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Microsoft's Live, software and service boss John Schappert has confirmed to VentureBeat that the company is considering selling accessories and clothing for Xbox 360 Avatars through microtransactions.

The Japanese website for LittleBigPlanet is displaying what appears to be a definitive date for the game's release.

Konami has confirmed a Wii version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is currently in development.

Giant, bipedal war machines stalk through the hills, small groups of tanks roll in determinedly, while around them infantry move up and engineers lay down defences, fix up damaged vehicles. Soldiers select equipment from a mobile re-spawn vehicle, squatting under a shimmering cloaking dome. Overhead, aircraft dogfight, while a dropship, braving anti-aircraft fire, flies over the besieged base and discharges a contingent of soldiers, some nestled inside bulky exo-armour with formidable firepower. Defenders man gun turrets and return fire from the parapet that tops the base's imposing walls. The battle rages. Welcome to PlanetSide.

What's black and white and red all over? Apart from a sunburned zebra, a Commie panda and a magpie in a blender? That's right, an ultra-violent fighting game developed by the makers of Okami and published by SEGA exclusively for Wii in the first quarter of 2009! I am brilliant fun at parties.

More than three months after the first job ad appeared, Microsoft is still seeking a creative director for a new Halo project.

Square Enix is launching a new range of games for the DS in Japan.

In a conference call with investors on Thursday, Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime credited Funcom's Age of Conan with a strong launch that stole players from his own MMO, World of Warcraft.

Microsoft has announced the demo for Too Human has been downloaded from Xbox Live 900,000 times.

Age of Conan has seen a major patch update today - but the much-anticipated revamp of player-versus-player combat isn't in it.

The PSP was the best selling console in Japan last week, with more than 67,000 units sold.

Speaking at QuakeCon, id Software's John Carmack has suggested that the competitive nature of home consoles will shorten the lifecycle of the current generation of machines.

EA boss John Riccitiello has hinted the next Godfather game will be out early in 2009.

John Carmack delivered his annual QuakeCon sermon to devoted id Software worshippers in Texas tonight. Following a few announcements and brief trailers of Rage and Wolfenstein, introduced by CEO Todd Hollenshead, Carmack took the microphone and (after a while) a seat and rambled absorbingly about everything from mobile games and in-game ads to his admiration from Nintendo and his thoughts on the rest of this console generation. Here are few hastily transcribed highlights.

Id Software didn't show Doom 4 during its press conference at QuakeCon this year, but co-founder and technical director John Carmack did claim that the game would look much better than current project Rage.

Id Software is no longer planning to create a new, next-generation Quake Arena game after the launch of Quake Live.

Id Software is "vaguely" working on a pair of iPhone projects according to technical director and co-founder John Carmack.

Comparisons between the character of Bayonetta and Devil May Cry's Dante are inevitable. For starters, both were created by Clover Studio veteran Hideki Kamiya. Both are the stars of fast-paced action shooters with distinct visual styles. Both use dual pistols and fast-paced melee attacks to take out endless waves of enemies. But only one can beat up people with their hair.

Id's next mobile game is Doom II RPG, the developer announced at QuakeCon tonight.

Word at QuakeCon ahead of id Software's annual press conference and John Carmack's keynote address is that the company's new marquee title, Rage, is still a long way from release.

Satoru Iwata thinks gamers may be expecting too much from the next generation of Nintendo hardware - which is already in development.

Don't expect a sequel for Sony Japan Studios' quirky PSP and PSN puzzle title echochrome, two of the creative folk behind the game told Eurogamer today.

Ubisoft has whipped the sheets off the next Armored Core game.

EA Sports has shuffled FaceBreaker and Madden NFL 09 demos onto Xbox Live.

For those of you who don't follow such things - and I thoroughly recommend you continue on that course - tonight is the annual GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party, where our sisters and brothers at Eurogamer Network's industry website rent out a club in sunny Brighton and dance the night away with whoever bothered to get the train down for the Develop Conference.

PixelJunk Eden headlines the PlayStation Store update today. You know, it's the game described by developer Q-Games as "kind of like an organic Mario".

The success of Geometry Wars has been something of a happy accident. Originally a fun little extra tucked away inside Project Gotham Racing 2, it was the perfect bite-sized burst of fun to showcase Xbox Live Arcade when 360 hit the shelves. After it was reworked as a standalone release, the mixture of dazzling visuals and moreish gameplay swiftly established it as the standard bearer for downloadable console gaming.

Sony Europe boss David Reeves has suggested you could always download PS3 films from Bittorrent while waiting for the PSN video service to launch here - assuming you're not bothered about quality.

The original Bionic Commando may be nearly old enough to rent a van and buy fireworks without ID, but don't let that put you off this modernised and expanded 2D remake: the 20-year-old game's bionic arm, which latches onto things with a grappling hook and allows you to swing from them like Spider-Man, was ahead of its time, and Swedish developer GRIN gives it a new lease of electromechanical life in Rearmed for XBLA and PSN.

It's 1992 all over again. Two of gaming's greatest pugilists have revived their long-standing rivalry, with Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon claiming his new game will "kick" Street Fighter IV's "ass", while Capcom has accused Midway of still "riding the coattails" of its brawler.