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It's been three years since Codemasters launched DiRT 2. Back then, rallying was a different beast. Influence from the X-Games and the popularity of Ken Block YouTube videos put the development team on a path to radical commentary and gnarly menu screens.

Activision has decided to resurrect its 20 million-selling platforming adventure game series Spyro the Dragon with the help of toys and augmented reality.

At what point does a knowing tribute just descend into a brazen rip-off? We see a lot of titles in the download and mobile scene that sail perilously close to the wind, at times, but there's a big difference between being 'inspired' by the mechanics of another game, and just lifting them wholesale.

Small French studio Brain Candy is making a PC and Mac game called Fray.

Kinectimals developer David Braben ruffled a few feathers this week when he suggested that game reviewers should be subjected to a Metacritic-like system to judge which of them are the most reliable.

On PC, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood supports multi-monitor displays and stereoscopic 3D output.

As the dust settles on Activision's decision to put an end to its world-famous peripheral-based music franchise Guitar Hero and the difficult work of sacking those who helped create it begins, one question remains: where did it all go wrong?

PC and WiiWare indie darling Cave Story will be re-imagined for 3DS.

Ubisoft Toronto head honcho Jade Raymond reckons social games and mobile gaming have collided so that we "finally have the ability to be like the Borg".

Red Dead Redemption was the most prolific winner at this year's AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences) Interactive Achievement Awards - gaming's equivalent of the Oscars.

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi wishes there was a game that made people think about coming to terms with death.

Cute word-based puzzle game series Scribblenauts has sold 2.5 million copies to date.

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West underperformed because it was released at the wrong time of year, publisher Namco Bandai has claimed.

Blizzard's mysterious Titan MMO won't be a sequel to World of Warcraft, CEO Mike Morhaime has revealed.

Activision has laid off around 50 staffers at Guitar Hero developer Vicarious Visions, reports claim.

Physics-based blaster PixelJunk Shooter 2 launches on PlayStation Network on 2nd March, developer Q Games has announced.

Rock Band developer and original Guitar Hero creator Harmonix has paid tribute to Activision's recently axed franchise - and encouraged users to hop on over to its brand.

Earlier this week, Fox News ran a colourful piece on Epic's OTT shooter Bulletstorm, in which the game was accused of, among other things, helping to breed a generation of rapists.

Earlier today we learned that Requiem For a Dream composer Clint Mansell is scoring Mass Effect 3, taking over from series mainstay Jack Wall. Why the change? Well, it was just time to move on, Wall has revealed.

Jade, plucky photo-journalist and guardian to a lighthouse full of orphans, was never a pin-up heroine. With her short shock of black hair, loose trousers, furrowed brow and smear of green lipstick, she always exuded a tomboyish quality. She seemed at odds with gaming's ever-fashionable, always sassy big-titted female protagonists.

A full list of Killzone 3 trophies – minus a few hidden awards – is now available for your perusal.

A number of vendors are now offering Nintendo's forthcoming 3DS handheld for under £200.

The bodycount from Activision's house-cleaning exercise yesterday continues to mount up, with LA-based 7 Studios the latest confirmed dead.

DJ Hero developer Freestyle Games has broken its silence on Activision's closure of the Guitar Hero business.

Want to play upcoming three-on-three fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3 with its officially-licensed fighting stick? Then there's only one place you can buy it.

Would a female warrior really charge at the opposing ranks wearing a metal Basque, boobs wobbling enticingly and legs flashing alluringly?

The 10-game shortlist for this year's public vote prize at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards was announced this morning.

You can influence future Fable projects at Lionhead by filling out a survey.

UPDATE: As some of you rightly pointed out, Popcap Hits is not the first ever collection of Xbox Live games made available in a box at retail. Instead, it's "the first ever collection of Xbox Live titles to be available from a single developer as a boxed collection at retail." Phew!

The first thing you notice about Resistance 3 is that it's brown. Utterly, overwhelmingly, gloriously brown. At a time when grimy beige levels have become a derided shooter cliché, there's something delightfully perverse about Insomniac's decision to show off its new game with what is quite possibly the brownest gaming experience in history. What makes it more impressive is that it totally works, and makes perfect sense in context.