It may be a few months away and surrounded in controversy, but the Olympic Games tries to bring out the best in everyone, regardless of their differences. Every athlete attempts to live the motto of "Citius, Altius, Fortius" or "Swifter, Higher, Stronger" in their pursuit of Olympic Gold and immortality. While the games won't start until August, Eurocom and SEGA will give gamers a head start at getting medals when Beijing 2008 is released in ten days.
To give the press a quick sneak peek at the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, SEGA gathered together a group of journalists and put IGN through an eight player online competition to see which organization's country would come out on top.
Amazon have released their video game deal of the day for Thursday.
Nominations for Develop Industry Excellence Awards are unveiled, and two developers are likely to walk away with most of them.
Rockstar and Media Molecule will be contesting for the most category nominations. Rockstar snags six of them with GTA: Chinatown Wars and GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned from Rockstar while Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet alone is nominated for another five.
Wouldn't be surprised if Rockstar takes all their 6 nominations and brings home several prizes =)
Do you still suffer from Olympic fever? Are you constantly checking NBC looking for any glimpse of a balance beam, pool, or waving country flags? Fear not, Summer Athletics is here with your cure. Sure, you would think that an Olympic-styled game would just add fuel to the fire, but Summer Athletics is all but guaranteed to drown it, like Michael Phelps treats other Olympians' dreams.
If you remember the ancient Commodore 64 title, Summer Games, you know what to expect. The title is surprisingly similar, given the twenty-plus years between the two games. You have the option to play a single event, compete in a set of events (including a traditional decathlon), or build an athlete from scratch with career mode. The game gives you twenty-six events to play, in seven different categories. Save the lame career mode and a handful of additional events, it feels strikingly similar to the classic Commodore 64 title, except the older title actually plays better.
