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Sony Online Entertainment has temporarily shut down Station.com, its online gaming service, following new concerns raised by the PlayStation Network security breach.

Another day, another Bank Holiday. Seriously, how many bloody holidays do these banks need? How about actually taking less than a week to clear a cheque. That would be nice, wouldn't it?

I had a friend who spent about three months aboard a submarine, back in his Navy days. He told me how they operated on 18 hour days, had no personal space, and the condensed air prematurely aged you. It sounded like the last thing in the world I'd like to do. As Winston Churchill said, "Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners."

Space Marine's greatest potential banana skin was always going to be the timing of its release. In a year that will see no shortage of epic, cinematic action shooters, it faces a tough gig to stand out from the crowd while conforming to expectations.

At a Tokyo press conference this morning Sony executives apologised for the PlayStation Network outage that has seen the theft of millions of gamers' personal data - possibly even credit cards.

While most reviews of Apple's iPad 2 dismiss the revised hardware as an accomplished, if underwhelming successor to the original, a technical breakdown of the new A5 processor reveals something quite different - an unprecedented leap in mobile games-playing power that could conceivably herald the arrival of a new home games console.

Epic asked Microsoft to allow Halo hero Master Chief to cameo in Gears of War 3, lead designer Cliff Bleszinksi has revealed.

Acclaimed first-person puzzler Portal 2 gets new DLC "this summer", developer Valve has announced, and you won't have to pay a penny for it.

PopCap Games, the casual gaming gurus behind Bejeweled and Peggle, have helped a nine-year-old leukemia patient fulfill his dream of making his very own video game.

The fourth episode of Telltale Games' five part Back to the Future saga is up for download on PC and Mac today, the developer has announced.

Bethesda has urged users to decline the latest Xbox 360 update for Fallout: New Vegas following reports yesterday that it was causing system crashes and rendering game saves unplayable.

The 3DS revamp of cult indie platformer Cave Story tunnels its way into European stores this September, publisher NIS has announced.

EA has announced the next entry in its long-running driving series Need for Speed.

'80s pop icons Culture Club and gonzo metallers Faith No More are among the acts heading to Rock Band in new DLC due next week.

All six games in the Bit.Trip series are being compiled onto one 3DS retail cart, publisher Aksys Games has announced.

Just Add Water boss Stewart Gilray has described the hysteria surrounding the PlayStation Network hack as "a lot of wind and p**s".

A fever pitch of speculation surrounded the recent launch of iPad 2, with Apple managing to keep a tight lid on the technical make-up of the new device right up to the launch event. There we saw Epic Games' excellent Infinity Blade showcased with a level of performance and graphical finesse that outstripped the same game running on the original version of Apple's tablet.

It's the Tetris problem. Occasionally a game maker happens upon a flawless recipe on the first attempt, a kind of perfection that would be compromised if any of the ingredients were added to or taken away from. So it is with Sega AM3's Virtua Tennis, an arcade game that translated the stretch-and-dive drama of professional tennis with such assured brilliance that, aside from a conspicuous lack of female players, precluded a sequel.

Just Add Water is remaking shelved nineties game Oddworld: Hand of Odd for launch next year, Eurogamer can reveal.

PlayStation 3 gamers' download history, friends lists and settings are unaffected by the PlayStation Network outage, Sony has confirmed.

It's probably just as well there's a Royal Wedding going on right now, if only to drown out the media hubbub surrounding Sony's monumental PSN security breach.

Again?! OK fine, here's another bank holiday weekend.

Just Add Water has delayed the PlayStation 3 launch of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD to the summer.

Just Add Water is yet to decide which Abe game to remake in high definition.

The Xbox 360 sold a quarterly record of 2.7 million units between 1st January and 31st March this year, Microsoft has announced, up from 1.5 million over the same period last year.

Unpleasant Horse, the debut title from experimental PopCap off-shoot 4th & Battery, is now available on the App Store.

A Kinect-enabled version of Fruit Ninja is on its way to Xbox 360, if a new ratings board listing is to be believed.

Forthcoming action sequel Red Faction: Armageddon will now be released on 10th June, publisher THQ has announced, one week later than originally planned.

The Great PlayStation Network Identity Robbery, as dramatic as it sounds, won't have left Sony too much out of pocket.

Driver: San Francisco leaves the garage on 2nd September for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360, publisher Ubisoft has announced.