This is intriguing math. Gfk-ChartTrack of UK has released the data for console sales in the region up to June 27, 2009 and it shows that there is a stellar 24 million installed base in the UK to date, with 8.4 million contributing to that number in the past 12 months.

Nothing like cakes to make a celebration sweeter. And nothing like Mario cakes to make the Italian woo-hoos even sweeter. At the Tesco store in the UK, Super Mario Bros. Celebration cakes are now available, and shaped like a Nintendo DS just for kicks. Flavors and details after the jump.

 Following the government decision to uphold PEGI as the sole and official ratings board in UK, the BBFC has sent their well-wishes, albeit still with that restrained barb. BBFC Director David Cooke insisted that the BBFC would have been the better choice. Meanwhile, top industry heads are giving their praises for the government's pick. Read all about it after the jump.

In our earlier article about PEGI becoming the UK standard for game ratings, some of you expressed skepticism on how the monotone PEGI labels could fare better that the BBFC's brighter ones. Well, PEGI has the answer: they've added a splash of color to their rating labels.

The UK government has announced that it will be going with the PEGI ratings system as the standard form of videogame classification in the region. The PEGI system will be implemented for every game released in the UK. The BBFC, which used to handle games classification, will stick to classifying and rating films and DVDs.

We've had Tecmo, then Sega, now the spotlight turns to Electronic Arts as the publisher now reveals its lineup for the coming Electronic Entertainment Expo. The publisher has whipped out a huge list of games, spanning across all gaming platforms, including ones from the EA Sports and EA Mobile divisions. Complete list after the jump.

The Swine Flu (now officially known as the H1N1 virus) is proving to cause a huge damper on the upcoming E3 festivities. With just literally a couple of weeks before the curtains rise to start what could be the biggest games show of the year, we have attendees going over the list and checking it twice, for fear of the said virus. Capcom Japan would be one such attendee.

Activision just rolled out some info for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, PS2, PC), and now we have the list of all the playable characters in the game, as well as the artists involved in bringing music to the title. Now we know who's playable and who's playing the music.

Finally. The Potter gang is back (this time with more raging hormones and some erstwhile snogging behind curtains in between classes). After the whole ordeal with the "Harry Potter and the delayed video game" scenario, we get a street date notched in stone. The game was delayed due to the rescheduling of the movie, but now that mid-2009 is here, we can expect the game to finally roll in. What's more is that the game is coming out a few weeks ahead of the movie too!

With the release of Capcom's Resident Evil Archives for the Wii creeping up on us, it's time to see some boxart lovin'. The one we have here would be for the UK audience. Take a look and see if you like it.