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LucasArts' action game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II will be released in the UK on 29th October, Activision's announced.

Nobody could accuse NetDevil of being unambitious. Three-and-a-half years in development, LEGO Universe is an attempt to graft the framework of a full MMORPG onto a plastic chassis designed to appeal to kids.

And all of a sudden there are more fighting games than we know what to do with. Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Dead or Alive: Dimensions, King of Fighters, BlazBlue, and now, after a decade's hiatus, a new Marvel vs. Capcom game.

Earlier this week, I introduced possibly the world's most ardent PlayStation 3 zealot to the Xbox Live Indie Channel. After he'd finished furrowing his brow at the prospect of being sullied by something connected to Microsoft, the penny dropped. Hours passed, ridiculous games came and went (including the unforgettably bad Adventures Of Captain Becky), and the mood changed to something altogether more convivial. "I'm going to have to buy one of these, aren't I?" he scowled.

Gaikai, the cloud computing service helmed by David Perry, is on track for a mid-December release.

After numerous polls Capcom has decided to sell the Alternative Edition of Resident Evil 5 as DLC this spring. That's what you wanted, apparently.

Good Old Games has snapped up another vintage RPG: Icewind Dale.

The Game of the Year Edition of Gearbox Software's excellent shooter Borderlands will be released in the UK on Friday, 15th October, 2K Games has confirmed.

Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for Wii and Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for DS will be released this November.

Ubisoft has finally stamped a concrete date on the PC and Wii versions of Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2.

Konami will release a free update for Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 on Tuesday, 12th October.

Critics of WRC ace Sebastien Loeb – who has just won his seventh consecutive world title – will point out that the Frenchman has dominated an era that has seen the sport regress, with a competitive field somewhat lacking in the greatness of the past: no Vatanens, Mikkolas, Kankkunens, Sainzs or Mäkinens, say.

Shigeru Miyamoto has explained that the evolution of technology is what kept Mario fresh. Had videogames been a stationary medium like books, then Mario would have departed a long time ago.

In part, the problem's with the title. The Front Mission name has always been synonymous with the Japanese tactical RPG: a futuristic robot version of chess, all giant bipedal tanks blowing the limbs from one another with ponderous missile attacks planned in between sips of tea and head-scratching.

MMO developer Turbine has said that The Lord of the Rings Online has doubled the amount of money it's bringing in and earned a million new account registrations since it relaunched as a free-to-play game last month.

It will be at least five years before we can have proper conversations with AI-driven on-screen characters, according to Rare.

Too Human and Eternal Darkness creator Silicon Knights is the developer behind X-Men: Destiny.

Good news for those who pre-ordered a copy of Duke Nukem Forever at some point in the last decade - you will indeed get your money's worth.

A new patch for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will tweak the Zerg race to make them a more tempting proposition, developer Blizzard has announced.

Blizzard's Battle.net project director Greg Canessa has hinted that the next StarCraft II episode, Heart of the Swarm, is currently scheduled for release in early 2012.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed the 3DS will come with a special charger cradle.

Microsoft experimented with more traditional motion-controllers before settling on Kinect's hands-free approach, it has been revealed.

Legendary movie director Steven Spielberg is contemplating snapping up the film rights to the Halo franchise, if Hollywood chitter-chatter is to be believed.

The Wii Remote Plus – an updated version of the Wii controller incorporating the MotionPlus add-on – will go on sale in Japan on 11th November, Nintendo has announced.

Will Wright, the creator of Sim City, The Sims and Spore, has lifted the lid on his next project – an interactive TV show where viewers decide what happens next.

Plans for a World of Warcraft movie are on ice after director Sam Raimi announced he has decided to start work on a new Wizard of Oz movie instead.

There will be a Killzone 3 beta, but only for people who subscribe to PlayStation Plus.

Kratos' brother Deimos will soon be playable in God of War III.

More than 12 million people subscribe to fantasy role-playing MMO World of Warcraft, developer Blizzard has announced.