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DmC Devil May Cry has sold less than half of what its predecessor, DMC4, did upon its launch week in Japan five years ago. While a critical success, DmC marks the first time a western developer - in this case Ninja Theory - has taken the reins on the blockbuster action series.

Sony has been fined £250,000 - and the company's data protection policies criticised - by UK authorities investigating the infamous 2011 PlayStation hack.

One of my most vivid memories is watching an Armistice Day service as a kid and, during the minute's silence, noticing old people crying. This was a puzzle. For me, and I suspect for you too, the World Wars are something that happened a long time ago - not only in the literal sense, but in the sense in which the actual experience is fading out to the point of vanishing entirely. My parents grew up among people who had lived through and fought in the Second World War, whereas I vaguely remember a great-uncle who'd been in the air force. Even as a kid, I understood that I didn't understand something. The World Wars seemed like history rather than real and recent events.

Microsoft's confusing MS Points currency system doesn't work in the Japanese' favour, according to Under Defeat HD developer G.Rev's president Hiroyuki Maruyama.

Surreal, lo-fi exploration game Proteus is set to transform from a beta into a beautiful Steam release for PC and Mac on 31st January.

Nintendo has just announced an HD re-make of much-loved GameCube classic The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker in a packed Nintendo Direct conference.

Eccentric game design Suda 51 has detailed his upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 action game Killer is Dead, which is set to feature yakuza riding tigers and something called "Gigolo Mode."

War of the Roses, that medieval deathmatch online fighting game we heartily recommended ("Battlefield with broadswords" someone described it as), welcomes Scottish weapons and armour today.

Update: It sounds like proceedings may be delayed. The auction is still going and the hearing could start this evening at 8pm UK time rather than at 5pm. That information comes from an investor (@DDInvesting) who seems reliable.

There's an open multiplayer Crysis 3 beta for all platforms - PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 - only days away: 29th January.

Nintendo has announced the Wii U Virtual Console, the service for downloading old games made for old Nintendo machines.

Nintendo has announced new Yoshi, Fire Emblem, Wii Party games, and a new project from Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft, all bound for Wii U.

Nintendo announced it will show a new 3D Mario game and new Mario Kart game for Wii U at E3 this summer.

Dragon's Dogma expansion Dark Arisen arrives 26th April in Europe, Capcom has announced.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were more popular on Xbox Live in 2012 than Halo 4.

Alice: Madness Returns designer American McGee has apologised for comments he posted on Reddit earlier this week that criticised publisher EA.

Buccaneering browser MMO Kartuga will set sail into beta next month, developer InnoGames has announced.

The eight wonders of the student indie game making world have been selected for the Independent Games Festival 2013 Student Showcase.

It starts with desperation. Alone in some lost room in a research complex, empty cans littering the cluttered floor, each one another ration you've devoured, pushing you closer to starvation. Pick them up; they'll come in handy. Then leave, because there's nothing left here, especially not safety. You push aside the debris that was so hastily used to create a barricade. You clutch your 9mm pistol in your hand, and you venture out into the corridors.

Cancelled by Konami and then resurrected via the coding talents of Platinum Games, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a title sure to court controversy. For a multi-million-selling franchise built around stealth, Platinum's redux pays only a passing regard to the series' heritage, instead focusing on what the team does best: phenomenal, borderline-insane, action. A playable demo - out today - allows you to judge whether Hideo Kojima made the right choice with this new approach to the title.

A curiously titled domain name could lead to the some tantalising hints regarding Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream's future endeavor after the Ellen Paige-starring supernatural drama Beyond: Two Souls.

When you're terrified of the dark, a forest fire has a beauty. When you're surrounded by an inferno and the night is lit up with an aggressive combustion, rampaging through your carefully planted wall of trees, you almost feel safe, comforted by the warmth and this blazing warning to all the things that go bump in the night.

Highly anticipated free-to-play FPS Firefall will be open to the general public - i.e. with no beta key required - for the first time this weekend as part of its first of three "stress tests" to see how well the servers handle being swarmed.

Surface with Windows 8 Pro is narrowly missing its estimated January release and will instead be launching on 9th February in the United States and Canada, Microsoft has announced. We're still awaiting a launch date for Europe.

Update: The new DmC skins will be released in Europe on 30th January and in North America the previous day on PSN and Xbox Live. The pack containing, "Classic Dante," "Dark Dante," and "Neo Dante" will be priced at £3.19 / €3.99 / $4.00 / 320 Microsoft points.

Last summer I wrote about a retro platformer in the works called Freedom Planet. It had a rather polished demo and hearkened back to the olden days of Sonic with some Rocket Knight and Gunstar Heroes thrown in for good measure. Now developer GalaxyTrail has taken the project to Kickstarter where it's made over five times its goal in a week.

The previously PSN-exclusive papercraft shark-based action game Derrick the Deathfin has swum onto PC and Mac where it's $7.99 / €6.99. This is on par with the PS3 version's standard price, though it's on sale for £4.25 on PSN until tomorrow.

Minimalist fighting game Divekick is coming to PS3, Vita and PC this spring, developer Iron Galaxy Studios has announced.

The 1992 platforming adventure classic Flashback appears to be getting the HD treatment with Flashback Origins.

3DS survival horror Resident Evil: Revelations will launch for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 in May, publisher Capcom has finally revealed.