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Probably the best recruit in Knights of the Old Republic was HK-47, an assassin droid with a murderous sense of humour.

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has branded images of Metal Gear Solid 5 "completely fake".

Steam is coming to Linux, Valve has announced. The first game available will be Left 4 Dead 2.

Like the bullet-ridden fuel tank in one of Medal of Honor: Warfighter's helicopters, details from the game's alpha testing phase have begun to leak.

Anna - a stylish new first-person horror game from Italian developers Dreampainters - is available now for PC on Desura, Just Adventure, and Zodiac for $10 or your local equivalent.

Free indie platformer I Wanna Be the Guy is notorious for being one of the most challenging games ever created and now its sequel I Wanna Be the Guy: Gaiden is available for free from indie developer Kayin for PC.

The Steam Summer Sale has introduced a slew of new daily deals for today. Highlights include 67 per cent off Rage, 66 per cent off Assassin's Creed: Revelations and 75% off Metro 2033.

Haunting XBLA hit Limbo was almost a PSN exclusive, but Sony's request for the rights to the IP caused developer Playdead to sign on with Microsoft instead.

Cel-shaded console side-scroller Awesomenauts will arrive for PC on Steam within the next month, developer Ronimo has announced.

What's holding developer Bohemia back - why hasn't a standalone version of DayZ been commissioned?

Zombie-infested ArmA 2 mod and gaming phenomenon DayZ has just smashed through the 500,000 player barrier.

There were a few developer sessions at this year's inaugural Rezzed show that were so full we had to turn people away. One was Peter Molyneux, obviously (who did not disappoint - he swore, he used the word "sperms", it was generally amazing), and another was Randy Pitchford, who did a long demo of Borderlands 2 and spent ages answering questions from the audience.

Just how popular is DayZ, the ArmA 2 modification that has set the game industry, and PC gaming, alight?

UPDATE: Namco Bandai has released a trailer showcasing the swimsuit downloadable content for Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

It's been called a lot of things already. Perhaps it's the best zombie game ever made. To others it's an increasingly rare Actual New Game. Playing it is nothing if not memorable. All this and DayZ is still in alpha.

DayZ hackers have been slapped with global bans.

ArmA 2 zombie mod DayZ has suffered a security breach after one of the game's forum admins deliberately uploaded an infected .exe file to the game's servers.

It's a telling sign of just how stagnant the current console gen's Autumn years have got that one of the most exciting and talked-about games in the month's leading up to E3 2012 is a PC mod.

Two possibilities: Either you're excited about DayZ, or you haven't heard of it.

UPDATE: The first screenshots of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD have now been posted by Capcom. Find them below:

UPDATE: Machinarium developer Amanita Design has told our Czech Republic cousins at Eurogamer.cz that a Vita version of the game is yet to be confirmed by Sony.

EA has announced the Need for Speed: Most Wanted Limited Edition, which offers two early unlocked multiplayer cars for those who pre-order.

The people behind dating site Date a Gamer have launched a new site in the UK: Shag a Gamer.

Radio controlled car racing game Re-Volt is being revived for re-release this year on new platforms.

An iOS exploit has been discovered that allows users to download in-app purchases for free.

Before Street Fighter 4 came along and re-popularised fighting games, the wait from one fighter to the next was fairly long. Indeed, if you look back at the games released on the 360 in the years before the 2009 revival, the only noteworthy titles are Dead or Alive 4, Virtua Fighter 5, SoulCalibur 4 and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Now compare this quartet to the games we've seen since the start of 2011 and you'll have a list of at least ten titles that includes everything from The King of Fighters 13 to Arcana Heart 3 and Skullgirls.

Mega Man and Pac-Man will never release for the Xbox 360 version of fighting game Street Fighter x Tekken - despite them being on the disc.

Wreck-It Ralph, star of the upcoming retro video game themed Disney animated movie, is in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Sega has announced.

Borderlands, which uses a procedural system to randomly generate loot, holds the Guinness World Record for the most guns in a video game: a whopping 17.75 million.

Lego Batman 2: DC Heroes has hung onto the UK all-format chart top spot for a fourth week.