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Silver members of Xbox Live will be able to experience Left 4 Dead 2 multiplayer next weekend for free.

Glen Schofield, creator of Dead Space, has said the first game for Activision at his Sledgehammer studio will be "quite unique" and "bring something new and exciting to our fans".

Ruffian Games has revealed that the Pacific City of Crackdown 2 isn't just broader and more diverse than its predecessor, but towers over it as well.

The games industry's most luminescent luminaries are predicting Halo: Reach will be the biggest selling title of 2010.

EA Sports has made official the hiring of NBA Jam creator Mark Turmell.

Square Enix's North American arm yesterday said it had slated Nier for a spring release. It's not confirmed if this also applies to Europe; we've contacted Square Enix to find out.

The next instalment in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series will not be developed by old hands Infinity Ward.

Vigil plans to patch the Xbox 360 version of Darksiders as soon as possible to reduce the amount of screen tearing.

This week's PlayStation Store refresher offers a demo version of Dark Void, due out for the Sony console and Xbox 360 on 22nd January, among other treats.

Several months ago, I buried John Romero. I dug a little hole for him in the garden, covered it with dirt, and said a few poignant words over the spiteful-but-soothing strains of Paul McCartney's Too Many People. It was an emotional moment for me, because I really loved the guy. We'd had some great times together: the time, for instance, that his home was destroyed and we went out to get a new one. Or the time he chased his girlfriend around for over an hour, before finally taking a nap in the miniature Taj Mahal nearby. Mostly, though, I just remember him pressing his face up to the water jet, his jet-black, silky, slimy mane billowing out like a raven's wing. He was a spectacular goldfish.

Microsoft's announced the pricing for the newly announced Game Room for Xbox Live and Games for Windows - Live.

Sony's given God of War III a concrete Japanese date of 25th March 2010.

Retailer HMV has clarified to Eurogamer that Heavy Rain's release date - listed on HMV.com as 26th February - is actually still unconfirmed.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, Project Natal will launch in a cut-down format, omitting the originally planned onboard processor, which will see its workload hived off to the Xbox 360's CPU.

The joke, so it goes among Final Fantasy's legions of hecklers, is that aside from some new belts, buckles and hairspray nothing ever really changes in Japan's most misleadingly-titled RPG franchise. Rather, each subsequent release echoes the preceding one in both form and function, the aged, crumbly mechanics that drive each game merely obfuscated by ever more dazzling CGI.

Sony's pledged to enable stereoscopic 3D on PlayStation 3 this year via a firmware update, and has shown the fruits of its endeavours this week at CES 2010.

Capcom has sent out a statement explaining it has not deserted Nintendo's Wii and is committed to a multi-platform - not just PS3 and Xbox 360 - future.

Microsoft has dropped a chip from its forthcoming Natal motion control system to save money, according to our sister site GamesIndustry.biz.

Sony's told Eurogamer that a release date for Heavy Rain remains unconfirmed, despite numerous retailers - including those with Special Edition deals - backing 26th February as the PS3 game's UK arrival.

I've been having a lot of weird dreams recently. You know the sort - when you've been playing a game obsessively and its processes become so deeply infused with your thoughts that they infiltrate your consciousness at a very base level, giving you abstract and repetitive night terrors about making colourful elves stand in lines behind deer in dresses.

No one can apparently pimp a PC mouse like Mad Catz can - not even Tim Westwood.

Mutant Storm creators PomPom Games are releasing a PSP Mini called Alien Zombie Death.

BioWare has explained how you will be able to approach upcoming Dragon Age expansion Awakening either as a new character or using an existing one.

A galaxy of Hollywood stars have come out to show their support for videogames, which they believe represent an exciting and culturally valuable addition to the spectrum of entertainment not to mention a way to get more money.

Microsoft has said that Alan Wake will be supported by additional downloadable episodes on Xbox Live following release.

Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John has hinted that there may be a future for Duke Nukem Forever - by saying nothing at all. St. John implied that he was bound to silence because something is still afoot.

The PlayStation 3 enjoyed a global boost in sales over the festive period, according to Sony.

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has announced plans to expand the PlayStation Network to cover other products.

Microsoft has announced a new Xbox Live and Games for Windows - Live feature called Game Room, which is due for launch this spring.

Sony has come up with a way of ramming even more data onto a Blu-ray disc, according to a Japanese tech report.