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Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Nintendogs + Cats saw healthy sales bumps in Japan last week thanks to the 3DS price cut.

Blizzard is aiming to release its StarCraft 2 DOTA mod at around the same time as Heart of the Swarm, the developer has revealed.

Blizzard currently has no plans to develop a StarCraft MMO, the developer has announced.

Blizzard has given its firmest indication to date that Diablo 3 is coming to consoles.

Last year's multiplayer take on the 2D Castlevania bloodline, Harmony of Despair, comes to PlayStation Network some time next month, Konami has announced.

Ubisoft has changed its DRM plans for Driver: San Francisco following fan outrage at the publisher's insistence that users maintain a persistent internet connection while playing.

A hefty new update for acclaimed RPG The Witcher 2 brings a number of new game modes to the CD Projekt-developed title next month.

The current Wii console is to be phased out in Europe, Nintendo has told Eurogamer. It will be replaced by the just-announced new Wii design.

Capcom and Ninja Theory have presented a united front and promised that, in the wake of a fan backlash, the upcoming Devil May Cry reboot will still "feel" and "work" like old Devil May Cry games.

Nintendo has confirmed European releases for Japanese Wii RPGs Pandora's Tower and The Last Story.

Steel Battalion was more famed for its controller than it was for its detailed, if dry, take on mech combat. Its 40-button, three-part centrepiece came in at three times the size of the Xbox console itself; its heft and intricacy pushed the price of the game beyond the reach of many, ensuring its status as a coveted curio and the stuff of legend.

Activision has said that it will support dedicated servers in the PC version of Modern Warfare 3 despite ongoing concerns about how they can be used to cheat online.

Beachhead Studios has told Eurogamer that if "uber fans" of Modern Warfare 3 don't end up wanting premium accounts for Call of Duty: Elite then the developer will regard that as a failure.

Game has revealed to Eurogamer its new UK PS3 pricing and associated deals. They come into effect in stores (Game and Gamestation) tomorrow.

It's a grand name, isn't it? You can almost imagine the baritone voice and the Baz Luhrmann camera pullback: "This... was an AGE OF EMPIRES." And Age of Empires is a grand series. Since its earliest days, it's been a real-time strategy game with familiar mechanics but its own way of playing: I vividly remember playing AOE II after being weaned on Command & Conquer and having to learn the alien concept of defence.

Update: In a comment on this article by community manager Ian Webster, Codemasters has confirmed that the safety car will be available in races of 20 per cent real distance or over, including online races, but can be turned off if you don't want it. You'll maintain car control (and the same game camera) behind the safety car, but with certain restrictions. And it won't be available for players to drive.

Nintendo has cut backwards compatibility from the just-announced Wii redesign.

Nintendo will launch a redesigned version of the Wii in time for Christmas.

Expansions for The Sims have become so regular and so familiar that they've rather appropriately become part of the gaming furniture. Rarely do they make headlines or arouse much interest beyond the (enormous) niche audience that is Sims addicts. So when the invitation arrives from EA for a special press day for The Sims 3 Pets, it's hard not to do a double take. Really? A whole press event? For pets?

Nintendo's long-awaited Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword finally arrives in Europe on 18th November.

The Carbine-built NCsoft MMO has been unveiled as WildStar.

The traditional single-player only game experience will not exist by the end of 2014.

The "next big MMO" from NCsoft is poised for a mid-August Gamescom reveal.

Carbine, the NCsoft studio formed by ex-Blizzard veterans, has described its soon to be announced MMO as "future fantasy" with a "hand-crafted" style.

Gamers want to see the "perfect human being in digital form" in their games, Sony has said.

Sign-up for RTS sequel DOTA 2's open beta has commenced.

Sony has finally confirmed that it hasn't halved the PlayStation Vita's RAM.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is fully compatible with the PlayStation 3's Move controller, publisher Tecmo Koei has announced.

A mobile version of Xbox 360 pet sim Kinectimals headlines Microsoft's impending slate of Windows Phone 7 releases.

UPDATE: The new model will be called the PSP E-1000, according to the PlayStation Blog, and has a matte charcoal finish.