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Valve may specialise in cracking games, but it's not doing badly with heart-lifting cuddly merchandise either - and Half-Life 2: Episode Two's Hunter is the latest addition.

Bethesda Softworks hopes to release Fallout 3 on PC, 360 and PS3 simultaneously, according to executive producer Todd Howard.

Dead Head Fred has won the inaugural Videogame Writing Award at the 2008 Writers Guild of America Awards.

It's first-person. There, that's what you came here to find out. But I implore you, stick around for a bit longer. I've interesting things to tell you. (Not least, that it can be played in third-person, even pulling the camera back and up).

Nintendo has said that playing games on the Wii is perfectly safe providing you don't "overdo it", GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Microsoft has unveiled a fancy deal with Paramount to offer its old and new films on the Live Video Store.

Reports are emerging of a dangerous computer virus called Mocmex - capable of hacking online gaming accounts - finding its way onto home PCs via digital photo frames.

MotorStorm developer Evolution Studios has said that it wants to "dominate reaction racing for a long time".

Capcom has revealed that Okami will boast widescreen and progressive scan support on Wii.

The Halifax isn't giving Blizzard extra. News has emerged that the British bank is stopping automatic payments to the Californian game operator, on the grounds that World of Warcraft is at the centre of an unusually high incidence of credit card fraud.

Toshiba has denied making any decisions to stop production of its HD-DVD format and remove itself from the high-definition playback battle.

Maxis has confirmed to Eurogamer that YouTube will form an integral part of Spore.

If Nintendo really wants to improve people's lives they should forget about Brain and Sight and Face Training. Much more useful would be Lifestyle Training, a game that teaches you how to live and look like the people in the promotional photographs for Brain and Sight and Face Training. The exercises would train you how to have excellent hair and layer casual sportswear effectively. You would have to practice facial expressions such as rapture, astonishment and boundless joy for when you're playing games. There would be a special bonus mode about how to live in Shoreditch in a flat full of hardwood floors and things made of white.

Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz' widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial offers analysis of one of the issues weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.

It's the Game Developers Conference next week. That's exciting because The Big Three will probably announce something or other. Sony presence is a little diminished this year, which is disappointing when you consider Phil Harrison took to the stage to unveil PlayStation Home and LittleBigPlanet in 2007. Developers will also do their fair share of the talking, with Molyneux, Levine and Meier all pipped to do some chin-wagging - Peter Molyneux dazzled us by revealing the dog in Fable 2 last year.

It's the Game Developers Conference next week, and Eurogamer will be sitting there in the front row of as many sessions as possible, or possibly somewhere near the back so we can sneak out if it's boring. We're sure it'll be fine.

Nintendo Europe has told us that running regional tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Brawl then giving out lots of juicy prizes is something it is "looking at" doing.

Codemasters has unleashed a three-pronged Overlord downloadable content attack on Xbox Live.

Electronic Arts is working on The Sims 3, according to Sims studio creative director Rod Humble.

Activision has revealed plans to base an entire instalment in the Guitar Hero series around popular American beat combo Aerosmith.

Capcom has popped the Lost Planet PS3 demo back on the US PlayStation Network.

Bethesda mouth Pete Hines has said Fallout 3 will have a much smaller game world than Oblivion - around 50 to 80 per cent of its size.

Rare has said that part of its "new direction" for Banjo-Kazooie 3 will involve introducing a "unique" multiplayer mode unlike anything currently out there.

Blizzard is to launch a global World of Warcraft tournament in April, offering cash prizes for the best players in the Arena combat system. The grand prize will be USD 75,000.

A new trailer for the movie adaptation of PC shooter Far Cry has popped up on YouTube.

New NPD figures reported by MarketWatch have revealed PlayStation 3 outsold in Xbox 360 in the US last month, with 269,000 Sony machines shifted compared to 230,000 MS consoles.

Record companies will "very soon" start releasing new music in a format that allows users to play with it in games like Rock Band as well as just listen to it.

Just two games for Virtual Console enthusiasts this week, and both for the Megadrive. Say hello to Eternal Champions and Phantasy Star II.

(Update: EA has since rubbished this nonsense about KOTOR. Apparently it was not the news we're looking for. We can go on our way. Move along.)

(Update: EA has since rubbished this nonsense and we've killed everyone involved.)