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James Bond says that he didn't want to be in Activision's new James Bond game because he instinctively thought it was going to be pants.

Defender was widely acknowledged by many as an instant classic upon its release into the arcade. Fans of the game held their breath in baited anticipation as they waited for the first home versions to appear in the shops. Surely the bespoke controls of Defender parent could never be replicated on the humble Competition Pro Joystick. Could it?

Flagship Studios is taking down the Hellgate: London servers this afternoon to add some special content for "Guy Fawkes' Night", a holiday still celebrated in England.

Capcom has revealed plans to release a Special Edition of Devil May Cry 4 for 360 and PS3 and launch.

Empire has said that FlatOut will be heading onto PSP early next year, for the first time ever in the series.

THQ appears to have signed the the trademark rights to the Homeworld series of games.

Tony Hawk's Project 8 was like a fresh summer's morning, the last of the dew glistening on the luscious blades of grass, a warm sun emerging above the distant hills, while puffy white clouds dotted a rich blue sky. Through its fields and meadows you gaily skipped, pausing to pluck a large, happy-faced daisy and weave it into your hair, before busting a sick flip-trick off a convenient nearby quarter pipe in gorgeous slow motion.

Empire has revealed that International Cricket Captain III will be heading to PS2 and PSP on 16th November.

Game Republic has popped a website up for its new PlayStation Network title Dark Mist.

EA has whipped a new demo for Need For Speed ProStreet on to the Internet.

Namco Bandai has said that the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata will come with new content.

Eurogamer TV today is proud to announce the birth of video triplets in the shape of three exclusive gameplay vignettes from the PS3-exclusive platform-shooter with the unnecessarily long name, Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction.

SEGA Japan has revealed that NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams will be linked to the Wii Weather Channel.

Frogster and Kylotonn's PC remake of Speedball 2 - recently renamed "Speedball 2 - Tournament" - is set to be sold through Steam at the end of November.

Sony has officially deployed the 1.1 patch for PeacePigeon aka WarHawk, and this time it actually meant to release it and everything. Game director Dylan Jobe describes it as "a fast download", which will zap its way down your Interpipes when you next fire up WarHawk.

Intervention from descendants of real-life assassins - the Ismaili Nizaris - has lead to work on the Assassin's Creed books being indefinitely halted.

Square Enix has confirmed that PSP versions of Final Fantasy I and II will both be making their way over here and indeed to all PAL territories for early 2008. Providing they save often and bring enough potions.

Bethesda has registered the new website address elderscrollsonline.com, suggesting that the MMO project it is working on is based on its hit role-playing series.

Following reports that hackers were able to reinstate violence censored from the PSP version of Manhunt 2, the ESRB issued a statement defending its "M" rating, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Nokia has announced that its relaunch of the N-Gage platform will be delayed until December, as it continues to finalise software for the online-enabled service, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Gaming is not generally known as a quiet, relaxing hobby. Sure, you can spend a few hours intently clicking away at a sedate strategy game but, for most of us, most of our gaming time involves shooting, shouting and vehicles smashing into each other at high speed. It gets noisy - and this isn't always welcome. Flatmates can't hear the telly, babies wake up screaming, cats do their business on your duvet by way of dirty protest.

For the past few years, the FIFA Manager series has resembled the kind of big spending underachievers so common in the Premiership, a Newcastle United to Football Manager's Chelsea, tipped pre-season by its owners for greatness, then utterly underachieving when the tackles start flying in earnest. However, while this year's footy management crown once again looks to be heading to Sports Interactive's east London offices, the contest isn't quite so one-sided as in previous seasons.

There's no real common thread or unifying theme behind this week's VC additions - not even a made-up one - so I'll have to ditch my usual nonsense about badgers, cakes or whatever else I use to pad these intros out and just get on with the games.

In the interests of disclosure, PKR put USD 50 (around GBP 25) of money into an account for us to use, so we could experiment with their software. Be assured that we'll be giving that USD 50 back now it's written. So this isn't a review, so much as a sort of critical preview, looking at what PKR does now as it continues to develop its engine.

Electronic Arts is working to change the way it goes about making games - with a view to releasing higher quality titles, and "games that players really want to play".

It's fair to describe EA Mythic's Warhammer as one of the most keenly anticipated massively multiplayer games on the slate right now - so the groans and frustrated harrumphs heard when the company announced a three month delay to its launch schedule earlier today are only to be expected.

Codemasters Online Gaming is hoping to release Sensible World Of Soccer this month.

Chair Entertainment's underwater shooter Undertow is set for release on 21st November, according to an IGN report.

Midway has has said that manufacturing delays of Nintendo's Wii has had a direct effect on the company's roll-out of software to support the machine, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Rockstar's Manhunt 2 has been slammed by a US charity for its "irresponsible, stereotypical portrayal of mental illness", GamesIndustry.biz reports.