The British gave us the TV show The Office and now Americans are giving us the casual game The Office. You’ll have to decide for yourself this Fall (2007) which is the better gift. The Office game, based on the Emmy-winning American TV series, is being developed by MumboJumbo in partnership with Universal Digital Platforms more »

Nintendo DS Disney gamers will be able to interact with one another via DGamer, to launch in North America in May 2008, Disney Interactive Studios announced today at E3 2007 (July 12, 2007). DGamer uses the DS’s wi-fi connection and the DGamer Channel on Disney.com to allow players to chat, make friends, trade items and vote in polls. They can also create a personal avatar, view their friends’ high scores and vote in polls.

DGamer will first appear in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Spectrobes II and Hannah Montana 3. In each of these games, players can customize their…

The award-winning Orcs & Elves game is coming to the Nintendo DS and mobile phone for Christmas 2007, Electronic Arts announced today (July 12, 2007). Orcs & Elves is a first-person fantasy RPG that was redesigned from the original mobile phone game to use the dual screens of the DS. It has higher graphical fidelity more »

D3Publisher of America announced today (July 11, 2007) its game lineup, which includes titles based on Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 and the anime series Shonen Jump Naruto.

• Dark Sector (Q1 2008, PS3, Xbox 360)
• NARUTO: Clash of Ninja Revolution (Fall 2007, Wii)
• NARUTO: Path of the Ninja (Fall 2007, DS)
• Dead Head Fred (August 28, 2007, PSP)
• Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Fall 2007, Wii, DS, PSP)
• Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire (Wii, Fall 2007)

Click through for descriptions of each game…

Australia’s Krome Studios announced today (July 11, 2007) at E3 that it is working with Microsoft Game Studios on the next Viva Pinata game, called Party Animals. This is the first time the two companies have collaborated. Viva Pinata: Party Animals is set on Pinata Island, where up to four players take part in a more »

Two new Dance Dance Revolution games were announced by Konami Digital Entertainment today (July 10, 2007): Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 and Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2. The second, “universal” version of DDR includes new gameplay options, songs from the ’70s to today, online play, downloadable music and enhanced graphics. New to Universe2 is Freestyle more »

Konami Digital Entertainment today (July 10, 2007) announced the voices behind characters in the game tentatively titled Hellboy The Science of Evil. Ron Pearlman, Selma Blair and Doug Jones will be Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien, respectively, as they were in the 2004 movie. Director Guillermo del Toro will give creative guidance and Hellboy more »

Electronic Arts announced today its soundtrack for the singing, dancing and music video-creating game Boogie, which will be released for the Wii on August 7, 2007, in North America and August 31, 2007, in Europe. The 38 songs span four decades from “ABC” by the Jackson 5 to recent pop hit “Fergalicious” by Fergie.

Boogie will ship with a microphone and has a suggested retail price of $59.99. The game is rated E10+ by the ESRB and 3+ by PEGI Europe.

Click through to get the full list of songs with the artist who made each song popular…

EA Sports today (July 10, 2007) announced a new licensed football game, NFL Tour, will be available for Xbox 360 and PS3 in January 2007. The arcade-style football game takes players on a fictional NFL road show with real NFL players for teammates. Your team crosses the country to play NFL teams in newly designed more »