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It's time to put a stop to stealth in games. It was all very well back in the nineties, but then so was Richard Blackwood. Since Sam Fisher and Solid Snake and The One Out Of Syphon Filter first started hiding in cupboards, every other action game on the shelves has featured some kind of stealth element. It's as if game designers think there's nothing more thrilling than pressing no buttons while you wait for a man with a torch to walk the other way.

Activision will be offering you the "Top Gun Anthem" for Guitar Hero III this Thursday.

The Worldwide Invitational in Paris this past weekend saw the release of a deluge of new information on next World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. We covered hands-on impressions of the Death Knight and the major character-class changes in yesterday's preview. But a good deal more emerged in the various developer panels, not all of which we managed to attend ourselves as we ran around grabbing interviews and tracking down every last snippet of information on Diablo III.

Majesco has decided to make another Cooking Mama game for Wii. It's due sometime this year in the US, but there's no word on Europe.

It was human burger bar Elvis Presley who, in 1964, sang the immortal lines: "Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into night-time/ Turnin' night into daytime/ If you see it once/ You'll never be the same again." Apparently, American songwriter Doc Pomus wrote these lyrics having never been anywhere near Sin City. He knew enough to know better. With its signature sprawl of mega-resorts scattered through the arid desert basin of Nevada like toys across a sandpit, Vegas beggars belief.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl has headbutted its way to the top of the UK all formats chart this week, thumping previous leader LEGO Indiana Jones down to three.

Microsoft will be offering brilliant fighting game Soulcalibur on Live Arcade tomorrow for 800 Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60).

Sony PSN boss Eric Lempel has sat down to address some questions about PS3 firmware update v2.40 on the official US blog.

Treyarch has apologised for comments calling Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway "a crappy war game".

You probably have one overriding memory of the original Track & Field arcade game: pain.

Funcom has sent out its latest chest-beating press release for its MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, announcing the creation of an impressive 700,000 player accounts for the month-old game.

Namco Bandai has announced plans to blow the dust off the original Soul Calibur and whack the game on Xbox Live Arcade.

It's been confirmed that three more Nippon Ichi titles are down for a US release.

Microsoft Game Studios has said it will keep staggering PC and Xbox 360 releases so that desktop users have a reason to keep buying console titles.

Remember J Allard, the man who became famous for launching Xbox 360, wearing an earring and having a bald head? Remember how he went on to work on Zune, or something, and hasn't been seen since?

Nintendo is hosting a series of events across the UK offering you the chance to try out Wii Fit and get a free health and fitness check.

EA has told Eurogamer there has been a "misunderstanding" about the Rock Band 2 date in Europe.

If you think the main FIFA team is tired of being asked about PES, spare a thought for the Wii guys. With Konami edging perilously close to the piss-take with its lethargy in giving fans a genuine from-the-ground-up kickabout on 360 and PS3, EA must have felt quietly confident that it would have a clear sight of goal with proper motion-controlled gameplay for this year's update.

Have you heard the one about the Englishman, the Scotsman and the Jamaican-Canadian? EA's lead FIFA team comprises staff of over 18 nationalities, which, were it a real squad, would no doubt have shifty FIFA president Sepp Blatter railing against the vile destruction of home-grown talent.

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment was instrumental in the choice of Activision as the partner for Vivendi Games' merger, according to operations chief Paul Sams.

SEGA has confirmed it will be helping out with Summer of Sonic, a special event being held in London this August.

Sony has announced that the 2.40 firmware for PlayStation 3 will be released this Wednesday, 2nd July.

Being Jason Bourne may look glamorous, but in reality it's probably not. Yes, you get to bring down the silly old CIA using rusty old cars and biros and then go and live on a beach with Franka Potente, but you also have to remember numbers, sleep rough, wipe down hotel rooms and put up with headaches. We'd still rather own a Velcro patent or get a discount at Thresher. Fortunately High Moon Studios thought of that and so Bourne Conspiracy is about doing all the cool things in Robert Ludlum's books and the Matt Damon films, and in some respects it does them well.

Sony has announced the DualShock 3 wireless rumble controller for PS3 will arrive in Europe on 4th July and cost GBP 39.99.

Harmonix has unveiled Rock Band 2 and announced plans to release it as a timed exclusive on Xbox 360 this September - with other platforms to follow "later in the year".

MTV and Harmonix will be releasing a trio of cheap Rock Band songs tomorrow to celebrate the upcoming CrueFest event in Hollywood.

Eurogamer readers will be able to quiz David Smith, co-founder and technical director of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, this Wednesday, 2nd July.

Square Enix will be releasing Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon in Europe this autumn.

With so many deadly serious shooters on the Virtual Console, it's nice to be able to welcome something a little lighter into the fold. Super Fantasy Zone was the last entry in Sunsoft's shooter series, and represents a neat encapsulation of all that was lovely and sweet about that little spaceship called Opa Opa.

Ignition will be bringing Metal Slug 7 back to life on DS, with an autumn release confirmed for the US.