• Spore, The Year's Most Anticipated PC Game

  
  From the team headed by Will Wright, creators of The Sims, comes Maxis's next wild burst of imagination, Spore. It's a game, it's a toy, and it's the most intriguing computer gaming experience to come along in years.

• Casual Friday: Star Wars, Episode 3.5

  
  Some of the best Star Wars stories aren't told on the big screen. As this week ends, watch some videos, play some games, and get a taste of the dark side.
• Spore Executive Producer Discloses Game Details
• Corporate Trainers Turn to Video Games
• Casual Friday: LAN Party Survival Guide
• Vigor Gaming Force Recon BT Gaming Desktop
• Alienware Area-51 ALX Gaming Desktop
• IPhone Fantasy Football Draft Tools
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Review
• Grand Theft Auto Dominates Game Sales

Latest from E3

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  E3 2008: Sony Says 'Harder To Have Third-Party Exclusives' During a roundtable discussion at E3 earlier, Sony's Jack Tretton pinned his disappointment at losing exclusive publishing rights to Final Fantasy 13 on Microsoft spending money to "curry favor" with third parties.
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  E3 2008: Is Nintendo Spurning Hardcore Gamers? So the controversy du jour seems to be that because Nintendo didn't launch a new Mario or Zelda game (they merely confirmed stuff's in the works) at this year's E3 2008, we're supposed to be freaked out or something.
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  E3 2008: Hands-On with the New Sony PlayStation Video Store It's smart, it's got fantastic curves, it's got sexy moves and grooves, it's -- wait, you thought I was talking about the PlayStation Video Store.
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  E3 2008: Did Sony's Press Conference Underwhelm? It came and went with virtually no surprises, mostly just confirmations of long known rumors, but are we being too hard on Sony.
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  E3 2008: Good God of War 3 and Holy 80GB $400 PS3 You knew it was coming, I knew it was coming, even my dog knew it was in the pipe (and hey, you know what you get when you spell dog backwards).
• Today @ PC World
  Sony Ups $399 PS3 To 80GB, Unveils New PSP, PS2 Bundles SCEA's Jack Tretton has plans to get more PlayStation 3s and PlayStation Portables in gamer's hands.
• Today @ PC World
  E3 2008: Sony's Big Gaming Announcements Blu-ray may have won the HD wars, but Sony has a lot to prove this year at E3.
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  E3 2008: Sony Says Consoles Have 10 Year Lifecycle Jack Tretton launched Sony's E3 press conference today by claiming the stress of today's big Sony PR event has taken two years off his life.
• Today @ PC World
  Coming Soon: Wii Resort, Wii Music and Clone Wars Showing off what the new advanced Wii MotionPlus attachment can do: Wii Sports Resort.

Gaming News

• Spore Executive Producer Discloses Game Details PC World talks with Lucy Bradshaw, Spore's executive producer, about this year's hottest game, which goes on sale September 7.
• Corporate Trainers Turn to Video Games Games prove an effective way to reach younger workers and meet desires for on-site training.
• IPhone Fantasy Football Draft Tools Checking out Scouting Report: Fantasy Football Draft Central '08 from UltimateFFB.
• Grand Theft Auto Dominates Game Sales The top video game sales tracking organizations agree on the best-selling games so far this year.
• Florida Man Sentenced for Video Game Piracy A Florida man gets 15 months in prison and must pay $415,900 in restitution for selling pirated software.

Gaming Playing in PCW Video

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  Golf Simulation: Take Real Golf Swings at Tokyo Bar A new bar in Tokyo lets golfers swing clubs at real balls after work in a software simulation area.
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  2008 Independent Games Festival Winners Senior Editor Darren Gladstone takes a look at some of the winners of the 2008 Independent Games Awards.
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  Sid Meier Brings Civilization to Consoles The famous franchise comes to Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and DS.

Gaming Slideshows

• Spore, The Year's Most Anticipated PC Game From the team headed by Will Wright, creators of The Sims, comes Maxis's next wild burst of imagination, Spore. It's a game, it's a toy, and it's the most intriguing computer gaming experience to come along in years.
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Review A new club tuner, simultaneous online play, and input from Tiger's own coach make this version as close as you'll get to a green.
• Essential HDTV Accessories An HDTV is just a TV with a pretty picture until you add a few important accoutrements. The dozen add-ons shown here will greatly enhance your HDTV watching experience.
• Too Human: This Game Based on Norse Mythology Has Feet of Clay Bottom line on this action role-playing game for the Xbox 360? It's a mediocre mash-em-up.
• Madden NFL 09: The Best Madden Yet Two decades of Madden are nipped, tucked, and stitched into the finest version ever of this venerated franchise.

Gaming Reviews

• Casual Friday: Star Wars, Episode 3.5 Some of the best Star Wars stories aren't told on the big screen. As this week ends, watch some videos, play some games, and get a taste of the dark side.
• Spore, The Year's Most Anticipated PC Game From the team headed by Will Wright, creators of The Sims, comes Maxis's next wild burst of imagination, Spore. It's a game, it's a toy, and it's the most intriguing computer gaming experience to come along in years.
• Casual Friday: LAN Party Survival Guide Crazy PC case mods, nonstop gaming--and the occasional Cylon babe. Learn all the ins and outs of prepping for the biggest nerdfests around: LAN parties.
• Vigor Gaming Force Recon BT Gaming Desktop While not a world-beater, the Force Recon BT offers good performance at a reasonable price.
• Alienware Area-51 ALX Gaming Desktop Alienware's latest desktop is a gaming powerhouse, but its power comes at a steep price.