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I was never a particularly good mayor. I'd do my town planning with all the care and attention of council official who dearly wanted a buzzing metropolis, but presumably had something of a drink problem. Power-cuts, soaring crime, noisy protests, bits of roads that didn't actually go anywhere; things always seemed to fall apart. Often the only option was to put my poor urban conglomeration out of its misery, finished off with a quick dose of earthquake and/or alien invasion.

EA is turning all of its brands into what it calls "online universes".

The Diablo 3 beta opens officially for a weekend today, from 8pm UK time (BST), Blizzard has announced.

Prey 2 developer Human Head hasn't worked on the game since February due to a contract dispute with publisher ZeniMax, according to an inside source.

Global Xbox 360 hardware sales for the last financial quarter were down 48 per cent year-on-year, Microsoft has announced.

Activision subsidiary Vicarious Visions was at one point working on a tactics-based spin-off of the main Call of Duty series, judging by the online résumé of one of the studio's animators.

Police Warfare, the cops and robbers multiplayer FPS currently seeking Kickstarter funding, might not keep its Activision-baiting moniker if it makes it to launch.

London 2012: The Official Videogame of the Olympic Games launches on 29th June for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, publisher Sega has announced.

Sony is, or at one time was, considering an outlandish controller dock for its Move peripheral, according to a patent uncovered by PlayStation Lifestyle.

Two titles in Atlus' long-running Shin Megami Tensei JRPG series have just been confirmed for a European release, courtesy of publisher Ghostlight.

PC shooter Arma 3's community alpha test will be set on the fictional Greek island of Stratis, developer Bohemia Interactive has revealed.

A hefty new update out today for the iPad version of Plants vs. Zombies adds a bevy of new content to PopCap's beloved RTS.

It's easy to forget that, three years back, it came as something of a shock to see Codemasters forgoing the expertise of its racing arm and farming out its newly acquired F1 license to its newly acquired Birmingham studio, an outfit that in its previous life had made the ultimate guilty pleasure in 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand. Fiddy's game certainly had a taste for excess and a questionable sense of politics, but that's where any similarities with the F1 world came to an end.

Game-streaming service OnLive is offering a £2 trial of its PlayPack subscription offering, which now gives access to over 200 games.

Prey 2 is still alive, Bethesda has confirmed.

History has a habit of repeating itself. Google's Android operating system is now one of the most popular in the world, and while a large portion of that success is thanks to top-tier phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC One X, it has just as much to do with the plethora of budget-level handsets which have flooded the market in the past few years. While Apple's iPhone has achieved popularity thanks to its luxury status, Android has gained market share because it offers the cheapest route into smartphone ownership.

A Payday: The Heist sequel is in development.

Codemasters is looking into bringing classic F1 to its officially licensed take on the sport, saying that while it won't make the cut for this year's game it'll likely turn up soon after.

UPDATE: Codemasters has been in touch to clarify its Codemasters Racing announcement.

Dirt spin-off DiRT Showdown launches on 25th May, Codemasters Racing has announced.

Vita puzzler Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz includes an "adult map" themed around a Japanese swimsuit model.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 launches on 21st August, City Interactive has announced.

Sony's PlayStation 3D Monitor is now available to buy in the UK. It costs £449.

@'s been a gaming superstar since 1980, climbing up from the keyboard - where he had spent a quiet, rather mild-mannered life, resting above '2' and waiting for email to be invented - and jumping into the screen itself, ready to explore dank caves and castle keeps, sip mysterious potions, and battle monsters. Let's hear it for @, everybody. Let's hear it for Rogue.

Just-announced James Bond 007 Legends will feature Kinect functionality, according to the game's listing on Amazon.

Syndicate developer Starbreeze has announced its intention to buy Overkill Software, creator of Payday: The Heist.

Brink developer Splash Damage has announced its next game: Rad Soldiers.

UPDATE: Sony has now updated the official US PlayStation blog to confirm God of War: Ascension's existence.

Microsoft will launch a free Kinect Star Wars app for iOS and Android devices today.

Total War Battles Shogun launches on the App Store today.