Two years ago, Atari Europe was fortunately in the safe zone, despite the mother company's grim and disheartening financial report of Q2 2007. Back then, the problem was isolated only to the US offices, and the Atari branch was said to be unharmed by the restructuring overseas. Today, however, Atari Europe is no more, now having been officially acquired by Namco Bandai.

Want something to mull over for the rest of the evening? Try this one: Namco Bandai has filed a US trademark for one "God Eater". Nothing else is known about this, except for the fact that it's meant to come out on the PC, mobile, and consoles.

Let's start this week early, shall we? Coming up on retail shelves starting July 27 all the way to the first few days of August is another hailstorm of PC games from the independent front, though you'd probably love this week for the release of Namco Bandai's SoulCalibur IV and its limited edition kits. But if there's anything more significant this time, it's the appearance of more Olympics-themed games as the week heralds the eve before the World Olympics in Beijing. We take them all at the full story.

After revealing 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand (Xbox 360, PS3) for its May issue, Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine's upcoming June issue is revealing the next-gen resurrection of Splatterhouse. Splatterhouse and its sequels are considered to be the arcade games which paved the way for survival-horror titles. Head over the full article to see what else is there for the June EGM issue.

Craving for new updates on Warhammer: Battle March either for Xbox 360 or Games for Windows? Well, you've come to the right place as we just managed to get you a handful of screenshots and character renders. View them all at the full article by clicking the "read more" link below.

Namco Bandai has sent QJ.NET several new information regarding the characters that will be appearing in the expansion Battle March for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows title Warhammer: Mark of Chaos. Aside from that, there are also some screenshots to enjoy. Click the "read more" link below for the complete details.

Here's an update on the current DICE Summit 08: Roger Hector, Vice President of Development at Namco Bandai, gave a short talk on how video games have made fictional characters into living icons. He even mentioned one of the greatest icons living until now. Details in the full article.

It's going to be a pretty interesting gaming week this time around, with big titles cropping up. From Devil May Cry 4 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) to Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles for the Nintendo DS (finally!), as well as titles of specific interests such as Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore and My Horse and Me, gamers of all kinds will certainly be in for a treat. Check out the full article for the complete list of games to be released this week.

It's better late than never; while European gamers have always been a little behind on software title releases for the different consoles, the recent team up of Namco Bandai Games America, Inc. and Deep Silver shows that gamers on the other side of the world will never be left out no matter what.

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Let's talk about mythology for a while and no, this is not going to be a lecture similar to the ones you get in your Literature classes. Let's talk about gods and goddesses in relation to video games and the World Wrestling Federation (WWE).

The full article awaits after the jump!