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Teslagrad, a 2D puzzle/platformer about altering the world with magnetic charges, is one of the better looking indie titles to catch my eye recently.

Industry veterans Markus “Notch” Persson, Ron Gilbert , Kellee Santiago, Trent Oster, Dino Patti, Jason Rohrer, and Vander Caballero have come together to judge the world's first international online game jam, Indie Speed Run.

Battlefield 3 expansion Aftermath is available today for European PlayStation 3 owners. The download costs £11.99 or is free for those with Battlefield 3 Premium.

Kung-fu Superstar, the Kung-fu simulation game that fuses motion controls and traditional gamepad controls, launched a Kickstarter late last month with a fancy video and an endorsement from none other than Peter Molyneux himself. Now, with six days to go, only £31,000 has been raised - nearly £170,000 shy of the target.

The shipping date for Oculus Rift dev kits has been pushed back from December this year to March 2013, Oculus boss Palmer Luckey wrote on Kickstarter.

Ridge Racer isn't a driving game. It's more like a fairground ride with steering. A lot of these games have warnings on them which say things like, "Don't you dare do any of this stuff in real life because it might be dangerous." In Ridge Racer it should say, "Don't do this because YOU WILL DIE."

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A wise friend once told me that you can try to be all things to all people, but in the end your heart shines through. He probably wasn't expecting me to recycle it in print, but it seems like the best way to summarise TrackMania Sunrise - a game whose lifeblood of racing is pumped by the heart of a puzzler.

This latest real-time enactment of the Middle Earth conflict is a healthy improvement on its predecessor. As the game of the film it has considerable inherited potential to work with, and while it might only have waded through the shallow edge of the genepool in its first iteration, it is now completely submerged - and growing stronger like an orc gestating in verdant sludge.

Almost three years on from the Angel of Darkness debacle, Eidos knew it had a mammoth task on its hands to restore public confidence in a brand that had suffered the most humiliating critical backlash in years. Only Driv3r came anywhere near close in terms of a public mauling, and the indifferent commercial performance of Parallel Lines suggests that consumers aren't as forgiving as publishers might hope. What are the chances of Crystal Dynamics' debut Tomb Raider offering of turning the tide of ill will?

Monsters. Gambling. Aliens. Magic. Gangsters. Pirates. Hot vampires. Guns hidden in guitars. Giant kung fu cats. On paper, this third instalment in the oft-overlooked Shadow Hearts series has everything. Unfortunately, though, that 'everything' includes a predecessor that was always going to take some beating. But while this interesting new RPG may not surpass the last game, it certainly gives it a run for its money in all the right areas.

Often the best ideas - or, at the very least, the most fun ideas - come from doing things wrong. How many people playing Turbo Esprit on the Spectrum actually bothered chasing down purple drug cars? And how many hurtled around the city, knocking stick men off ladders? Why did everybody with an Amiga own a copy of Indy 500? Was it for the lifelike recreation of the world's most tedious motorsport, or was it because you could drive backwards around the track and watch the ensuing pile up in slow motion replay?

Happy Birthday - to us! Five years ago, as ECTS '99 roared into life at Olympia in London, Eurogamer was born. Since then, we've all grown up rather a lot, some faces have changed (including the website's, several times), and we've played more games, broken more controllers, and written more words than most people will get through in an entire lifetime. And of course we've had more than our fair share of fun along the way - like trying to rig website award competitions. Have you voted for us in the Virtual Festival Web Awards yet?

UEFA Champions League associate producer Matthew Prior talks about the authenticity and presentation that's so crucial to the game, which is due out on Xbox 360, PC, PS2, PSP and mobile from 23rd March.

Last weekend, thousands of people converged on Texas for the 12th annual QuakeCon event. Like a strange human farm, each one plugged themselves into a PC, then fired virtual weapons at each other in order to climb the treacherous tournament tower.

The Leipzig Games Convention 2007 takes place between 22nd and 28th August, and is shaping up to be the biggest event on our calendar this year. It will give publishers a chance to show off their latest and greatest to hordes of press and public alike, as well as wheel out celebrity developers to answer our probing questions.

The GT Academy competition for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue has begun. Vroom!

Harmonix has signed exclusive rights to reproduce Green Day songs in Rock Band.

Microsoft has announced sales of 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the operating system's launch month.

Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 4: 25th Anniversary Edition is indeed a PlayStation 3 exclusive after a New Zealand shop listed it for Xbox 360.

Super Mario 3D Land and the latest Professor Layton game are among the free titles that Nintendo UK is now offering to owners of the 3DS XL.

Warning: modify PlanetSide 2 in any way and you will be banned and lose your characters and items.

UPDATE: The Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 leaderboards have been re-enabled, Treyarch has said.

BioWare is trying something different with Mass Effect 3: Omega. After Leviathan, a story-fuelled race around the galaxy that wrapped revelatory new lore around dazzling locations and likeable characters, Mass Effect fans get the opposite. Omega is a dark, hard-fought slog through the belly of the dingy Mass Effect 2 space station. It rambles, it gets lost, and it ultimately feels weightless.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is out today! But only on PC.

Bungie has released the first concept art of Destiny in response to a leak that spilled story details and other images.

Unannounced Wii U game Yoshi's Land has appeared on the website of US retail giant Best Buy, who yesterday leaked details of Nintendo's Wii Mini.

The Grand Theft Auto series has shipped a whopping 125 million units, Take-Two has confirmed.

Another mistake like Final Fantasy 14 could destroy Square Enix, the man charged with saving the game has declared.

Dishonored is, clearly, a new franchise, publisher Bethesda has said.