According to a report from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts (UK endowment for the maximization of UK's creative and innovative potential">NESTA), the UK games will be dropping down from third position to fifth in 2009's global rankings. Reason why is at the full article.

Emsense, a San Francisco-based technology company, recently conducted a study linking players' emotional response to specific gameplay elements on several popular FPS titles.

Activision Blizzard confirmed during the Massive Inc upfront that they will be making Guitar Hero 5, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and that the rumors about the upcoming Tony Hawk being "different" were true. Admittedly, nothing terribly surprising, but it's good to know all the same.

Coming soon to the Xbox Live arcade and the PlayStation Network, 3 on 3 NHL Arcade will feature 40 NHL stars and zero rules. More details in the full article.

You may have already heard that the upcoming Dreamworks movie, "Monsters vs. Aliens," will be getting a game tie-in and that Activision holds the publishing rights. News on this front has been pretty scarce but a recent press release by Activision European Publishing can give us some fresh information. Check it out in the full article.

SingStar developer Paulina Bozek mentioned during the Atari Live event in London that she's currently working on something "brand new" and cross platform.

Atari mentioned during the Atari Live event in London yesterday that second hand selling of video games has had a very negative impact on the games industry. "Very Painful," I think his exact words were. So what are they going to do about it? Find out in the full article.

Ever wonder what that second input is on the upgraded Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2) drum kit? Before, Harmonix said it was for a second kick pedal. Today, they're saying they weren't exactly being honest with us.

I'm sure this question's been eating at you ever since you heard of the mode in Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS): "Why Nazi Zombies?" Activision executive producer Daniel Suarez explains.

Given the great strides taken by the digital downloading industry, it's easy to assume that retail may very well become a thing of the past very soon. Bo Andersen, President and CEO of the Entertainment Merchants Association, has a thing or two to say about that, however.