British tabloid The Sun reports EA has paid F1 racing rookie Lewis Hamilton to "star on Xbox and PlayStations around the world next year."

  Movie icon and tall buildings ready to take their heated feud to retail charts as Atari and Electronic Arts confirm gold status of games.

  Industry watchers suggest portables and consoles will be a tough find this holiday season, with early '08 discounts for PS2, PS3, and Wii.

  PS3 exclusives' ship dates fluctuate as Naughty Dog moves up adventure to November 19 and GameStop lists Free Radical's shooter as coming December 4.

  Dutch publisher/developer to create in-house PS3 property in conjunction with SCEE London for 2008 release; Project Delta still MIA.

  FUNimation claims deal for games based on popular anime was terminated after publisher violated license agreements.

  Guinness to recognize Stanford University-led disease research project as largest distributed computing network in the world.

  Eidos announces that Io's cooperative crime shooter has stormed the factory, and will arrive on the PS3, PC, and Xbox 360 nearly a week early.

  Next game from Rock Band developer to trade in toy instruments for procedurally generated gameplay.

  Epic Games' far-future battle royal shipped to manufacturers for release on PCs November 19; PS3 version to "follow soon."