Video game developer and publisher Koei has announced that it will be restructuring in order to better serve both the Western and Asian video game markets. This move has effectively split the company into two divisions, allowing it to focus on the needs and wants of gamers in specific regions. For more on this, head on over to the full article.

Wondering how Sony's upcoming Digital TV service works for your PlayStation 3 console? In a short video advertisement for PlayTV, it explains how the service works as well as how its various features play out once it goes live later this year. The service shows a fusion of video gaming and home entertainment rolled into one unique package.

Check out the video after the jump!

Last August, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe demonstrated the new Go!Explore Navigation System for the PSP at the Leipzig Games Convention. They've now announced that the new service will be launching in Europe soon, in early Spring. They've also supplied some pictures and details on Go!Explore, check them out in the full article.

Looks like the most popular gadget in Europe this Christmas is the Wii if online searches are anything to judge by. According to the figures released by comScore Inc., the gadgets most frequently searched for in online engines in Europe during the first three weeks of November is the Nintendo Wii followed by the iPod. Next comes the DS lite, the PSP and the iPhone. More in the full article.

David Hecq, a certified gamer who writes reviews and does other things video game journalists have on their to-do lists, is running for mayor of a small town in France. He's the president of AFRS (Française de Revendeurs Spécialisés, an association of video game retailers), runs a gaming website, yet still has time to play politics.

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Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (SCEI) has revealed a more scans of the latest installment in their Everybody's Golf (also known as Minna no Golf in Japan and Hot Shots Golf in North America) series, Everybody's Golf Portable 2, for the Sony PSP.

A number of things make SCEI's Everybody's Golf Portable 2 stand out from other golf games.

Find out what those are after the jump!

The nationalistic fervor burns even hotter in EA Sports' FIFA 08 as the developers of one of the world's best-selling sports game franchises announce a collection of 50 songs from artists around the world.

Every national team represented in FIFA 08 has a corresponding song and band from their own country that ups the passion as you take on the world's elite teams in the planet's most popular ballgame.

Included in the mix are artists such as The Hoosiers (UK), Babamars (France), Bodyrox (UK), Junkie XL (Holland), and Santogold (USA), Simian Mobile Disco (UK), CSS (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Dover (Spain), Ivy Queen (Puerto Rico), Junkie XL (Holland), Maximo Park (UK), Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico), Peter Bjorn And John (Sweden), Planet Funk (Italy), Superbus (France), The Cat Empire (Australia), and Wir Sind Helden (Germany). Many more are in store to be discovered when the game hits.

"We’ve been working for nearly a year to deliver what we believe is the ultimate FIFA 08 soundtrack," comments Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music at EA. "These are the most songs ever in a FIFA edition representing the most countries in the history of the videogame."

EA Sports' FIFA football franchise is the longest-running football simulation to date and has sold millions of copies around the world with iterations dating back to almost two decades. FIFA 08 will be released on the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PC, Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable.

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Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, the Sydney Morning Herald says that Sony will be releasing PlayTV in Australia next year. As one of the territories that support Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T), along with some other PAL countries, PlayTV being available in the land down under is entirely possible. 

So far, SCEE has only officially announced PlayTV for the UK, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. PlayTV is the new feature made specifically for the PlayStation 3. It's basically a black box that lets the console pick up TV broadcasts via DVB-T, and the console can record the programs. The recorded videos can then also be transferred onto the PlayStation Portable.

The Herald says that the biggest problem with PlayTV appearing in Australia may be the local networks' reluctance to have a personal video recorder (PVR) have access to their electronic program guides. We'll probably hear more about it from Sony Australia soon, so stay tuned for updates.

Strategy gamers wanting to try Level 5's Jeanne D'Arc will be pleasantly surprised to find that they can pick up a demo disk of the game for free. This is a pretty cool offer and one that PSP owners should look into, considering the amount of hype this tactical RPG has been building up.

The game is loosely based on the exploits of Joan of Arc during the 15th century AD when France and England were battling each other during the 100 Years' War. The gameplay is reminiscent of the Final Fantasy Tactics series with a three-fourths view of the map, action points, grid based movement, and special attacks.

If you want to give the game a spin, head on over to PlayStation.com thorough our read link to find out more on how to get your free demo disk.

Aching to see a gameplay video for WipEout Pulse? Well, you just got lucky because here's one uploaded by user DirtyMrKurti. The clip originally appeared on Jeux France but the owner decided to upload it anyway at GameTrailers letting a wider audience get a glimpse of this futuristic racing title.

Anyway, Pulse is the successor to WipEout Pure and even though you missed all our previous coverages on this, just taking a look a the clip below will tell you in an instant that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) Studio Liverpool is really taking good care of this franchise.

Aside from obvious graphic enhancements, WipEout Pulse also features tougher AI, eight gameplay modes, wide array of customization options, a new soundtrack, and the ability for players to play their own MP3 files while having a good ol' racing game among others.