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EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup has made a fleeting appearance in the Japanese software chart this week.

A petition with 73,000 signatures has convinced the German government not to ban violent videogames after all.

Steam has added in-game Prima guides to its long list of offerings.

NinjaBee and J. Kentworthy have announced a 16th June release for Ancients of Ooga on Xbox Live Arcade.

It's an exciting week for fans of videogames. Not least because, now that we have solved the volcano problem once and for all (by changing the rules about how much engine-destroying ash it's okay to fly into), press trips will stop being cancelled so we'll be able to write about more exciting games. But also, obviously, because this is a lean, powerful week for new releases. If there is octane, it is high.

StarCraft II is to be released in an edited version in South Korea to avoid an adults-only rating.

Paramount has announced a new Top Gun game for PC, PS3 and Mac.

BioWare has revealed that Hoth, the iconic ice planet of the Star Wars universe, will feature in its MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani has said that he originally designed the lovable character to appeal to women.

Irrational Games has posted nine pages of the original BioShock pitch document on its website, revealing a game quite unlike the finished, multi-award-winning article.

Gabe Newell has suggested that Valve won't support PS3 any time soon, despite Chet Faliszek's hopeful sentiments shared earlier this year.

SEGA has decided to "extend the development of" Sonic the Hedghehog 4: Episode 1. The download game will now be released in "late 2010" instead of this summer.

BioWare's Casey Hudson has said that the controversial mining mini-game from Mass Effect 2 will not be thrown out for the third game in the series.

Let's talk a little about meaning. Meaning's important. Take the word "chronicles", for example. What does that suggest to you? An ongoing saga, perhaps. A record of some event so epic that it can only be told one piece at a time. Majestic myths, tales too big to be constrained between Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After. What it doesn't suggest is something you can finish off in about an hour.

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is taking his trendy self to London.

The Creative Assembly's studio in Brisbane, Australia is working on a London Olympic Games title according to a source close to the developer.

According to Steve Jobs himself, the iPad offers "freedom from porn," which is an interesting remark to make about a device that positively redefines the notion of gadget porn. To own one right now is to abandon yourself to shameless, unfettered lust for something you probably don't need.

EA is offering Skate 3 owners a code to unlock Dead Space hero Isaac Clarke in their game.

Yesterday's new Xbox Live Arcade additions were Metal Slug XX and Aqua.

Google has unveiled its own app store that allows you to install and run games straight from a browser.

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has moved to calm speculation about an Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Def Jam Rapstar will feature territory-exclusive tracks when launched on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 this autumn.

Xbox Live Game Room has been updated with a fresh batch of games.

Portal has been downloaded 1.5 million times since Valve made it free last week to promote the launch of Steam for the Mac.

Deadline reports that Unique Features is the top bidder in an auction of the film rights for PS3 thriller Heavy Rain.

Rockstar has said it is working on a patch to resolve issues with Red Dead Redemption multiplayer.

BioWare has rolled out patch for the PS3 version of Dragon Age: Origins.

Q-Games boss Dylan Cuthbert has confirmed that a sequel to PSN gem PixelJunk Shooter is in "full production", and that a demo of the first game will be released this month.

Nintendo of Europe has received plenty of stick in the past over interminable delays to PAL releases and other titles never getting a release on these shores. In recent years, things have changed a bit: we got Mario Kart Wii a day after Japan and two weeks before anyone else in the world. US gamers, meanwhile, harrumph in Reggie Fils-Aime's general direction over the non-appearance of niche titles like Disaster: Day of Crisis and Another Code: R.

Blizzard is beta testing the Remote Auction House for World of Warcraft, which will allow players to bid on and sell items via an iPhone or iPod Touch or a web browser.