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Visceral Games' Dante's Inferno has received its first public outing with the release of a playable demo that's available to download from the American PlayStation Store. First impressions are that the game is clearly inspired by Sony Santa Monica's epic God of War series, albeit with the ancient Greek mythology swapped out for Crusader-era Christianity, as the eponymous Dante battles enemies of a literally biblical scale, Kratos-style.

Although Sony had previously said it would be 17th December before PSP minis were ported for use on the PS3's new emulator, the official blog reveals that five are compatible as of now.

Classic 1965 album Rubber Soul will be made available as downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band this week.

Disney's making a new Tron game to act as a prequel to the upcoming 3D movie Tron: Legacy.

Bohemia Interactive has announced that ArmA II's 1.05 patch will be released this month and includes a free downloadable campaign and new multiplayer mode.

A sequel to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has been unveiled via a new trailer.

Hothead Games' PS3 adaptation of Braid is due out on the European PlayStation Store this Thursday, 17th December.

Punk poppers Green Day are set to follow in the footsteps of The Beatles with a new Rock Band spin-off.

A new instalment in Activision's True Crime series is in development.

Sony may not be planning to release Gran Turismo 5 here until summer 2010, if a recent comment by an SCEA rep is anything to go by.

2K has officially unveiled Spec Ops: The Line for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Microsoft and Bungie have confirmed that Halo: Reach will see multiple Spartans defending the planet Reach against Covenant invasion.

Despite intense competition in the genre in recent years, Codemasters has managed to more than hold its own with its impressive roster of racer titles. Its most recent releases, Race Driver: GRiD and Colin McRae: DiRT 2, have both been very well-received, and have been state of the art not just in terms of gameplay but in their core technology too.

Media Molecule appears to be readying a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed update for LittleBigPlanet offering new levels and other gizmos.

Valve has put out a patch that addresses a long list of bugs in Left 4 Dead 2, the brilliant co-operative zombie-splatting shooter released earlier this year.

Who said 2009 was over? Several times in successive weeks? Me! I did. But apparently I was wrong, because what this week's new releases may lack in volume, they do not lack in quality, and it's all thanks to an old friend with a new means of conveyance. Choo choo!

The next batch of Borderlands DLC is based on the Thunderdome arena in Mad Max, so much so that it's called Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot.

Publisher bitComposer has announced the February 2010 arrival of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sequel Call of Pripyat.

Metacritic has put PS3 on top in the first annual Game Platform Power Rankings survey.

Sony has updated the PlayStation shops with some downloads and that.

RedLynx has pulled back the curtain and exposed the now dated and priced Trials HD BIG Pack downloadable add-on.

Square Enix Eidos Taito And Friends has announced that people who pre-order Just Cause 2 will be rewarded with various bonus treats, including a foldout map of the island of Panau where the game is set.

The DSi was the best-selling games machine in the US last month, according to data released by NPD.

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg reckons Halo: Reach will be king of the sales castle come the end of 2010 and has even dismissed competition from Gran Turismo 5.

Blizzard has announced that it's releasing patch 1.13 for its 9-year-old action-RPG, Diablo II. The patch isn't official yet, but is available for all to try out on the public test servers.

Norwegian developer Funcom has announced the establishment of SweetRobot, a subsidiary that will make "social and casual" MMO games - as revealed in our exclusive interview today.

BioWare has revealed that a colourful and storied collection of veteran sci-fi actors have joined the voice cast for Mass Effect 2.

Norwegian developer Funcom usually makes games like The Longest Journey, Anarchy Online, Age of Conan and The Secret World; worlds for adults, not kids. Not, at least, until now. Because today Funcom unveiled SweetRobot, a subsidiary company set up expressly to make MMOs for a "younger audience". The first of these will be Pets vs. Monsters, a game where heroes collect, nurture and fight alongside pets. It's a bit Pokemon, but blended with a Diablo-like RPG world of loot and exploration.

Microsoft has finally announced a release date for the Trials HD DLC dubbed BIG Pack.

Nintendo's DS has been sold more times in the UK than any other console ever. Ever.