"Hey, what if I don't have any health. How do I heal?" Mike asks once the match has started."Call for a medic," I tell him, trying to hack the shield controls while Trevor covers me. Jude shoots Trevor, I shoot Jude, and then Peter shoots me. I cuss."Hey, how do you call for a medic?" Mike asks a few minutes later.

  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe creates a new headquarters in Warsaw, Poland to lead the Eastern European Playstation charge.

  A team of UCI and Dartmouth students study the mind's problem-solving skills with a cluster of Playstation 3 systems.

  Digital distribution company GameTap has announced that it will soon reach the 1000 game milestone on its service.

  Red Mile Entertainment has announced two new additions to the team currently developing a videogame based on Frank Miller's Sin City series of comics and graphic novels.

  WaveGroup, the team behind the recordings in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s have announced the upcoming digital release of the The Guitar Hero Recordings.

  BioWare and Microsoft have announced the lineup of voice actors for the upcoming Xbox 360 RPG Mass Effect.

  Sony has confirmed it will launch a 40 GB version of its PlayStation 3 console in North America in time for the holidays.

  Soldier of Fortune: Payback has been banned in Australia as a result of its intense and graphic violence.

  Registration for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences D.I.C.E. Summit 2008 has begun, with several high-profile industry figures already confirmed as speakers.

  Flagship Studios and Electronic Arts have announced that Hellgate: London has gone gold, with a single-player demo expected to be released on Friday.

  Mad Catz and Nintendo supply Nation Breast Cancer Foundation-sponsored Nintendo DS accessories.

  Sony has announced that it will sell its production facilities for PS3 microprocessors and graphic chips to Toshiba.

  The Entertainment Software Association of Canada has released the results of the first-ever study to look specifically at the state of the Canadian game industry.