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Cheap design teams have been cloning Tetris for years - there's just been an interesting court case regarding a prominent copycat, in fact - but more interesting developers have also been experimenting with it. Whether they're just changing the dimensions of the well and altering the shapes of the blocks or going so far as to add new power-ups and meddle with the basic rules, you don't have to hunt around the internet for too long to see Alexei Pajitnov's evergreen classic getting a bit of a workout.

Shooter. Racer. Fighter. Platformer. Farming simulator. Games, the grand majority of the time, are about actions. We run and jump and kill and collect. We conquer entire worlds - sometimes in the span of an afternoon - with their wondrous works of architecture and natural beauty flying by in a blur of blood, guts and glittering prizes.

Bethesda makes its first release since Skyrim this week: Quake 4. This is no remaster or Game of the Year edition, it's a straight reissue - and although it does have a budget price tag it doesn't say 'essentials' or 'classics' on the box. That's because it's not essential, or a classic. It's a dependable, rather boring first-person shooter from seven years ago that has passed into dim memory for a reason.

Pocket Planes perfectly captures the experience of travelling by plane. There's the waiting to check-in, the waiting to board, and the waiting to meet one of those friendly passport inspection people on the other side. Not to mention the time spent on your flight, chewing stale peanuts while watching episodes of Fraiser on an in-flight screen the size of a Game Boy.

March 21st, 2003. Metroid Prime. Pop the disc from the case. Secure it in the GameCube's open mouth.

Asymmetric multiplayer title SpyParty is the first game announced as part of fighting game tournament EVO's indie game showcase.

Curt Schilling, the founder of failed Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios has admitted to poor behaviour in his first interview since the company's recent collapse.

Bomb Monkey, the latest offering by Mutant Mudds and Dementium: The Ward developer Renegade Kid, arrives on the 3DS eShop in North America on 28th June for $5.

Post-apocalyptic action-RPG Nuclear Union is the next effort from Ukrainian developer Best Way - the team behind acclaimed RTS Men of War)

Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut DLC launches for PC and Xbox 360 on 26th June and on 4th July for PlayStation 3, publisher EA has announced.

A single brand new screenshot from Watch Dogs, Ubisoft's recently-announced near-future adventure, has made its way out into the wild.

As anyone who's played a SimCity game can likely appreciate, it's a tough ask keeping political ideology and dogma out a gameplay framework founded on juggling geopolitics, social policy and taxation systems.

UPDATE: Online retailer Play.com has opened the 3DS XL price war with an offering of £179.99 for the device's Blue or Black models.

Following a pattern established by previous Assassin's Creed launches, the PC version of Assassin's Creed 3 has been delayed.

A new title update for XBLA indie platformer Fez is causing some players' save files to corrupt, developer Polytron has warned.

With E3 finally out of the way, we're getting the point where we can start to announce some of the games and developers who will be making their way to this year's epic, four-day Eurogamer Expo, taking place at Earls Court from 27th-30th September 2012.

THQ is offering a complementary Darksiders 2 season pass to those who pre-order the game from its official store.

Blizzard has moved to clarify its controversial decision to apply certain temporary restrictions to new players buying Diablo 3 online.

Just Add Water has accused Microsoft of deliberately blocking the release of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD on Xbox 360.

A new film about the old UK video games industry needs your crowd funding support on Indiegogo.

A movie based on the Need for Speed franchise will release in 2014, EA and DreamWorks have announced.

If you're a fan of superhero comics, there are many moments that could make you fall in love with Lego Batman 2. It might be the fleeting mention of Ace the Bat-Hound. It might be the discovery that both Hawkman and Hawkgirl are playable characters. It could even be the moment when you realise that somebody really has made a game where Captain Boomerang is a boss character.

Magic: The Gathering is a game so big that everyone has an opinion - even folk who don't have a clue what it's about. Released way back in the early '90s, it has expanded and booster-packed its way to being the daddy of collectable card games, leaving a host of imitators in the dust. The cards change and the rules are tweaked, but the Magic stays the same.

Dust 514, the free PS3 online shooter, will share the same universe (server cluster) as spaceship MMO Eve Online. And the two games will interact. That's been the big selling point of Dust 514 since it was announced.

Nintendo UK has remained quiet on the European launch of Kirby's Dream Collection, following confirmation of the compilation's North American localisation.

It is, undoubtedly, the biggest tech story of the week: Microsoft's announcement of its iPad killer: Surface.

UPDATE: The GAME-exclusive White PS3 bundle will launch in the UK on 6th July, Sony has confirmed to Eurogamer.

Have you room in your heart for one more touchscreen tower defence game? If not, well, could you try and make room? Radiant Defense is really pretty and really smart, see. It's a treat to play, and it doesn't even let the freemium model ruin all the fun.

A new edition of Final Fantasy 7 could finally be released on Steam, a leaked product description suggests.

Top 3DS downloadable titles will have their prices cut by 20 per cent over the next fortnight, Nintendo has announced.