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Konami is bringing three big-budget blockbusters to the Eurogamer Expo 2010: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Def Jam Rapstar and SAW II: Flesh & Blood. And they'll be playable - all three before their UK release.

It's a typically peaceful Monday lunchtime in the pub closest to Zombie Cow's Kingston HQ. Two grey-haired pensioners nuzzle sandwiches in the corner, while at the bar two businessmen mutter about a particularly important deal that may, or may not, be on the table. It's all rather serene, but that's nothing compared to the silence that descends after chief ZC developer Dan Marshall opens his trap. The phrase, "I think I'm most proud of the ascent through the anus," is something that no-one present will ever manage to un-hear.

PC, PSN and XBLA game Faery: Legends of Avalon has revealed itself.

Gameloft's touched-up version of vintage platformer Earthworm Jim is out today on PS3 for £7.99/€9.99.

In theory, massively multiplayer gaming isn't a genre. It's everything else - a business model (or several), a technological framework, a social philosophy. There's little to dictate that MMOs have to fit a particular style of design or gameplay.

In 2011, THQ will introduce the West to a different kind of WWE game.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's sort of cel-shaded art style was chosen to highlight the "exaggerated characteristics" of the game's characters, Zelda mega man Eiji Aonuma has said.

The Wii is the best console for platform games because it's got a more casual and nostalgic audience, the creator of Wii-exclusive platformer Flip's Twisted World has said.

The dance videogame Michael Jackson: The Experience will sell a million copies, Ubisoft reckons.

EverQuest II is the latest subscription MMO to jump on the free-to-play bandwagon. Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it's to launch a free service called EverQuest II Extended later this year.

EA has secured the worldwide debut of Linkin Park's new single "The Catalyst" for a Medal of Honor video.

US videogame shop GameStop has bought browser gaming hub Kongregate.

Along with yesterday's launch of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty came the opening of the game's official forums on Battle.net. Rooting around in the technical support folders has revealed the current state of play with the game's launch bugs and detailed advice on its system requirements and compatibility.

Activision's new Transformers game - War For Cybertron - has been given four new multiplayer maps and five new playable characters.

Disney has snapped up social game developer Playdom in a $563.2 million deal that could rise to $763.2 million based on future performance.

Irrational Games has teased the forthcoming announcement of its new game, codenamed Project Icarus.

PlayStation 3-exclusive shooter MAG is set to receive a patch next month.

PopCap has decided to bin the Michael Jackson-inspired enemy in Plants vs. Zombies after the late singer's estate got in touch about it.

Fairytale Fights publisher Playlogic has denied it's going bankrupt despite suffering huge losses.

You can forgive Nintendo for leaving 3D alone for more than a decade after the brain- and eye-breaking abomination that was the Virtual Boy. This time, they really have got it right. The 3DS needs to be played to be believed, and a post-E3 showcase this afternoon gave us the chance to have some hands-on time with the handheld's first playable demos.

Ubisoft has firmly dated Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 and R.U.S.E. in an updated schedule.

Jagex chief Mark Gerhard believes success has brought arrogance to Blizzard. He told Eurogamer that the World of Warcraft and StarCraft II maker now appears to be giving "two fingers up" to a democratised community.

Update: Capcom has moved to quell growing anger over PlayStation Move support being limited to the Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.

Order has been restored. Following last week's mutinous No Toms edition of the podcast, this week Tom Bramwell is back in the host's throne for nearly an hour of exciting discussion about Xbox Live darling Limbo, Street Fighter X Tekken X Tekken X Street Fighter Etc and other exciting topics. Exciting.

We are told to do many things in videogames. Slay zombie hordes. Battle within the intestine of a giant worm. Prevent thermonuclear armageddon. Get fruity with aliens. I'm not sure we've ever been instructed by a game to "shoot those fucking c****" before, though. It's strangely liberating.

EA Sports will stuff a comprehensive Street mode into the Wii version of FIFA 11.

Blizzard's plan to force gamers to use their real names when posting in its forum - and its subsequent backtrack - was a "process" that "worked", the US game creator has said.

Last night, outside GAME's flagship store on Oxford Street, London, hundreds of PC gamers queued to buy Blizzard's real-time strategy sequel StarCraft II. It wasn't exactly chaos - more like orderly enthusiasm - but it was fun nonetheless.

Capcom aims to release its big hitters like Resident Evil more frequently, and will outsource to the West to do it, according to a report.

Activision has named another batch of songs that will appear in this autumn's Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.