A report from Venture Beat has highlighted the fact that hardly any games to feature at the upcoming E3 Media & Business Summit are PC games. Though we know Deep Silver is still pushing forth for a full-blown extravaganza of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the rest of PC gaming's finest won't be there at all. More at the full story.

Crave Entertainment and Colorado-based international bull-riding organization Professional Bull Riders (PBR) announced today a new video game title named after the said organization.

It will be released on platforms Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Games for Windows, and on the PlayStation Portable as a downloadable game. Professional Bull Riders Game offers different gameplay modes that test players' skills in either staying on for at least eight seconds or bucking off the rider before his time is up.

There's also a Season Mode that will allow gamers to unlock certain riders and bulls. It was said that Professional Bull Riders Game will be available October 2008.

More details after the jump!

We're hoping you guys saved up enough money for this week's releases. There's quite a lot of eye-catchers hitting the shelves and every single major platform out there - PS3, 360, Wii, PC, PSP, and DS - has at least one good title to offer.

Those who were able to try out the demo of BioShock can finally dive into the full game. Don't forget to take your daily dose of plasmids when you're there. Meanwhile, GRAW 2 will roll out for the PS3 and PSP as well. Tactical shooting has never been this orgasmic.

Handheld gamers get a heavy dose of RPG treatment with the release of Jeanne d'Arc and Dragoneer's Aria for the PSP. Whether you want to go for turn-based or SRPG, we'd still suggest you get both. DS owners get some bite-sized fun with more Brain Age 2 training and Turn It Around - another "mini-game collection" title that'll surely get heads spinning.

Let's get ready for the plunge! On Shelves This Week include...

BioShock. Take a dive into the not-so-dead underwater city of Rapture as you FPS your way through the horror of Big Daddies and Little Sisters. Hone your skill on controlling the destructive powers of the plasmids to fight for your survival.

• Xbox 360, PC - August 21, 2007
• US$ 59.99 (Xbox 360), US$ 49.99 (PC)
  
• ESRB M (Mature 17+)
• 2K Boston/Australia and 2K Games

Jeanne d'Arc. Another RPG heading to Sony's handheld platform, but this time in the form of a tactical RPG. The game is a historical-fiction retelling of the times of Joan of Arc. And because we know Milla Jovovich reincarnated the said heroine on the silver screen, this title will probably also have some of us awake at night seeing holy visions.

• PSP - August 21, 2007
• US$ 29.99
  
• ESRB T (Teen)
  
• Level-5 and Sony Computer Entertainment

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* Originally posted at 06:34 AM, August 20, 2007

 

For an event that reportedly shrank down in order to give even the smaller voices some chance in the spotlight, the new E3's "complete" list of publishers and developers is a bit disappointing to say the least. Only 32 companies (far from last year's 400) are listed in the announcement made available to the press.

The companies are: 1C Company, Activision, Akella, Atari, Atlus, Disney Interactive Studios, Capcom, Codemasters, Crave Entertainment, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Konami, LucasArts, Majesco, Microsoft, Midway, Namco Bandai Games, NCsoft, Nintendo, Sega, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Online Entertainment, Square Enix, Take-Two Interactive, THQ, Ubisoft, Vivendi Games, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

The reformatted E3 will consist of an exhibit hall in Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, and company-run demos in nearby hotels. Third-party press conferences will be held in a common location while platform holders will have their own bashes. The big three, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, are yet to make any announcements regarding the event.

Invitations are expected to number between 3,000 and 4,000 a fraction compared to last year's 60,000.

The new E3 is set to take place on July 11 to 13.

  

Long released in the US, Crave Entertainment's World Championship Poker 2 is crossing the Atlantic to the Continent and the Isles. UK-based Oxygen Games is in charge of bringing over the poker title and making it available not only to PSP owners, but to PC users as well, and in both cases with new packshots.

Since it's been a long time from the last time we covered this particular title, we'll pull up the refresher fact sheet on all the features of the PSP title. No details on any additional Euro-specific features that Oxygen add (or even new stuff such as webcam support for the PC, parallel to the exclusive EyeToy support for the PS2's version).

• More poker - 14 different varieties of poker
• More Stars - Play with the pros- In-game character likenesses, play styles and iconic signature personality traits of eight of the world's best professional poker players, including Howard Lederer, Annie Duke and many more
• More attitude - AI opponents with dynamic personalities, player controllable taunts, bluffs and tells.
• More Gameplay - Active tell and bluff system, RPG-like upgradeable skill system and character outfitting
• Broader audience appeal- With the choice of "Real Deal" simulation or "Power Play" arcade modes, WCP2 appeals to experience poker players as well as casual console gamers