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Firmware update 3.01 is now available to download for the PS3.

Microsoft has announced plans to launch a new Xbox 360 with a 250GB hard drive - more storage space than any previous iteration of the console.

Quake III - the multiplayer FPS that was arguably Id Software's greatest achievement after Doom - has been reborn. It's been reincarnated as Quake Live, an online shooter from your web-browser. The game has been in a public testing phase for a while, and currently still bares its "beta" moniker. Nevertheless Id inform us that the resurrected Arena is fully launched and primed for action.

Frozenbyte will finally release the PS3 version of Trine this Thursday on the PlayStation Store.

Microsoft has submitted a double-antennae, 802.11n wireless Xbox 360 network adapter to the FCC for testing.

When it was first announced alongside the PlayStation Portable, Gran Turismo 4 Mobile was a statement of intent. PSP, the videos argued, would be the only handheld for which you could buy games that look and feel like the ones you buy for the home. The intervening five years, however, which have also seen the game renamed Gran Turismo, have softened its impact considerably. It's tempting to begin by pointing out that while it does look and feel like a racing game you might buy for the home, that also assumes you're referring to the home of 2004.

Square Enix plans to release an International, PS3 version of Star Ocean: The Last Hope this February in Japan.

Marc Ecko Entertainment has released an iPhone game adaptation of TV show Dexter for £3.49.

Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has predicted a console-less future for his games, revealed a company culture of "scepticism, pessimism, and fear", and shown mouth rendering technology he thinks will transform the medium.

The remastered iPhone version of Beneath a Steel Sky may only be a month away.

Sony has opened sign-ups for the European MAG beta test.

EA has whipped the wrappers off Skate 3, revealing team-based co-op as the headline feature.

Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer reckons you don't want another Xbox machine at the moment, but is focusing instead on offering a "huge return" on your original Xbox 360 investment.

Need for Speed has been having an identity crisis. EA's premier racing series - a guaranteed Christmas number one not so long ago - ought to be successful enough to feel confident in itself. It had the girls, it had the cred in a crude, streetwise way, it had the sales. But it wanted more. Like a Hollywood pretty-boy going paranoid, exhausted by a punishing schedule and a ruthlessly commercial agenda, Need For Speed craved respect.

Sony has issued a major update for VidZone, the PS3's music video service, promising full 16:9 playback and less annoying adverts.

Major Nelson has revealed the treats in store for Xbox Live Arcade this week.

In a packed community update, Halo developer Bungie has revealed that Capcom R&D chief Keiji Inafune paid the studio a visit and has expressed an interest in the two companies working together.

Square Enix has yet to nail-down the European whereabouts of Wii game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.

Shane Kim, the corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, is to retire after 19 years with the company.

Activision Blizzard chief Bobby Kotick has said that Blizzard's next, in-development MMO will have a "more broad appeal". Presumably he means broader that World of Warcraft's.

Eidos has dated and detailed the Insane Night Map Pack for Batman: Arkham Asylum, following an announcement-spoil by the in-game news ticker last week.

Just imagine. Imagine a world where for just £6 you could attend a fabulous gaming show packed full of incredible games, organised by your favourite website and attended by all of your lovely friends. Wouldn't that be beautiful?

Perhaps this is what people who don't play games think games are like. You must have had that moment where you're playing a game and there's a locked wooden door in front of you and an axe in your inventory, and your friend says, "Why don't you just smash the door down with the axe?" And you have to respond, "Look, just shut up, you don't know what you're talking about, OK?"

Eastasiasoft and Sidequest Studios have announced Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype as a PS3-exclusive sequel.

The European Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo [beta to some - Ed.] appears to have started a day early, with users posting videos of themselves playing on YouTube.

EA plans to release Red Alert 3 sub-game Commander's Challenge on PS3 this Thursday.

Thanks to a muddy blend of toxic cynicism and globally-ranked ignorance, I'm rarely too starstruck by the people I end up interviewing. Yet, at this year's PAX, I was embarrassingly excited about meeting Max Schaefer, headof Runic Games, the developer of forthcoming Diabloesque dungeon-crawler Torchlight. Long before that, he was a key contributor to another deeply Diabloesque dungeon-crawler - called Diablo. Schaefer's put some serious numbers on the board, in other words, yet he hasn't retreated into luxurious obscurity to live off his millions, and he hasn't grown snippy following the closure of Flagship, the company he co-founded after leaving Blizzard.

Activision has announced that renowned French duo Daft Punk will make their videogame debut in DJ Hero this November, and bring 11 exclusive mixes to the table.

Indie N+ developer Metanet has revealed a new single-player action-puzzle-simulation game called Office Yeti.

LucasArts plans to release the entire Jedi Knight series on Steam this week, from Wednesday 16th September.