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Xbox Live Gold subscribers get a demo for comic book shooter sequel The Darkness 2 on 17th January, publisher Take-Two has announced.

Capcom has something special planned to mark the 25th anniversary of the Street Fighter franchise.

One of the three main platform holders doesn't have the stomach for the next generation of console hardware, according to a top exec at game streaming service Gaikai.

A DLC expansion for From Software's brutal-but-brilliant action RPG Dark Souls is on its way, according to EGM.

Top Sony exec Kaz Hirai has suggested a full switch to digital content delivery for its console business is still some way off.

Cave, the Japanese studio behind acclaimed bullet hell shoot 'em ups such as DoDonPachi, Espgaluda and DeathSmiles, is refocusing development resources on social games following a disappointing six months of trading.

A fresh batch of Gran Turismo 5 DLC rolls out of Sony's garage on 18th January, the platform holder has announced.

3DS scare-fest Resident Evil: Revelations will support StreetPass functionality, Capcom has announced.

A demo of Capcom's bizarre god-filled beat-'em-up Asura's Wrath is now available to download on Xbox Marketplace.

Sony has proposed the closure of Leamington Spa-based Little Deviants developer BigBig Studios

Playing the upcoming demos of Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will unlock player skins and weaponry themed upon each other's games, publisher EA has revealed.

Update: Digital Spy has updated its article to reflect the fact that while Microsoft's Xbox Live House Party promotion does indeed begin on 15th February, with one title launched per week, the order of those titles it originally suggested has yet to be confirmed.

A spate of layoffs at famous video game maker id Software (Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein, Rage) has been deemed "standard business practice" by owner Bethesda Softworks.

Halt excitement - Blizzard apparently didn't confirm console Diablo 3 yesterday.

Just like hurricanes, horror games seem to go well with girl's names. First Catherine, and now Amy. Just names, nothing else, but simply by knowing there's a sinister context, these otherwise ordinary words take on a malevolent air. Yet it only works with girls names. Could you imagine getting chills down your spine from a horror game called Mike or Roger?

Eerie survival horror game Amy headlines this week's European PlayStation Store update.

Modern Warfare 3 was the best selling video game in the UK last year, UKIE and GfK Chart-Track have revealed.

Production of the Raspberry Pi has begun!

Update: The speech given by Education Secretary Michael Gove today follows:

A demo of Final Fantasy 13-2 is now available on Xbox Live.

Sony will not announce PlayStation 4 this summer at E3 2012.

The first two Katamari games, produced by future playground designer Keita Takahashi, were memorable for inventing a new style of play while railing against rampant consumerism. Players rolled a sticky ball across carpets and pavements gathering up the flotsam and jetsam of everyday existence, and the ball would grow in size until it could roll up the carpets and pavements themselves - and then cars, houses, fields and eventually countries. They were funny, beautiful and intelligent games with gorgeous soundtracks, and we loved them dearly.

Nintendo's forthcoming 3DS franchise reboot Kid Icarus: Uprising will support the Circle Pad Pro peripheral, creator Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed.

Sony sold an impressive 500,000 PlayStation 2 units over the Christmas period, the platform holder has announced.

UPDATE: Microsoft has issued the following statement in response to the story:

Acclaimed physics puzzler World of Goo has been downloaded one million times from the iOS and Mac App Store in the 13 months since launch.

Gaming hardware specialist Razer has taken the wraps off the mysterious Project Fiona - it's an ambitious PC gaming tablet.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, the latest entry in Ubisoft's tactical shooter series has been delayed until 24th May.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 launches on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 30th March, publisher EA has announced.

The first two Modern Warfare 3 DLC 'drops' for Xbox 360 premium Elite members arrives on 24th January, Activision has announced.