Robert Ludlum’s: The Bourne Conspiracy is serious. Developed by High Moon Studios, Sierra Entertainment and published by Vivendi Games, The Bourne Conspiracy evolves from Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne completely immersing the player in a cat and mouse style espionage action adventure.

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Oxygen Games announced today its line-up of titles due to be released in 2008. The upcoming products continue the publisher’s strategy of creating exciting games for market segments in the mainstream consumer base, from real life simulation and, action adventure, to puzzlers and casual sports titles.

Family and social video games continue to increase in popularity with consumers, with retailers starting to offer up more opportunities dedicated to this casual gaming space. -Jim Scott, CEO

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The “Late Night With WhatIfGaming” is a new series feature of ours. No, it won’t have the little blue icon but it’s going to be just as significant. Every week we’re going to be doing either a video or post about anything we want to show or discuss on (you guessed it) very dark and late nights.

We’re currently having fun with a very special game (and one we rate very highly): BioShock, already released on the 360, and PC. And from our very favorite scene (not a spoiler of sorts) from the game, we have posted a nice video above.

For those of you wondering: yes, it is running at greater than 140 frames per second on PC at 2560×1600, DX 10, everything turned on. The GPUs are SLI GTX 280’s and the machine has a ton of RAM for the meal.

What else do we have to say? It’s out PS3 owners. Get it right now North America. Europe, we’re not too sure about you. But it should be out as well over there. It allows In-Game custom soundtracks for supported games, and In-Game XMB.

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today revealed it has created platform specific experiences for its popular FIFA 09 football franchise from EA SPORTS™. FIFA 09 has been designed and customized to deliver a unique gameplay experience that takes advantage of the hardware specifications of each available platform— the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, Wii™ home video game system, PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and mobile—when it is released worldwide this autumn.

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Eric Lempel, Director of PSN Operations, just posted a 2.4 “XMB” walkthrough on the PS Blog. The Trophies one, just posted, is below.

Drooling commence.

Diablo III is official finally and also for the MAC (Jeanne Marie just confirmed)!!! We’re very excited.

We’re at the 1st row, center and seated at the Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational at the Porte de Versailles Exposition Centre in Paris. Transition to the Diablo III Press Conference.

• We’re hungry. Time for a snack.
• Loads of other PR stuff
• Expect one “hell” of a game. Har har.
• Not only is community being improved, but so are voice commands.
• Co-op is the key to all of it. “We really see the single-player and co-operative play as the same thing,” says Jay.
• “The biggest thing we have to help us protect against piracy is the community.”
• “Diablo isn’t a mod-friendly game because of random nature,” says Jay. Mods haven’t been a big focus. It’s difficult with this title.”
• ___________Diablo III Conference Commencing____________________
• Fire Dancers Approach Stage And Conclude
• Fighting with a huge lizard (looks intense for the graphics engine)
• Shows vast land, and a bunch of battles with zombies
• “Diablo III is a first and foremost co-operative gaming experience.”
• Going out into the wild with a witch doctor to show very improved gameplay.

• “More quests and stories than in any other Diablo games. “
• Greater technology increases mass power of AI on screen. Shows a ton of zombies.
• Each class is unique as usual, and “more complex than ever.”
• Next up, they release footage to journalists regarding combat in their central dungeon, one main level in Diablo III.
• They show the characters and the primary focus on the details as they demo the game.
• Lead designer’s come out on stage to a huge applause.
• Diablo III’s storyline will start 20 years after the events of Lord of Destruction and that the length of the 3rd iteration will be about the same as the 2nd to make a whole “package.”
• Diablo III “is finally here. No more crying about it.”
• Candle is burning under the dark.
• People are yelling.
• Diablo I music plays

Note: We didn’t bother taking photos. They are being released to us, and we’ll spam you with them later. I can already see some have it up. Savor them

Crucial is known for their line of Ballistix enthusiast memory in which hard work is put for lower latencies, maximum performance, and great reliability. The Crucial 4GB DDR3 PC3-8500 (CT2KIT25672BA1067) is not an exception. This kit, even without the signature of golden shaded aluminum heat spreaders, performs equally admirably, and should be in the direct eye fire of hardware, performance, and gaming enthusiasts alike.

The Radeon 4800 series has many people excited since we published our review on the 4850 to our in-depth exclusive reveal first on the 4870. Now, today we bring a review on the 4870 with dual goodness. That’s right. We have 2 of these powerhouses from AMD, which reveals the introduction of the highly desirable and now most successful GDDR5 memory architecture. A complete power machine, the ATI Radeon 4870 is the most valuable card to date in terms of the Radeon evolution and Ruby keeps looking sexier by the minute. Stable temperatures, amazing performance on all DX 10.1 games with many XGA resolutions, make not only a very formidable card series in general, but a great contender as the 4870 and one that is set out to win against the competition this time around.

EA announced today that Chicago Bulls forward, Luol Deng, will be the cover athlete and spokesman for NBA LIVE 09 in the UK. Deng, raised in the UK from 1993, has played in the NBA for three years and is a vital part of the Great Britain national team. This is the first time the UK has worked with a local athlete and highlights the continued growth of the NBA in Europe.
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For the ultimate Spore fan, Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio today announced the limited Galactic Edition of the highly-anticipated game from the creators of The Sims. This special box will contain the ‘Making of Spore’ DVD, ‘The Art of Spore’ hardback mini-book, a fold-out Spore poster, and a premium 100-page Galactic Handbook. The Galactic Edition will also feature a DVD documentary from the National Geographic Channel called “How to Build a Better Being”.

The Spore Galactic Edition is the ultimate backstage pass for the Spore universe. The Spore Galactic Edition is an incredible collection of art, video and behind-the-scenes access to the development team for fans, along with some of the coolest, most collectable packaging in years. - Patrick Buechner, vice president of marketing, Maxis.

Spore gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe filled with creations made by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs.

In the UK the Galactic Edition of Spore will be available for £44.99 while the regular edition will retail at £39.99. Versions of Spore will ship for the PC, Mac, Nintendo DS™ and mobile phones on the 5th September 2008.