GamesRadar looks at the worst in-game versions of celebrities ever. This image reads much better if you put a picture of the Ark of the Covenant being opened in between the two.

Random game related thing for you to learn today: "Niko Bellic is a Serbian name?"

Yes, it's Serbian, probably from the parts where Serbs have been the majority population but are almost non-existent nowadays - like Dalmatia, Lika or Kordun. In Serbia proper it would be Nikola Belić. There is also the western 'ijekavica' variant 'Bjelić' or 'Bijelić'. It's derived from the noun 'belo' for 'white'; like the English surname White.

Industry and multi-console news

New media: Fallout 3 concept art, Hellboy: Science of Evil screenshots, Golden Axe: Beast Rider screenshots, Sonic Unleashed screenshots, Bayonetta trailer, Madden NFL 09 trailer, Silent Hill: Homecoming screenshots and video featuring some kind of vagina dentata face monster

• Following Activision and Vivendi's depatures, Lucasarts is also leaving the ESA.
• Today is the deadline for EA's Take Two takeover offer, so what's going to happen? Jack squat, that's what.
• PAX 2008 will feature a keynote from Ken Levine as well as appearances by Jonathan Coulton, MC Chris, Freezepop, the Minibosses, and more.
• A new Georgia law offers tax incentives to entertainment producers, including video games.
• NPD has released their April hardware and software sales numbers for the US. Sure, the two versions of GTA4 and Mario Kart will be the top three, but can you guess which order?
• MTV has a photo and impressions of the Rock Revolution drumkit.
• Gamasutra has a transcript from the Sega/PlatinumGames announcement. "Seven years ago, I created Devil May Cry. Many of you have said it kick-started the action genre into 3D. But did it really? Have action games really progressed past what we accomplished seven years ago? I don't believe they have. We as creators have squandered an opportunity to make things better, smoother, more intense, more engaging."
• DJ Green Lantern, who hosts in-game radio station The Beat, is creating a soundtrack album featuring music "from and inspired by" GTA4.
• EA has announced Family Game Night for the PS2 and Wii, a collection of five Hasbro board games including Battleship and Connect Four.
• Famitsu has uncovered new details on Resident Evil 5.
• Next week's Rock Band tracks will be the nine songs added to the European version of the game.
• Chewing Pixels looks at the rough road facing people who write about games. "When publishers are still paying the same rates they have for nearly ten years, the raw economics of the job become near unworkable for anyone outside of their early twenties." Encouraging!
• Two new characters have been announced for Virtua Fighter 5 R.
• There's an auction currently up on Ebay for a 100% complete library of factory-sealed Japanese Dreamcast games.
• BoingBoing looks at the history of exercise games.
• Not much has been heard about it lately, but the Saw video game is still in the works.
• Uwe Boll's Postal is opening on four screens. "Theatrical distributors are boycotting Postal because of its political content. We were prepared to open on 1500 screens all across America on May 23rd. ... We have even tried to buy a few screens in New York and Los Angeles, and they won't let us even rent the theaters!"
• A Denver man has been issued a summons for yelling obscenities at his video games.
• A GQ article about Shia LaBeouf would shed a little light on Spielberg's gaming habits, except it doesn't make any damned sense. "And there was the master himself: shoes off, socks on, dressed in shooting gear, but sitting behind a computer, stuck on the fifteenth level of a first-person shooter called BioShock." 15th level? Also there's some mention of a "mysterious spider god."

PC and mobile news

New content: Tarr Chronicles 1.0.4.0 patch

• The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff is coming in June.
• Valve has released new hardware survey results. I want to find the three guys who are using 127 CPUs to play Valve games.
• Eurogamer has an interview with Blizzard about Wrath of the Lich King. "Will we need a graphical update from the ground up at some point? Yep, probably. And I'm positive we'll talk about it next expansion."
• Square Enix has launched two free online card games featuring Final Fantasy IV characters.

Nintendo news

New media: Mad World trailer, Dinosaur King screenshots, Samba de Amigo screenshots, We Love Golf screenshots featuring Morrigan and Black Ken

• Konami has announced DDR Hottest Party 2 and Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked! for the Wii.
• The metallic rose DS formerly only available bundled with Nintendogs will be available on its own in June.
• Kotaku has an interview with the developer of LostWinds.
• Swedish game magazine Game Reactor claims that Sega is going to remake Shenmue 1 and 2 for the Wii. This isn't an entirely outlandish possibility -- Remember that Game Reactor was also one of the first places to have word of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams.
• Following up on the story in which Wii Fit told a ten year old girl she was overweight, an obesity expert says children should be banned from the game. Nothing like an obesity expert to understand moderation and restraint. The real problem is that using BMI is just asking for trouble.
• Do you have $15, a DS, and lowered standards? Then today is your day. Amazon's deal of the day is High School Musical: Making the Cut for $14.99, and they also have the Peach and Mario DS Lite Tin Lunchbox-type starter kits for $15.79, Lunar: Dragon Song for $10.52, and Trace Memory for $10.52. They also have Final Fantasy III for $19.99, but that is not $15 and is much better than the rest of these.

Sony news

New demos: Secret Agent Clank, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, Overlord: Raising Hell
New content: Hot Shots Golf characters, Rock Band tracks, American Idol Encore tracks

• Sony has laid out their line-up for late 2008 through early 2009.
• Shuhei Yoshida has replaced Phil Harrison as president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios.
• Konami has announced Dance Dance Revolution X for the PS2.
• Sony is integrating the ability to upload YouTube videos in PS3 games.
• Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 is coming June 3.
• The gun metal gray MGS4 PS3 bundle is only being sold through Konami's website.

Microsoft news

New media: Soul Calibur Live Arcade screenshots
New content: Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit demo -- Now in European flavor

• Konami has announced Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3.
• Epic plans to throttle the amount of achievements you can get at any one point in Gears of War 2 to lessen the likelihood of achievement whoring. "If you're going for headshots, you get one headshot that counts and any other headshots won't count towards your Achievement, so players don't just play to get headshots the entire round just to get Achievements."
• Wired has a Q&A with CliffyB, in which he says he wants Gears 2 to be "more girlfriend-friendly." He says this about two paragraphs after saying they've added the ability to chainsaw Locusts in the taint.
• Roanoke news reporter John Carlin bugged his son's Live headset and was shocked to find naughty language being used! But never fear, he's got some "10 on your side information" for you: "If you don’t buy a 'live' game card, you can’t get on 'line' meaning your kids will just play against the computer. You can also take away the ether net cable so the game can’t be connected to the internet…" If he can't catch ether with his net, he'll never get on "line"!