Electronic Arts announced that it has shipped The Sims(TM) 2 Pets for mobile phones. Players young and old can now create adorable canine companions and use their cell phones to love, train and play with them. The arrival of The Sims 2 Pets for mobile extends the reach of the popular The Sims franchise, which has sold more than 85 million units to date.

"The Sims 2 Pets for mobile is an ideal product for the mobile consumer," said Travis Boatman, vice president of worldwide studios for EA Mobile. "Simple controls and an easy, pick-up-and-play game design will satisfy both the experienced The Sims player just as much as the casual gamer picking up a mobile game for the first time."

In The Sims 2 Pets, players will adopt a puppy, teach it tricks and give it food and exercise and cleaning. A well-trained puppy will delight your Sim with surprising and amusing antics, and a happier Sim will benefit from increased earnings and improved status. A neglected puppy can shred papers, devour houseplants, soil the carpet, and make your Sim's life miserable.

"With The Sims 2 Pets, we're delivering the 'awww' factor players experience when you see a puppy and capturing the strong ties that exist between a pet and his owner," added Boatman.

 

A Leeds accident and emergency unit reported that a man was admitted to hospital in the early hours of april the 1st with severe injuries to his testical after playing with his Nintendo Wii console in the nude. Doctors reported that he had apparently jerked his Wii so hard he accidently crushed a testicle by jamming the controller against a loose testical. Doctors advised him not play with his Wii again until the swelling went down. 

Have you injured yourself while playing with your Wii? We'd love to hear about it but please no pictures of crushed testicals.

 Remember the adventures of Sam and Max - when adventures were real point and click puzzle solving affairs. Well, the dynamic carton duo are back on the PC for more mad cap mayhem.

n this episode, the plot centers on a nefarious plot where evil forces threaten to take over the US presidency. Taking the kind of decisive action you'd expect from Sam & Max, it doesn't take long before the president is accidentally decapitated. Thus we get an immediate re-election taking place on the white house lawn. You guessed it: the re-animated statue of Lincoln vs. Max the gun-wielding rabbit.

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Game have started taking preorders on the hotly anticipated release of Halo 3. The Halo series is one of gaming's true power brands; and its main character, the green-suited Spartan known as the Master Chief, one of the industry's most recognisable icons. Upping the ante from its system-defining Xbox forebears, Halo 3 on Xbox 360 will redefine the shooter genre; delivering searing set pieces, action packed gunplay and rounding up the Halo series' gripping sci-fi plot in style.

Game have provided three ways to experience this most eagerly awaited of Xbox 360 games:

Standard Edition (£39.99): The Master Chief returns to finish the fight in this Standard Edition of the third, most explosive chapter in Microsoft's iconic Halo trilogy.

Limited Collectors Edition (£49.99): A sleek metal case and a host of bonus material make up the Limited Edition of Bungie Studios' highly anticipated next- gen shooter.

 Legendary Edition (£69.99): A must-have collector's item for true Halo fans, the Halo 3 Legendary Edition includes a wealth of documentaries and bonuses, housed in a rare Spartan helmet.

Chris Satchell of MS was quizzed about the future of the Xbox 360's backwards compatibility. He revealed that by the end of the year, there will be less of a focus on backwards compatibility and questioned whether it was important anymore as more 360 games have rolled out.

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After the recent announcement from the Forza team bringing you the exotic car list featuring Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Maseratis along with the rest of the European production cars with manufacturers such as Audi, Bentley, Aston Martin, McLaren, Lotus, and TVR. You'll be pleased to here that this week it's the turn of the American muscle cars.

There are now only two more rounds of car list revelations in the coming weeks as we continue to use this space as the official car roster space. The list you see below will continue to grow as we reveal the latest cars in the game every two weeks. We're getting closer to having a complete car list -- just another month to go!

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 As the suspense continues to mount for the eagerly awaited next generation title, Crysis, a new screenshot is all we have to keep the direct x10 fever away.

We've put together a selection of the best Crysis movies and demos down in the community forums. We had hoped for announcement that the game would be going gold at the end of March but that seems unlikely. Still a new screenshot is a good indication that the ball is still rolling. Hopefully it won't be long now before we get a taste of the future of PC gaming.

During GDC Sony made an effort to answer questions directly from the gaming community, taking steps to put aside the problems of the past several months. Today, we have a chance to take another step in the right direction with the company. Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, has been the face of the PlayStation 3 here in the United States since before the machine launched. He's agreed to answer questions from the Slashdot community about the PlayStation 3, the console since launch, and their recent announcements about LittleBigPlanet and Home. I've linked a trio of other interviews he's done recently below, to give you an idea of topics that he's already covered. I'm sure there are plenty of questions we might ask that have yet to be put forward in a public forum. So - feel free to ask away. One question per comment, please, and keep in mind that Mr. Harrison is here to answer questions about the PS3 and games only; any other Sony-related questions are outside the scope of this interview. The highest-rated comments will be passed on, and we'll post his answers as soon as we get them.

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Last month, the Wii was outselling the PS3 by a 2-to-1 ratio, yet new data from tech tracking company Media Create finds the Wii has extended its lead to 4-to-1. Both countries are based in Japan, and dominance in the Japanese video game market has long been seen as a badge of pride within the gaming community.

In the last week of January, the Wii sold 83,754 consoles against the PS3's sales of a mere 19,996 units. Nindento's portable game console, the DS Lite beat both units, selling 194,526; Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) sold more units than the PS3, at 35,700 consoles, but remains far behind Nintendo's contender.

According to GameSpot UK, the release of the figures has renewed rumors that the PS3 will soon be getting a price cut. Last week Sony senior vice president Takao Yuhara told the Associated Press that one of the back-to-profit options it would be considering would be a price cut, although no time frame was given.

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