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So far in our 2010 preview we've covered shooters and racing games, dabbled in the instant thrills of fighting, puzzle and arcade games and settled in for the long haul in what looks like a big year for MMOs and RPGs. In tomorrow's final instalment, we'll look at one genre to rule them all and another that's making a healthy comeback. Today, however, it's all about tactics and accuracy (and sibilant alliteration) as we explore strategy, simulation and sports games.

Empire: Total War was sloppy. Can we reach a consensus here? Even anyone who loved it - and for all its flaws we loved it enough to give it 9/10 - would admit its bugs were "a shame", the combat pathfinding "temperamental", the AI "distracted", the tutorials "lightweight" and its manual "environmentally considerate". It wasn't quite all style and no substance, but perhaps all style and a gelatinous, gloopy substance that you have to cut out if it gets in your hair.

DICE has told Eurogamer there is "no profit" made from forcing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 players to rent dedicated servers instead of building their own.

Nintendo's Wii and DS have broken single-month US sales records for their performance throughout December.

A Game of the Year edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum is on the way.

Sonic & SEGA's All-Star Racing will be released for DS, PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 on 26th February.

Nintendo's announced plans to release DS nonogram puzzler Picross 3D on 5th March in Europe.

SEGA has revealed a 26th February release date for Napoleon: Total War and Napoleon: Total War - Imperial Edition.

Thanks to the infinite variety of videogames, no two weeks are ever the same. Take this week and last week, for example. Fresh from running, jumping, exploring and hacking things up in both Bayonetta and Darksiders, this week we emerge into the worlds of Army of Two: The 40th Day and Serious Sam HD on Xbox Live Arcade.

The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for the 2009 Videogame Writing awards.

Former Electronic Arts exec Mitch Lasky has taken a pop at his old employers, claiming they've got it all wrong when it comes to, well, everything.

Graphmongers the NPD Group have announced the US games market was down 8 per cent last year.

Data trackers NPD have announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 was the best-selling game in the US last year.

The absence of Beyond Good & Evil 2 from any of Ubisoft's financial chatter raised questions - but fear not, the sequel is still in development.

Capcom has said it chose to delay Dark Void from September until January because it didn't want to run into Halo 3: ODST at retail.

Former Electronic Arts exec Mitch Lasky has said that the Madden publisher has the wrong business targets, team and cost structure, and its digital and distribution business is the only successful division in the company, our sister site GamesIndustry.biz reports.

BioWare has said it is uncertain when troubled Dragon Age DLC Return to Ostagar will be released on any format following yesterday's second snafu.

Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has declared that Gran Turismo 5 doesn't use all of the PlayStation 3's power.

Ubisoft's told Eurogamer that prizes for the Assassin's Creed II Live by the Creed promotion will be sent out "within the next week".

UNO's on the PlayStation Store this week for £6.29/€7.99. It's a card game for you and your friends. There's not much else to say, apart from that Ellie praised the game on Xbox Live Arcade.

Reggie Fils-Aime has reassured/upset Nintendo fans by promising them that the Wii will be around for years to come.

Irrational Games has recalled how in 2005 the developer was pitching zombies and not Big Daddies to publishers.

Ubisoft has told Eurogamer that Splinter Cell: Conviction was delayed to add "a bit more polish", and not because Q1 2010 is unconventionally bursting with big-name releases.

SouthPeak's bringing PS3 exclusive 3D Dot Game Heroes to Europe in May.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li has won the Golden Tomato award for being the worst-rated film of 2009.

Rising Star's revealed a European date of 12th February for PSP game Half-Minute Hero.

Valve's unveiled the Team Fortress 2 Contribution Site, where members of the community can make and share weapons and hats and items for use in game.

Warner Bros. has signed an agreement to produce a new series of games based on classic kids' TV show Sesame Street.

The final bit of business revealed by Ubisoft's financial report is that new instalments in two of its best-selling franchises are on the way.

Activision's record-breaking Modern Warfare 2 has crashed past the $1bn mark after only two months on sale.