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Lumines wasn't any old PSP launch title. It was the PSP launch title, and arguably the best pure puzzler since Tetris (a title it held onto until Drop 7 came along, of course). The synesthetic concerns of Q Entertainment, which first strutted along in ten-inch platforms in 2000's Space Channel 5 before taking a turn for the metaphysical in the following year's Rez, were melded perfectly with simple, grid-based puzzling. Like Rez before it, Lumines felt like a celebration of club culture - or, with its lazy rhythms and ability to consume whole hours, more a celebration of post-club culture.

Tom's already offered you a rundown of this year's Actual New Games - the ones that are offering, in their own ways, something unique - and now here's the slightly less glamorous look at the other side of the coin.

A "dream team" of old Atari heroes who shaped early videogames are reassembling to pump out games for iOS - "the new arcade".

There's nothing new under the sun, but the concept behind Bag It is as old as handheld gaming itself. As Alexey Pajitnov discovered back in 1985, organising shapes so they fit snugly together in a confined space is an absolute hoot, and while the graphics are snazzier and the rules are a bit different, Hidden Variable Studios' iOS and Android puzzler echoes a lot of the addictive qualities of Tetris.

US magazine Game Informer has published the first in-game screenshots of PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us.

Microsoft has launched a Mass Effect 3 Facebook app to reward players with avatar props and competition prizes.

Sega's all right: its video games business may be "sluggish", but its slot machine, arcade and amusements businesses are improving.

Namco Bandai has defended its pre-launch SoulCalibur 5 DLC announcement - and insisted there's plenty on the disc to keep fighting game fans happy.

Sony reckons PlayStation Vita got off to "a good start" in Japan, and doesn't foresee "any problems" selling the handheld in February.

Namco Bandai has announced a Europe-wide tournament for fighting game SoulCalibur 5, out today.

The long-awaited Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 patch launches on 21st February for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Capcom has announced.

So this is how Cannon Fodder 3 turned out.

Valve has teased a secret new Team Fortress 2 project - and it isn't hats.

Motorsport is glitz and it is glamour. It's the teardrop curve of an F1 car as it reflects Monaco's harbourline, its perfect swoop capturing a moment of speed in carbon fibre, or the romantic siren call of a V8 as it bounces across the housefronts of the Mulsanne Straight in the dead of night.

It's often said that gaming is an expensive hobby. Major new releases retail for as much as £50, and with dozens of supposedly 'must-play' titles launching every year, the pennies can be quick to add up.

Metro: Last Light, the sequel to grim post-apocalyptic 2010 shooter Metro 2033, has been delayed until early 2013, THQ has announced.

Revenue from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of THQ's uDraw tablet peripheral was a staggering $100 million below the publisher's expectations.

Ambitious detective drama L.A. Noire has sold-in nearly five million copies since launch, publisher Take-Two has announced.

PlayStation 3 Call of Duty Elite premium members can download the first Modern Warfare 3 DLC add-on from 28th February, publisher Activision has announced.

id Software's 2011 FPS Rage gets a Mac release today, however, only the single player content has made it over.

A remarkable new trailer for upcoming RedLynx game 'Trials Evolution' has appeared on the Xbox 360 dashboard.

The townsfolk have been listening to Shepard pulling the old "Commander who shouted 'Reaper!'" ruse for some time now. First she (he, if you're feeling obtuse) shouted 'Reaper!' when she discovered that the caretakers of the Galaxy were about to sweep up all known galactic civilizations. Then, in Mass Effect 2, she shouted 'Reaper!' after she'd fought against a big icky monster that had been made from human body parts, and had all/most/some of her underlings killed in the process.

Mass Effect 3's ending will anger some of the series' fans, BioWare has admitted.

The European release of forthcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Twisted Metal has been delayed, according to co-creator David Jaffe.

Tera's open beta starts on 19th April, the MMO's European publisher Frogster has announced.

Nearly 40 per cent of all copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic sold to date were bought through Origin, EA has announced.

Alan Wake launches on PC through Steam on 16th February, Remedy Entertainment has announced.

Update: Due to an transcription mix-up, we based the original story on EA's Q2 earnings call. The numbers were correct, but old - accurate as of the end of September.

Artificial life is a weird business. You fling millions of dollars at a game, craft character models composed of several thousand polygons each, throw in motion-capture, cloth physics, and vocal performances from, y'know, proper Hollywood actors, and all that stands out are the things that aren't quite right. The eyes that are too vacant. The lower lip that just looks weird. The fact that everybody sounds like Nolan North.

Mass Effect 3's demo includes access to Xbox Live Gold, enabling all players to sample the game's online multiplayer.