It's a merry, merry Christmas from Atari who has something for everyone this holiday season, from RPGs to fighting games, tactic games to well, whichever category you want to fit in Tamagotchi Party On! Head on to the full article for their holiday lineup.

Wondering if you favorite country will be included in Konami Digital Entertainment's latest Pro Evolution Soccer release? Erik Hansson over at the Level7 site has just picked up what appears to be a complete listing of the national teams making it to PES 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, DS, PC).

That's all the details we've got on this news, which ties in nicely with the celebrities expected to make an appearance in the game. Stay tuned in case we receive more update - or if some lucky gamer confirms this lineup based on PES 2008's upcoming demo release. For now, here's the list (translated by the Winning Eleven blog):

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• England
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Israel

The complete list is available in the Full Article

Atari announced today a video game adaptation of the live action film Asterix at the Olympic Games. The new game will be called by the same name and it will be available Winter 2007 on, PlayStation 2 (PS2), Nintendo consoles Wii and DS as well as Games for Windows platforms.

Staying true to the premise of the film, the game Asterix at the Olympic Games follows the story of Asterix, Obelix and the faithful Dogmatix as they travel to Greece in aid of their lovesick friend Alafolix. Their journey takes them to Greece during the Olympic Games and next thing they knew, they are already pitted against Roman Empire's mighty athletes.

All three characters are going to be playable, There will be a mini game mode where players will choose one character and compete in Olympic challenges. The two-player mode, on the other hand, allows friends go head to head in a series of hilarious contests.

Asterix at the Olympic Games is being developed by Etranges Libellules in close collaboration with Asterix licensee Les Editions Albert Rene and with film production company La Petite Reine.

It's been several months since we last heard from homebrew developer Christ (Christophe Andreani), and the ever-handy AMAP4DS homebrew he's released for our use.

In the event this is your first time reading up on this application, AMAP4DS is a DS-based map reader for viewing metro and bus maps in its ever-growing database.

Given that it's been a while, the site's just updated with several new maps for v3.1 (the latest version release), some of which were credited to contributors willing to help this app along:

• Chile (credits go to Rai Jin)
• AMAP4DS-Santiago-Metro v3.1: Santiago metro map.
• France:
• AMAP4DS-Paris-Noctilien v3.1: Paris Noctilien (night bus) map.
• Germany
• AMAP4DS-Hannover-Tram v3.1: Hannover Tram map.
• AMAP4DS-Kassel-KPlus-Schema v3.1: Kassel KPlus schematic map (Thanks to Georgios Sykomanis)
• AMAP4DS-Kassel-KPlus-Topo v3.1: Kassel KPlus topographic map. (Thanks to Georgios Sykomanis.)
• Greece (credits go to Georgios Sykomanis)
• AMAP4DS-Athena-Metro v3.1: Athena metro (Greek) map.
• AMAP4DS-Athens-Metro v3.1: Athens metro (English) map.
• AMAP4DS-Thessaloniki-OASTH v3.1: Thessaloniki-OASTH (Greek) map.

The maps should be available at Christ's site via the source link below. For the benefit of the DS owners who'd like to try this app out, we've also attached a download link below for AMAP4DS v3.1. Enjoy the application and its subsequent maps!

Download: AMAP4DS v3.1