Mario games have always been popular in the UK, and Super Mario Galaxy proves it by beating out the likes of Fallout 3, Fable II, and even GTA IV for BAFTA's Best Game Award. The GAME Award this year goes to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, as voted on by gamers.

Full list of winners after the link.

Kojima's so good at what he does that he only needs one lifetime to get his second lifetime achievement award. Word has just gone out that living legend Hideo Kojima will be given this high distinction at the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards.

Taking all the talk of a takeover by Electronic Arts aside, it's still business as usual for Take-Two Interactive, which released its financial reports for the first quarter of 2008. The report held a number of interesting things, including an official confirmation of BioShock 2 and its still vague pending release date, news on coming games, and even a restatement of Grand Theft Auto 4's release date. Go to the full article for details.

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.

He's been at it for 25 years, and he's still going strong. We're referring to Sid Meier, Firaxis head and game designer of such notable PC titles as Civilization 4. This industry veteran is obviously far from tired, as he can still talk animatedly about the upcoming Civilization Revolution and the MMORPG genre. Find out more in the full article after the jump.

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.

It's no secret that we've seen great games from Take-Two Interactive Software, and the company's financial report for fiscal year 2007 stands proof. First-person shooter Bioshock (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) shipped over two million units since launch, and honored the company with plenty of awards.

Find out Take-Two's fiscal year 2007 results at the full article.

PC games have always taken the backseat when it comes to its share of the gamers' market. However, in a recent interview conducted by Eurogamer with Johan Andersson, producer of Paradox Interactive, believes that consoles are actually helping niche PC titles prosper.

He explains that the reason behind this is the fact that more and more people are getting into gaming thanks to video game consoles. Because of this, the market for what kind of games people are looking for become more defined, making it easier for them to aim for a particular type of market to sell their games to. Andersson explains:

I don't want to predict where PC gaming in general is going, but for us, the increase in consoles has made the market more segmented, and consequently made it easier for us to reach our target audience and vice versa.

This is most evident with the release of Paradox Interactive's Europa Universalis III on the PC platform. The well-known strategy game already has a solid following created by its superior sales when it first came out. While the company's flagship title takes it roots from the PC, Andersson recognizes the fact that there may be a possibility for expanding the market by introducing the game to the console or the hand-held platform like the Nintendo DS.

Europa Universalis isn't the only game planning to make a move to the consoles. Other games like Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is already confirmed to have found its way onto several consoles and hand-held platforms, ensuring the possibility that PC gaming isn't quite dead yet.

 

The lines between console and PC gaming cross when 2K Games showcases the console version of the latest in one of the best loved turn-based strategy games series of all time. Civilization Revolution will have its gaming debut at this week's E for All Expo 2007 and will show off Sid Meier's and the development team from Firaxis' strategy designing savvy. Whether or not the console-translated version of the game will still be as enjoyable as its PC version predecessors has yet to be seen.

For those of you who are familiar with the Civilization series, Civilization Revolution will be taking its roots from its PC-based versions. The console and handheld versions of the well-known series will essentially have the same content across platforms barring obvious differences such as graphics and interface.

Regardless of what platform you play it on, Civilization Revolution promises to deliver the same brand of addictive 4X (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) gaming style that has captivated fans for years. The video game is still a long way off from being released when it is slated to come out on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo DS in spring 2008. The Wii version will soon follow during the next quarter with its delayed release.

 

You can't discuss strategy games and not talk about Civilization. It's one of the most loved franchises in PC gaming that has survived the test of time. Now the game is making the transition into the next-gen consoles. In an interview with Sid Meier himself, CVG finds out what we should expect from Civilization Revolution.

Although the game is taking the step to the next gen, Meier explains that the game will not be a port of the PC games. Although everything we know and love from the franchise will still be present - such as tech, wonders, and exploration - the game has been redesigned for the consoles, taking advantage of the different capabilities of each one.

Controls will be different for each one (of course) but it has been designed to have ease of use. Meier says that because the game is turn-based, the transition to using a joypad instead of a mouse is, in fact, easier:

The difficulty with real-time is you always have to be at a different place and the mouse is often a more natural way to manage 20 different things going on at once. Whereas with Civilization, given that it's turn-based, it feels very natural on the console controller, and that's our advantage.

Although the game will appear on multiple platforms, Meier stated that they are all essentially the same. There will be differences of course, in terms of graphics, interface, and presentation, but they are "the same game, whether you're playing on your PS3, your DS, your Xbox 360 or whatever."

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution will be making its debut on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo DS in Spring of next year, and the Wii version will follow later.