Nominations for Develop Industry Excellence Awards are unveiled, and two developers are likely to walk away with most of them.

Rockstar and Media Molecule will be contesting for the most category nominations. Rockstar snags six of them with GTA: Chinatown Wars and GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned from Rockstar while Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet alone is nominated for another five.
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Sep 2, 2008

Demo: Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympics

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360 - Beijing 2008 - Demo: Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympics

Console Monster writes: "A demo for Beijing 2008 is now available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The free demo is available in all Xbox Live Regions and the dashboard text is as follows:

[ESRB: E (Everyone)] Embrace the competitive spirit of the world's most prestigious sporting event, represent your country and bring home the gold, Beijing 2008 delivers an entertaining and immersive Olympic experience. The superior graphics capture the fine emotional detail of all 38 events where a fraction of a second becomes the difference between winning and losing. Innovative game mechanics challenge a player's time, speed and co-ordination. Compete for glory with up to seven friends online while you strive to break records and lead your country to victory..."
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Aug 11, 2008

Athletes talk gaming as Beijing 2008 game hits shops

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360 - Beijing 2008 - Athletes talk gaming as Beijing 2008 game hits shops

GamesDog Reports: "Sega has released the official 2008 Olympics games video game on PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and mobile phones for those who just can't get enough of the Olympics action.

There are 38 events for you to take part in across track and field, and for the first time in an Olympic game, it features an online play option.

Sega has chosen U.S. gold medal contenders Amanda Beard, Tyson Gay, Nastia Liukin and Reese Hoffa to be on the cover, some of which are gamers as well as real-life athletes.

"I played the old Nintendo Olympics game with the Power Pad, where you started out as the turtle and worked your way up to the cheetah," said Beard, the youngest US swimmer to ever bring home a gold."
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Jul 1, 2008

Beijing 2008's Gymnastic Events

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360 - Beijing 2008 - Beijing 2008's Gymnastic Events

Kotaku: Of all of the Olympic sports to video game translations, nothing suffers more than the gymnastic events. Sega is tackling six different gymnastic events in Beijing 2008, and while they might not give you an accurate feel for the sport they'll at least have interesting gameplay.
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Apr 15, 2008

U.S. Cover Athletes On Beijing 2008 Game

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360 - Beijing 2008 - U.S. Cover Athletes On Beijing 2008 Game

Kevin Parrish from from XboxFocus.com writes:

"We have to ask you this simple little question: do you really care? Still, to put you In The Know, a few U.S. gold metal contenders will have their mug shots smacked on the cover of Sega's upcoming game Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game. As seen in the box shot, Amanda Beard, Tyson Gay, Nastia Liukin and Reese Hoffa will greet you with warm, sweaty smiles. Look for the game to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PC this summer."
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Jan 14, 2008

Beijing 2008 snubs Nintendo

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360 - Beijing 2008 - Beijing 2008 snubs Nintendo

Sega's upcoming take on the Summer Olympic Games will not be available on Nintendo formats. This is something of a blow to China, who are trying to raise awareness of their capital city prior to the event.

"SEGA clearly thinks the Wii and the DS are just for kids. The upcoming sports minigame adaptation of the next Summer games will be available for the Xbox 360, the PS3, and the PC Â¿ but not the Wii or the DS."
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Jan 10, 2008

SEGA Announces Beijing 2008 Deal

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360 - Beijing 2008 - SEGA Announces Beijing 2008 Deal

Sega has given the first detail of its partnership with International Sports Multimedia to create official games of the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
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