They're not all about killing animals and finding out why planes go down - National Geographic announces the formation of NGG: National Geographic Games.  Their mission: to bring the NatGeo experience into gaming. Find out more.

Downloading torrents is one thing, but attacking merchant ships with guns at the ready and stealing their goods is quite another. I'm talking real maritime pirates here.

Attacks from pirates off Somalia have been increasing recently, which might force merchant ships to take different trade routes. This could potentially cause shipments of various goods, including video game hardware and software, to get seriously messed up.

Guess who's back for another round in the Resident Evil franchise? For the third time now, Chris Redfield is going to be bumping into a very familiar face in Africa. Famitsu details other characters confirmed to appear in Resident Evil 5: one of them is Mr. Sunglasses here (the man usually quoted for his adamant insistence in not opening mansion doors), and the other, a new corporate baddie to strike fear on her enemies care of a scanty dress and a tight bun... like, hair bun, of course.

Reader AvatarKasier has tipped us off to a new batch of downloadable content now available for both the PS3 and PC PlayStation Stores. Aside from game trailers, one DLC that might grab your interest is part 1 of Sony's E3 Press Conference video. The rest of the PSN update list is available over in the full article.

According to a new report from Toward Freedom, the PlayStation 2's requirement of a metal called Tantalum helped fuel a war that caused the deaths of several million in the Congo. This event was labeled as the PlayStation War. Story in the full article.

Now we know a lot of folk out there have been turned off by the absence of witty Jack Carver or a tropical island setting in the sequel to Game of the Year, Far Cry. After all, their argument has some sense in it: Far Cry 2 needed to be a successor to Far Cry in some degree, or else it wasn't Far Cry at all. Art director Alex Amancio of Ubisoft Montreal stood up to give their stand on why they deviated from the things that made Far Cry memorable, and you can find that out at the full story.

Those of you who aren't satisfied with the knowledge of Resident Evil 5 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) being set in Africa, here's a few more juicy game tidbits for you to chew on. UK magazine Xbox World 360, a sister publication of GamesRadar, wrote a preview of RE5 and revealed some very interesting features that will make it in the game. Find out what these fresh details are by clicking on the "read more" link found below.

It's common knowledge that the human race is made up of one species. Scientists have said, however, that our line was nearly split in two at some point in our history. The cause may have had something to do with living conditions in Africa. More splits occur in the full article after the jump.

Among the latest games you'd find fresh on shelves is Majesco Entertainment's Wild Earth: African Safari for the Nintendo Wii. As its title implies, you can set foot on Africa to enjoy what nature has to offer. Don't be shy - go wild and hit that jump for more details!

In some parts of the world, people are making profit off arcades hosting consoles. In particular, business in Sierra Leone of Africa is booming due to the popularity of the PlayStation brand. Head over to the full article for more details.