More fuel to the "Wii October launch" fire: A release list from Activision put Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam on the Wii as an October release, with two other Wii titles in November. They later revised the list with all three dates changed to "Upon Wii Launch." Other rumors also say Nintendo may be planning a show or even a cross country tour focusing on the Wii prior to its launch.

• The Ninety-Nine Nights demo is now available on Xbox Live.
• And on the PC side, an English demo of Wild West FPS Call of Juarez is available.
• Sega Sammy's profit fell 93% last quarter due to, of all things, a lack of new models of slot machines.
• Nintendo confirms the DS card and board game collection 42 All Time Classics will have WiFi play.
• THQ has cancelled the Sopranos for the Xbox 360 and will now be a PS2 exclusive. At least that means 360 owners won't be tricked into paying an extra ten bucks for a shoddy PS2 port.
• Xbox launch title Fuzion Frenzy is getting a sequel.
• World of Datecraft purports to be a dating site for World of Warcraft players; unfortunately, so far there are 700 members, and 600 are men. Or rather, at least 600 admit to being men.
• I wish I had caught this: A Nintendo Power letter in 1991 predicted Mario Galaxy and some of the features of the Wii.
• Now Atlus says Trauma Center on the Wii won't be just a port.
• Splinter Cell: Double Agent has been delayed until the end of October.
• Microsoft's Robbie Bach believes MS's gaming division will turn a profit in 2008.
• Nintendo has added five new GBA titles to the Player's Choice series: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Pokemon Leaf Green & Fire Red, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and Super Mario World.
• First photo of the Nintendo DS headset.