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Don King really does present Venom Games' new boxing endeavour. From the very first screens, hairstyling's answer to the brillo pad is everywhere - there are samples of his voice in the 70s themed funk music, and a deep red, posterised picture of his face looms ominously behind the menu screen. And that's even before he starts talking at you (excitedly, and at great length) in some of the game's many, many live-action video clips. This, after all, is a paean to the golden age of heavyweight boxing, the 1970s - and it's hard to deny that Don King, arguably the sport's most famous and most successful promoter, was a pivotal figure in that era.

Paradox has decided to give PC adventure game Penumbra: Black Plague an expansion.

This month will see the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. It's variously been described as the gaming event of the year / the defining moment of this console cycle / the pinnacle of human achievement including the discovery of fire, walking on the moon and the invention of the Oyster card. It'll sell millions of copies and more than a few consoles.

As well as bashing my fingers on a keyboard until words about games come out, I've also spent much of my working life looking after character licences for a variety of magazine and book publishers. This is why I once found myself spending half an hour at a trade fair talking to a woman who was very insistent that Batfink was going to make a major comeback, with a new TV series and even a movie. That was about five years ago and, needless to say, it never happened.

Nintendo UK has responded to concerns about the fact Wii Fit appears to have sold out before it's even on shelves - insisting that "many retailers are still accepting pre-orders".

Realtime Worlds has told GamesIndustry.biz that will be "looking seriously" at the possibility of bringing MMO All Points Bulletin to the PS3.

Criterion has revealed three new modes for Burnout Paradise that'll be released as part of the forthcoming "Cagney" update.

New best friends Sierra Entertainment and DC Comics have decided to make upcoming game Prototype into a comic book series.

Star Wars: Empire at War and Universe at War developer Petroglyph has revealed plans to make a fancy online game.

Sony has announced the DualShock 3 controller, complete with rumble feature, will be released in Australia on April 24th.

Electronic Arts has unveiled plans to deploy Battlefield: Bad Company on 23rd June across the US.

Those of you wondering when GTA IV Social Club pre-registrations are going to start...are probably smart enough to have gone to the Social Club website and checked, but just in case and as a reminder to the rest of you: 17th April.

Over 11,000 people have petitioned Disney in an effort to stop Virtual Magic Kingdom from being closed, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Remember back in February, when we reported you'd be able to play Wii title Boom Blox just by moving your head about? Well you won't.

Microsoft will be adding Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Metal Arms: Glitch in the System to Xbox Originals next Monday.

Namco Bandai has revealed that Soul Calibur IV will be out across the US on 29th July.

Sony has said that the slow speeds of thumbnail graphic downloads on the new PlayStation Store are down to demand.

Grand Theft Auto IV is set to rack up USD 400 million in its first week and sell 6 million copies, according to a Variety report.

EA has announced that The Sims has sold 100 million units worldwide, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

The BBC has revealed it's already been investigating how to get the iPlayer to work on PS3, promising that something official will be available in "due course".

Samuel L. Jackson is set to star in a videogame adaptation of manga/anime series Afro Samurai for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Master Chief has popped the Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3 on Xbox Live.

Ubisoft has plans to release a four-player drop-in co-operative demo for Haze in early May. No wait June no last February no definitely May no Christmas. May.

Nibris has revealed it is still looking for a publisher for its atmospheric black and white Wii thriller, Sadness.

Retail sources close to Eurogamer have confirmed that the console versions of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars will be out on 30th May, despite Activision declining to comment.

RedLynx Trials 2 has been updated and it has motorbikes in.

On 10th and 11th April, Nintendo of America invited a select group of journalists to a media event to experience the company's upcoming Wii, DS and WiiWare titles firsthand. While standing in a hallway before the event began, we caught a glimpse of NOA president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime as he was ushered through a back door and out of sight. Alas, Reggie never made a public appearance at the show. Like those who track the elusive Bigfoot, we were only able to capture a fuzzy cell phone photograph as evidence of his presence. But who is going to believe us? [Or care. -Ed]

Developer Vogster has whipped the wrappers off its real-life inspired MMO, CrimeCraft.

CCP, the studio behind space-based MMO EVE Online, has set about reassuring the Internet that the leak of the game's source code won't jeopardise subscribers' security.

It's this season's final episode of One Life Left, Eurogamer's videogame radio show tonight at 8pm. Which means, as with all season finales, that not only will the episode itself be EXPLOSIVE but we will also endeavour to wrap up a few long standing issues.