The latest version of Atomic Tanks has been released. This small game is described by the developers as a "Scorched Earth clone similar to the worms series of game." It really has a 80's arcade game style about it. Check the picks to get an idea, but weighing in at less than 1MB, it doesn't take much to test the game and see what it has to offer.

Download Atomic Tanks 2.7.

The first Sims 3 details are expected to be revealed soon according to a forum post by Rob Humble, the bigwig for EA's Sims division.

We reported early this week that a demo for Lost Planet was removed from the PlayStation Network due to problems with connecting to lobbies online. Capcom has now fixed the demo and PS3 users can once again download it from the PSN.

Before the launch of Spore, which is due in September, EA shall hopefully let the world-over get their creative hands dirty in the primordial soup. The tool will let you create creatures which can then be exported into the full retail game.

There's been no official date or even whether such a thing will be free but anything that lets us wanna be Gods/evolutionists get closer to Will Wrights latest mega-galactic-sandbox creation is great news indeed.

Eidos Interactive has confirmed that Death Jr: Root of Evil, a platform shooter from Backbone Entertainment, will be released on the Nintendo Wii this Summer 2008.

Uwe Boll. That name either elicits sheer terror (for the wrong reasons) or general indifference within the games community, and amongst the horror movie buffs. Responsible for past misadventures bringing video games to the big screen (Bloodrayne, House of the Dead); Boll with the aid of Ubisoft is bringing the PC classic Far Cry to movie-goers.

The trailer, which has become available on YouTube, has already undergone a barrage of fact based critical analysis – “crap” I believe was mentioned many times. From the looks of the trailer, it’s bad, real bad and not in a �rebel you wanna love’ kind of way.

Activision announced today that the classic vehicle combat series, Vigilante 8, will be making a comeback in the form of an Xbox Live Arcade release. Licensed and developed by Isopod Labs, Vigilante 8: Arcade is an all new remake of the original game, featuring online play with up to eight players and a host of new content, taking full advantage of next-generation technologies.

Vigilante 8: Arcade will be released in spring. No further information has been disclosed.

It was the controller that swayed them.

Codemasters announced today that it'll be releasing new content packs for Overlord, including the game's single-player expansion Overlord: Raising Hell.

The new content is now available from Xbox Live Marketplace and comprises of one free and two premium download packs; the premium packs are available for 800 and 400 Microsoft Points respectively.

They creep and crawl and blow things up.