"Across the pond, consumers prefer racing and soccer games to blockbuster action, adventure and first-person shooter games that are the staple of the U.S. diet. Indeed, Europeans view such games as "evil," says Cevat Yerli, chief executive of Crytek, a German game developer that specializes in first-person shooters."

"Their unholy alliance seems to be paying off as everyone’s favourite Plumber and Hedgehog have topped the UK’s all format charts again this week. This game is proving to be a beast that will not be slain, consistently rising and falling in the charts just to climb to the top spot again. Not only is the game number one overall but first on the Wii and second on the DS charts, cementing the fact that I am the only one who finds the premise of a stunted overweight Italian posing anything that ev..."

"The Simpsons Game doesn’t really offer anything new in terms of gameplay and can be beaten in a day or two. It is your pretty generic mix of beat-em-up and platforming elements with the exception of a few additions. There could have been more variety, and while they did a superb job recreating Springfield, there are no activities to partake in besides building up your trophy collection. Co-op was heavily underutilized, and would’ve helped stifle the feeling of repetitiveness. But regardless o..."

"Nominees:

• 'Crash of the Titans,' written by Christopher Mitchell for Sierra Entertainment
• 'Dead Head Fred,' written by Dave Ellis and Adam Cogan for D3 Publisher
• 'The Simpsons Game,' with lead writer Matt Selman, written by Tim Long and Matt Warburton, dialogue by Jeff Poliquin for Electronic Arts
• 'The Witcher,' with lead story designer Artur Ganszyniec, dialogue by Sebastian Stepien, additional dialogue by Marcin Blacha and writers Sande Chen and Anne Toole for Atari
• 'World in Conflict,' s...

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"Take a liberal dollop of shameless sexism and pop it in a blender with half a pound of evil media marketing genius and one whole tasteless videogame award show. Place in the YouTube oven for maximum heat and, when attention has risen, sprinkle in 6 naked models, a few gallons of body paint, some high-profile videogames looking for cheap exposure… and what appears to be a male Madden fan in drag."

"Xbox 360:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

F.E.A.R. Files

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War

Scene-It

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Cabela's Big Game Hunter

PS3:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Wii:

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Bee Movie

Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games

My Word Coach

Agatha Christie: An...

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"Rockstar objected to satirical GTA references in the upcoming The Simpsons game (see: Rockstar Bullies EA Over Parody).

Specifically, a poster for Grand Theft Scratchy, a GTA parody which appears in The Simpsons, drew Rockstar’s ire."

"Xbox 360:

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Bee Movie

Cars: Mater-National

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition

Timeshift

The Simpsons Game

Virtua Fighter 5

Viva Pinata: Party Animals

Xbox Live Arcade:

Mutant Storm Empire

PS3:

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Stranglehold

Cars: Mater-National

The Simpsons Game

Wii:

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Battalion Wars 2

Manhunt 2

Bee Movie

Barbie Island Princess

Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey

The ...

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"Looks like someone at the EA marketing department thought they'd have a laugh and swipe the hard work of Gawker Media's crack design team. Sorry, EA, but we have a patent (pending) on viciously nauseating color schemes. You'll be hearing from our lawyers. We're obviously willing to settle for nine complimentary copies of The Simpsons Game, including one for the Kotaku archives, but might play hardball for a tenth."

"EA has released another humorous short trailer for The Simpsons Game, much like the late Medal of Homer trailer we featured back in September. The trailer sees Homer finding himself a large half-price chocolate store, before having a confrontation with a white chocolate bunny rabbit."

"Press START to Play
Finish The Land of Chocolate
Finish Bartman Begins
Finish Around the World in 80 Bites
Finish Lisa the Tree Hugger
Finish Mob Rules
Finish Enter the Cheatrix
Finish Invasion of the Yokel-Snatchers
Finish The Day of the Dolphin
Finish Shadow of the Colossal Donut
Finish Bargain Bin
Finish Medal of Homer
Finish NeverQuest
Finish Grand Theft Scratchy
Finish Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game
Finish Five Characters in Search of an Author
Finish Game Over
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