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Dark Void might sound like the world's most disappointing Thornton's selection box, but it's actually a colourful third-person blaster that comes with a wonderfully pulpy, Saturday matinee-styled 1930s narrative.

Once The Last of the Bedroom Programmers, the Robin Hood of Independent Forest, the David to the industry's Goliath, the [that's enough metaphor - Ed], Introversion nowadays finds itself beavering away on an Xbox Live Arcade version of Darwinia+. It's quite the transformation for a tiny studio that won the Independent Games Festival's grand prize a few years ago and celebrated by sticking two fingers up to publishers. Following the developer's turn at Eurogamer Expo 2009, we spoke to managing director Mark Morris to get the whole story.

BBC presenter Nicky Campbell has hosted a debate on UK television programme The Big Questions about violent videogames and their affect on society following the historic launch of Modern Warfare 2.

Kotaku has information that EA will shut down Pandemic Studios in Los Angeles today, at the cost of some 200 jobs.

Capcom's Seth Killian has demonstrated the confirmed new characters in Super Street Fighter IV in a series of videos over on IGN.

Any Formula 1 fan will tell you that March 2007 feels like a lifetime ago. The season that saw a young Lewis Hamilton - too young - miss out on the championship by a single point was also the last time an F1 game rolled out of a developer's pit. In fairness, by the time Formula 1 Championship Edition showed up on PS3, the sub-genre was already misfiring. A series of mainly monotonous and predictable real-life seasons combined with the restrictions that accompany any official Formula 1 game production resulted in F1 titles that, like the sport they emulated, had lost their spark.

From Software's quirky, retro-styled action-adventure 3D Dot Game Heroes is heading West under Atlus' banner.

Activision has confirmed the removal of the controversial airport scene from the Russian version of Modern Warfare 2, and said the move was its own decision.

Reports suggest the Russian government has recalled all Xbox 360 and PS3 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 due to objections to the controversial airport terrorism scene.

Activision has released Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies on the iPhone and iPod Touch at a fleshy price of £5.99. That's almost as expensive as the Eurogamer App. [I think you mean "great value" - Ed.]

The second full album add-on for The Beatles: Rock Band is released this week. The seminal 1967 work Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is out on Xbox Live and the Wii Shop today, and will appear on PlayStation Network as part of Thursday's update.

The mega-popular and oft-adapted Diner Dash joins Gyromancer on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, 18th November.

Charles Martinet, better known as the voice of Mario, has admitted that at one stage he also wanted to be the voice of Link, star of the Zelda games.

Nintendo has made good on its promise to release demos of WiiWare games by uploading three of them to the European Wii Shop.

Peggle and Peggle Nights are galloping onto the American PlayStation Store this Thursday.

Asked by Official Nintendo magazine if Super Mario Galaxy 2 will use the Super Guide feature that makes its debut in this week's New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Shigeru Miyamoto said he "cannot tell".

Reggie Fils-Aime has said that if Nintendo were to introduce HD to the Wii, it would have to be part of a broader revamp - and that such a console wouldn't be released until "far into the future".

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed that the first true collaboration between Square Enix and Eidos is underway at the company's studio in Montreal, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

The next PlayStation 3 firmware update will allow you to post Trophy and PlayStation Store activity to your Facebook news feed.

Konami has announced the arrival of Metal Gear Solid on the PlayStation Store this Thursday, 19th November.

As mindlessly enjoyable as The Umbrella Chronicles was, the absence of the Resident Evil 2 and Code Veronica storylines was conspicuous. Capcom said there wasn't enough time to include the full story and has tried to make amends by releasing a follow-up to its successful on-rails take on the franchise.

Futuremark would like you to help test four new Shattered Horizons levels please.

Manomio has written to tell us the Commodore 64 emulator is back on the App Store.

Eidos has confirmed to Eurogamer that the PS3 version of Just Cause 2 will have extra video recording features.

A collection of new Alan Wake videos have appeared showing the opening section of the spooky thriller.

Activision's Modern Warfare 2 has become the biggest game in UK history, selling over 1.7m copies and generating £67.4m in just five days.

Aksys Games has announced an Xbox 360 version of SRPG Record of Agarest War is in development.

It's fair to say that the core PC gamer has a huge emotional investment in the Call of Duty and Modern Warfare series. The franchise (as it has now become) originated on computer and, at its core, it's still running id Software code that dates all the way back to the Quake 2 era. Indeed, even Modern Warfare 2's first splash screen acknowledges the contribution Carmack's antique code makes to the current game, just like its predecessors before it.

SouthPeak has announced a spring 2010 date for Two Worlds II - a sequel once penned for winter 2009.

The FBI has found a new secret weapon in the war on paedophiles - the PlayStation 3.