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An esoteric point-and-click adventure in which you navigate dreams rendered in Polaroid snapshots, Trauma borrows the ambiance of sombre European cinema. It combines lingering night photography of Cologne, Germany with CGI motion graphics to haunting effect. Its lead character is voiced by a Björk-ish woman who wouldn't sound out of place in an Ingmar Bergman film, while a soundtrack of ambient pianos that lose their train of thought mid-melody adds to the trancelike atmosphere.

2D arcade game Rotastic launches on XBLA on 21st September, publisher Focus Home Interactive has announced.

Zelda series director Eiji Aonuma is not a fan of the franchise's origins - namely Legend of Zelda on NES.

Although it's Ron Gilbert's adventure game legacy that you see in the dialogue trees and the fetch quests, and the tiniest, most primitive shard of Diablo's design shines through in the looting, I like to think that the secret influence on DeathSpank has always been Sergio Aragones.

By encouraging gamers out of the shadows, Call of Duty Elite has had the knock-on effect of people treating their "neighbours" with "respect", Activision has observed.

Yesterday's 'Colour Pack 1' add-on for Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online is broken on Xbox Live Arcade, Capcom has admitted.

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Capcom's spin-off from its successful zombie-killing sequel, will halve the load times of its predecessor.

Polish political party Poland Comes First has produced a video undeniably inspired by Fallout.

The Japanese Monster Hunter 3G website has revealed the first details on the game.

The inspiration for this indie RPG/FPS hybrid, developed by the 10-strong team at Streum On Studio, is clearly Deus Ex. Not only does it take place in a cyberpunk setting, but it also offers a dizzying amount of player choice. Bionic implants, psychic powers, multiple approaches to every mission - Ion Storm Austin's seminal genre mashup is a comparison as obvious as it is accurate. Yet, after soaking in Divine Cybermancy's strange brew for several weeks, that's not what the game reminds me of most.

The iOS update of Eric Chahi's beloved Amiga side-scroller Another World arrives on the App Store on 22nd September.

Ubisoft opens up the Assassin's Creed: Revelations multiplayer beta to all PlayStation Network users from tomorrow morning.

Microsoft may well have a "massive lead" when it comes to hardware sales, but the PlayStation 3 is seeing much stronger growth in software sales, so says Sony's publisher relations chief Rob Dyer.

The 3DS continues to dominate the weekly Japanese hardware chart.

A Yoshi side-scroller and a new entry in the Ace Attorney series are among the games Nintendo plans to show off at its Tokyo 3DS showcase next week, so says a reported Japanese leak.

Sonic Generations gets a lavish Collector's Edition when it launches later this year, Sega has announced.

Summer of Arcade bonus title Crimson Alliance is available now on Xbox Live Arcade.

There are more than 500 developers working on mega-brand Call of Duty, Activision has revealed.

PlayStation Plus members get exclusive first entry into the Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One online beta this week.

Downloadable PlayStation 3 title BloodRayne: Betrayal headlines this week's list of new downloadable content on the PSN Store.

Konami has scrapped plans to launch the first PES 2012 demo on Xbox 360, it has announced.

Wacky DS football RPG series Inazuma Eleven is heading to 3DS.

MotoHeroz will release for WiiWare on 15th September for 1500 Wii Points (£10.20).

Atari has popped its official stamp on Rollercoaster Tycoon 3D.

Many video games features death, but few appropriate it as their theme. For Jason Rohrer, the only video game designer to have been featured in Esquire magazine's list of creative geniuses, it was a slender yet focused game about mortality with which he made his name.

The Devil May Cry HD Collection revealed as coming to the PlayStation 3 looks set for the Xbox 360, too.

Microsoft is banning Xbox Live accounts for what it describes as "Marketplace Theft".

BioWare has postponed sending Star Wars: The Old Republic beta invites to European gamers.

The PlayStation Network service will be offline tomorrow evening in Europe between 17:00 and 23:00 UK time due to maintenance, Sony has announced.

UPDATE: Dark Quest is actually the Japanese name for Dungeon Hunter Alliance, Ubisoft has told Eurogamer.