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OK. Following those first few rickety hours where I was disappointed at how much of an MMORPG Guild Wars 2 is - as documented in our collective diary - I've since found that I do, in fact, have another MMORPG in me. This game twisted open my genre fatigue like a rich man presented with a cheap lobster, and has commenced slurping the free time from my reticent carapace.

Valve has begun banning Steam members who create fake projects on the company's just-launched Steam Greenlight service.

Valve has released its new community game-rating service Steam Greenlight, allowing you to influence the next titles to be released on Steam.

UPDATE: EA has released UK specific information for Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection.

Ubisoft has released a new Splinter Cell Blacklist video that shows how you can play the game without killing anyone.

Microsoft has announced the first wave of Xbox Live games to be released for Windows 8 devices, playable on any PC, laptop or tablet.

Can a video game teach you how to play guitar in just a handful of months?

2K Games has released a seven minute long Borderlands 2 trailer that explains pretty much everything about the game.

Apple is developing its much-rumoured iPad mini for launch in October, according to a new report.

In Puppeteer, you play a boy trapped in a wooden puppet without a head, fighting to escape a nightmarish world terrorised by a giant moon bear. Gavin Moore, the Brit leading development of the PlayStation 3 exclusive at Sony Japan Studio, admits it's a bit bonkers.

In sport, as in business, as in life, competition can only be a good thing. Without an opponent to pit your skills and development against, how can you know if you're improving? For proof of this maxim, you need look no further than the Madden games.

Those of you who came along to Rezzed this July were privileged to check out a small glimpse of Rome 2, The Creative Assembly's newest instalment in the all-conquering conquer-'em-up Total War series. If you're coming to the Eurogamer Expo, however, you'll witness the first public demonstration of playable code in an exclusive Creative Assembly developer session.

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes developer Capybara has revealed its next project: hardcore platform shooter for Xbox Live Arcade named Super Time Force.

Another night, another flurry of activity by Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet. An MMO community thrives on maker-to-mouth communication and, so far, ArenaNet has showed a healthy regard for just that.

Sony will package together the three major Killzone games for release in trilogy form, a new product listing by Amazon France suggests.

Dungeon-crawling sequel Torchlight 2 will arrive for PC on 20th September 2012, developer Runic Games has announced.

Skyrim vampire add-on Dawnguard may never come to PS3, Bethesda forewarned overnight - and nor may the newly announced Hearthfire DLC, either.

UPDATE: Just a quick note to say that next week's community night (details below) will also include playable F1 2012 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 thanks to our friends at Codemasters and Namco Bandai. Come along and drink and be merry!

You may not have heard of Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton - the new writers of the long-awaited God of War movie - but you've probably heard of some their films.

In the circus that is video game promotion, sporting celebrities up and down the alphabet come and go like journeymen clowns, back-flipping in and out of on-stage demonstrations with awkward smiles and a few words for the cameras. Pele for Ubisoft at E3 2009. Pete Sampras for EA at E3 2009. Wayne Bridge for Activision at the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops in 2010.

In the past, the Gears of War series hasn't been particularly lauded for its writing.

The new multiplayer God of War game, Ascension, will be released in the UK on 15th March 2013.

How powerful is the Wii U really? Is it less powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360? Is it as powerful? More powerful? And how will it compare to the next generation? What quality of graphics will we see from Wii U games?

Downloadable retro fighting game medley Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins will be released on 26th September, Capcom has announced.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 will launch on the Wii U, the game's ESRB ratings board listing suggests.

RuneScape's preparing to fly the PC nest - the decade-old browser MMO is being developed for "your favourite tablets, platforms and even smart TVs".

Controversial L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi is targeting the PC and the next-generation of consoles up for its upcoming project, Whore of the Orient.

2K and Gearbox have promised four add-on DLC packs for Borderlands 2, post-launch. There aren't any specific dates, but they'll all be out by June 2013, apparently.

Atari has launched a new website that lets you play re-imagined versions of its classic games for free.

An update for the Xbox 360 iPlayer app has added a number of BBC radio stations to the service.