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Codemasters is doing a bit of smash and grab today, announcing HEI$T for PC and next-gen consoles.

Market research company Pearl Research has found that the online games market in China grew more than 60 per cent in 2007 to reach a value of USD 1.66 billion, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Activision plans to release playable demos of team-based multiplayer FPS Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for both PS3 and 360.

The traditional image of the FPS player as a PC gamer with keyboard and mouse doesn't necessarily hold true any more, according to id Software's director of business development, Steve Nix, who told Eurogamer this week that he believes many hardcore PC FPS players are now getting their jollies on consoles.

"Quake Wars sets out to provide a totally different experience, and does so very well - with a set of well-designed, expansive levels and great vehicles being the stand-out factors." That's what some handsome fool wrote about Enemy Territory: Quake Wars on PC back in September. We liked most of it, but the combat lacked the punchiness we'd hoped for in a Quake game, and we weren't fond of the steep climb up the learning curve.

Chinese company CDC Games has revealed it is making a Digimon-themed MMO.

Sony Online Entertainment has said it wants newcomers to stand a chance against veterans in its MMO The Agency.

Blizzard has officially lifted the lid on upcoming World of Warcraft patch Fury of the Sunwell, unveiling a new mini-site and trailer.

Activision has revealed details of the first DS instalment in the Guitar Hero series.

Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has revealed there will be a total of three Xbox Live Arcade games that will let you earn money for use in Fable 2.

Ninja Theory has said its next title is original IP and definitely not a sequel to the Sony-owned Heavenly Sword.

DICE has revealed that delayed war title Battlefield: Bad Company is now aiming for a summer release.

A new patch for the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 is due for a European release today.

EA has said it is confident that Red Alert 3 will be released this "holiday season".

Electronic Arts is planning to show off titles such as Spore, Dead Space and Boom Blox at this year's Sci-Fi London festival.

EA has officially lifted the lid on The Sims 3, announcing it'll be released sometime next year.

On a warm spring afternoon in EA's sprawling San Francisco Bay campus, the Sims is described as many things. It's a commercial phenomenon; it's the PC's most successful game; it's second only to Mario as the world's top-selling game series. It's a business unit; it's a business model. It's a creative tool; it's a canvas for the player's imagination. It's a private form of self-expression. It's a community. As you may remember, The Sims is also a game - one of the most popular, successful and, yes, innovative games in history.

Capcom has announced the new Street Fighter movie will be released next year to tie-in with the game's 20th anniversary.

Radar Group's Casey Lynch has stated that despite reports to the contrary, Prey 2 is not in development for PlayStation 3.

Bungie has said the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack will go Live on 15th April.

US cable television company Comcast has struck a deal with Ubisoft to offer you a fresh Rainbow Six Vegas 2 map on 360 and PS3.

An analyst has dismissed assertions that an Electronic Arts buyout is just what Rockstar needs as "total bullsh**".

A total of 80 people got together yesterday to set the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of games characters.

EA has extended its in-game advertising partnership with Microsoft subsidiary Massive Inc. in a deal which will affect the majority of its 360 and PC titles for two years.

Tragnarion Studios has announced plans to produce a Wii version of forthcoming DS title Doodle Hex.

The Xbox 360 boasted a 40 per cent spike in UK sales over the weekend following the Europe-wide price cut, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

I'll bring this up again since everyone seems to have forgotten: Ubisoft used to call these games "standalone expansion packs". Everyone knew where they stood. What you were getting was more of the same; new levels built on the same tech with the exact same gameplay, and, as a result, a price tag of less than twenty quid. Take Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, and Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike - great examples of fan service, and we gave both 8/10. Had they been full-price, we might have been grumpier about what were blatant retreads, albeit quality ones. It's all about context.

Today we introduce Eurogamer's MMO channel - your first stop for everything massively multiplayer.

Koei plans to bring Soul Nomad to Europe in June.

To celebrate the launch of Eurogamer's MMO channel, we've teamed up with the developers of massively multiplayer sports game Empire of Sports to offer 2000 pairs of keys to the game's Private Launch phase.