Press Release - World-renowned character, TARZAN, is set to swing into the world of fast moving, high powered next-gen console action, on Wii™, PLAYSTATION®3, Xbox 360™ and PC, thanks to the recent licensing agreement between TWELVE, a leading European console game developer, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., the company which holds all rights to the work of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers.

Press Release - Nintendo Announces 'Significant Increase' in Q4 Wii Supplies over 2007. Nintendo today disclosed a number of surprises, including new games, the ability to use the Wii™ console to chat with friends near and far, and the expansion of the popular Club Nintendo rewards program to North America.Continuing its commitment to supply new game experiences for every level of player, Nintendo revealed a wide range of games for the 2008 holiday season and beyond. A number of games are slated for 2009, including a new Punch-Out!! ™ and Sin & Punishment 2 for Wii, and Fire Emblem™: Shadow Dragon and Mario & Luigi™ RPG 3 for Nintendo DS™. Consumers also can expect a new "Personal Trainer” series of titles designed to help users enrich their lives and learn new skills in fun and interesting ways.

Press Release - With the start of the regular NBA basketball season right around the corner, 2K Sports today announced that a free demo of NBA® 2K9 is now available for download on PlayStation®Network, and is scheduled to be available tomorrow morning on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The demo will offer fans an opportunity to relive this past season’s exciting NBA Finals and play in a four minute quarter as either the Los Angeles Lakers or Boston Celtics at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.

You have to respect a company that would sacrifice profits for quality. That is what is happening over at EALA. During an interview EA spokesperson Mariam Sughayer said, "The game was not on track to meet the high quality standards set by the team and by the EA Games Label. There were fundamental problems with the design of the game that the team struggled to correct."

Look out! The debate over Spore’s DRM is far from over. Here at Down in Front we have had many healthy debates over whether or not Digital Rights Management is a good thing for gamers and business alike. For those of you who happened to miss those debates, I suggest you check out the radio show Episode 43, and the intense debate in the forums. Putting my personal feelings on the subject aside about whether or not some form of copy protection is needed in the world and after reading the court document let me just say it's not looking good for EA. Let's take a look at some of the key points in the law suit...

If you are a fan of Team Fortress 2 and forked over the dough for that and a PS3, you ( me included ) are getting forked. An update to TF2 on PC and 360 are being worked on, however the PS3 update is being left behind.

So on my daily quest for interesting news I ran across this tasty little piece of information. Japan's Nikkan is reporting that Sony along with Toshiba will be ready to mass produce it's new 45nm Cell processor in 2009. The new chip will be smaller and cheaper to produce than the PS3's current 65nm processor. The processor also requires 40% less power run which in return produces less heat. How does that benefit gamers?

Unfortunately, unlike last week there's not a whole lot worth mentioning this week. While the list is on the longer side, only a few games really caught my eye. Games like Brother in Arms: Hell's Highway, and hell maybe even Lego's Batman...I know, I know, Lego's Batman? well...Lego's Star Wars was kinda fun... so who knows... Anyway on to the list...

Though Midway has been faced with many challenges, it seems as if they have found a way to finance the delivery of their 2008 titles that should be shipping sometime this fall. Midway Games, who reported a $34.8 million net loss and the second fiscal quarter, has made an agreement to sell up to $40 million dollars of their accounts receivables to National Amusements, Inc.

Gamers around the world have a right to be excited this week. The highly anticipated next installment in the Star Wars series "The Force Unleashed" finally hit store shelves, along with several other promising titles. The following list seems to give gamers across all consoles something to choose from with games like Rock Band 2, Pure, TNA Impact, Mega Man, and a whole host of others.... Be sure to check out this list....