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It's odd that Penny Time should celebrate the anarchic, anti-establishment nature of skateboarding, only to then submit to one of the most punishing authorities of all: rhythm. Here you skate to the beat, pulling off hippies (it's a boarding term, you filthy animals), ollies and slides within coloured markers. Screw up the timing, or pick the wrong move, and you'll fall off - or 'stack', as the game would have it - and it's all the way back to the last checkpoint with you. In other words, this is a game that asks you to stick two fingers up to the system by following the most exacting of rules. It's a curious irony in a very strange little game.

The gaming world was a much simpler place back in 2009 when cloud-based gameplay streaming couldn't possibly work - at least not to anywhere near the degree of the claims being made at the time. And yet, despite falling short of the local experience and indeed the scant quoted metrics on performance, OnLive could be played. It was sub-optimal in many ways, but it was playable. It delivered a viable first-gen end product which was ripe for improvement, and just three years later we are seeing workable solutions being introduced that could change everything.

Apologies in advance for this: as Saturday Soapboxes go, it's going to be chirpy and probably quite inane. That makes some kind of sense, at least. The conversation it was based on was chirpy and inane too. That's my bag, I guess.

Hot on the heels of Vigil revealing that the Wii U version of Darksiders 2 will look "at least as good as" the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, Gearbox Software has gone one step further, and insisted the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines will be the best-looking version.

Given the sorry state that relatively modest single-player offering Skyrim launched in last year, many gamers are justifiably concerned over what sort bugs might cripple Zenimax's considerably more ambitious Elder Scrolls MMO when it launches next year.

A brand new Star Wars game franchise is currently in the works at LucasArts and will be unveiled next week.

Demon's Souls US online support has been extended yet again by publisher Atlus.

Rockstar has revealed details of exactly what high-end PC owners can expect from Max Payne 3 when it arrives on desktops next month.

Planned Kingdoms of Amalur MMO Project Copernicus is - or was, should 38 Studios close for good - shaping up to be something truly special, according to the game's author R. A. Salvatore.

Zone of the Enders creator Hideo Kojima has revealed artwork from a proposed sequel to the action series.

Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection will be available to download from the European PlayStation Store on 27th June, publisher Capcom has announced.

With every Harry Potter book turned into a movie turned into a video game, publisher Warner Bros. will next use Kinect for a new Harry Potter tie-in.

Saber Interactive's gravity bending shooter Inversion has been delayed to a vague July release window.

Cel-shaded Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio will be released on PlayStation Vita this summer, publisher Sega has revealed.

"XCOM is the game that teaches you the meaning of 'acceptable losses'," Firaxis' Peter Murray says to me. As he demos an early build of Enemy Unknown to journalists, and as we talk about the 18-year-old game that inspires this re-imagining, something becomes obvious: He wants me to experience failure. He wants us all to. That's a little worrying.

Modern day MMO The Secret World has been delayed by two weeks, developer Funcom has announced.

There was a time I frequented a particular dive I'll call "X" that was well known as a destination to drunkenly meet and possibly hook up with the opposite sex. It was a scummy little hole in the wall that, in reputation anyway, provided asylum for wayward hipster types from the rampant club-bros and their arm candy that populated pretty much every other square inch of the neighbourhood.

According to Sega, Anarchy Reigns will launch on 6th July in Europe and 3rd July in the US. But Japanese developer Platinum isn't so sure.

Fighting game Persona 4 Arena launches in Europe this year, Atlus has announced.

The original Carmageddon PC game and Splat Pack expansion are heading to GOG.com, developer Stainless Games has announced.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning apparently needed to sell "in the 3 million range just to break even" - an astronomical ask of a new IP of its status.

Minecraft has now surpassed nine million sales across all versions of the game.

Spain's Alfonso Ramos has been crowned the 2012 FIFA Interactive World cup champion.

Sony has patented an application that interrupts game playing to display an advertisement.

The full track listing for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD has been revealed, offering a mix of new and returning tunes.

Award-winning documentary Indie Game: The Movie will be released for download on 12th June worldwide.

Last month THQ delayed promising action game Darksiders 2 to August 2012 - a decision that disappointed some eager fans.

The only thing that's changed is the translation, but Gravity Daze felt ever so slightly different on my second play-through. For starters, the game's called Gravity Rush now that it's reached the UK (or is about to - it's released on 13th June). On top of that, I mostly knew what was going on this time around.

EA has strapped up its FIFA Euro 2012 DLC and sent it back onto the pitch following complaints of screen freezing.

Mounted combat is the headline addition in Skyrim update 1.6, due out on PC and consoles soon.