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Nintendo plans to introduce a paid item transactions system for the 3DS and Wii U.

An uninspiring week of game releases sees Zumba Fitness unchallenged. It landed top of the UK all-format charts once again.

Warner Bros. Interactive will bring Suda51's mental Lollipop Chainsaw to the West in 2012.

There is a new Street Fighter world champion: Japanese player Fuudo.

Nintendo 3DS game Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions does prevent users from deleting their save data, Namco Bandai has confirmed.

Mobigame's retro-styled platform puzzle game Edge will be released on Steam and the App Store for Mac on 11th August.

Japanese ninja girl Ibuki and giant bear Kuma are playable characters in Street Fighter x Tekken.

A free balance patch for Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition will release by the end of the year, Capcom has announced.

Blizzard has revealed that Diablo III will allow players to trade in-game items for real money via an officially sanctioned auction house, integrated in the game.

The creation of Diablo III's real money auction house for trading items was "definitely a design decision" rather than a commercial one, according to the game's lead designer Jay Wilson.

Nintendo company president Satoru Iwata has taken personal responsibility for the floundering 3DS handheld, announcing he will slash his own salary by 50 per cent.

Doom creator and industry veteran John Carmack has hit back at accusations that games promote violent tendencies in players, arguing that they're in fact "cathartic" and more likely to reduce aggression.

A couple of weeks back, we received our copy of the Battle: Los Angeles Blu-ray. In common with many, the only reason we bought this tragically poor movie was because of the inclusion of a download code for the Resistance 3 demo. The chance to get an early peek at the Insomniac's latest work was too tempting to pass up - we'd left E3 unconvinced about the game's merits and felt certain that more hands-on time would present a much more positive experience.

Veteran hip hoppers Beastie Boys and soul legend James Brown are among the artists heading to the Rock Band store next week.

Suggesting it might not be quite the industry ogre it's often painted to be, Activision has handed out $250,000 in prizes to indie developers this week, in its inaugural Independent Games Competition.

T-Mobile has knocked a whopping £360 off the price of an Xperia Play contract, for a limited period.

A set of Toy Story-themed DLC is on its way to LittleBigPlanet 2, developer Media Molecule has announced.

A major Norwegian retailer has announced it is to remove 51 games from its shelves following the tragic killings in Oslo and Utøya last week.

Top-down shooter Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team arrives on PlayStation Network on 10th August, THQ has announced.

Brink's Agents of Change DLC pack goes live on 3rd August for PC and Xbox 360 users, and 4th August for PlayStation 3, publisher Bethesda has announced.

iPhone and iPad maker Apple has more money in reserve than the US government, incredibly - but what will Steve Jobs spend it on?

Sega sales are down across the board, leading to an overall loss of 2.224 billion yen (£17.6 million) for the three months April, May and June.

Free-to-play games supported by micro-transactions on Xbox 360 are "inevitable", according to one developer.

This year's Eurogamer Expo will host a huge showing from developer Ubisoft, with some of the year's biggest titles such as Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Driver: San Francisco available to play on the show floor.

"Although we may not be able to completely prevent you from regretting purchasing Nintendo 3DS early, we would like to express our gratitude to our special customers like you."

UK shop Game has restarted its Play Now/Trade Later deal.

Developers who worked on cancelled PlayStation 3 exclusives have formed an indie studio and released their first game exclusively on Windows Phone 7.

Certain gamers understand ennui. An example would be fighting game fans, particularly those who love Capcom, in these months following Marvel Vs Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. The first was a gorgeous, sparkly nothing, and the second was the point of diminishing returns for the peerless SFIV. So when the Street Fighter X Tekken logo comes up, it almost takes a heave to put your hands on the fightstick. Come on: another one?

The UK qualifiers for the Call of Duty XP Black Ops tournament take place next Sunday, 7th August in London.

Development sources have poured cold water on a report that PlayStation Vita's RAM has been halved.