Olympics to go virtual with Sega..

As if 24hour coverage of Olympic games in china 2008 is not enough Sega has has rolled out the official video game of the 2008 events in Beijing for PC, PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 and mobile phones ..

It offers 38 events from track and field to swimming to judo and has online play for the first time in an Olympics game.

Sega enlisted U.S. gold medal contenders Amanda Beard, Tyson Gay, Nastia Liukin and Reese Hoffa for the cover of "Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games."

Sega also has an arcade game available on Wii and Nintendo DS, with "Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games" putting two of the most popular game icons together for the first time. The Wii version encourages gamers to physically mimic 20 events like fencing and table tennis as they compete against friends.