Beijing 2008 is the official of the held in . Developed by and published by , the game was the second video game based on the 2008 Summer Olympics to be released, the first being the fantasy-based which appeared in late 2007; however, Beijing 2008 is a realistic sports simulation.
Beijing 2008 features 32 national teams and 38 events. In addition, a career mode similar to that seen in returned, and for the first time in Olympic video games, an online mode is included. Beijing 2008 received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the website . said of the game, "rapidly pushing buttons is not fun", and pointed to excessive difficulty. In Japan, gave it a score of one three, two fours, and one three for the PlayStation 3 version; and one four, one five, one four, and one three for the Xbox 360 version