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There's always been something satisfying about hitting things with other things. When I was a nipper, a stout stick and a collection of other, slightly less sturdy things to clatter with it was pretty much the height of sophisticated entertainment. These days I tend to keep the urge to batter random objects mostly under wraps, but when the opportunity arises to do it in a socially acceptable environment, I am totally there - wrists cocked and feet planted.

Following two excellent days in Leeds earlier this week, the Eurogamer Expo has travelled saaarf and pitched itself on the banks of the Thames for two days in London.

Alongside the new Assassin's Creed and Modern Warfare sequels, Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 must surely rank as one of the most highly anticipated games of the year for Xbox 360 users. Currently only available as a bonus to US customers who pre-ordered the game, we've managed to procure the Xbox 360 demo and subjected it to the usual battery of performance tests. This is the first time the Digital Foundry channel has seen the game running, and overall impressions are very positive indeed.

Sisters are not doing it for themselves. But then, it shouldn't come as a surprise to discover the Big Sister is not the main baddy in BioShock 2 despite what we've been encouraged to think. After all, this is the series that had you take a golf club to its own illusions last time out. If even 2K Marin's press events are a festival of misdirection, surely that's another tick in the "worthy" column for the arch-nerds in the audience.

It can't be easy to follow in the footsteps of Ken Levine. That sharp, manly beard, for example. I would.

Sony has said that Europe will not receive a God of War III demo with the Blu-ray release of film District 9.

Sony has told Eurogamer that a European date for SOCOM: US Navy SEALs - Fireteam Bravo 3 has not been confirmed.

Funcom has told Eurogamer that more Age of Conan subscription "initiatives" are planned, following the slashing of long-term memberships to the MMO.

Team17's John Dennis has revealed what we can expect from the new Alien Breed game for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Blizzard has detailed its ambitious new dungeon system for World of Warcraft and launched the Race Change service.

Nintendo has said the new DSi with bigger screens will launch in Europe as well as Japan.

JoWooD has sneakily released biblical shooter Painkiller: Resurrection on Steam.

Stewart Gilray, head of indie development studio Just Add Water, has announced a definitive release date of November for PSN title Gravity Crash.

Nintendo has confirmed a new version of the DSi is on the way, complete with bigger screens.

Sony has released a bundle of treats for stat fans to celebrate nine years of PlayStation 2.

With the PC pre-order demo of Left 4 Dead 2 now available in addition to the Xbox 360 one, eager beavers on the Steam forums have pulled it apart and apparently unearthed the prospect of Avatar rewards in the full game.

Disney has officially unveiled Warren Spector's new project, Disney Epic Mickey, and said it will be out in autumn 2010.

Activision, quick to patch a wound, has explained that Modern Warfare 2 is "designed to evoke the atrocities of terrorism".

Microsoft has released a new downloadable update for Xbox Live.

Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has confirmed that RuneScape successor MechScape has been canned just prior to its release, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Microsoft and Sky have said that problems with Sky Player on Xbox 360 were down to "phenomenal demand" and that the service is now being rolled out bit by bit to stop the whole thing cocking up again.

Rockstar may well be teasing the next Grand Theft Auto game or DLC in the packaging for Episodes From Liberty City.

Rockstar's second downloadable add-on for Grand Theft Auto IV may be known as The Ballad of Gay Tony, but anyone who goes in expecting a radical social message from the world's most controversial developer will be disappointed. If anything, the homosexuality angle is superfluous to Rockstar's agenda: the GTA games have always demonstrated that acting outside the law is the great equaliser, and The Ballad is yet another story of how crime begets crime no matter your class, creed or sexual preference.

Introversion's Mark Morris and Chris Delay told the Eurogamer Expo this week that Darwinia+ will be submitted to Xbox Live Arcade certification in "the next few weeks", with a likely release "the next side of Christmas".

The first thing that you notice about Monster Hunter Tri isn't the high-standard graphics or new-and-improved tweaked battle controls, oh no - it's the fact that everybody appears to be wandering around in assless chaps and thongs. The game's opening sequence depicts a typically idyllic Monster Hunter village, all carefree music and dancing, behatted cats and strong men carrying enormous fish and pails of water and farming equipment around on their muscular backs, but all of them are showing off a bit of cheek. Your character, once created, starts off in a crop top and hotpants. Like its predecessors, and refreshingly for a series of such lineage, the game better known as Tri doesn't take itself remotely seriously. It has a surreal sense of humour and an eye for visual comedy, evident in everything from outlandish armour sets to the absurd barbecuing mini-game.

Mario has been spotted bouncing around the Eurogamer Expo, which has opened for a second day in the centre of Leeds.

It's day two of the Eurogamer Expo 2009 in Leeds aaaand it's the same face at the front of the long queue!

At 10.30am yesterday morning, all was quiet on the Eurogamer Expo show floor. Apart from the 48 people in blue t-shirts running round shouting, "Where's Rupert / the bag of ethernet cables / the 17 missing Xbox 360 units," of course. And apart from the New Super Mario Bros. Wii area, where four of Eurogamer's finest had gathered.

BioWare wants to provide the Dragon Age community with a MMO-style hub where heroes can be viewed and scrutinised and all in-game progress automatically tracked.

Runic Games has released a demo for its action-RPG Torchlight on Steam.