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Q Entertainment has put its musical puzzler Lumines on PC casual gaming site WildGames.

A survey of 4000 parents across the UK, France, Germany and Italy has concluded that 75 per cent of respondents were concerned about the content in videogames that their children played, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

CyberSports is after its first batch of testers for massively multiplayer online game Football Superstars.

XSEED has picked up the US publishing rights to Wild Arms XF on PSP, and hopes to release it there next spring.

Please note! While it should go without saying, it seldom does in the world of the Internet: reading a guide to the final sections of a game is likely to spoil it for you if you haven't reached them on your own.

Activision Blizzard has let slip word that it is working on Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero IV, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Ubisoft has released a patch for the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed in order to tackle some of its crippling bugs.

Sony has reassured us that Warhawk booster pack Operation: Omega Dawn will be out worldwide before Christmas.

Xbox 360 owners may be rocking out with Guitar Hero III at the moment, but it's Guitar Hero II that's receiving attention on Xbox Live at the moment with the "Indie Label Pack II" for Xbox Live Marketplace.

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has told Eurogamer that the Second World War remains a rich vein of material for videogames - but he also believes that moving to a different era was the right decision for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty series.

Fabrice Pierre-Elien, Ubisoft's business development manager, has told GamesIndustry.biz that he sees the development of new intellectual property as crucial for the company, and that creating additional franchises can help to improve the quality of games.

Midway has confirmed the departure of Harvey Smith, the creative director of BlackSite: Area 51, who recently criticised the project before it had even been released in Europe, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

"I'm the tyranny of evil men," scowled Samuel L. Jackson, rather memorably. "But I'm trying, Ringo. I'm trying real hard to be a shepherd". He could have saved himself a lot of silly bother by simply waiting fourteen years for Mass Effect to come out, since you can't help but be a shepherd in this one. Commander Shepard, to be precise (oh it's a perfect segue) and it's his/her adventure we're continuing today.

Saving the galaxy from a rogue Spectre agent and his army of mechanical zealots is the sort of undertaking that can, understandably, command a lot of your concentration. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't set aside a little "me-time" along the way. Sample local customs. Try a hobby, like cross stitch, electronics jamming or assault rifle training. Salvage the reputation of psychic space prostitute. That sort of thing. With that in mind, here's a different sort of game guide.

EA is planning to bring Medal of Honor, Battlefield and Spore to mobile phones, EA Mobile senior veepee Mitch Lasky told a mobile games conference this week.

Eidos Montreal boss Stephane D'Astous has said Deus Ex 3 will be built on the Tomb Raider: Legend engine.

BioShock will be patched on both PC and Xbox 360 this week, according to the game's official website, and players of both can also look forward to free downloadable content.

Hot on the news-based heels of news-based news that you will be able to download Xbox 1 games, view your friends' Friends Lists and restrict access to children with the new Xbox 360 dashboard update, Microsoft has also announced a new "Arcade Hits" wing of Xbox Live Arcade for games with "permanently reduced prices".

Turn 10 has said to expect new premium downloadable content for Forza Motorsport 2 on 7th December.

CNET has issued an official reponse concerning the departure of GameSpot US reviews editor Jeff Gerstmann, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Once upon a time, reviewing handheld versions of popular video and PC games was a bit like inviting your old friends round only to discover they all secretly hate you and are recent burns victims. These days, though, the DS is big business to games publishers, so surely they're trying a bit harder. We tracked down five recent examples of "and on DS" to find out.

Activision and Vivendi Games are to merge, becoming the world's largest independent videogame publisher, in a deal valued at USD 18.9 billion, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Fable 2 will be released in "late 2008", Peter Molyneux told Eurogamer readers today in a wide-ranging LiveText interview.

It's another quiet week on the Virtual Console, I'm afraid. Only two new (old) games, one of which involves baseball and will thus appeal to about nine people and one that...well, one that's quite possibly the most baffling addition to the VC line up yet. Both are very good, but not likely to have many gamers stampeding to their Wii Wallets.

Bonkers. That's Charles Martinet, otherwise knows as the Voice of Mario. You know, Mr "Woo hoo!". Anyway, as we were saying, he's nuts. And he's also one of the nicest people EGTV has ever had the pleasure of interviewing.

In ten years, the arcades had pushed forward the boundaries of interactive technology more than NASA had achieved in two decades leading up to the moon landing hoax. And the industry had learnt some hard lessons, paving the way for both revolution and devastation throughout the silver age.

GamesIndustry.biz has learned that GameSpot's US reviews editor has left CNET Networks following an incident involving the site's recent Kane & Lynch review.

Ever since Eurogamer moved into its new proper amazing office with more than one room, those of us who do the words have been encouraged to compose the bulk of them within its fine bounds, perched upon its fine chairs which are not to be rolled across its fine carpets and no eating at your desk.

Square Enix will be treating us Europeans to Odin Sphere early next year.

Ubisoft has popped us the first dossier of information on rifle units in real-time strategy title EndWar.