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Those of you standing around waiting for the Guitar Hero III downloadable content announced the other day can now sink your Microsoft Points into half of the promised new releases - or not, in the case of a Christmas freebie - as Major Nelson's blog announces and Live Marketplace confirms the upload of new content.

Last time we checked in on Age of Conan, back in July, it's fair to say we were more impressed than we'd expected to be. Certainly, our first impressions weren't challenged in some key regards; the sheer level of violence and sexuality came across as more juvenile than adult, and the whole affair felt a bit like World of Warcraft on a cocktail of steroids and strong booze. An innovative combat system, interesting approach to storytelling and the tantalising promise of great PvP battles, however, made Conan into a strong prospect for one of the year's most interesting MMOGs.

Codemasters is working on a new Wii game called Emergency Mayhem, where you take control of emergency services vehicles to race to the scene of a calamity and then perform Wiimote actions to do a mini-game. Someone resuscitate Ellie.

'Own The Birth Of A Generation' urges the copy, somewhat awkwardly, on the back of the box. Setting aside the broken imagery (consider the acres of placenta you'd have on your hands) the phrase does manage to outline, with rare marketing frankness, the only reason players would be interested in buying this, the latest overhauled re-release of the second Final Fantasy game.

Square Enix has banged loudly on the door of the news inn declaring its need for a news-item-shaped room. The reason? It's delivering a baby-shaped parcel of release information and - ooh! - it's twins. Final Fantasy I and II will be born to Europe on 8th February, apparently.

Hudson and Microsoft are keeping someone in the office over Christmas to push a big red button marked "Bomb-Up Pack 3", which is to say that there will be some downloadable content for Bomberman Live released on Boxing Day.

Sales of game software in the UK will reach 78 million units by the end of the year, as retail enjoys another year of rapid growth.

Microsoft expects to sell more Xbox 360 consoles in Japan in 2008 than it did in 2007, but Europe will be the key battleground, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, HMV's head of entertainment software retail is panicking because Santa's elves say they can't physically make Wiis any faster. But, they've assured him, they do have an excellent disc burner so at least there will be plenty of games to go round.

Sensible World of Soccer was released on Xbox Live Arcade earlier - and then taken back down again after it became apparent it was horribly broken.

Warhawk game director Dylan Jobe says Incog will continue to make booster packs like Operation: Omega Dawn for as long as there's interest in them.

There's something about December that makes me crave turn-based strategy. I don't know what it is - some kind of deep grained memory that when you can't go outside it's time to play boardgames or something. While I've been dabbling with everything from Fantasy Wars to (just starting) the New Galacitic Civilization beta, this is what's been dominating.

Sony has released a new version of the Folding@Home client for PlayStation 3, which you can download by clicking on the FAH icon on the XMB. KBAI.

3D Realms has popped up to announce - to general disbelief - that it plans to release a teaser trailer for Duke Nukem Forever today on the Internet.

One is a flawed mercenary and the other is a medicated psychopath, but that hasn't stopped Kane & Lynch from making their way to Xbox Live in demo form, having appeared on PlayStation Network earlier this month.

I hate "driving" games. My life is short. If I wanted to move round in circles with little chance of variation for countless hours I would have bought a motorcycle and grown a giant arm. It's not the concept, but the trend towards gimmickry and "realism" over enjoyment that makes me so miserable. Games like Forza and Gran Turismo leave me cold. I can't play them. I know they're "seminal", and I understand why they're popular, but I find them slow and cynical. For me, the fun in any car game is in racing very quickly, and immediately. Think SEGA Rally. Blue skies. Think those early McRaes, the original TOCAs. Think Burnout. Think the first Gran Turismo on PlayStation, all those years before "PSone", the breakthrough console game that felt so thrilling and fresh. All of them showed depth but were never a chore. Ferrari Challenge - originally planned for November release and now pushed back to March next year - appears to fall in the right category. Despite being hung up on realism, preview code suggests passion and fun have been kept at the forefront. That's right, sports fans: it's actually enjoyable.

Movie and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer and MTV have announced a collaboration to create new and original games.

The Entertainment Software Association has announced that the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit will be returning to the Los Angeles Convention Center, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

The recent PS3 and PSP system update comes with an unannounced feature - the ability to remotely play any PSone game on the PSP handheld, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Japanese developer G.rev is working on an arcade sequel to Wartech: Senko no Ronde.

Sony America boss Jack Tretton says that developers are beginning to create games primarily on PlayStation 3 and then port them to other formats, reversing the early trend of focusing on Xbox 360 and PC and dealing with PS3 as an afterthought.

All the predictions of a bumper Christmas for Nintendo in the UK seem to be proving accurate, with news that its consoles are selling in record numbers, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Electronic Arts has officially unveiled Command & Conquer first-person shooter Tiberium, due out on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in autumn 2008.

Microsoft and Sony have made Fortune's annual "101 Dumbest Moments in Business" list, with Sony appearing not just once, but twice, for 2007, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

The fight for the Christmas number one in the UK has only one week to go, with Activision, SEGA and Electronic Arts all battling for the prestigious position, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Sony in Japan has released its Windows PC media management program for organising content on the PSP for free.

Microsoft has confirmed that Sensible World of Soccer will be released on Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow and revealed that it will be joined by Tempest.

As promised, Sony has released firmware updates for both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

Since time began, human beings have experienced a natural and powerful desire to throw things at other things. Millennia ago, big pointy wooden sticks were thrown at huge hairy beasts. Today, small pointy metal sticks are thrown by huge hairy beasts. Woolly mammoths have been replaced by wooden dartboards and the chance to win a speedboat, caravan or luxury holiday.

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