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With apologies to people who encountered me at last week's Eurogamer Expo, the beard is officially gone. We don't need beards where we're going. We're going to Ferelden. We may be some time. (And actually, we probably will need beards.)

THQ has posted depleted sales for the quarter ending 30th September, but has reassured investors with promises of imminent money-winners - particularly WWE SmackDown vs Raw - in the future.

Popular law-themed series Phoenix Wright could be on the way to the Wii.

Apple has announced that the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch now has over 100,000 programs available for download, making it the "largest applications store in the world", the company claims.

It's odd. I feel like I shouldn't be enjoying the Shattered Horizon beta as much as I am. The reason for that is the game is based on one of those kind of ideas that shouldn't really work. The idea is this: astronaut deathmatch.

Blizzard has put two in-game World of Warcraft pets up for sale at the Blizzard Store: a Pandaren Monk, and Lil' K.T., a baby version of the villainous Lich Kel'Thuzad.

Infinity Ward has revealed that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will support only 18 players online, whereas previous instalments have catered for 32.

Namco Bandai has said it plans to patch the online multiplayer side of Tekken 6 after everyone moaned about it in their reviews.

Ubisoft has published a financial report for the six months ending 30th September, revealing it sold less than half the number of games compared to last year.

Senior Xbox cheerleader Larry Hryb has warned gamers buying second-hand 360s that they run the risk of not being able to connect to Xbox Live.

Super Street Fighter IV looks set to reintroduce the car and barrel smashing bonus sequences from Street Fighter II.

Hothead Games' PS3 version of Braid will be released in the US on 12th November, the publisher has announced, "with a European version to be announced shortly thereafter" - presumably meaning we'll get it quite quickly.

With the boom in download gaming and the crossover successes of the likes of Braid and Flower, indie showcases like the Eurogamer Expo's Indie Games Arcade have turned into the games industry equivalent of the Sundance film festival. Just as Hollywood power-players go hunting for edgy young talent to suck dry in Utah, Nintendo's been spotted scouring the likes of IndieCade and the Independent Games Festival for titles to add quantity, quality and a touch of arty credibility to WiiWare.

id Software's John Carmack has said he hopes to do a Rage game for iPhone, and spoken a little more about the developer's plans for the Apple format.

HMV has clarified to Eurogamer that no copies of Modern Warfare 2 have been sent to customers, despite official emails stating otherwise.

Microsoft has told Eurogamer there is "nothing to announce" regarding an Xbox Live Rewards program being offered to the public.

Codemasters will offer PC owners of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising a free batch of DLC tomorrow.

Pioneering non-profit publisher OneBigGame has revealed Zoe Mode's Chime as the charity-focused label's first game.

Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios has offered an artist's impression of Bowerstone in Fable III.

An October Saturday and Stuttgart is pale with the cold. Outside the State Opera House, the city's grand attraction, a skip sits awkward and incongruous to its surroundings. The sides are spray-painted with graffiti, a hip hop-cum-youth club pastiche probably commissioned to soften the otherwise stark utilitarian appearance of this giant iron dustbin. While the murals may obscure the rust, they do not obscure the function, which remains as it ever was: a receptacle for unwanted rubbish. Except, rather than industrial waste or the assorted debris of home movers, this skip has been put here to collect videogames: "Killerspiele", the name given to violent games by Germany's tabloid press.

Ubisoft has whipped the wrappers off the Collector's Edition of Splinter Cell: Conviction, due February on PC and Xbox 360.

We've been planning to put this together for ages, but the recent release of Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City (reviewed today) proved to be as good an excuse as any to finally put the effort in - not just because the additional content is so cool, but also to pay tribute to what remains the finest, most expertly realised open-world environment ever to hit consoles.

New PS3 title Buzz! Quiz World is out now, Sony has informed us. (UPDATE: This story previously said it would be released on 10th November, but that's the US release date - the game is already available in shops in Europe. Apologies for the error.)

Immensely successful Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer considers games to be as legitimate an art form as films and theatre.

The videogame tie-ins for the new Thor and Captain America movies will be released alongside them in 2011.

Sony America has patented a bizarre idea that would allow you to hurl virtual rotten tomatoes at actors while watching films on your television, a bit like Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Peter Moore has aired his frustration about Western games not doing very well in Japan, and promised to keep pushing EA Sports games there after FIFA 10 did the unthinkable and pierced the top 10.

According to Joystiq, Nintendo said that it would being offering demos for WiiWare games at its recent investor Q&A.

Halo Waypoint arrives on Xbox Live tomorrow, and the first pieces of content have been revealed.

The UK's first rehabilitation clinic for people addicted to gaming has opened in Weston-super-Mare.