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Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi has defended the game against allegations of racism, saying he was "surprised" by the reaction it received.

It's fast. That's what really strikes you, almost more than the increased accuracy: with the Wii MotionPlus dongle attached to the base of the Wii remote, there is absolutely zero perceptible lag translating your movements to the screen. No woolliness, no wobble either. It is fluid, smooth, instantaneous, natural.

I'm rather disappointed that the top-tier 1000-Point price-tag seems to have become the default for WiiWare games. It's hardly a surprise - human nature being what it is - but even so, with each new batch that arrives, the fond memories of LostWinds and My Life as a King drift further and further away. I thought the 1000-Point screensaver that was My Pokémon Ranch was bad, but little did I know that SPOGS Racing was waiting in the wings.

Maybe it's because there are so few of them. Maybe it's because the ones that we do have tend to be pretty great. Whatever the reason, there's something about pirate games that tends to promise a little more than the usual gaming experience. Monkey Island. Sid Meier's Pirates. Overboard. All fondly remembered, all featured parrots and wooden legs and yarrrrrrr.

Microsoft is preparing a double dose of Live Arcade games for tomorrow.

Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai has promised new PS3 service Home will be worth the wait.

LEGO Indiana Jones has swung back to the top of the UK all-formats top 40, beating rival movie tie-in WALL-E into second place.

Epic Games has hired British author Karen Traviss to write three Gears of War novels.

With a hat collection of extreme repute, logic suggests Ellie would be the best reviewer for the job of critically eviscerating Elefunk. But then again, how many Sly and the Family Stone and Funkadelic records does Ms Gibson own, hmm? None, that's how many. Yow! Good god! Hit me! Etc. Anyway, an initial glance places this latest quirky PSN puzzle offering somewhere between PC indie hit Pontifex and the mortal chaos of Lemmings, with the idea to construct bridges strong enough to carry the weight of freewheeling elephants with scant regard for their safety. Their funk credentials remain unproven, however.

Sony Europe has told Eurogamer that all user-generated content in LittleBigPlanet will be free at launch.

Koei plans to offer the extended and standalone FES edition of Persona 3 here on 17th October.

This is the first in a series of articles about combat in EVE Online. In this instalment we're going to look at the basic principles of killing people, which are rather unlike those of most other MMOs. Then we'll look at more advanced combat, faction warfare, and the philosophy and politics of conflict in EVE; and, finally, we'll examine the ambitions and tactics of EVE's huge military alliances. While the economic and industrial side of EVE is huge, player-versus-player war is the absolute core reason to play EVE, and understanding it will decide whether this game is for you.

Wii title Cooking Mama 2: World Kitchen is coming to Europe next year, courtesy of 505 Games.

An army man who worked as a consultant on the Metal Gear Solid series is in trouble for allegedly smuggling night vision scopes out of the US.

Konami has admitted there are currently "no permanent solutions" to technical hiccups relating to the Metal Gear Online Gene Expansion.

Well, that's it for another year. We've had our moments of shock, awe, and the occasional cringe. But unless you spent all of last week sat in your pants and hitting F5 (it's in our contracts, alas), chances are you might not have caught up with the flurry of new video teasers and trailers unleashed during the LA showcase.

David Perry, big cheese at Acclaim and founder of Shiny Entertainment, has added his voice to those criticising E3, calling it "broken", "stupid", and an "embarrassment".

SEGA has plans to release a brand new Sonic adventure exclusively for Wii in spring 2009.

High-street shop HMV will soon begin selling games in-store without charging VAT.

Following last week's announcement that Flagship Studios had made all staff redundant and closed down development, the beta test of its anticipated free MMO Mythos has gone offline.

Eurogamer readers will get to interview System 3 boss Mark Cale about Ferrari Challenge on Wednesday afternoon.

A major bit of World of Warcraft news passed us by in all the E3 hubbub last week: Blizzard confirmed that next expansion Wrath of the Lich King will introduce an achievement system to the game.

The Metal Gear Online Gene Expansion pack has collapsed under the weight of internet demand.

Following the announcement that PlayStation 2 sales have now topped 140 million, King of Sony Kaz Hirai has said he's keen to see PS3 do even better.

Activision has snagged the rights to put a virtual Jimi Hendrix in Guitar Hero World Tour.

EA Sports captain Peter Moore believes that within five years we will all be playing games online, maybe with robotic dogs and hoverboards.

Soft-spoken Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans is showing off LittleBigPlanet to a roomful of press, and we're stood behind him blowing raspberries and wailing. Obviously. He doesn't seem to mind. Five minutes in, he asked if anyone wanted to play along, and inexplicably we were the only people to put our hands up (both of them, while hopping up and down). So now we're cycling the Sackboy emotes with the d-pad and using the DualShock 3 tilt function to angle our puppet avatar's head so he's watching his dad.

My enduring memory of Casino Royale is the scene where Daniel Craig wades out of the ocean in his speedos. Apparently this vision of slick-skinned beefcakery caused some viewers to swoon, and understandably so. Me, I was simply staring in incredulity at the size of the man, thinking "bloody hell, how does he move? Look at the size of those muscles on his shoulders - can he even lift up his arms with those dog-sized lumps of meat squatting on top?"

Charity may begin at Home, but if you listen to certain vocal sections of the PS3 community the promise of Sony's shared virtual space is starting to sound a lot like an old collection tin with a few coins rattling around inside. Release dates shift, functions and features remain vague, and there's a persistent assumption from the conspiracy-minded that the whole enterprise may yet prove to be nothing but vapourware. Across the wild frontier of the internet, the same question rings out from doubters and wide-eyed hopefuls alike: Does PlayStation Home even exist in a workable form?

WipEout HD has yet to be released because of a "specific technical problem", but Sony hopes it will be out "before the end of the year".