It's great to see that an indie developer has made it to the same level as other big shot studios. According to Develop's list of most successful game studios, Rebellion Developments - the studio that developed The Simpsons Game (the PSP and Wii versions) and Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron - is Europe's leading independent developer. Details in the full article.

Looks like Mario and Sonic aren't headed for video game retirement anytime soon, as they're still at the top of their game. The Olympic Games that is. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is still persisting in the UK as the top selling game for the week ending on March 1, only getting knocked off the top spot a few times since it landed there last December. For the full list of top games in the UK, head over to the full article.

Drivers, start your engines! It sure looks like there's a new top-notcher on the UK's gaming preference, and it doesn't have anything to do with soccer balls, plumber long jumps or WWII reincarnates. Burnout Paradise from publisher Electronic Arts left the competition in a flurry of dust and burning rubber, and even set EA at a tie for the most games on the top ten with Nintendo. More at the full story.

It's time once again for GameStop's weekly deals. This week, GameStop is offering the Halo 3 Legendary Edition for only US$ 79.99, down from US$ 129. The Halo 3 Legendary Edition comes with a bunch of extra stuff and of course its crowning glory, a model of Master Chief's helmet. Check out the full article for the rest of the deals GameStop is offering this week.

'Tis the season to be jolly, even if you're spending it without your replacement guitar for Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2). Electronic Arts has updated their customer support site to enable afflicted owners to choose the free game they want to receive aside with their new controller. You can see a teaser of what's up for grabs via the full article.

Rebellion Developments, the studio behind the PSP games Star Wars Battlefront, Alien vs Predator and The Simpsons Game, is now stepping out of its shell and moving on to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms, starting with a sequel to Eidos Interactive's Shellshock. More in the full article.

Way back during TGS 2007, it was announced that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was expected to sell four million copies. While this hasn't happened yet, it's got a pretty good start as the Wii version of the game zips and hops up to first place in the UK for individual format sales for the week of December 8. Read the full article for the top 20 games in the UK.

Need for Speed: ProStreet rips its way into first place in the UK for the week of December 1, finally eclipsing Assassin's Creed, which has dropped to fourth place. ProStreet was in second place last week. See the full list of top 20 games for the UK in the full article.

The Chart track for the UK's all format polls for the week ending November 24 indicates that Assassin's Creed (PS3, DS, Xbox 360, PC) has stepped out of the shadows, retaining its presence as the top game for the said time period.

That said, we imagine the guys will be curious about the rest of last week's top contenders. You can view the list over in the full article.

It came to our attention that the webpage dedicated to the parody Grand Theft Scratchy from Electronic Arts' The Simpsons Game has been changed. While the said changes are not reflected on the trailer videos and screenshots yet, the trailer itself is now being referred to as "Mob Rules".

It should be remembered that this started in early October when EA Lead Designer for The Simpsons Game Greg Rizzer commented that some companies are not particularly happy with their spoofs. It looks like that the company being referred to by Rizzer is no other than Rockstar Games.

This became clearer when he commented, "If we make fun of Grand Theft Auto, we're not going to hurt the sales of Grand Theft Auto. But yeah, we've definitely had some reactions - we've had to pull stuff from the game." The designer was able to comment regarding the things that they had to remove.

We guess we will all know when The Simpsons Game launches on October 30 for platforms Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation 2. For now, check out the "new" Mob Rules trailer by clicking the Read link below.