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Move-enabled, on-rails blast 'em up The Shoot has a 19th October US release date in its sights for PlayStation 3, Sony has revealed.

Super Stardust HD creator Housemarque's confirmed online co-op for its upcoming PlayStation Network-exclusive zombie kill-em-up Dead Nation.

Ken Levine has revealed that he rejected the opportunity to work with a "very talented" film director on a game.

ZeniMax Media already owns Bethesda, id Software and Arkane Studios - but the Maryland monster isn't sated yet.

Gears of War 3 fans will get to try out the recently-delayed third-person shooter for free months before it's released with a multiplayer beta, Epic Games has announced.

There's something of an aura - a level of profound expectation - surrounding Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Maybe because it's been so long since the last truly classic game in the series. Perhaps because the pre-release trailers and screenshots have looked so pretty, and the game features some seriously impressive engine tech. Or maybe it's the curiosity factor of a Western developer taking on the epoch-making series under the watchful eye of Kojima Productions.

Gorgeous Wii-exclusive platformer Kirby's Epic Yarn was originally called Fluff's Yarn and didn't feature Kirby at all.

EA's recent victory against trademark hound Tim Langdell was "extremely good news" for the developer of iPhone puzzle game EDGE, but the war "it is not over yet".

Activision's sent out a bare-bones press release to announce the development of X-Men: Destiny.

Japanese game company Capcom told Devil May Cry developer Ninja Theory to "go crazy" with the design of the rebooted Dante.

Aventurine has unleashed a massive new expansion for MMO Darkfall that will graphically overhaul the entire world of Agon.

The fate of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series may not be all doom and gloom after all.

Wii game Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition will release in Europe on 3rd December, Nintendo's announced.

SEGA has removed Sonic games with average Metacritic scores from shop shelves to combat franchise fatigue.

Sony Online Entertainment has told Kotaku that it's working on a Mac port of its popular kids' MMO Free Realms, and that the long-promised PS3 version of the game is "still definitely coming".

The iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch version of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is out now.

Blizzard has published the schedule and panel descriptions for this year's BlizzCon fan convention, which takes place on 22nd and 23rd October in its usual venue of the Anaheim Convention Center south of Los Angeles.

Deep Silver has announced global release dates for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 racer Nail'd.

SEGA has announced plans to release a new instalment in the Shenmue series.

You can't import Dragon Age: Origins characters into Dragon Age 2, but your old saves will shape the world you play in.

Nintendo has announced plans to release a shiny red iteration of the Wii.

Electronic Arts and Hothead Games have announced that DeathSpank will be released for PC and Mac on 26th October.

Microsoft is bundling stuffed Kinectimals toys with special edition copies of the game for its November launch, according to US retail listings.

Sony has explained how the Facebook integration quietly introduced to PlayStation 3 by firmware 3.50 might manifest itself in future games.

Four DLC Theme Packs for zombie smash-em-up Dead Rising 2 will be released over the course of the next month, Capcom's announced.

Nintendo DS adventure Kingdom Hearts Re:coded will be released in Europe on 14th January 2011, Square Enix has announced.

Activision is giving away a copy of DJ Hero 1 to anybody that buys the DJ Hero 2 Party or Turntable bundles.

So, boom! Activision opens its secret payload to deliver a special Christmas tech megaton - Call Of Duty: Black Ops will hit in proper, stereoscopic 3D. That was the news being blasted out as I sat in a swish New York hotel last week, expensive electrical glasses perched on nose. Expectations were high and for the most part, Activision didn't disappoint.

A DJ Hero 2 demo is the most interesting piece of content added to the PlayStation Store today. Will the full game be any good? Should be, the first one was. Does anyone care? Can't say, but this could be the last attempt if the answer is no.

Torfi Frans Olafsson, the creative director of EVE Online, doesn't answer to a board of a dozen faceless suits. He answers to 330,000 paying subscribers and their elected representatives, the Council of Stellar Management.