2K Games is proud to announce that Sid Meier's Civilization® Revolution™, the latest entry in the award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization® franchise, will be in stores beginning June 3, 2008. Developed internally at 2K’s world-renowned and award-winning Firaxis development studio, Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution will be available for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Nintendo DS™.

To celebrate this release date announcement, new screenshots are now available to Armchair Arcade members, below:

Leonie Manshanden - marketing director at Midway - has announced they will be producing the classic adventure game Myst for the popular dual screen portable console by Nintendo. Now this is a favorite of mine. I wonder if the other 'episodes' will also become available.

John Carmack - one of the Id software founders - has shown interest into the possibility to create a special Quake-Arena version for the Nintendo DS. He was inspired by playing Metroid Prime Hunters - which is quite a good fps on the Nintendo DS btw! - read more.

Geometry wars will be coming to Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS in the form of Geometry Wars Galaxies

Geometry Wars on Nintendo Wii

This is what the company Kuji Entertainment writes about the upcoming Geometry Wars incarnation - read more:

I just got myself reacquainted with the Nintendo DS homebrew scene after enjoying so much excellent gp2x and gp32 emulation software. I was amazed at the level of emulation possible on the Nintendo DS with help of any homebrew software supporting device.

Cooking Mama: Cook without burning down the kitchen with Cooking Mama! Cooking and gaming have some similarities-- there are multiple steps to complete before finishing them, they require a wide variety of "moves" to be successful, and they are best served when piping hot. OK, scratch that last one. Majesco's Cooking Mama is a fun combination of Julia Child and Wario Ware and a must for fans of micro-gaming or kitchen mavens.

Though there are a few different modes, most of the action happens when players select Let's Cook from the main menu. You can unlock recipes as you go and even if you consistently fail each step, you still can complete a recipe. While this eliminates challenge, it also eliminates possible frustration-- players are never stuck on one particular recipe and they can replay them to win bronze, silver, or gold medals to their hearts' content.

Each recipe has several phases, whether it's as simple as measuring water or as tricky as filling dumplings. Controls are fairly responsive, but the goals are somewhat unclear as in Wario Ware. Since each phase only lasts 10 seconds at most, players have a chance to learn from their mistakes, but the lack of any tutorial is interesting.

The majority of cuisine represented is Japanese. They also have some American dishes, but with a Japanese touch (spaghetti cooked in a frying pan with a dash of ketchup?!). Having lived in Japan for a month, I have to attest to the accuracy of the dishes represented here. Gyoza (fried dumplings) and udon (typically soup with thick noodles in a fish-based broth) are more typical of Japanese cuisine than chicken teriyaki and fried ice cream.