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The past couple of years have seen a decline in the number of mods finding their way to completion. Partly this is because of the demanding nature of host games, such as the graphically complex Crysis or Unreal Tournament III, and partly it's because of the indie gaming boom.

Early on during the PR spiel for Guardian of Light, some of the games listed as sources of inspiration leave me a bit thrown.

As soon as I heard that they were remaking Clash of the Titans, I knew there'd be a videogame. Obviously. So I booked a flight to South America, chartered a boat up the Amazon and tracked down the Tagaeri, a remote tribe that has had virtually no contact with the modern world. I made a bet with them, to see what they thought the Clash of the Titans videogame would be like. They said, "Probably another mediocre God of War rip-off, with giant boss monsters and probably a few quick-time events".

Bizarre Creations' Blur is a hugely significant release for the Liverpool-based studio. The first game to be released since the company's acquisition by industry giant Activision Blizzard, it's also the firm's first racing title since the epochal Project Gotham Racing 4.

First come the historians and then, increasingly, come the game designers: the second waves to break on the shorelines of our recent history. Just so long as that history's violent, obviously. Just so long as it has options for cover systems and alternate fire modes.

Now then. It has come to my attention that there is another mandatory holiday next Monday, 31st May, and that this means Eurogamer staff do not intend to come to the office and do the enormous number of things I demand they usually do (such as coming to the office).

Japanese films have used raven-haired children to scare us senseless for years, but it wasn't until Monolith's F.E.A.R. that a similar approach was used in a first-person shooter. The result was a psychologically creepy game that had a considerable impact. And predictably, that meant sequels.

Warner Bros. has unveiled F.E.A.R. 3 for an autumn release on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Team17 has released an iPad version of Worms that costs three Queen's English pounds.

Disney has clarified that the Toy Story 3 game will be released in the UK on 16th July. The film arrives here in July [that's the rumour, thanks folks below -Ed].

The new Guitar Hero is indeed subtitled Warriors of Rock and will be released on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

Lost Planet 2 has topped the Japan chart on PS3, shifting 85,000 units in a week.

Since we reviewed it in March last year, Demon's Souls has gone from potential cult hit to wildly acclaimed classic, earning itself a US and, soon, European release, several Game of the Year accolades and thousands more enthusiastic disciples. It is one of the greatest unlikely success stories of modern gaming, and proof of the power of community in the internet age.

Insomniac Games, the maker of PlayStation hits Ratchet & Clank and Resistance, has signed a multiplatform publishing deal with EA Partners. In other words, the studio is making a completely new IP that will be on Xbox 360 as well. That news broke yesterday; the internet was drowned in exclamation marks.

"Lone warrior battles supernatural creatures with a whip." As high concepts go, that's a pretty straightforward one - and a familiar one to anybody who's played a Castlevania game before. Konami's much-loved action-adventure series has been going for almost 25 years, and is now set to continue with PS3 and Xbox 360 title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

While all the attention this week will be on the release of the much-vaunted iPad, what better than to completely ignore it in this week's roundup? To be blunt, most of what we're seeing on Apple's slab at present is, politely, shovelware. It's quite lovely upscaled shovelware in many cases, admittedly, but few games of note are taking advantage of what the system can do in any meaningful way.

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The sequel to under-loved Wii game de Blob will be subtitled Underground and be released in spring 2011.

Atari/Namco Bandai has started taking names for the Test Drive Unlimited 2 online beta.

Star Wars: The Old Republic uses an Affection system for Companion Characters "loosely" based on the one used in Dragon Age.

A new study by research firm NPD has found that the average age of gamers is now 32.

Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce believes that everyone who has a crack at StarCraft II should be able to get into it because the game accommodates players on a number of levels.

Rockstar has said it plans to produce more downloadable content for Red Dead Redemption following the release of the Outlaws to the End co-op pack in June.

Ubisoft is busy making a "whole new version" of Driver at its Reflections studio in Newcastle.

Ubisoft has registered domain names for Assassin's Creed and Driver that may point to the names of upcoming instalments.

Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for the West.

505 Games' interpretation of hit musical Grease is coming to Wii and DS this September.

Guild Wars 2 players will be asked "several detailed questions" about their character's personality, history and background that will shape their personal stories, their homes and the way they interact with NPCs.

"Phew!" That's what all the publishers with games out this week are thinking, because as keen observers of release date trends well know, they've all been engaged in a kind of "reverse Gareth Barry" - trying to get out of the way of the real-life football World Cup, which kicks off on 11th June.

Apple has surpassed Microsoft as the world's most valuable technology company.