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The hero of Christopher Brookmyre's latest novel is a lethal, jittery cyborg called Ross, but it can seem like the author himself is the real machine. The former journalist has written 15 books since his debut novel Quite Ugly One Morning was published in 1996, chainsawing out a best-selling niche for his blackly comic crime fiction.

Zynga is closing down three of the six titles it launched last quarter following their disappointing performance, the company announced in a financial call today.

Movie and game rental service Redbox will be bringing its streaming video app to Xbox 360 in the near future.

Borderlands 2 has sold nearly six million units, publisher Take-Two stated in a financial call today where it said the game "remains on pace to be the highest selling title in 2K's history."

2K Games has announced the Borderlands 2: Add-On Content Pack, a collection of DLC for Gearbox's open-world shooter that will collect all of its digital content up through its second add-on campaign.

It was rather peculiar when it was revealed that 2010's retro brawler Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was going to have DLC two years after its initial release. It was even stranger when that never happened. After a five month radio silence, signs of the long delayed, practically mythical DLC finally materialised as its achievements were leaked a couple of weeks ago. Just last week a new release date of 6th February was spotted on Major Nelson's Blog and even Scott Pilgrim creator Brian Lee O'Malley blogged about the release date (in a post since removed). So is it coming out tomorrow?

The Kickstarter-funded Android-based console Ouya will be coming to retail in June for $99.99. Pre-orders are already up at Amazon, Gamestop, Best Buy, Target and Ouya's official site.

Fantasy MMO Tera has today gone free-to-play.

EA has announced Dead Space 3's first DLC content pack, called Awakened.

PlayStation Vita is nearing its first birthday, and to celebrate Sony has launched a decent sale on games.

iD Software co-founder Tom Hall has launched a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor to Commander Keen, the side-scrolling platformer he designed in the early nineties.

Dead Island has sold over five million copies, Koch Media has announced.

Familiarity doesn't have to breed contempt, but it still makes for barren soil where horror is concerned. In fact, it's a cruel irony that the genre most damaged by repetition is the one that spawns the most sequels. Freddy Krueger managed to clock up nine big screen appearances, but went from shadowy menace to court jester in the process.

The next Skylanders game has been unveiled as Skylanders Swap Force.

Square Enix has admitted it is struggling to make money from its console games.

Scribblenauts Unlimited has been delayed in Europe just three days before release.

As expected, 505 Games has made Sniper Elite V2 on Wii U official.

Rockstar has slammed what it labels "conspiracy theories" about the recent delay to Grand Theft Auto 5.

CD Projekt Red has finally formally announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Capcom has reduced its sales target for Ninja Theory's Devil May Cry reboot.

Sony has ended its relationship with SuperBot Entertainment, the developer it created to make PlaySation All-Stars Battle Royale.

The Gauntlet-inspired Hammerwatch looks like one to keep an eye on. A top-down hack-and-slash dungeon crawler for up to four players, it seeks to mix up the usual grind by adding in puzzles, boss fights, traps, secrets and even character development.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is coming out on 3DS this Friday, 8th February in Europe, Sega has confirmed.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will have VR Missions DLC, adding 30 missions to Platinum Game's much anticipated Metal Gear spin-off.

American McGee's upcoming action RPG Akaneiro: Demon Hunters reached its Kickstarter goal of $200,000 over the weekend. It didn't win by much though as the final tally came to $204,680.

Update: It looks like Halo isn't coming after all.

Update: The UK release dates for Skyrim's PS3 DLC have been confirmed to follow a day behind their US counterparts. That means Dragonborn will be out on 13th February, Hearthfire on the 20th and Dawnguard on the 27th.

PS3 fans: Dawnguard and Hearthfire are heading your way - finally.

Highly anticipated turn-based RPG Shadowrun Returns was once announced as a top-down affair before developer Harebrained Studios decided to switch it to an isometric perspective.

The company behind L.A. Noire's uncanny face technology has released a gag reel for the game.