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"There's something happening here," sang Buffalo Springfield in their 1967 hit For What It's Worth. "What it is ain't exactly clear." It's a sentiment that well suits the games industry in 2012, as the structure that has endured for the best part of a quarter century is starting to show unmistakable signs of collapse. Major studios are fragmenting into small indie teams, 2D mobile games are out-grossing multi-million dollar boxed product and the production methods, retail models and market wisdom that have guided the medium for decades are all starting to wobble.

While the world warms itself around the burning servers of Diablo 3, a swollen team takes to the mics to discuss everything other than the one game that's on everyone's minds. Though if you care to watch the video version you'll likely see some right index fingers impatiently clicking away on an invisible mouse.

Are the wheels once again coming off the fighting game genre? Capcom today said sales of Street Fighter x Tekken were not up to scratch.

It has explosions, it has alien technology, it has Master Chief in his snazzy new suit.

The future of Def Jam Rapstar developer 4mm Games is effectively "on hold" due to deep financial troubles, its founder has revealed.

UPDATE: Blizzard has confirmed a hotfix for those players experiencing Error 3006 is on the way.

Someone has finished Diablo 3 already.

Global sales of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition have hit one million within a week.

As much as I enjoy iOS gaming, I have to admit that a vast majority of games on the platform feel rather slight. Many have novel mechanics or neat art styles, but do little more than help fill the two minute gaps when the person we're hanging out with goes to the bathroom.

Gear of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has spoken out against Japanese game developers for ignoring multiplayer options.

At 11pm last night the bell rang out in HMV's flagship store in Oxford Circus. The Diablo 3 servers went live, hundreds of fans roared, and the tills were set alight. The loot hunting had begun.

Nintendo has deployed its promised patch for Mario Kart 7. It eliminates the ability to skip large sections of the race track on specific courses.

The final slices of Final Fantasy 13-2 DLC are now available to download from Xbox Marketplace. PlayStation 3 players get the new content tomorrow.

Activision has awarded a former Modern Warfare staff a collective pay-out of $42 million (£26m), as part of the publisher's ongoing legal wranglings with Infinity Ward.

EA Sports has officially lifted the wraps on FIFA 13 and introduced this year's big gameplay improvements, with Complete Dribbling, First Touch Control and Attacking Intelligence all coming to this year's model.

As thousands struggle to play Diablo 3 and servers buckle under the strain, Blizzard has explained the various error messages players are receiving as they attempt to log-in - and offered advice on how to deal with them.

Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios is in talks with local US government officials as it struggles to stay in business.

Diablo 3 had over two million pre-orders, a record for Blizzard Entertainment.

PlayStation 3 gamers will soon be able to stream a huge quantity of BBC Sports coverage from their console's desktop.

It's not over until it's over, as those in pale blue who left the Etihad Stadium before full-time on Sunday found out to their own eternal embarrassment. This year's Premier League has seen the title move from one side of Manchester to another, a seismic shift that some five years ago would have seemed improbable.

UPDATE: Blizzard has taken Battle.net offline and launched more servers as players struggle to play Diablo 3 this morning.

Blizzard will refund GAME Australia customers who had pre-orders for Diablo 3, the publisher has announced.

Time hasn't been kind to Max Payne, the New York cop who used to woo us - or perhaps 'Woo' us - by diving around in slow motion blasting organised crime to pieces. In one of the bleakest game intros I've ever seen, Max begins his latest adventure by arriving at his new Sao Paolo apartment, getting the shakes, then draining a bottle of bourbon, chain-smoking and smashing a photograph of his dead family against a wall in his torment. Press Start.

Capcom is "re-evaluating" its on-disc DLC policy.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 doesn't need a brand new game engine to improve the graphics over previous games in the series, Treyarch has insisted.

Blizzard has rejected accusations that it has dumbed down Diablo 3.

A smartly dressed figure sits on a rooftop, cradling a powerful rifle. There's an open-air party on top of the building opposite: a helicopter lands, and a VIP gets out, flanked by a small army of bodyguards. Our mysterious observer raises his weapon, his bald head leans into the scope revealing the barcode tattoo on the back of his skull. Aim. Squeeze. Fire.

EA will unveil Battlefield Premium, a rival to Activision's Call of Duty Elite subscription service, at its E3 press conference next month, a new report by Battlefieldo claims.

Time-travelling tie-in Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock launches on PlayStation 3 next Wednesday, 23rd May as a digital download from PlayStation Network.

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown launches on PlayStation Network in the US on 5th June and on Xbox Live Arcade everywhere on 6th June, Sega has announced.