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Activision has struck back at claims made by Rock Band developer Harmonix that it is holding up the release of a patch that would allow its Guitar Hero III peripheral to work with the PS3 version of the competing title, arguing that Harmonix and its owner MTV would not be in this position if they had accepted "Activision's offer to reach an agreement" about compatibility. Presumably by "reach an agreement", they mean "hand over the money all of it chop chop".

PlayStation 3 sales increased 285 per cent from October to November according to NPD Group sales data, marking the largest sales increase of any hardware platform.

Eagle-eyed readers will recall that only a couple of weeks ago, we ran a delectable news tit-bit in which Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford opined that, despite the departure of Call of Duty for pastures modern, there's plenty of meat left on the bones of World War II videogaming yet. Some of you agreed, and leapt to the defence of the WW2 games; others did that rude thing where you yawn loudly behind your hands.

Often a kick up the arse is exactly what the doctor ordered. Top Spin 2 was rushed; French developer PAM has no qualms about admitting it, suggesting at least something had to be offered on the new batch of consoles sooner rather than later. Still, this sort of behaviour has come to be expected from games machines finding their feet, as developers fiddle with new creation tools and begin to get to grips with the fresh grunt on offer. So, you may say we understand why Top Spin 2 was a flimsy and incremental offering in the series then, but ask fifty pounds for it and our sympathetic nature soon disperses.

Capcom has released an exciting new trailer for Bionic Commando, and we've got it exclusively on Eurogamer TV.

The MD of Rising Star Games, Martin Defries, has responded to criticism levelled at the company following the announcement that forthcoming title No More Heroes would differ in content to the US edition.

Back at the dawn of this bold new millennium, EA and Maxis had the idea of creating a game that would sit neatly in between their two globe-conquering franchises - the detail-obsessed SimCity and the close-up antics of The Sims. Simsville was to be the name, but the project was canned in 2001 when it became clear that more straight Sims spin-offs were what the public craved most. Six years later, and Simsville is back - at least in spirit.

Devil May Cry 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi thinks it's actually best that game developers keep their eyes on their own work and don't play competitors' games.

Konami has broken down in front of everyone and confessed to how the DS and PSP versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 work and when they're out.

Evolution Studios has pumped yet more free downloadable content into MotorStorm in the form of mirrored racetracks, a couple of new songs and some other tweaks.

THQ and Kaos Studios' upcoming first-person shooter Frontlines: Fuel of War has popped up on Xbox Live today in demo form.

A Blizzard community representative has confirmed on the US World of Warcraft forums that a number of jobs advertised by the company are for a new MMO project that isn't connected to World of Warcraft, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Later on today PSP owners in Europe will be able to download a playable demo of WipEout Pulse from the PSP Store for the PC.

Good news, Burnout Paradise demo fans! There's a Burnout Paradise demo on Xbox Live!

Having established Xbox Live Arcade as the leader in downloadable content for consoles, Microsoft is looking to be the first to successfully deliver episodic and user-created content as the next evolution of the service, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Rock Band developer Harmonix is claiming that a patch designed to allow the use of PS3 Guitar Hero controllers with its new game is being blocked by Activision, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Like a mum on her kid's first day at school before that dishy gardener shows up, lots of people are worried about Burnout Paradise. And with good reason, too. Paradise's crazed next-gen design document involves no menus, right down to players not having an option to instantly restart challenges, and a focus on online multiplayer that's entirely new to the series. Then there's the removal of Crash mode and the replacing of levels with a single, huge open city.

Sony is preparing a PSP firmware update for 18th December, although most of the new features appear to be for the Japanese market.

Konami has lined up a pair of Hudson's Wii games for release in Europe in the first half of 2008 - Fishing Master and Sports Island.

Now here's something you don't see every day: a videogame in black and white.

Sony has been in touch to say that Warhawk expansion pack Operation Omega Dawn will be released on PlayStation Network next Thursday, 20th December.

Electronic Arts has declined to comment on "rumour and speculation" about an upcoming Command & Conquer first-person shooter for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Everybody's Golf 5 will hopefully be released here in March for PS3, Sony UK told Eurogamer this morning after SCEA announced a similar release date overnight for North America.

Sony Japan's latest exotic-looking PSP export, Patapon, is due out in the US in February 2008, Sony America announced overnight.

Majesco has announced Wonderworld Amusement Park for the Wii, developed by Coyote Console.

Gamecock and Auran's online multiplayer game Fury will become free to download as well as free to play following a 14th December content update.

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NCsoft has released an update for free-to-play MMOG Dungeon Runners called "Chunk 2", which introduces a few gameplay refinements as well as in-game adverts for non-paying members.

Microsoft has rejected claims by film director Michael Bay that it wants HD-DVD and Blu-ray to fail "so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads".

LittleBigPlanet hopefuls may have a new trailer of a pirate ship, but they won't be getting a demo this year despite previous comments to the contrary.