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Duke Nukem Forever has topped the UK all-formats chart and sold a meaty majority on Xbox 360.

Ex-Assassin's Creed main man Patrice Désilets begins work for new employer THQ today – and will reveal his new game to core games boss Danny Bilson over the phone.

Namco Bandai announced new Tekken games for the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS at last week's E3 2011 trade show – but what about PS Vita?

EA has confirmed Kinect support for FIFA – indeed it's set to incorporate the motion-sensing tech into the series for next year's game. But what about PlayStation Move?

EA has promised it won't force Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit developer Criterion Games to make a game every year.

Asking a Miner Willy fan to choose between Manic Miner and its sequel, Jet Set Willy, is like asking a parent to pick their favourite child. The games, programmed by 8-bit whiz kid Matthew Smith, are both brilliant platformers that have captivated gamers ever since they debuted on the ZX Spectrum in the early eighties.

Last year, Nintendo big cheese Reggie Fils-Aime made a passionate speech to attending E3 delegates about the extraordinary appeal of Wii and revealed an excellent range of both first and third party games. As a statement of intent about the power of gameplay over graphics and the fact that Wii was market leader with much to offer, it was strong stuff.

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Kojima Productions wants to remake the first Metal Gear Solid title in full HD, so says the studio's creative producer Yoshikazu Matsuhana.

The next game from Turtle Rock Studios raises the bar it set with superb zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, according to publisher THQ.

Why does upcoming science-fiction role-playing game Mass Effect 3 support Kinect? Because EA wants more than just core gamers to play it.

Fable creator Peter Molyneux has apologised for the misleading announcement of Kinect game Fable: The Journey.

"We're not trying to make a Trek game."

Forget all those publishers, who won the E3 press conference showdown - Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony?

Spanish police have arrested three "suspected" members of hacktivist group Anonymous in connection with attacks on Spain's Central Electoral Board (la Junta Electoral Central) and PlayStation Network.

Three pilgrims. Two convention halls. One unifying passion for gaming. And a sprinkling of rear touch. It's the third day of Eurogamer's E3 2011 podcast.

With Microsoft, Sony, and all the rest combining for a fairly humdrum day of pressers on Monday, it fell on Nintendo once again to "save" E3 - to give us some "buzz of the new," in the words of Reggie Fils-Aime.

Fair enough, so judging who won a trade show based on website stats is pretty arbitrary. But it was that or hold an actual pissing contest, and Kaz, Reggie and Don all claimed they were busy.

Gearbox chief Randy Pitchford has reacted angrily to criticism of the portrayal of women in Duke Nukem Forever's controversial "Capture The Babe" multiplayer mode.

British publisher Codemasters has admitted being violated by hackers. In an open letter to customers, Codemasters outlined the areas hacked - the Codemasters website, Dirt 3 VIP code redemption page, Codemasters EStore and Codemasters CodeM database - and what had been stolen.

While confusion still surrounds the exact technical make-up of the new Wii U console, Engadget is citing IBM sources who say the CPU of the new machine "packs the same processor technology found in Watson" - the company's very own supercomputer.

The Wii U supports just one touch-screen controller per console, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed.

Pity the younger brother. Always dressed in hand-me-downs, always the sidekick, always in big bro's shadow. So it was for Luigi, beanpole brother and comic foil to Mario, the most famous face in games.

It's been an E3 of few surprises: little in the way of hot new games announced, and hardware launches either spoiled by eerily accurate rumour-mongering or - in the case of PlayStation Vita - with most of the crucial information already out there, thanks to previous press conferences.

You've likely seen the big headlines by now and decided whether or not you're impressed by Nintendo's latest vision for the future of gaming. But how much do you really know about Wii U?

The mainstream press may be all excited about Wii U, but listen to developers, publishers and important business types talking at the LA Convention Center this week and it's PlayStation Vita which is mentioned again and again.

Sony hopes money made from game sales will make up for the three years of loss it expects to make on powerful handheld console PS Vita.

PlayStation Vita games will not be locked by region, Sony has indicated.

Opinions of the games industry's top analysts appear to be divided when it comes to Nintendo's latest hardware offering, Wii U.

Satoru Iwata thinks it "very strange" how Nintendo stock price fell following the announcement of new console Wii U.