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Namco-Bandai has unveiled a new fighter debuting in Soulcalibur 5 called Xiba.

Capcom has announced the full DLC schedule for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.

A quarter of US kids aged between six and 12 want a 3DS this Christmas, making it the most desired dedicated games console on the market among pre-teens, according to a recent survey.

Anyone expecting cult movie director Guillermo Del Toro's forthcoming survival horror game Insane to be crammed full of lengthy cinematics might come away disappointed - turns out the first-time video game developer hates cutscenes.

Oft-delayed action RPG Torchlight 2 will not be ready before the end of 2011 as originally hoped, developer Runic Games has announced.

Nintendo hasn't jumped on the paid DLC bandwagon with its first party titles as it wants customers to feel they've paid for a "complete experience", according to NOA chief Reggie Fils-Aime.

A second DLC expansion for superhero MMO DC Universe Online goes live later this year, Sony Online Entertainment has announced.

Double Fine's delayed action/strategy effort Iron Brigade launches its assault on Xbox Live Arcade from 30th November, the developer has announced.

Development on the PlayStation 3 high definition update of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is complete.

Legal issues have held up the planned release of Doom 3 source code.

Gamers must complete Resident Evil Revelations' 10 hour story mode to unlock access to Revelations' online multiplayer.

GOG.com is set to take on Valve's Steam and EA's Origin with the addition of newer games to the service.

DLC not only brings in more money, it also helps "actively fight" pre-owned sales, Epic Games' director of production Rod Fergusson has said.

UPDATE: Splash Damage boss Paul Wedgwood has taken to Twitter to deny today's report that the Brink developer is making a Marvel game for Disney.

Final Fantasy maker Square Enix has signed Epic's Unreal Engine 3 to make multiple unannounced games.

The Star Wars: The Old Republic beta test weekend that we gave keys away for this week will open on Friday, 25th November, and close on Monday, 28th November.

Call of Duty Elite, which has for many Modern Warfare 3 players been inaccessible since launch, is improving, Activision has insisted.

The paradox of motion gaming is that as the technology frees the player from the tyranny of buttons and sticks, it constricts the developer in terms of what can realistically be done on-screen. Between the binary comfort of a button press and the thousands of incremental movements of the human body, there's a chasm where accepted game design ideas are easily lost.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has obliterated its own five-day entertainment record, grossing more than $775 million worldwide.

Insane, the Lovecraftian horror from Guillermo del Toro, Saints Row developer Volition and publisher THQ, is "really, really nasty", the movie director has said.

EA plans to change its banning policy amid complaints that players are being locked out of their games unfairly.

"Man, I hate puzzles," says Serious Sam at one point during The Random Encounter. The irony, of course, is that the game is almost all puzzle. It's a bizarre spin on the turn-based combat of Japanese RPGs; an adventure in which success depends on figuring out the right combinations of weapons you'll need to tackle the combinations of enemies you're faced with. And then figuring out the right order for your combinations of weapons. And the angle of fire. And...

SimCity creator Will Wright has announced his next videogame project, an ambitious new title called HiveMind.

Someone did it - a child born on the Skyrim release date of 11th November 2011 has been named Dovahkiin.

Kojima Productions has changed the developer in charge of Metal Gear Solid Rising.

Animal rights group PETA has admitted its campaign condemning Super Mario 3D Land's furry Tanooki suit was not a serious attack on Nintendo's moustachioed mascot.

Amongst the dozens of things that video games and Disneyland have in common - a fascination with sight lines, a focus on visual progression and fantastical architecture - is an overabundance of non-player characters. I should know. A few years back, I was one of them.

The "finished" version of Minecraft goes live this Friday, creator Notch has announced.

Anyone purchasing the PlayStation 3 version of Saints Row: The Third in the US, Canada or Mexico can claim a free download of Saints Row 2, THQ has announced.

PlayStation 3 RPG Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland gets a European release in Spring 2012, publisher Nippon Ichi Software has announced.