Games are cheap. At least, compared to a weekend down at Ibiza. For your cash, games offer infinitely more hours of entertainment than a weekend getaway. So if people aren't willing to cut a weekend getaway from their budgets, how much more when it comes to video games? At least, that's the point that 2K global president Christoph Hartmann wants to make.

Someone had to say it. In a recent interview, 2K boss Christoph Hartmann remarked that the Wii market is flooded by "crappy titles," making it hard for the real gems to shine.

You wanna see M-rated games on the Wii? Buy Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars when it comes out. According to Take-Two, they're using the game to see whether games with mature themes are suited for the platform.

It's wholesome games galore this week of July 6 to July 12 for your fave consoles. From carnivals (Carnival Games, Wonder World Amusement Park) to memory-treasure hunting (Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon), there's certainly a lot of Everyone ratings raining down from ESRB. Oh, but you want some blood and gore and fast-paced action? Alright, there's a couple of them stashed for you and Unreal Tournament III for the Xbox 360 is (finally) one of them here. Check out the full list after the jump.

Even when the buzz about Bioshock (Xbox 360, PC) has pretty much lowered down to a low (but still audible) hum, its ability to win accolades and win critics over has not waned the slightest. We see this in action via this year's Game Audio Awards, an outfit that gives recognition to the games that sounded just right. How many awards did Bioshock get in this one, you ask? Try eight. All the details in the full article.

Don't panic: Take-Two officials have turned down Electronic Arts' offer, and it has remained that way for the moment. But further investigation into the superstar publisher's efforts to acquire Take-Two Interactive has unearthed an official document proposing the recent deal. And the proposal has outlined potential factors aimed at Take-Two's uneasy investors which might actually convince them to support the acquisition - from a profit-business perspective. More at the full story.

2K Games, the studio that brought us such games as Bioshock, Civilization IV, and the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, has announced that they are developing a new lineup of games that will be using the Unreal Engine 3. Not that 2K Games is a stranger to the Unreal Engine: Bioshock ran on it. If they're set to come out with new Bioshock-quality games then we're all for it. More in the full article.

As you all probably know by now, Nintendo Wii owners will not be able to have a taste of Sid Meier's Civilization series of games just yet. This is because 2K Games decided to postpone the development of Civilization Revolution.

When a company makes a decision of this magnitude, we are assuring you that there's an explanation behind it. And that's exactly what developer Scott Lewis has provided in a recent interview.

If you were hoping to grab a copy of Firaxis' Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for the Wii within the next few months, we've got some bad news. Publisher 2K Games has recently announced that the game's development has been put on hold. The company's explanation is available in the full article.

If you're worried that we won't see high-quality boxing games in this game generation, there's hope coming from 2K Games' Venom Studio. They're prepping up a new boxing sim called Don King Presents: Prizefighter for the Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS. We've got the first batch of screens which you can view when you go to the full article.