Top 10 video game animals

Main characters of video games are often of the humanoid-variety: You have your Clouds, and your Links, and your Dantes, and your Master Chiefs, and so on. Far too often are the minor characters of such games overshadowed by them, much more in the cases where those minor characters aren't even human.

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PopCap's Peggle coming to Nintendo DS

PopCap is one of the bigger names in casual games for the computer. It has now announced that one of its most popular games, Peggle, will be debuting on the Nintendo DS later this year. PopCap partnered with Q Entertainment to bring the game to the DS.

PopCap says that plans for launch in Europe for the Nintendo DS are not confirmed at this time. The Nintendo DS version is expected to have more levels than the existing versions of the game and some levels will be DS exclusives. Controls for the game will also be re-mastered.

Versions of Peggle are already available for Mac, PC and iPod. PopCap says Q Entertainment is underway with the adaptation of Peggle for the DS. I would expect the game to hit in time for the holiday shopping season.

10 Best Ever Football Computer Games

The beautiful game has done quite well over the years on games consoles and computers. And here are the ten finest examples...

1. Player Manager
   
2. Sensible World Of Soccer


   
3. New Star Soccer 3


   
4. Microprose Soccer


   
5. Match Day II


   
6. Track Suit Manager


   
7. Championship Manager ‘93
   
8. Pro Evolution Soccer 4


   
9. Football Manager
   
10. FIFA 98: Road To The World Cup

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The AI of Spore

It’s no secret that one of the more anticipated titles of the year will be Spore (Will Wright / Maxis / EA). With this title, the pre-release buzz has been almost peculiar.

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