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Sony has declined to comment on suggestions it is encouraging first-party developers to add PlayStation Home integration to their games.

Speaking at an investor meeting, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has said that he thinks it would take an investment of half a billion to a billion dollars to take on World of Warcraft - and even then, success isn't guaranteed.

Responding to the US intelligence community's plans to start monitoring behaviour in MMOs, an expert has rubbished the idea that virtual worlds represent a terrorist threat - adding that such monitoring would be unconstitutional and an invasion of privacy.

Guerrilla Games has hotly defended its infamous Killzone 2 E3 2005 trailer by saying it served a purpose and was not intended simply to build hype.

Microsoft could be planning to expand role-playing game Lost Odyssey into a series.

The latest Enterbrain figures have revealed the Wii is outselling PlayStation 3 by a ratio of nearly 4-to-1 in Japan.

Nintendo has revealed there will be no option for communicating via voice chat in Mario Kart Wii.

EA has closed down The Sims Online and is replacing it with a new, free-to-play virtual world built on a re-engineerd version of the same platform. In an added twist, it has decided to call the reworked game EA-Land.

Good news, PC gamers! That expression is probably a Googlewhack by now, but here is some anyway: EA has told Eurogamer that Dead Space will be out on 31st October on PC.

Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono has suggested to Wired.com the console versions of Street Fighter IV will have more characters.

Sony and BT's PSP wireless communication package, Go!Messenger, will be released on the PSP Store on Friday, Sony confirmed today.

American reality television show The Deadliest Catch is being made into a PS3 and 360 game.

THQ has lined up over 90 dedicated Xbox 360 servers for Frontlines: Fuel of War's launch in Europe and the USA, which launches here on 29th February.

EA has told Eurogamer that a European date for Mass Effect PC will be revealed "soon".

Capcom has told Eurogamer that Rocketmen: Axis of Evil will be released on Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in March.

Capcom is going to tinker with Gamecube title Resident Evil Zero and release it on Wii.

Bungie continues to support Halo 3 with new content and auto-updates and, as we heard yesterday, has no intention of letting up. Due out this spring, the Legendary Map Pack will introduce another selection of multiplayer maps, the first of which has been identified as Ghost Town.

Nintendo has said that Wii Fit will retail for GBP 69.99 in the UK and EUR 89.99 in the rest of Europe. Which makes sense - why would they charge Europeans in pounds?

Koei plans to unleash a Samurai Warriors 2 expansion on 21st March.

Ubisoft has announced that first-person shooter Haze will be released on PlayStation 3 this May.

Midway has told Eurogamer that Blacksite on PS3 will arrive a week later than expected on 7th March.

Codemasters has said Turning Point: Fall of Liberty will be out in Europe on 14th March.

SCEE has "no plans" to release a Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle or God of War PSP bundle in Europe.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be released in North America in "late Q2 2008", according to SCEA, with a Metal Gear Online "Starter Pack" to launch "to support online gameplay".

Giving evidence to a Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee this week, Matt Lambert, Microsoft's head of corporate affairs in the UK, stated his belief that the PEGI ratings system was better than the BBFC version, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

DualShock 3 will be available to buy in North America in April, SCEA said overnight.

Epic Games is asking for feedback from fans of its hit Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War. A new survey about the game has popped up on the official website.

I took a break from ploughing through the latest Ace Attorney game, Apollo Justice (review so very soon, do not fear), to spend a short amount of time with its PSP brethren, the Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law game. And when I say "short", I mean, "Inch High Private Eye after being shot by Myron Reducto's shrinking ray" short. There - if that reference made no sense to you, then neither will Harvey Birdman on PSP. Problematic. If it did, then you're certainly one of the better people, but this may not be enough.

Valve has confirmed to Eurogamer that it's "looking at" introducing things like TV shows, movies and music to Steam, but has nothing to add at this time.

Sorry, we were a little distracted last week with GDC. But now everyone is back we can catch up on the demos you missed. Only, there weren't that many.