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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.

Microsoft has announced a worldwide "holiday 2010" release date for Xbox 360's ambitious, 3D camera-driven invention Project Natal.

Update: We did of course first hear about this at E3 last year. Apologies for the repeat.

Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer has told a CES 2010 audience that there are over 39 million Xbox 360s in homes around the world.

BAFTA has confirmed to our sister site GamesIndustry.biz that this year's Games Awards will be broadcast live over the Internet.

Rock Band 2 will be updated on Thursday to support wireless SingStar microphones, which means power-crouches and dazzling spins are back on the menu.

There are two possible reactions to any mention of Supreme Commander. Yes, just two. Don't pull that "how dare you force the entirety of human experience and attitude into just two boxes" stuff with me. Two! If it turns out there's more I'd have to axe this entire introduction, and then where would we be? We'd have a preview without an intro, and there'd be anarchy. Killings would be necessary. So: two possible reactions.

Despite a global recession, 2009 was the second strongest year on record for the UK games industry, as consumers spent a whopping £3.311 billion on videogames and related products.

SEGA's just announced that Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing will allow Wii owners use their Miis as drivers.

With the games industry facing the jaws of recession, it takes an admirable level of commitment and self belief to walk away from a job at a major studio to set up shop as an independent games maker, yet that's just what Nathan Fouts did when he left Resistance developer Insomniac to form one-man code shop Mommy's Best Games.

Darksiders creative director and comic-book hero Joe Madureira has been answering your questions on Eurogamer this afternoon.

Did I like Trials HD? This tentative email enquiry from Eurogamer editor Tom Bramwell was more loaded than he perhaps realised. Yes, of course I like Trials HD. I love it, because I have a soul and people who do not love Trials HD are hollow, empty creatures. Would I like to review the first dose of DLC, the boastfully titled BIG Pack? Again, the answer was an emphatic yes. But professional duty meant that it came with a humiliating confession: as much as I love Trials HD, I'm very, very rubbish at it.

Atlus will release PSP game Metal Slug XX in the US on 23rd February for the bargain price of $19.99 (£12.50).

In a frank interview (in French) with Gamekult (via Spong), Antoine Seux, director general of Capcom France, has deplored the poor sales of hardcore games on Wii, saying gamers have turned their backs on the platform. Capcom's future, Seux says, is firmly on Xbox 360 and PS3.

The BBFC has passed Heavy Rain for sale in the UK, deeming the mature PS3 exclusive suitable for 15 year-olds.