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Crysis 2 developer Crytek has been accused of bad hiring and firing practices.

This week Nintendo is spoiling you with two downloadable releases - WiiWare game 3D Pixel Racing and dungeon-crawling RPG Anonymous Notes for DSiWare.

Online leaderboards and achievements are a bit of an unnecessary mess when it comes to mobile phones - not least on iOS, where you quite frequently end up logging on to both Game Center and Openfeint at the same time. Sometimes Crystal is involved as well, or instead, just to add to the fun.

Game and Gamestation no longer sell pre-owned Xbox 360 Core, Arcade or 20GB non-HDMI models, Eurogamer can reveal.

The PS3 and Xbox 360 remakes of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker support four-player co-op on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution has defended its UK chart top spot from dream-world racer Driver: San Francisco.

Dragon Quest X will be a Wii U and Wii game, Square Enix has announced.

Remember the Dead Island teaser trailer? Of course you do. It "went viral" as marketing people with spreadsheets like to say. That means everybody saw it, posted it on Facebook, emailed it to their friends and said, "Hey, what's this Dead Island game all about?"

Split/Second developer Black Rock officially closes its doors today.

Iterating on the most successful multiplayer video game in the world today would be hard enough in solitude. But doing so in the centre of an online amphitheatre with 20 million voices screaming conflicting views of what to change and what to leave well alone must be nothing short of paralysing.

Back in PlayStation 1 days, Driver was the height of gaming, a pioneer in the open world mission-based driving genre. And Newcastle-based developer Reflections was a power-house. But Driver 2 stalled and Driver 3 crashed. Driver: Parallel Lines was better.

Sony has accused Microsoft of "protecting inferior technology", following its admission last week that it reserves the right to deny games an Xbox Live Arcade release if they launch on PSN first.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution gets a DLC add-on called The Missing Link later this year.

An annual subscription to Call of Duty's forthcoming Elite service will cost £34.99, Activision has announced.

A limited edition Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360 console launches in tandem with the new entry in the Call of Duty series this November, Microsoft has announced.

While Ultima creator Richard Garriott is "open" to collaborating with EA on a new entry in his classic RPG franchise, the publisher reportedly isn't "particularly interested" in teaming up.

Infinity Ward has revealed full details of Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer, insisting there are "more changes to the game than ever before."

Working on Modern Warfare 3 following the departure of studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella in early 2010 was "an extremely tough time" according to the game's producer Mark Rubin.

Cheap Trick and EMF are the latest acts lined up for Rock Band DLC, developer Harmonix has announced.

LG has unveiled an alternative to Sony's recently announced PlayStation-branded 3D TV that allows two gamers sat side-by-side to view two separate images.

BioWare Doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk will headline Eurogamer Expo 2011's developer sessions with a keynote panel discussing upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Blanchimont is a small, unassuming and often unsung stretch of tarmac tucked away in Belgium's Ardennes forest. As part of the make-up of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, it's Eau Rouge, the famed uphill kink that dares drivers to take it flat, and Pouhoun, a violently fast double-apex left hander, that take the plaudits. Blanchimont, on the other hand, is a mere footnote, a simple bend on the back straight that barely registers in most other driving games.

You can tell a lot about a game from its Achievements. After one hour and six minutes of playing Bodycount, it had doled out 335 points. Not only are the names uninspired ('Boombastic' - really?) but they're handed out in great chunks for standard progression. Unlock a new ability, another 50 points. That's not generosity - it's desperation.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior launches on iPhone and iPad early 2012, City Interactive has announced.

There's no such thing as a quiet week in the wild world of downloadable videogames, but this week's schedule may have been the most crowded yet.

Driver: San Francisco developer Reflections is already thinking about creating a next-gen game engine, and wants 1080p, 60 frames-per-second games as a mandate from the next Xbox and PlayStation 4.

Ubisoft is about to open its doors to Assassin's Creed: Revelations' multiplayer beta, allowing PlayStation 3 gamers a sneaky play of this November's new maps and modes.

PlayStation Portable games look set for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone.

The Namco Bandai x Tecmo Koei crossover teased earlier this week is a PlayStation 3 exclusive called One Piece Musou.

Space Marine co-op will be added to the game free of charge in early October, developer Relic has announced.