You're in good company with the gang of Battlefield: Bad Company. Electronic Arts has announced the official release date for the game, and the details on the game's Gold Edition. Details in the full article.

If you can't get enough of Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, PC, and PS3), then you might want to know that Electronic Arts has revealed the launch date of Madden NFL 09 and that they will be releasing a Collector's Edition of the game. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Sony Japan is sending word that they will be demonstrating the PlayStation Home service over at next week's Online Game & Community Service Conference. Wondering exactly when and where the event's set to take place? Read the full article for details!

It looks as if everyone's convinced that the Sony PlayStation 3's bound to make a comeback this year, and advertising companies are going to make a profit of it. They plan in-game advertising for the most popular of PlayStation 3 games. They may be hopping into Sony's bandwagon at the dismay of many players, but it's only because Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has a plan that will open their next generation console to that opportunity. More at the full story.

The Casual Games Association has announced that it will be hosting Casual Connect Europe. This event will run from February 6 to 8 in Amsterdam and is being held to gather industry leaders in the hope of promoting casual games as well as securing its future development.

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Japan's joy doesn't end with recent path update for Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 Prologue or the Christmas trailer for that matter. Word over at the territory's official site is that their game's GT-TV feature will also be updating with three TV specials. Details for these three are available in the full article.

Irrational Games split into two after the completion of Bioshock, introducing the 2K Boston and 2K Australia studios. Now it looks like a new studio is being set up in the Bay Area. According to a cached job listing in Gamasutra, the new studio is to be called 2K Marin and will comprise of some of the people who created Bioshock. More at the full article.

A couple of months back, speculations were running high as to a Square Enix announcement regarding the patent of the title Lord of Vermillion. And then came the confirmation. Fast forward to today and we now have the official unveiling from Square Enix - and with assets to boot - to brighten up the day of all the fans out there, thanks to Famitsu. Check out the full article to get them.

From sports games to irreverent parodies on platformers, the world of in-game advertising has pretty much grown since video games have been on the rise the past few years. Bernie Stolar, Google's "Dean of Games", talks about the role of advertising in today's gaming industry and how AdSense for Games - an ad serving program run by Google - is planning to take on the in-game advertising scene.

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(Editor's Note: Well... Gunpowder treason and plot aside, last week's QuickPeek was a bit of a riot - and had a lot of things not to be forgot. But hey! Today marks QuickPeek's 20th edition! Wohoo!)

Hellzyeah. It's QuickJump QuickPeek 20! The big Two-OH, baby! To celebrate, we're adding a whole new section to QuickPeek (sorry, no spoilers)! More on that and other industry news behind the jump!

Article originally posted on Nov 10, 2007 at 02:38 PM.