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Console launches can be tense affairs, can't they? First there's the worry about getting home from a midnight opening without being mugged by the bigger kids. Then there's the fear that the arrival of expensive new hardware will magically coincide with your rent going up and your wife walking out, landing you on the streets with an old paper bag for a house and no electrical sockets to plug your brand new Fairchild Channel F into.

I'm not sure whether it's just a peculiarity of my social circle, but on the off-chance that other people will react the way many of my friends have upon being told I'm playing a new game called "The Room", I feel compelled to begin by noting that it has nothing whatsoever to do with Tommy Wiseau's extraordinary indie film of the same name. Lisa will not be tearing you apart. This is probably a good thing. (And if you have no idea what I'm on about, that probably is too.)

Just yesterday I was busy telling you how PES 2013 is a triumphant return to form and feels like a much more finished game than its immediate predecessors. But while that may be true for matters on the pitch, Konami still feels it has some work to do off it, and so is preparing a series of free DLC packs that add new online features and update licensed content and player data.

With the door closed on founding fathers Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, whose departure BioWare announced last night, the company has moved quickly to confirm a number of future projects in production.

BioWare co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka have stepped down from their lofty positions at the top of the critically acclaimed RPG developer to pursue ventures outside of video games.

Sony is set to hold its Tokyo Games Show 2012 press conference at 5am UK time - and we'll be there to live-blog the whole thing.

Earlier today at Sony's Tokyo Games Show press conference Koei announced Toukiden a new IP from Omega Force, best known as the Dynasty Warriors team.

Sony's PlayStation Plus service is coming to the PS Vita this November, the company announced today at its Tokyo Games Show press conference.

The Wii U version of Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed is slated for release 30th November to coincide with the system's launch, Sega has announced.

Update: Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed has been added to this list.

CastleMiner Z has set the record for best-selling Xbox Live Indie Game ever with over one million units sold in just over 10 months since its 9th November 2011 release, developer DigitalDNA Games has announced.

One month before Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 comes out on 13th November, Activision is bearing adieu to Modern Warfare 3 with its final DLC pack hitting the straggling PS3 and PC versions on 10th October, developer Infinity War has tweeted.

WipEout online play will continue to be supported, for now.

Namco Bandai dreamt up a We Are Tekken promotional competition. It challenged Tekken fans to upload to Instagram a picture showing what the series meant to them.

NCsoft has announced a Mac version of Guild Wars 2, praise the lord.

There's still loads about Football Manager 2013 we don't know. Miles Jacobson, boss of the series, told me in an interview that his favourite feature hadn't been mentioned yet.

When the Washington-based Turn 10 makes Forza games, it does so with a European accent. It's a slightly forced one at times, but there's still an understatement and refinement to the Forza Motorsport series that belies the game's American roots.

Turn 10 and Playground's forthcoming open world racer Forza Horizon will be receiving monthly DLC updates, and it'll be getting a full expansion pack on 18th December.

This s*** just got realer! Realer? More real. Corporeal. Manifest. Substantial. Etc. Yes, we're very pleased to reveal that at this year's Eurogamer Expo we will have Treyarch presenting a Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer session at 3pm on Friday 28th September.

Wake up, everyone! With PES 2013, Konami has finally pulled off the excellent game it's been threatening to release for the last couple of years. On the scale of dramatic football comebacks it's not quite up there with That Night in Barcelona (© Clive Tyldesley) or The Miracle of Istanbul, but it surely comes close.

Obsidian Entertainment was "floored" by the response to the Project Eternity Kickstarter funding drive, Tim Cain told me. The goal of $1.1 million was surpassed in one weekend, and the total now stands at over $1.55 million.

ArmA 3 developer Bohemia Interactive has asked for your help freeing two members of staff arrested on espionage charges for allegedly photographing Greek military installations.

The next game by Jasper Byrne - creator of the lo-fi horror hit Lone Survivor - has been described by the developer as "Zelda x Demon's Souls."

Microsoft has hinted that it may bring back the creature feature fighting game Killer Instinct as it's renewed the trademark from developer Rare, which the Redmond-based mega-corporation acquired in 2002.

We knew Angry Birds developer Rovio was working on a spin-off about the series' swine antagonists, but until now it was unclear what exactly that would entail.

It's Black Mesa, but not quite as you knew it. A tight edit of the familiar, the sublime and those ridiculous scientist ties, this free re-imagining of Half-Life is packed with new dialogue, subtly altered levels and all the fiery and physical powers that the Source engine can imbue.

The 3DS version of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will not feature online support when it comes out next March in Europe and North America.

The new - and arguably definitive - version of Cave Story is coming to 3DS via the eShop on 4th of October for $9.99, publisher Nicalis has announced.

Dark Souls' dodgy PC port has been upgraded a second time by fans keen on enhancing the much-loved adventure.

The first footage of Shin Megami Tensei 4 was included as a bonus in the Japan exclusive 3DS RPG Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers. Now, publisher Atlus has revealed the first official trailer to the public which shows off the first gameplay footage of the highly anticipated sequel.