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NCsoft has released an Apple Mac version of its superhero MMO, City of Heroes. It's available as a digital download from the PlayNC store for GBP 9.99 or USD 19.99.

Killzone 2 will almost certainly be released in the UK on 27th February, with certain European territories getting their hands on it two days earlier on the 25th.

German publisher Frogster has announced that Runes of Magic will leave beta and enjoy "commercialisation" - which, in the language of free-to-play online games, means "launch" - in March.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has attempted to spill the pints of Microsoft and Nintendo with a new press release comparing consoles.

Sony has updated the PlayStation 3 and PSP shops with various treats including a Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo for PS3 owners and digitally distributed full versions of Free Running and FlatOut Head On for PSP fans.

EA has narrowed down its previous prediction of February for Godfather II's arrival, confirming it'll be released in Europe on the 27th. US gamers will get it three days earlier.

More droplets of news trickle out of Microsoft's rather dry CES keynote address in Las Vegas last night: Xbox 360 strategy spin-off Halo Wars is to get a demo on 5th February (as reported by IGN and GameSpot).

Electronic Arts has officially unveiled Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 expansion Uprising, which will be a standalone add-on exclusively available for PC gamers via digital distribution in March.

THQ has told Eurogamer that the new 50 Cent game will be released in February.

EA has declined to confirm reports that its Los Angeles studio is beavering away on an expansion pack for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 called Uprising.

Bethesda Softworks plans to raise the Fallout 3 level cap to 30 in the upcoming downloadable content for the game.

The organisers of the Independent Games Festival have announced their shortlist of finalists for 2009.

Microsoft used its presentation at the Consumer Electronics Game Show yesterday to reveal Kodu, an easy-to-use game-creation package that will be released on the Xbox Live Community Games Channel in the spring.

Atari has told Eurogamer that Ghostbusters: The Videogame will be released in Europe on 19th June.

Evolution sim Spore is to get its first expansion pack this spring.

Harmonix boss Alex Rigopolous has confirmed we won't see a third Rock Band game this side of 2010.

According to a post on the PlayStation blog, PlayStation Home is to be updated this week with a new space: Red Bull Island.

Square-Enix, the JRPG giants who acquired the European rights to Disgaea 3, has announced the game will be released here on 20th February.

Microsoft and Epic have made the Gears of War 2 Flashback Multiplayer Map Pack available to everyone on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Super Stardust is one of the most concentrated shoot-'em-ups ever made. There are no breaks in the action, no cut-scenes, never a moment to pause, to marvel at the firework display of particle effects exploding around you, or even to pay much attention to your current score. Your tiny ship, caught in a maelstrom of asteroids and alien attackers, weaves through a constantly shifting maze, firing one of three different bullet types in all directions, collecting pick-ups, deploying smart bombs and dashing through the ever-encroaching clusters of obstacles. The result is a breathtaking flurry of twitch-gaming, a scramble to steady your disorientation amongst the hubbub, and a constant prayer that the sum of your skill and luck will be enough to overcome the odds that are so overtly stacked against you.

EA has announced a demo of Skate 2, the game about urban children's preferred mode of transport, is coming to both 360 and PS3.

Killzone 2 has much to prove. The first Killzone, released for the PS2 back in 2004, was hailed as a "Halo killer" before release, a rather unfair burden that it ultimately failed to shoulder. Graphically ambitious, its tale of ferocious future war was perhaps too much for the poor old black obelisk to handle. The frame-rate was sticky, the draw distance short. Review scores, inevitably, were mediocre. Then there was that big kerfuffle about pre-rendered footage, screenshots that were scrutinised to an impossible degree, and the lingering insistence from vocal gaming "enthusiasts" that each new PS3 exclusive must apparently single-handedly prove the worth of the console in every conceivable way.

EA Sports has announced Football Academy, the first title it's developing exclusively for DS .

Valve has released an update for the Xbox 360 version of zombie shooter Left 4 Dead that stops the proliferation of cheats and hacks in the game.

Korean developer Softmax has said it is currently developing Magna Carta 2 for Xbox 360 following the worldwide success of the PS2 title known as Tears of Blood.

Ubisoft has told Eurogamer that "Jade Raymond is not involved in I Am Alive at any level" after reports based on a magazine preview.

Following the resurrection last year of French science-fantasy MMO Ryzom and a few months of free play, a subscription charge is to be reintroduced.

A record-breaking 82.8 million games were sold in the UK last year, bringing the total amount spent on them to GBP 1.9 billion.

The BBC is reporting on a bizarre experiment at Oxford University which suggests that playing Tetris can help reduce the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

EA has announced plans to release various Xbox Live Arcade titles under the Hasbro Family Game Night banner starting this spring.