Gamers in North America finally have a reason to celebrate as Firaxis and 2K Games recently announced the official release date of Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3, and DS) in the region. Following the June 6 release in Europe, gamers in the States will now be able to enjoy the same turn based strategy addiction Civilization Revolution has to offer as it's all cleared for launch this June 8. More details about this in our full article after the jump.

With the release of the recent expansion pack for The Eye of Judgment, TCG fans have something to look forward to as SCEA will be giving out free swag for this week's Free Card Friday promo, including some very rare Set 2 expansion cards. In addition, the EOJ team has recently announced the details of its upcoming network update for the game. Find out more about all of this in our full article after the jump.

It looks like Lara finally has a daddy to come home to. Warner Bros Home Entertainment recently subscribed up to £15 million (US$ 30 million) new shares in the company and announced a new strategic partnership with the house behind the Tomb Raider series. For more details regarding this, read our full article after the jump.

If you want to know all about the top game development studios in the industry today, you can read all about them in the recently published Develop 100 by Sheridan and amBX. The book takes a look at the top 100 gaming studios as well as additional information on their respective revenues throughout the year. For more information regarding this, you can read our full article after the jump.

The business strategy is a bit in doubt, but if GameStop is serious about this offer, then who are we to complain? The retailer is offering a free week of Haze in both the U.S. and Canada. Well, free to a degree at least. Details in the full article.

Game Developers Magazine is starting a new trend, and it's to list out the Top 50 videogame developers of the year - just to give back to the groups that made our lives a bit more exciting through their realized (and digitized) works of art. Want to know if your favorite game developer made the list? Hit the full article to find out!

Here's a little something for the guys still looking for a good PlayStation 3 deal. Best Buy Canada has recently announced that they will be selling their 40 GB PS3 bundles along with free copies of GRAW2 and Rainbow Six Vegas. Details regarding this promo are available in the full article.

Some of you may wonder why Digital Extremes designed Dark Sector (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) to be a third-person shooter when it could have been just as promising as a first-person affair. In the video interview which you'll find after the jump, you're bound to be convinced that the devs had good reason to do so. Details up next.

It's always the pits when you're in the middle of playing your long-awaited game only to have your controller conk out on you. EA is aware that several Canadian gamers had to suffer extreme frustration when it happened with their Rock Band (PS3 and Xbox 360) controllers, so they did something to try and appease them. The details in the full article.

We're letting you guys know that Sony's PlayStation Network has recently updated with new content for the territories of Japan and Europe. Japan's the apparent winner of the week, as they stand to receive two demos for Yakuza 3. More details ahead in the full article.