Joystiq has a gallery of some of the work appearing in the next i am 8 bit show.

Industry and multi-console news

New media: Armored Core for Answer trailer

• Lawyer Vincent Scheurer spoke at the 2008 Develop Conference and Expo about the dangers of the UK's ratings system. He notes that Manhunt 2 was banned for vague reasons like "unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone" without having humor or puzzle elements strong enough to alleviate it. "Call of Duty and BioShock could be banned under that criteria… The next game to be banned could be BioShock 2, and then where would we be?"
• Despite what the ELSPA had to say, it seem the British government does prefer the BBFC system.
• Activision is partnering with Logitech to make "premium" Guitar Hero World Tour instruments.
• The president of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences says "game reviewers are lazy." Namely, he thinks games should be played to completion before being reviewed.
• Dragon Quest V is still dominating the Japanese sales chart.
• The Rock Band Live tour has been announced, with headline acts like Panic At The Disco, Dashboard Confessional, and other acts perfect for 14 year olds.
• Apparently the Saints Row guys making Tera Patrick a "special producer" was so they could have her make promo videos for the game where she takes her clothes off.
• A job posting on Gamasutra suggests BioShock 2 could have multiplayer. Normally I'd think just seeing 2K Boston looking for multiplayer designers isn't much evidence to go on, but the ad then goes on to say: "BioShock had no multi-player mode. We don't believe in throwing in something that can’t go head to head with the big boys. No applicants will be considered who aren't able to demonstrate they've got the skills to build an industry-changing multiplayer design."
• Sega has filed a new trademark for Jet Grind Radio, but don't get your hopes up.You may recall they filed a new Dreamcast trademark a while back too, it's just a way of protecting their property. ..Or it's all a conspiracy.
• Following Colbert Nation's video of Rush failing out of their own song in Rock Band, they have a new video of rapper Nas giving it a try.
• Rolling Stone reports that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith sold 567,000 units in its first week. Though it may not be a fair comparison to make, their last album sold 160,500 its first week.
• Sony Pictures says the delay caused by the Ghostbusters game losing its publisher has presented them with an opportunity to possibly position its release to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the movie in 2009.

PC and mobile news

New GameTap titles: American McGee's Grimm, Alien Stars -- Remember that Grimm episodes are free for the first 24 hours
New content: Team Fortress 2 update

• A rating has appeared in the ESRB database for Guitar Hero World Tour on the PC.
• Design Lesson 101 looks at what can be learned from Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden.
• The official Battlefield Heroes website is giving away beta keys over the next four weeks.
• Scrabulous has returned to Facebook with a new name and design.
• The iPhone has gotten a pair of unofficial World of Warcraft apps.
• Voice chat is coming to Everquest II and Star Wars Galaxies.

Nintendo news

• The Japanese, European and American versions of KORG DS-10 will be compatible with one another to share data.
• Wii RPG Arc Rise Fantasia is being considered for an American release.
• The Wii version of Okami has sold 280,000 units in America and Europe since release.
• The company that helped develop the Wii MotionPlus device has a video demonstrating what it can do in conjunction with their LiveMove 2 toolset.
• Amazon's deal of the day is The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian for $29.99.

Sony news

• The Last Guy will be getting an American release. If you want to try the game yourself, the Japanese site has a browser version that autogenerates a level based on the website that you type in.
• Namco Bandai is putting a beta version of a new Namco Museum in the Japanese Home beta.
• The official Playstation blog has a list of trophies in PixelJunk Eden.
• An update for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is coming this Friday. The Gran Turismo TV feature is being added in along with gameplay tweaks.
• Volition explains why the original Saints Row was canceled on the PS3: "We got about half way through the process and then we realised that we just couldn't get our heads around Cell."
• The PSP camera isn't coming to America. Sony feels it's not worth bringing over the 1.3 megapixel camera when most cell phones have at least a 2 megapixel camera built-in.

Microsoft news

New content: Madden NFL 09 demo, Facebreaker demo
New media: RACE Pro screenshots

• Edge looks inside the new Xbox Live.
• Microsoft says Europe makes up less than a quarter of Xbox Live memberships.
• The Ninja Gaiden II mission mode pack is back up on Live.
• The 60 gig 360 has now shown up at Wal-Mart and Amazon. That's okay though, because Major Nelson says the unit doesn't have a specific release date. He... he also says that when suffering from impotence?
• Microsoft has confirmed that the Castle Crashers and Braid prices posted yesterday are wrong, for both international and domestic markets.