Pokemon, Mario, Sonic, Marvel and Star Wars

Brace yourself for a gaming news explosion! There's a lot going down this week - from the 411 on the Pokemon Card Game World Championships to more details on Atari's horse video games, a Marvel version for HeroScape and trailer videos for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Check it all out here, plus the list of all the new games that drop this week for every game system from Nintendo DS to Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PSP and even for your PC!

Pokemon Card Game World Championships 2007

The top Pokemon card game players in North America have been decided! They had their final showdowns at Origins and now these 12 players are headed to the Pokemon TCG World Championships at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii on August 10-12, 2007. Here are the champions by division.
Junior Division

1st place - Tristan Robinson (10)

2nd place - Jason P. (10)

3rd place - Steven Roberto (10)

4th place - Thomas Arena (10)

Senior Division

1st place - Daniel Chin (13)

2nd place - Garrett Farrington (14)

3rd place - Jeremy Scharff-Kim (12)

4th place - Jeffery J. V. (15)

Masters Division

1st place - Chris F. (21)

2nd place - Jay Hornung (18)

3rd place - John Silvestro (41)

4th place - Rob Downs (39)

HeroScape Marvel Board Game

The newest HeroScape board game does something crazy - it brings a double-dose of HULK SMASH! to the game. How? By making a Marvel version of the cool board game with characters like Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Dr. Doom, Iron Man and more at your control. It hits stores this week, check out this picture to see what it looks like.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Game Trailer

Become Darth Vader's secret Sith apprentice, pack a lightsaber and kick butt with the Force! You can do all that and more in this upcoming video game from Lucasarts. It drops in October 2007 but a behind-the-scenes video hit at E3 and you can download a video trailer right here. Right-click and choose to save the video to your computer then you can watch it anytime.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Video Trailer - mpg file (22MB)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Trailer

These two video game superstars are heading to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and they're bringing a horde of video game buddies with them! The Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games trailer video just dropped and you can check it out right here. Just right-click and save the video to your computer, then double-click it to watch it!

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Trailer - mov file (71MB)

My Horse & Me - Atari's Horse Games for Wii, PC and DS

Word hit the Net about Atari's horse-themed video games weeks ago and now there are pictures! These games drop for PC, DS and Wii on November 13, 2007 but we'll have more news before then. While you're waiting, click these pics to see a bigger version.

What Video Games are Dropping This Week?

July 23 - It's the Big Game, Charlie Brown for PC.

July 23 - NASCAR 08 for PS2, PS3, Xbox 360.

July 24 - Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s for PS2.

July 24 - NHRA: Countdown to the Championship for PSP.

July 24 - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 for PS2.

July 24 - Alien Syndrome for PSP and Wii.

July 24 - Final Fantasy II for PSP.

July 24 - Escape from Bug Island for PSP and Wii.

July 23 - Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle for DS.

July 23 - Chameleon: To Dye For for DS.

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