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Exclusive games and downloadable content are "critical" for the Xbox 360, Microsoft has said.

Sports Interactive hasn't got a version of Football Manager in development - or in the pipeline - for PlayStation Vita, Eurogamer can reveal.

Microsoft plans to build an App store into Windows 8.

If you pre-order Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Steam, you'll receive eight new, Deus Ex-themed items in Team Fortress 2.

Developers who recycle leftovers from an original game for its sequel are doing gamers a disservice, according to Gearbox marketing VP Steve Gibson.

Update: The European Rochard date has now been announced as 28th September. The game, to first on PS3 built on Unity, will cost €10.

If variety is the spice of life, then fighting games have been spoiling us rotten ever since Street Fighter II kick-started the war of numbers. It all began innocently enough with eight world warriors, before Capcom upped the ante with four playable bosses and four new challengers. Tekken and The King of Fighters then raised the bar to well over 20, and as the one-upmanship intensified, we saw the ill-advised shoehorning of 63 characters into Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.

Max Schaefer's tasted success, and he's got the scars to prove it. The CEO of Runic Games, a man with an engagingly gentle demeanour, placed a bet with his colleagues that the studio's first game wouldn't break a million units. If it did, he'd get a tattoo - and so too would the rest of his team.

The number of copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic available at launch will be deliberately limited in order to ensure the MMO gets off to a smooth start, publisher EA has claimed.

Kinect Sports: Season 2 leaves the blocks on 28th October, Microsoft has confirmed.

Ubisoft has incurred the wrath of its PC userbase over the state of the desktop version of From Dust.

Vita's 512MB of RAM enables it to run programs in the background while gamers are playing games, Sony has said.

Housemarque, the studio behind acclaimed downloadable nuggets Super Stardust HD and Outland, has unveiled its next project: an iOS physics puzzler called Furmins.

The free batch of Portal 2 DLC announced earlier this year arrives next month, Valve has confirmed.

Deathspank follow-up The Baconing hits Xbox Live Arcade on 31st August, according to Joystiq.

Rage HD will be free for iOS devices from the App Store for the next week.

The digital PSN release of Persona 3 Portable will happen on 7th September, Ghostlight has announced.

Square Enix has decided not to region lock the European PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Once, we dreamed of worlds where we could be anyone, do anything. That day may yet come, but in 2011 the grand fantasy of a sandbox MMO is one that is served only by boutique or elder games which determinedly reward the eternal ardour of their existing fans but struggle to add that surface level of gloss and accessibility necessary to draw a gigantic crowd.

Fantasy strategy game Dota 2 won't ship until 2012, Valve boss Gabe Newell has revealed.

Castle Crashers was all about teaming up with your mates to bash goons and rescue princesses, but there was one little twist. After defeating a boss, your team had to turn on each other and fight to the death, the last man standing rewarded with a kiss from the girl. Friends turn to enemies and, when the next level starts, back to friends again. If anything encapsulates Battleblock Theatre, the new game from Castle Crashers developer The Behemoth, it's that moment - turning to your mate with an innocent smile and planting a sword right between the eyes.

Microsoft has responded to recent concern over the Xbox 360 in Japan, dismissing the suggestion it will pull out of the market.

Eurogamer Expo will host the UK console qualifiers for the prestigious World Cyber Games tournament.

The face-type for the pre-built female Shepard in Mass Effect 3 has been voted and decided on - now BioWare needs your help with hair colour.

The Silent Hill HD Collection will also beheading to Xbox 360 as well as PS3, Konami has announced.

Promising new action RPG The Lord of the Rings: War in the North will be released on 25th November in the UK, Warner Bros. has revealed.

Who knew a dodgy haircut could provoke such an outcry? We now know Capcom itself insisted on Dante's extreme makeover, expecting a reaction. Nevertheless, his newly recruited hairdresser seems shocked by the ferocity of it.

It seems Sony is just as frustrated at the lack of Last Guardian news as gamers are.

The next update for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sees you take on Deathwing, Blizzard has revealed.

Grasshopper Manufacture has added another title to its burgeoning release slate – stylish downloadable platformer Black Knight Sword.