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Follow us into the magical land of the PlayStation Store and you should see a whole bag full of new treats, including new maps for Resistance, new cars for MotorStorm, new content for Sonic and even a couple of PSone games to play on your PS3 or PSP.

Midway's Harvey Smith has admitted that relatively low review scores for Blacksite are "no surprise", admitting to various problems during development.

Nintendo has told Eurogamer that Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village will be out in the US on 18th February.

It might not be happening immediately, but Ubisoft is clearly seeing the whole board when it tells us that Chessmaster Live will be released on XBLA in January.

The Leipziger Messe thinks it would be a great idea to gift your loved ones with an early Games Convention 2008 ticket this Christmas.

Codemasters has announced that Race Driver One will from now on forever and ever be known as Race Driver: GRID (or just GRID if you're American).

Nintendo has said that the Virtual Console service for Wii has so far generated JPY 3.5 billion (USD 33 million / EUR 22.3 million) for the company.

Sierra has said it is keen to explore new ideas, but avoided rumours that a new fully-fledged Leisure Suit Larry game is in development.

Sony US has said the planned Killzone 2 beta will not be out now until next year.

The European Live Video Marketplace will only be available in UK, Ireland, France and Germany.

Struggling role-playing game Two Worlds is getting an expansion in the first half of 2008.

The head of the British Army has said that the "PlayStation generation" (zomg bias) is actually pretty good at shooting people in the Afghanistan and Iraq.

Harmonix may be facing complaints about problems with the quality of Rock Band's initial guitar peripherals and the PS3 version not working with Guitar Hero accessories, but they can't really be blamed for this one: one lucky Rock Band forumite claims he's being playing the game so much he's actually getting evicted.

Performance PC builder Alienware and best friend Intel have decided to make a flash game called Hyperblast.

Bizarre Creations has released an update for Boom Boom Rocket that introduces five new tunes as well as guitar and dance mat support.

Rockstar wants to make our Christmas by releasing a new trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV next week.

Harmonix says it's working hard to resolve problems with the PS3 version of Rock Band - including, by the sound of it, the lack of compatibility with Guitar Hero guitars.

Microsoft and Epic have released a minor update for Gears of War on the PC which fixes an ealrier issue relating to Games for Windows Live.

Epic Games' Mark Rein has spoken in more depth about the degree to which user-generated content is possible in the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 - and applauded Sony's "wonderful" decision to make PSN an "open system".

SEGA and Valve have announced an agreement to deliver a line-up of new SEGA titles via the Steam distribution platform for PC games, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Mario Wynands is in an enviable position; as head of GripShift developer Sidhe Interactive, he's on the verge of having overseen the development and release of a game for both Sony PlayStation Network and Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade; he lives in fancy old New Zealand; and, most excitingly for him, he gets to read emails from yours truly. Amongst those he's sent back were some exclusive screenshots of GripShift XBLA and the answers to our niggly questions. With GripShift due out next month, now would be a good time to read them.

Sidhe Interactive boss Mario Wynands says that a sequel to the PSN and PSP title - due out next month on Xbox Live Arcade - is "definitely on the cards".

Must be made-up group the Blu-ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee has revealed it has sold more than a million films for its format.

Midway wants you lot to create your own short films so it can give you lovely prizes and possibly replace John Woo because he is a bit expensive.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that the shortage of Wii units at retail is a missed opportunity for the company, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

I was in my local off-licence one morning at the end of October buying a few bottles of... breakfast, and there on the counter was a DVD of the original Halloween film. It was £2.49, and I thought to myself "Ah what the hell. Saves me downloading it, and a bit of classic blood and mayhem at this time of year is always nice." I bought the DVD knowing full well I'd probably only watch it that once. I did, and it was great. Simple, available and briefly entertaining.

If in doubt, buy your parents something you want and reclaim at a later date - a useful mantra handed down from generation to generation. I once bought my sister a CD that will remain nameless for shame purposes, even though she had no flashy machinery to play it on. But I did. So, when I suggested she hand the disc to me and keep the cassette recording I had selflessly made for herself, I was expecting nothing but cooperation. Bloody witch didn't see it like that though, did she? Threw a right strop. Ungrateful. But looking back at my foolish youth of yester-year I can see how much I have changed. She lives in China for a start, so no need to get her anything. Present for sister: tick.

Sony has said that PAIN - Idol Minds' quirky game about flinging people into a city and watching them get knocked silly by skyscrapers - will be released on the PlayStation Store this Thursday in the US.

Sony has announced plans to release a new battery pack for the PSP next month in the USA. However, Sony UK has said that there are "currently no plans" to release it over here.

Auran Games has stuck a much-needed plaster over some of Fury's gaping wounds.