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When I last met Gareth Wilson three years ago, we were sat in the offices of his previous employer, Bizarre Creations. The designer, a veteran of the Project Gotham Racing series, was talking up his next game Blur, telling me how Bizarre wanted to escape the simulation niche and make racing games mass-market again. "I think we should be going back to the reason people play racing games," he said.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed developer Sumo Digital has strongly suggested that the game will release on Wii U.

Kinect support, like a mysterious stranger, arrives today for Skyrim on Xbox 360.

PlayStation 3 hacker George "Geohot" Hotz met with Sony engineers after he had settled out of court with the Japanese company.

On Sunday 6th May, space MMO Eve Online turns nine, and to celebrate developer CCP Games will give players a free gift.

A recent block-pushing puzzle games I played was Catherine, which also happened to be a psychosexual horror drama about a man tempted by a lithe, young seductress. Curiously, it parsed its tutorial out over the duration of the game. You never gained new powers and the rules remained the same, yet plenty of techniques were so obtuse that a little guidance was appreciated for us lost little lambs.

If you think about it, Fable's an unusual choice for a spin-off. It's a game that covers so much ground - its myriad distractions ranging from rhythm action to town building, from gambling to Sims-style housekeeping and socialising - that it would seem to leave little room for any further asides.

The second part of Frontier Development's LostWinds platforming series is on its way to iOS, the UK developer has announced.

Among the more interesting tidbits thrown up by the Valve employee handbook leaked earlier this month was the revelation that there are no traditional managers in the company hierarchy, nor any real 'bosses'.

Three BioShock alumni have handed in their notice at 2K and set up a new studio called The Fullbright Company under their own steam, according to a Gamasutra report.

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection launches on Vita in "late June", publisher Konami has announced.

The recent Steam version of classic indie platformer Cave Story is coming to the 3DS' eShop, publisher Nicalis has revealed.

A new round of console hardware can help bring the spluttering racing genre back to life, so says former Bizarre Creation design manager Gareth Wilson.

The wealthiest game developers in the UK are Andrew and Paul Gower, founders of RuneScape studio Jagex, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List.

The BBC's reality TV franchise Strictly Come Dancing continues to grow like an unchecked fungal infection, with the announcement today of its very own free-to-play video game tie-in.

Internet service providers must block UK customers from accessing popular torrent portal The Pirate Bay, according to a new ruling handed down by the High Court today.

Sega has announced Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, an arcade racer featuring cars, planes and boats.

Bejeweled bits and bobs and Plants vs Zombies playthings are on the way, courtesy of a new deal signed by developer PopCap.

Korean electronics firm LG has announced it will no longer produce Windows Phone handsets.

Sniper Elite 2 publisher 505 Games has picked up miCoach, the personal training game Adidas sued THQ over last month.

UPDATE: Nintendo of America has confirmed the Midnight Purple 3DS for launch in the US alongside Mario Tennis Open on 20th May.

Sony has confirmed long-running speculation that the next God of War game has multiplayer.

What does Star Fox look like in 1080p HD? Until Nintendo releases a Star Fox Wii U, we have to rely on YouTube user rickonami, who has remade the original SNES Star Fox's opening in high def, to find out.

Angry Birds Space has been downloaded a whopping 50 million times in the 35 days since it launched.

Upcoming fighting game Dead or Alive 5 has costume specific breast bouncing and transparent clothes.

A live action Halo web series will launch this autumn ahead of the release of Halo 4 on Xbox 360.

Game of Thrones is a big licence, and without wanting to be unfair to Cyanide, it's been matched with a developer whose stature doesn't quite match up. They're a patchy bunch at best, this French outfit; a handful of years back they delivered a competent if uninspired update of Blood Bowl, and recently they've focused firmly on simulating professional cycling.

12 months ago, a no-doubt sweaty Sony communications chief sat down to pen a statement informing more than 70 million PlayStation Network account holders that their personal details - including credit card numbers - had just been compromised in one of the largest data hacks ever perpetrated.

German governing party Christlich-demokratische Union (CDU) has publicly protested against Crysis 2 being nominated for - and eventually winning - the German Computergames Award for Best German Game.

Open world mutant adventure Prototype 2 managed to wrap its tendrils around the UK all-formats chart this week, debuting in first place.