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Deep Silver has denied the accusation from many observers that the eye-catching Dead Island trailer that exploded upon the internet last month misrepresents the game it was designed to promote.

Notorious Batman nemesis The Penguin is to get a starring role in Sony Online's DC Universe Online MMO with the next title update.

There will be nearly 30 3D-enabled games on the PlayStation 3 by the end of 2011, Sony has promised.

Sony has confirmed to Eurogamer the new MotorStorm: Apocalypse release date of next Thursday, 31st March.

Panic ye not, for Microsoft shall make more Fable and more Halo and more Forza and more Gears of War.

If the previous 10 years of video game design were led by the characters we control, this decade is already being defined by what they wear. Not in terms of fashion; aside from the cut of Bond's tuxedo in Goldeneye, style never had very much to do with shooting games. But in terms of the performance-enhancing abilities they offer our avatars, the identity of many titles now pivots on the suits we are given to wear.

The third chapter in Telltale Games' episodic Back to the Future adventure series launches on PC and Mac next week.

Update: Play.com has issued Eurogamer the following statement attributed to company CEO John Perkins.

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception may have split-screen co-op.

Grand Theft Auto was once known by the provisional title Race'n'Chase and was planned for release on SEGA Saturn and "Ultra 64" (Nintendo 64).

Now we're getting serious. This Friday the Nintendo 3DS and the Apple iPad 2 launch in the UK. Brace yourselves.

UPDATE: Apple has told Eurogamer it is yet to make an announcement on timing.

A Nintendo 3DS can receive demos while dormant via the Wi-Fi connection as you casually stroll past a shop or a "spot" - that's what the SpotPass feature is all about.

Flames, grunts and slow motion bottoms – it is tennis star Serena Williams as we've never seen her before.

The live action Dead Space movie still exists and will happen, its director has insisted.

Downloadable puzzle platformer Trine 2 launches "late summer", publisher Atlus has said.

It's about empowerment. While the Western approach to video game violence most commonly sees the player cowering behind scenery and occasionally peeking out to fire off a few rounds, in Japan they clearly believe attack is the best form of defence. This is what the Warriors games do so well; here, as ever, you're cast as a character in an exceptionally violent historical drama and simply asked to kill people. You jab the Y button, enemies fall over, repeat. And, for a time, it works: you're a one-man army, decimating your foes with just a few button presses, and it feels good.

Fresh content is heading to PC strategy epic Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution next month, publisher THQ has announced.

The 3DS's digital download store won't be available when the new handheld launches on Friday as Nintendo wants to make sure it doesn't make the same mistakes it did with both the Wii and DSi's online shopfronts, according to the system's creator.

Bewitching iOS sonic adventure Superbrothers EP: Sword & Sworcery hits iPad on 24th March with an iPhone release to follow in April, developer Capybara Games has announced.

PC users can finally get their mitts on the First Strike expansion for shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops this Friday, developer Treyarch has announced.

Star Wars: The Old Republic developer BioWare has warned of a number of cyber-bandits advertising paid access to a non-existent beta test for its forthcoming MMO

Nintendo is not concerned by competition from cheap $1 smartphone games and has no plans to lower its software prices accordingly, so says the creator of the 3DS.

UPDATE: Ben Peterson, the design student whose web portfolio is at the centre of the next Xbox in 2015 story currently doing the rounds on the internet, has confirmed to Eurogamer that it's all fake. "I'm a student designer, it's not real..." he told us.

Games for Sony Ericsson's PlayStation-friendly smartphone, the Xperia Play, could cost as much as £10.

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime hits PlayStation Network on 30th March – that's one week after it arrives on Xbox Live Arcade.

Toot your horns and go bananas because a patch for the PC version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has been released.

Quantic Dream's next game could be called Fiv5, domain registrations suggest.

PCs aren't just a bit more powerful than PS3 and Xbox 360 - they're up to 10 times more powerful. So why aren't PC games 10 times their console equivalents? Because of Windows' meddling DirectX API (application programming interface), that's why.

Craig Duncan, a developer who has worked on the Colin McRae and Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing games, has joined Kinect Sports studio Rare.