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The latest figures from data trackers NPD have revealed the Xbox 360 outsold PS3 by nearly 2 to 1 during December.

The Sacking of The Shire, the final stage in Lord of the Rings: Conquest's campaign mode, is a distressing scene. In a wicked reversal of the storyline originally laid down by Tolkien, Sauron - the Dark Lord himself - arrives at Bag End cottage with a Balrog on a leash. Amongst the vegetable patches the hobbits run to and fro in the frantic, fearful pandemonium of an unexpected attack. In their fat, stubby little hands they hold nothing to protect themselves save kitchen knives and sapling bows.

Peculiar bedfellows, perhaps? There was always going to be a clash somewhere in this year's Coming Attractions as we sorted our way through 12 categories, but you could argue there's more that unites fighting and strategy than divides them. Both are about trying to take maximum of advantage of your opposition's weaknesses, both reward patience, concentration and consideration, and as of Red Alert 3 both have a thing for impractical women's clothing.

Well then, this is going to divide audiences down the middle. It's an ambitious game, but it manages to match its achievements with irritations at every turn; it's bold and forward-thinking, yet stilted and old-fashioned. Some will be able to overlook the gaping flaws, but others will never appreciate its moments of brilliance, and both positions are justifiable. Ultimately there's no right answer, but there are at least two things that prolonged exposure reveal: there are a handful of the crucial parts of a masterpiece here, and the end result still feels like a work in progress.

I'm really happy today to be able to announce the Eurogamer Network's latest audit results for the period 1st - 30th November 2008.

And we're back! Although apparently the games industry isn't, because the only games of note this week are an admittedly wicked PC port of one of 2008's brightest sparks, and Pandemic's attempt to graft Tolkien onto Battlefront.

Sony has stuffed the PlayStation Store with new content but there is still no sign of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

Controversial Wii game MadWorld has been given an 18 rating by the British Board of Classification, with no cuts made.

Nintendo has sold more Wii consoles across Europe in 12 months than Xbox 360 and PlayStation have managed since launch.

This week we've already guided you through the coming year's hot picks for Indie and Esoterica and Sports and Music games. Still to come are Fighting, Strategy, Action, Adventure, Shooters and Racing. But today we're looking at two sectors with the same dice-rolling roots that are heading in more than two different directions in 2009 - role-playing games (RPGs), and massively multiplayer online games (MMOs).

Cartoon Network has launched its browser MMO, Fusion Fall. You can sample the game for free at the Fusion Fall website.

Namco Bandai and CyberConnect2 are going to make a brand new .hack game for PSP.

Sony has popped mysterious game Dress on the Japanese PlayStation Store.

Sony has revealed that website and PSP sign-ups to PlayStation Network were counted to bring the overall user-count to 17 million - the same number Microsoft announced for Xbox Live.

Dublin-based internet game specialists Jolt Online Gaming are to revive the world of early text adventure Zork in a new browser MMO.

When, back in early 2007, Watchmen director Zack Snyder suggested that any game that tied in to the film would have to be "More than the movie", beardy comic book fans nodded in sage appreciation. After all, the original Watchmen series is the sacred cow of comics - it popularised the term 'graphic novel', and in the process pulled funnybooks kicking and screaming from poly-bagged basement dungeons onto the sun-dappled coffee tables of hipster posers everywhere. So it was a bit of a surprise when the announcement of the Watchmen: The End is Nigh movie tie-in game revealed that 'More than the movie' translated into 'download-only shonky looking beat-'em up' - but there you go.

Olden days shooter BlowOut is to become the latest title joining the Originals range on Xbox Live.

Valve has rolled out a hulking PC patch for Left 4 Dead that puts right a host of exploits and further tweaks the acclaimed co-op shooter.

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has said he's working on several games at the moment - and one of them will be released by the end of the year.

It's easy to like Astro Tripper, the latest frenetic shoot-'em-up from the makers of Live Arcade's Mutant Storm series. It's just difficult to get too excited about it. It's a solid and enjoyable PSN arcade experience but it never quite finds the hook, or achieves the sublime crescendo, that defines the best of its genre.

GAME has unveiled a sparkly new online subscription rental service similar to movie (and now game) destinations such as Love Film.

Activision has released the first details of sci-fi shooter Singularity.

The boss of the company which brought us Carnival Games (GameRankings rating: 58) has claimed the Wii software market is overrun with "crappy titles".

Activision has told Eurogamer that Guitar Hero: Metallica will be rocking onto European shelves this May.

The boss of Nintendo Korea reckons the global economic recession poses no threat to Wii and DS sales because people always want to have fun.

KOEI's Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 is coming to Europe on 27th March, it's been announced.

Valve's Chet Faliszek has been answering your questions about Left 4 Dead, live, for well over an hour. What a guy.

Nintendo has told Eurogamer there's still no movement on a European launch date for the DSi, and that anything other than "spring 2009" is "purely rumour and speculation".

Lionhead has sneaked a copycat Halo Assault Rifle into the still-warm Knothole Island downloadable content for Fable II.

EA will be snipping the price of the FIFA 09 Live Seasons from Thursday to keep up with the reshuffling of the January football transfer window.