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It wasn't widely reported, but in April of this year, the United States declared war on Canada. Perhaps it was inevitable - the smug superiority over low gun crime figures, that cruel stranglehold on the world's moose resources, or maybe just the country's odd propensity for coming up with place names like Flin Flon and Winnipeg - whatever the reason, the US of A seemed to feel that its neighbour to the north had it coming. It certainly looked like the whole business was going to be over quickly: on one side, a nation of proud arms-bearing hyper-capitalists hepped up on Big Tastys and Buffalo Jerky, and on the other, a cadre of unnaturally polite international backpackers. What could possibly go wrong for Uncle Sam?

MTV parent company Viacom plans to dish out enormous USD 300 million (GBP 193 million) in bonuses to Rock Band creators Harmonix for exceeding performance targets.

Sony UK boss Ray Maguire has said he resembles a "shopkeeper-slash-pop star" on an internet, where "everyone now is a journalist".

Ubisoft has pushed the PC release of Prince of Persia back a week to 12th December.

Blizzard has helpfully supplied a comprehensive list of every single shop in Europe that will sell you a copy of second World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King at midnight tomorrow night.

Codemasters Online has announced that 150,000 people have signed up for the beta test of its massively multiplayer space combat game Jumpgate: Evolution.

Square Enix has released the first snowboarding-themed instalment in the Final Fantasy series.

Electronic Arts notched up the world's biggest selling game from July to September with Madden NFL 09 shifting 2.994 million units, according to a new report combining US, UK and Japanese sales data.

Square Enix is planning to include a brand new ending in the DS remake of Chrono Trigger. And presumably this will be additional rather than a replacement, although we've asked the publisher for clarification.

Eagle-eyed kicky-punchers at Belgium's NEXT expo in Heysel have uncovered what looks like a complete Street Fighter IV character roster.

You sell some, you buy some. Having sold Swedish RTS developer Massive to Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard has replaced it with port specialist Budcat Creations.

Cliff Bleszinski has admitted that tugging on our heart-strings in his new chart-topping game, Gears of War 2, was "f**ing hard to do".

The Sierra Entertainment fire sale continues. Ubisoft has bought the rights to real-time strategy game World In Conflict - and picked up its Swedish developer Massive Entertainment while it was about it.

Gears of War 2 has blasted its way to the top of the UK chart while LittleBigPlanet managed fourth behind FIFA 09 and Fallout 3.

Fallout 3 has exploded into the UK charts, robbing the top spot from RPG rival Fable II.

Break out the cake and bunting and then put them on ice, or something: Nintendo's Virtual Console is almost two years old. There are currently over 250 emulated retro games available in Europe, drawn from eight different gaming platforms and covering a span of two decades. It's a daunting tombola of choice, so here's our rundown - in no particular order - of the Virtual Console games that you really should download.

In one of very few useful hints to seep out of the tightly-controlled unveiling of Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare boss Greg Zeschuk told videogaming247 that the game's combat would look "choreographed".

EA will release bundles of Dead Space downloadable content for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this Thursday, 13th November.

The PlayStation 2 runs the risk of playing home to too many "gimmick" titles. Games that are more gloss than substance and only serve to show off the graphical capabilities of the console. Like Fantavision, although admittedly that does offer some traces of entertainment. Thankfully Silpheed is not only good looking, but also enjoyable, and with a degree of replayability that can be harnessed to extend the life of the game further than one would expect of a 2D shooter. More than a trip down memory lane or a gimmick shooter, it's an example of how innovation has grown within the confines of the genre. Once you get past the fact that Silpheed sounds like some sort of sexually transmitted disease, it's actually a surprisingly good 2D shoot 'em up. It's been put together quite quickly, but that doesn't seem to hurt it any; if anything it does a better job than Gigawing, last year's flash in the pan Dreamcast shoot 'em up success. The basic concept, as if you hadn't figured it out, is to progress up the screen shooting the bad guys. They tend to originate at the top, whereas you start life on the bottom. Unlike Space Invaders though, Silpheed does it with a bit of sparkle. You're always heading up, but up isn't always up, if you see what I mean. The last game I recall that did this properly was Silvergun. The level design is pretty exciting in this respect, although a little nauseating at times, particularly on a big-screen TV.

Nintendo plans to release the quirky Art Style WiiWare games in Europe from 21st November.

DICE has released the Battlefield: Bad Company Community Choice Pack on Xbox Live.

Sony UK boss Ray Maguire believes the slow-starting PS3 has only begun to hit top speed as competing formats run out of steam.

Call of Duty 4 community manager Robert Bowling won't like it, but COD: World at War producer Noah Heller has been sounding off to Eurogamer about comparisons between the Treyarch and Infinity Ward shooters.

There is still no public release date for the PC version of Mirror's Edge, Electronic Arts told Eurogamer this afternoon.

For many gamers, GTA was born on the PC in 2D. We've all got our memories of racing through the time-limited demo, the squeaky phone gibberish playing over mission instructions, trying to work out the lyrics to Four-Letter Love, and doing the bomb-on-a-bus mission. But that was a while ago, back when Speed starring Keanu Reeves was a cultural touchstone. These days, GTA is synonymous with consoles, having bossed the last PlayStation for Sony and given Microsoft something to shout about for the last 18 months. Did you know they have some exclusive DLC coming up? Did you?

Ascaron has adopted a unique DRM system for the PC version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.

Internet boffins have hacked the PC Left 4 Dead demo to allow players to control the Infected, or zombies as we call them.

Rare has about-turned and decided to fix the problem with text that occurs when Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is played on a standard definition telly.

The Football Manager series enters yet another season, and this year, expectations are higher than ever. Strength in depth has been added with around 80 new features, hype has been spread in a promising pre-season and a new superstar performer - a 3D match engine - has transformed the look of the series. But has Football Manager 2009's squad of old and new had enough time to gel in order to create yet another championship-winning combination? [And why aren't there any Liverpool references in this intro? I was quite specific. - Ed]

Fans are becoming angry about the removal or "moderation" of content created by Guitar Hero World Tour and LittleBigPlanet online communities.