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Update: Tecmo KOEI has just this minute confirmed the European Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 date as 2nd October.

EA has launched a new mobile games subsidiary called 8lb Gorilla and plans to use it to release 99-cent iPhone games on a near-monthly basis.

From space exploration in Elite to sniffing around the bins in Dog's Life, David Braben's games have showcased a surprising range of different experiences. With his Cambridge studio Frontier Developments currently embracing politics with the ambitious thriller The Outsider, while also working on a sequel to last year's LostWinds (as well as gearing up for a return to space sometime in the near future), we caught up with the veteran designer at the Develop Conference in Brighton to discuss the industry's history, the struggles ahead, and why he doesn't want to end up doing the noses on footballers.

It's rather disheartening that almost a year after its release, WipEout HD is still the only game properly delivering on the glittering promise of the high-def generation. 1080p resolution and 60fps should be the rule, not the exception, and returning to Sony Liverpool's ferocious future racer it still retains its power to impress. Even hours into a prolonged session, there are moments where you're distracted by some particularly lovely moment - some gracefully detailed track curve thrown past you at eye-watering speed that makes you sigh inwardly and wonder why all games can't look this good.

THQ has won the latest legal bout with Jakks regarding who owns what of the WWE licence.

In a move that makes a lot more sense than some ageing electric goths turning up in a zombie game, Activision has announced the latest legendary turntablist to grace DJ Hero with his likeness and his mixes: DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Microsoft has given Forza Motorsport 3 a North American release date of 27th October. Confirmation of a European date hopefully isn't too far behind.

Comic maker Top Cow has announced that a sequel to The Darkness is in development.

Sony has unveiled an expansion pack for WipEout HD on PlayStation 3 called Fury.

Sony has updated the PlayStation Store with some actual content this week, including downloadable games Crystal Defenders and Shatter (Sidhe! GripShift represent!), and wallet-deflating expansions for WipEout HD and Killzone 2.

In an unlikely licensing twist, eighties synth-pop survivors Depeche Mode are collaborating with Valve on Left 4 Dead 2.

Gaijin Entertainment and 505 Games have announced that tomorrow, 29th July, sees the launch of an IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey demo on Xbox Live Marketplace.

As promised, Capcom has released its iPhone and iPod Touch version of the classic Resident Evil 4 on the App Store worldwide.

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has said the company is working on something to combat PC game piracy "starting next year and probably one game this year".

Sony has announced the PlayStation Network launch of Fat Princess is this Thursday, 30th July.

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has said that Splinter Cell: Conviction and Red Steel 2 have been delayed in order to make sure each full game lives up to their E3 demos.

Canadian developer Silicon Knights has said it isn't ready to talk about projects in development, although reiterated it has "several" on the go.

Hit Xbox Live Arcade game Castle Crashers is making the transition to PS3.

Double Fine, the studio behind Psychonauts and the forthcoming Brutal Legend, is slapping Activision with a countersuit.

Independent Xbox 360 developers polled by Eurogamer about Microsoft's decision to reorganise the Indie Games channel pricing structure have said they had no idea it was going to happen until it did.

Never mind Gears of War 3, says Marky R, Epic is still working on Gears of War 2. And how. There have been three multiplayer map packs, and three title updates that rebalanced the game, not to mention a few weekend events that introduced custom playlists, like ticker-packed Horde sessions to celebrate Independence Day. Although we tend to forget about that one over here.

Ubisoft has revealed that both Splinter Cell: Conviction and Red Steel 2 have been delayed until the first three calendar months of 2010.

The Eurogamer Expo 2009 will be a chance to to get your hands on the hottest titles from the mightiest publishers, naturally - but we'd be remiss if we didn't reflect our love of the indie games scene, too. So we're delighted to announce that the Indie Games Arcade will be returning to this year's Expo in October.

Konami has announced that PES 2010 producer Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka, PES 2010 Wii producer Akiyoshi "Greyhound" Chosokabe and Metal Gear Solid's dad Hideo "Hideo Kojima" Kojima will all be at gamescom flogging their wares.

Another downloadable level is on the way for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed this autumn.

Microsoft has announced that it will introduce new pricing for the Xbox 360's Indie Games channel as of 22nd October.

New details of the handheld versions of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey have been revealed,

Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort has taken the number one spot in this week's UK All-Formats Top 40, knocking Harry Potter into a cocked sorting hat.

Atari's latest release schedule includes a date for the as yet unreleased versions of Ghostbusters: The Videogame.

Let's get the controversial one out of the way first, along with this disclaimer: Super Smash Bros. is a fun game. I like it. In its day, it was even an original game, and something of a breakthrough for Nintendo in the way it used its stable of characters. Today, however, it's more of a curiosity than essential purchase.