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The most noteworthy release on the PS3 for July has to be Firmware 2.40 bringing trophy support, in-game messaging, and a few other niceties like changing headsets and bluetooth settings mid-game. For actual games, though, I'm going with Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution. There's a demo already on the Store and I know it's a bona-fide Civ game because I'm not great at it, and I think it's going to score very well because even I was able to follow along and understand the game using the very Sims-like advisors. Some of the nicer features include being able to join an online game in progress (also known as "What the?! I don't want this wreck of a civilization!") and the ability to have a player bail from the game and having the AI take over.

Fighting game fans will get a top-shelf game with Soul Calibur IV which gives the franchise online play for the first time, catching up to the Tekken game on PS3 which has been around for some time. Soul Calibur IV will sport exclusive characters by platform along with the unusual new feature of destructible clothing in case the gender of your choice wasn't showing enough skin. On the PSN side of things this month we may see PixelJunk Eden, which should be the second game (after Super Stardust HD) to gain trophy support.

The PSP is facing a weak month with four titles that I haven't heard of.  You'd think the most unusual one of the bunch would be Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity based on a French cartoon show, but I choose B-Boy, a dancing game that looks like it covers break dancing.  If you're really hungry for a new game, you might find Fading Shadows to be worth playing as it's billed as a puzzle/adventure game.  EA will be dropping a port of NCAA Football 09 on the handheld as well, for what it's worth.

From Aeropause.