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The European Star Trek Online beta has officially begun.

Microsoft's Robbie Bach has revealed that "something like 70 or 80 per cent of the publishers in the world" are making games for Natal.

Update: In related news, Sony Europe has said that the delay is "only applicable for the Japanese market".

Sony Europe has said that Gran Turismo 5's latest delay is "only applicable for the Japanese market", although the platform holder also declined to estimate when the game will be released.

Nintendo has filed an application to trademark the name Wii Relax in the US.

Namco Bandai is releasing a Tekken 6 patch on 18th January to enable online co-op during the Scenario Campaign.

While EA is publicly backing Tiger Woods, the publisher is reportedly polling people to see whether the golfer's infamous "mistakes off the course", to borrow Peter Moore's phrase, will affect sales of its games.

Capcom is promising not to treat Natal as a "gimmick", and has revealed that a "gamer's game" is in development for the motion-sensing Xbox 360 camera.

BioWare has confirmed that it is "targeting" spring 2011 for the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

If an artform comes of age when it starts getting self-reflexive, then games like this, Half-Minute Hero and Retro Game Challenge suggest that we're definitely getting there.

In honour of Rowntree's Randoms, which I'm currently struggling to overcome a soul-crushing love for, we've ditched themes for this instalment of the iPhone Roundup, in favour of a selection of games that capture the almost frightening range of the App Store. Be warned: there are some obscure genres like flying, shooting and sports in the five titles that follow, but I've also thrown in some more traditional offerings, like finger-powered heretic-smiting and at least one good ol' needle-threading sim.

Brilliant zombie mash-up Dead Rising will lurch onto Xbox Live's Games on Demand service on 26th January.

Konami's Xbox Live Arcade game Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement will be released 20th January. A date for the PSN version hasn't been announced.

THQ's punched out a 28th May UK street date for UFC 2010 Undisputed.

THQ has dated Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II expansion Chaos Rising for 12th March 2010.

Update: Capcom's just announced that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney will be released on European WiiWare this Friday.

The Forza Motorsport 3 AutoWeek Car Show Pack is due out today, introducing the 10 hottest new motors coming out in 2010.

Tom writes: A lot of websites would have looked back at the last year's annual preview feature series and decided to recycle it. After all, it was a good format, provoked lots of debate and allowed us to be all aloof and pretentious and that.

Sony has revealed that over one million gamers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand have downloaded the GT Academy Time Trial since launch on 17th December.

From the duck-and-cover flanking gameplay, to making co-op a pivotal part of the design, to the bullish machismo of the main characters, the original Army of Two was a clear attempt to create an all-formats rival to Gears of War. That it only partially succeeded is probably down to the problems of trying to create something distinctive within the confines of a rigid genre formula, but there was certainly a promising shooter lukring beneath the slightly wonky control map, occasionally flaky AI and endless whooping fist-bumps.

Rogue Warrior developer Rebellion Derby is to be closed down.

Namco Bandai's announced a summer release for PSP game Ace Combat Joint Assault.

THQ has announced UFC 2010 Undisputed in a short video that features muscles and fists.

GAME's been taking pre-orders for the God of War III Ultimate Trilogy edition since last night.

The infamous Red Ring of Death suffered by many Xbox 360s has a surprising silver lining: it catches thieves.

Charles Cecil's Revolution Software has announced Broken Sword: The Director's Cut, which will be released on the App Store "within a month".

Andrew Ryan, the Citizen Kane of the seabed, forever railing against conformity, against predictability, against the things that hold men back from greatness: what would he think about sequels?

Bungie's shown Halo: Reach and revealed an impressive new engine that is far and away the best the series has seen.

Exploding Fist or IK? Not a mishap in the perfume branding factory, but a high-kicking battle for the C64 fighting crown. With both games released within the space of a few months, predictable arguments raged as to which was better. System 3's IK sequel silenced these disputes, squeezing a third fighter on-screen and including a bonus section based around the ancient art of wielding a dustbin lid. Debate over.

The Heroes Of Might & Magic series has always been something of a triumph of gameplay over graphics, with an addictive combination of role-playing and strategy elements overcoming the antiquated visuals. With Heroes IV the franchise has had something of a make-over, sporting updates to both graphics and gameplay, but sadly the changes aren't always for the best.