Racing lovers have October 11, 2011, marked on their calendars as Forza Motorsport 4 comes roaring onto the track. At Gamescom 2011, Forza designers revealed two famous tracks and the painstaking steps they took to make them reality.

The Top Gear test track from the popular TV show is in the game. On TV, it’s the playground for real race car drivers or celebrities famous enough to rub elbows with them. Now you’ll be able to take cars ranging from the Kia Cee’d to the Lamborghini Gallardo for a spin in amazing detail.

The 2010 Spike Video Game Awards happened about 24 hours ago. The show contained some nice augmented reality special effects for those watching at home, and had more awkward moments than most of us care to remember. Despite the missteps, some big announcements were made, trailers were shown and we made this recap.

With the holidays getting closer faster than a runaway sleigh, it’s time to start thinking about presents.

It’s really frustrating when you just don’t know what to get for someone but if that someone likes video games, you’re in luck.

If you are shopping for a video games fan, there are different options and stellar games this year, so to make things a little easier, here are a few suggestions based on the most popular categories…