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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.

Hollywood producer Mike De Luca has said plans to bring Metal Gear Solid to the big screen have stalled.

EA chief executive John Riccitiello has said that the publisher is planning to release a "major MMO" in "spring 2011".

James Cameron has hit out at critics who claimed Avatar was reminiscent of Halo, joking that he invented the stuff Halo was ripping off in the first place.

A new version of classic boardgame RISK is in development for Xbox Live Arcade.

EA superboss John Riccitiello has said to expect Dead Space 2 and Crysis 2 "at full margins", whatever that means, within the company's 2011 fiscal year.

Konami has announced that Puzzle Chronicles will be released for DS and PSP on 18th February. A downloadable version will follow via PSN and XBLA.

Sony's announced a 22nd January starting date for the European ModNation Racers beta.

Last Saturday, Digital Foundry took a look at the 3D gaming potential soon to be unlocked by a new system upgrade for the PlayStation 3. We talked about what was out there already, discussed Ubisoft's Avatar and the performance levels of current 3D titles, and suggested that Sony was planning something more technologically advanced than what we've seen in the current implementations of 3D games - something that justified the upcoming firmware upgrade.

Innovation is a double-edged sword in the real-time strategy genre, according to Gas Powered Games boss Chris Taylor, because by trying to stand out too much you may not been seen at all.

Supreme Commander is a fearsome beast of an RTS: utterly bewildering to anyone who isn't a long-term veteran of the PC's most mainstay genre, but profoundly satisfying to those who have always sworn by base-building. With Supreme Commander 2, Gas Powered Games wants to bring everyone in from the cold instead, as you can read in last week's Supreme Commander 2 preview.

Serious Sam HD will be released on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday and cost 1200 Microsoft Points (GBP 10.20 / EUR 14.40).

Microsoft's told Eurogamer that Game Room decorations needn't be bought as they can be unlocked inside the games themselves.

"For mobile phones and digital cameras, manufacturers have been increasing the number of pixels in order to appeal to the consumers," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata pointed out when the DSi was announced. "However, we have taken almost the opposite approach. We cannot boast about the resolution, as the camera for DSi has a 0.3 megapixel resolution."

EA has confirmed a Wii-exclusive revival of NBA Jam, and it's penned for release later this year.

Nintendo's excellent Metroid Prime Trilogy has been discontinued in the UK, which means shops are being given no more stock to sell.

Nintendo has told Eurogamer that environmental matters are taken very seriously at the company and are considered at every stage of a product's life following a critical Greenpeace report last week.

Lionhead community manager Steve Van Tilburgh has promised the world its first Fable III sighting next month.

It's party time at this year's CES in Las Vegas. The colossal success of James Cameron's Avatar movie has propelled true stereoscopic 3D into the mainstream: manufacturers are pumped about the potential of the new 3DTV technology and reckon they're onto a winner that will revive their market after a moribund 2009. More pertinently for gamers, PlayStation 3 has an important and exciting role to play in this living room revolution. If you think Avatar looked cool at the cinema, the potential within gaming is even more dynamic and exciting.

Modern Warfare 2 is still top of the UK all-formats chart, despite hefty competition from acclaimed newcomers Bayonetta and Darksiders.

Burnout developer Criterion has rubbished leaks sprung this morning about the new Need for Speed game.

Mad Catz has revealed the reason Guitar Hero began solely on PS2.

Film director Neill Blomkamp has said there are no current plans to make a game based on District 9 and that he's pretty conflicted about the idea anyway.

The sequel to Xbox 360 action epic Ninety-Nine Nights will be released in Japan this spring.

EA's DICE studio has announced a start date for the PC beta of Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

2K Boston has changed its name back to Irrational Games.

SEGA's February-bound Aliens vs Predator will be demoed, presumably prior to release.