To celebrate the launch of the game on PC DVD-ROM our friends at SEGA have given us 5 e-GeForce 9600 GT 512MB graphics cards to give away. These high-spec graphics cards from EVGA feature NVIDIA® SLI™ technology, next-generation superscalar GPU architecture and full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 shader model 4.0 support.

EA announced today that The Sims 3 will be released globally on February 20th, 2009 for PC.

This information was announced at the Leipzig Game Convention during an EA press conference this morning. EA also revealed a Collector's Edition that will be available in retail stores on the same date, and will include the full game along with Sims merchandise and an in-game Italian sports car as an exclusive item.

Atari and Red Mile Entertainment are bringing Heroes over Europe, a realistic tactical flight combat game, to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2009.

The sequel to the mighty World War II flight combat game Heroes of the Pacific, Heroes over Europe takes aspiring combat pilots into the bullet-ridden heart of major World War II European air battles in glorious dogfight-friendly high definition. Heroes over Europe follows the Allied campaign from the attacks on London to the destruction of Berlin, with players under orders to strap themselves into the authentically rendered cockpits of the campaign’s iconic aircraft. Their mission: to survive the most ferocious dogfights ever seen in a flight combat game.

The online MMO simulation of the Football Manager series, which has been on the bench just itching to get on the pitch, is nearing 'completion' says Miles Jacobson.

In an interview with Evo Gamer, Sports Interactive's Jacobson says the game will likely "never be 'finished'" in the traditional sense, with content updates "every few months".

During Activision's unofficial E3 Press conference on Tuesday evening, two developers commented about future Guitar Hero games being compatible with other instruments that haven't been designed with Guitar Hero in mind, like Rock Band's instruments.

During Microsoft's E3 2008 Press Conference, it was revealed that Lips, the Karaoke/dancing game from Elite Beat Agents developer iNiS is in development exclusively to the Xbox 360.

Shane Kim promises that it will bring “A brand new party game experience," and will ship this fall, bundled with a pair of light-equipped, motion sensing wireless microphones. The game will also allow gamers to import their own songs from a Zune or iPod.

Following our string of live updates, we give you Microsoft’s announcement of a new interface coming this Autumn for all 360 users.

Dubbed the “new xbox live experience”, this new interface will be modelled along similar lines as the expected PS3 ‘Home’ system.

The new interface will include ‘Avatars’ (more realistic looking Mii’s), video and picture sharing, along with a load more community based options.

EA has announced its lineup for E3:

Electronic Arts today unveiled the games it will feature at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 15 – 17. The games -- scheduled to ship on multiple platforms in 2008 and early 2009 – include riveting graphics, deep stories and online, socially connected experiences. EA’s portfolio covers many genres and platforms for core gamers and new players alike.

Gameinvest has announced that it's working on a new hospital drama game called Sarah’s Emergency Room, which is to be released this summer for the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC. Sarah’s Emergency Room is a time management and hospital simulation game where players take on the role of a young nurse, caring for patients in fast-paced hospital environments.

Buzz! Quiz TV fans are becoming increasingly disappointed with the latest iteration of the franchise on the PS3.

Not only will the game require a patch to enable trophies that will be coming with the latest firmware patch, but it is also lacking some of the key features that made the previous games so enjoyable.