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Nintendo DS and 3DS game Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns launches in Europe on 29th June 2012, Rising Star Games has announced.

Chinese web giant Tencent has bought a minority stake in Unreal Engine and Gears of War maker Epic Games.

Diablo 3 will be offline tomorrow morning to prepare for the release of patch 1.0.3, Blizzard has announced.

Uplink's over a decade old, which in PC terms puts it somewhere in the Jurassic era, but it could have been made today. Now ported to iPad, this game is so spare in its elements and visually economic - pure, even - it will still seem new in another ten years.

Pre-order WWE '13 and you'll get to play as the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson.

Game engine Frostbite 2 was built for the next generation, EA has said.

Microsoft has unveiled a new tablet device called Surface.

"Oh my god will they ever shut up about this show?" Yes! But not until it's over! In the meantime, we have a few more bits and bobs to reveal for Rezzed, including the news today that Unknown Worlds will be showcasing Natural Selection 2 in another of our scintillating developer sessions.

Ratchet & Clank has always felt like a series out of time, to me. The duo debuted in 2002, just as the platform game genre was starting to lose momentum. Just as today's market is flooded with brown first-person shooters, so the console gaming landscape of the late 90s was dominated by anthropomorphic double-jumping heroes, smashing crates and navigating primary-coloured jungles in the hope of joining Mario and Sonic at the top table.

Bizarre adventure/RPG spin-off series Worlds of Ultima is now free to download on GOG.com.

Dragon Age developer BioWare has re-released free-to-play browser spin-off Dragon Age Legends as a standalone download.

Japanese developer Platinum Games has called on fans to support the missing in action Anarchy Reigns after publisher Sega delayed the game on these shores.

CD Projekt is aiming for a "smoother learning curve" with Cyberpunk's story.

Sega's Valkyria Chronicles series is set to return in Duel, a new browser-based card battler.

A rating for Rage: The Scorchers has been spotted online, leading to speculation that Bethesda may be about to release a downloadable add-on for the id Software-developed first-person shooter.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeace will let you play as a different character via post-launch DLC, Konami has confirmed.

The Vita's impressive horsepower gives Sony an important advantage over the Wii U and its tablet controller, so says Sony Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde.

Platinum Games' OTT brawler Anarchy Reigns launches in Europe and the US some time in the first quarter of 2013, publisher Sega has announced.

A TV show based on social gaming phenomenon Draw Something is in the works in the United States.

A new DLC drop for Modern Warfare 3 lands tomorrow on Xbox 360 for Premium Elite subscribers, developer Infinity Ward has announced.

Indie puzzler Where is my Heart? is now compatible with the PS Vita in North America.

Details of God of War: Ascension's collector's edition have made it out of SCE Santa Monica Studios.

The Australian government is to bring in a new R18+ age rating for video games.

Ubisoft has grabbed a number of web URLs pertaining to a potential movie version of just-announced new action IP Watch Dogs.

The PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will support ranked dedicated servers, developer Treyarch has confirmed.

It was, in case you missed it, an E3 filled with grisly violence and torture porn. Here's Lara Croft falling on sticks and fighting off rapists! There's Agent whatnot pummelling some nuns! How did Nintendo decide to kick off its conference, then? Kirby yanking a rusty nail out of his foot? Muddy Mole - Google him - punching an old lady out of a skyscraper and onto the spinning blades of a passing chopper? Nope. Nintendo set things rolling with what still feels like its most disturbing franchise ever - Pikmin.

Good news, everyone! Civilization 5: Gods & Kings isn't that good.

The Payday: The Heist - No Mercy level is not a Left 4 Dead prequel, Valve has insisted.

Zombies, eh? Fancy shooting even more of them? Come on, you must have a few more zombie deaths in you? Just one or two? Just one or two hundred thousand?

EA has revealed a raft of discounts for its download platform Origin, including a deal worth 87.5 per cent off the price of Dragon Age: Origins, RPS has spotted.