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Sidhe has revealed that its excellent PS3 arcade game Shatter will be arriving on PC in "the coming weeks", according to Joystiq.

Internet sleuth Superannuation has tuned up a United States Copyright Office filing which appears to suggest that PS3 interactive drama Heavy Rain has been optioned for a film adaptation.

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer apparently hinted at new form factors for Xbox 360 during a University of Washington Q&A last Thursday.

Just Cause 2 is a game that pushes all the right buttons for us here at Digital Foundry. Proprietary engine? Check. Scandinavian developer? Check. Colossal open world? Ingenius physics-based gameplay? Epoch-making pyrotechnics? Check, check, check!

Sean Murray and Grant Duncan are patient men. They have waited a long time. Not just to start up their own studio with friends Ryan Doyle and David Ream - the friendly sounding and reassuringly friendly Hello Games. Not just to get people in front of their first game - Joe Danger, a charming mixture of platforming, trial biking and seventies hand-organs. And not just for a publisher to help them settle on a distribution mechanism for their dream game.

Peter Molyneux has moved to dampen fears over Project Natal lag, insisting there have been "countless revisions of cameras and countless revisions of software" since the demo units shown to press and celebrities in recent weeks were produced.

Apple's given the iPad a 3rd April US release date. Other countries will get the tablet device in "late April".

Tecmo Koei is bringing Fist of the North Star to Europe this summer.

Sony, unhappy at Apple's dominance, may be busy developing smart phones that can download PSP games and an iPad competitor that will combine PSP, Sony Reader and netbook functionality.

Ubisoft's new Prince of Persia game, The Forgotten Sands, will be released on PC in June.

Hello Games has announced that it will release Joe Danger first on PS3.

Sony America has patented the wacky idea of degradable demos.

Monster Hunter creators Ryozo Tsujimoto and Kaname Fujioka have said the game isn't seen as a hardcore title in Japan - more of a typical action adventure.

Kenka Bancho 4: Ichinen Sensou, a new PSP beat-'em-up by Spike, has topped the Japanese software chart.

On WiiWare today you'll find Mega Man 10, Capcom's new and retro-styled instalment in the platform series. A new adventure awaits for 1000 Wii Points (£7/€10).

Lovably crazy game director and Grasshopper Manufacture studio chief Goichi Suda, a.k.a. Suda 51, has said he wants to make a movie adaptation as his next project. He's talking to similarly barmy Japanese cineaste and performance poet Sono Sion, director of Suicide Circle and Love Exposure, about making a game of his next film.

GamesIndustry.biz, the trade arm of the Eurogamer Network, recently completed the next step in its evolution toward greater support for the videogames business with the implementation of a full registration system.

God of War creator and industry loudmouth David Jaffe has suggested on his blog that Sony should "send a sternly worded legal letter" to Microsoft over its vehicle combat game Scrap Metal.

Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil series, has explained the thinking behind the setting for his next title.

Microsoft is rewarding loyal Halo 2 fans with presents as both a thank you and a "sorry" for turning the game's multiplayer servers off.

Platinum Games has confirmed that Vanquish, the new third-person shooter being overseen by Shinji Mikami, won't feature any multiplayer modes.

The lawsuit filed by Jason West and Vince Zampella against Activision referred to the publisher's "astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed", and claimed that the investigation leading to the duo's dismissal was more of an "inquisition".

Ubisoft has announced that it'll be making its entry into two more sports game genres this year with Shaun White Skateboarding and Pure Football.

This week's "surprise Sony sequel" reveal has turned out to be SOCOM 4.

EA Partners has signed up DeathSpank and Shank for release on multiple download platforms this year.

Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella were allegedly in contact with the likes of Electronic Arts prior to their dismissal earlier this week.

The rumours are true. Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 isn't anywhere near as impressive as it is on PlayStation 3. The real kicker is that it's a lot worse than it should have been.

It's tempting to portray Final Fantasy at a crossroads: stumbling, after three unusually long years, into an unfamiliar landscape of multi-platform releases and a weak Japanese gaming industry, and onto a generation of console hardware that was already middle-aged by the time the great series showed up. Role-playing games have been scattered to the four winds of American sci-fi, pocket monster hunting, genre crossover and MMOs, and you might assume that Final Fantasy needed to do something to redefine itself.

The European PlayStation Store has been updated with a bundle of new demos, videos and downloadable content packs.

Namco Bandai has announced that Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood will be released for PSP in Europe this summer.