Now, we don't have any particular issue with Eurogamer's choices for the Top 50 Games of 2008, but the head of EA Sports certainly does. Explicitly, Mr. Moore would like inquire exactly what happened to FIFA 09, the soccer game from his very own EA Sports, the one that netted an 8 out of 10 from the UK online publication.

"Now I get that the sports genre is the Rodney Dangerfield of games when the awards are handed out," Moore vents in his latest blog entry. "But c'mon, one of the best sports games of recent times not even in the Top 50?"

Pete's obviously satisfied with the top twenty appearances of Boom Blox, Spore, Burnout Paradise and Mirror's Edge, if not others. "Tomb Raider? OK, that's interesting," Peter writes.

"Is it not cool to include a so-called mass market game? Bangai-O Spirits (no disrespect Treasure) makes it and FIFA 09 doesn't?" he says.

Which raises kind of an interesting point. Should a top X list represent the a publication's best of reviews, or should it simply reflect an editorials staff's choices for most memorable, most enjoyable games, regardless of the outlet's review scores. If it were the former, it would be incredibly easy to put a year-end best of list together. Just sort by review score, ascending.

I don't see much in the way of sports representation on Eurogamer's list. That's not too surprising, considering how divided the virtual sports loving and regular ol' video game adoring crowds are.

But is Peter right in his calling out of Eurogamer?

WTF? (Where The hell is FIFA 09?) [Peter Moore's Blog]

Still, with the site being so crowded, you might just be able to wiggle your way in their and snag one before they're all gone. Kotakuite Richie Rich managed to, and he's downloading the beta as we speak, so if all else fails you can live vicariously through him. Good luck! What do you mean this is even more traffic? We're helping!

Eurogamer Little Big Planet Key Giveaway [Eurogamer.net]

I believe that the authoritative piece on the continent and its people, National Lampoon's European Vacation, will be an excellent preparation for me. I have no worries about the types of question these Aussies and Kiwis have planned for us.

Halo 3 devs next for LiveText [Eurogamer]

"To get tough and frank questions from gamers is what I am looking forward to this Friday. I don't mind whether they are about Fable 2, Lionhead's other games or the industry in general." said Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux.

Those lucky folks over at Eurogamer have received an exclusive teaser trailer from 2k games for the upcoming drool worthy, Bioshock. Personally, I just can't get enough of the visuals in this game, so any Bioshock crumbs that 2k decides to throw down, I'll be there to scoop them up. Bioshock is set to hit the Xbox 360 and the PC on August 22nd and you better believe I'll be pre-ordering a copy and be there the minute the store opens to pick it up. Hell, I might even take the day off work... Flynn De Marco

Exclusive Bioshock teaser trailer [Eurogamer]

After some weird rumors of a "big" announcement coming out of Ken Kutaragi's TGS 2006 keynote, it has passed with stifling a yawn and feeling "blah" But there's still some pretty hysterical commentary in some of the other liveblogs that covered the event.

First of all, from the lovely Alice, who wrote some really withering remarks in her liveblog, this comment on Ken Kutaragi hating sequels:

Sony finished off with a little finger-wagging at the development community: "why so many sequels", Ken asked, having demo'ed Ridge Racer SEVEN, Virtua Fighter FIVE, Mobile Suit Gundam SIX (at least, if I'm not wrong) and Final Fantasy THIRTEEN. Innovation will come from users, or the power of the network, or by returning game designers to the creative process instead of having them out there photographing cars and landscapes for the next racing game.

And this off-the-cuff diss by the Eurogamer crew:

If you're wondering when Ken is actually planning on talking about games or anything remotely concrete or relevant to gamers, developers or anyone else - so are we!

Finally, from Joystiq:

During the keynote, the DS pictochat room that had fallen silent sprang to life as bored attendees decided to entertain themselves, since it was clear that Ken Kutaragi had no intention of doing so. After the keynote, we head the words "meltdown," "total disaster," and "trainwreck" bandied about the press room. This keynote was worse — way worse — than Sony's E3 showing.

You know, Sony, the second you guys stop fucking up every last details of your launch, we'll cover it. Keep us posted, okay, guys? Florian Eckhardt

Related: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/tgs06/tgs06-liveblogging-kutaragis-keynote-202427.php