• Alienware Area-51 ALX Gaming Desktop

  
  Alienware's latest desktop is a gaming powerhouse, but its power comes at a steep price.

• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Review

  
  A new club tuner, simultaneous online play, and input from Tiger's own coach make this version as close as you'll get to a green.
• IPhone Fantasy Football Draft Tools
• Grand Theft Auto Dominates Game Sales
• Florida Man Sentenced for Video Game Piracy
• Revamped Xbox Controller Due Everywhere but U.S.
• Game-Sharer Fined in UK
• Essential HDTV Accessories
• Wii Shortage: Shrewd Marketing or Flawed Supply?
• Casual Friday: Game Gambling

Latest from E3

• Game On
  E3 2008: Sony Says 'Harder To Have Third-Party Exclusives' During a roundtable discussion at E3 earlier, Sony's Jack Tretton pinned his disappointment at losing exclusive publishing rights to Final Fantasy 13 on Microsoft spending money to "curry favor" with third parties.
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  E3 2008: Is Nintendo Spurning Hardcore Gamers? So the controversy du jour seems to be that because Nintendo didn't launch a new Mario or Zelda game (they merely confirmed stuff's in the works) at this year's E3 2008, we're supposed to be freaked out or something.
• Game On
  E3 2008: Hands-On with the New Sony PlayStation Video Store It's smart, it's got fantastic curves, it's got sexy moves and grooves, it's -- wait, you thought I was talking about the PlayStation Video Store.
• Game On
  E3 2008: Did Sony's Press Conference Underwhelm? It came and went with virtually no surprises, mostly just confirmations of long known rumors, but are we being too hard on Sony.
• Game On
  E3 2008: Good God of War 3 and Holy 80GB $400 PS3 You knew it was coming, I knew it was coming, even my dog knew it was in the pipe (and hey, you know what you get when you spell dog backwards).
• Today @ PC World
  Sony Ups $399 PS3 To 80GB, Unveils New PSP, PS2 Bundles SCEA's Jack Tretton has plans to get more PlayStation 3s and PlayStation Portables in gamer's hands.
• Today @ PC World
  E3 2008: Sony's Big Gaming Announcements Blu-ray may have won the HD wars, but Sony has a lot to prove this year at E3.
• Game On
  E3 2008: Sony Says Consoles Have 10 Year Lifecycle Jack Tretton launched Sony's E3 press conference today by claiming the stress of today's big Sony PR event has taken two years off his life.
• Today @ PC World
  Coming Soon: Wii Resort, Wii Music and Clone Wars Showing off what the new advanced Wii MotionPlus attachment can do: Wii Sports Resort.

Gaming News

• IPhone Fantasy Football Draft Tools Checking out Scouting Report: Fantasy Football Draft Central '08 from UltimateFFB.
• Grand Theft Auto Dominates Game Sales The top video game sales tracking organizations agree on the best-selling games so far this year.
• Florida Man Sentenced for Video Game Piracy A Florida man gets 15 months in prison and must pay $415,900 in restitution for selling pirated software.
• Revamped Xbox Controller Due Everywhere but U.S. A new green controller with a more precise D-pad will ship in Europe in October, but U.S. gamers must wait.
• Game-Sharer Fined in UK A British woman was ordered to pay $32,000 in damages and costs for putting a computer game on a P2P network.

Gaming Playing in PCW Video

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  Golf Simulation: Take Real Golf Swings at Tokyo Bar A new bar in Tokyo lets golfers swing clubs at real balls after work in a software simulation area.
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  2008 Independent Games Festival Winners Senior Editor Darren Gladstone takes a look at some of the winners of the 2008 Independent Games Awards.
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  Sid Meier Brings Civilization to Consoles The famous franchise comes to Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and DS.

Gaming Slideshows

• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Review A new club tuner, simultaneous online play, and input from Tiger's own coach make this version as close as you'll get to a green.
• Essential HDTV Accessories An HDTV is just a TV with a pretty picture until you add a few important accoutrements. The dozen add-ons shown here will greatly enhance your HDTV watching experience.
• Too Human: This Game Based on Norse Mythology Has Feet of Clay Bottom line on this action role-playing game for the Xbox 360? It's a mediocre mash-em-up.
• Madden NFL 09: The Best Madden Yet Two decades of Madden are nipped, tucked, and stitched into the finest version ever of this venerated franchise.
• In Pictures: E3 2008 Picks and Pans For once it doesn't matter whether you swear by the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, or PC gaming. It's all here. Here's what caught our eye--and what we wish we'd never laid eyes on--at this year's E3 gaming expo in LA.

Gaming Reviews

• Alienware Area-51 ALX Gaming Desktop Alienware's latest desktop is a gaming powerhouse, but its power comes at a steep price.
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Review A new club tuner, simultaneous online play, and input from Tiger's own coach make this version as close as you'll get to a green.
• Casual Friday: Game Gambling This week, tap your inner gambler with in-game casinos and learn how every video game is really a slot machine.
• Casual Friday: The Madden Curse This week we look at the Madden curse to see whether there's anything to it. And then we find out if we can make Brett Favre pay.
• Madden NFL 09: The Best Madden Yet Two decades of Madden are nipped, tucked, and stitched into the finest version ever of this venerated franchise.