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Arcade gaming: it's an evocative term loaded with promise and suggestion, yet one that's long since lost its cutting edge relevance and magnetism since its heyday. All too often it's lazily bandied around to sell new console games by people who seem to have forgotten what it actually means. SEGA hasn't.

2K Games has slid a demo for NHL 2K8 onto Xbox Live.

The British - tea-drinking, moustache-twirling nancy-boys. Usually dastardly, or at the very least conniving. This much, Hollywood and games have taught us. Clearly, uber-RTS developers Relic have spent some time hanging out at branches of Wetherspoons, as they've managed to paint a rather more accurate portrait of the denizens of our sceptered isle, whose forces make up one of the two new factions in this World War II RTS 'expandalone'. Apparently, we're incredibly foul-mouthed, angry and violent. Sounds about right, really. Though I did hear at least one cutscene mention putting the kettle on.

SEGA has raced out new details for plumber and animal-partnering title Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Bungie has responded to criticism of the quality of the remastered Halo and Halo 2 cinematics in the Legendary Edition box of Halo 3.

Microsoft has said Live Arcade titles Hexic 2 and Texas Hold'em will be given a few tweaks in the coming days.

Telltale has revealed that Sam & Max Season Two is set to kick off this November.

Soulstorm will be the third expansion in the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series.

How kind of Nintendo to write a game just for me. It had to happen eventually.

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men will be released on 23rd November in Europe following a 20th November launch across the pond.

With Bizarre Creations now part of Activision, attention has turned to the developer's existing titles and whether they have a future.

Reports that Samba de Amigo is heading to Wii are apparently accurate. Hurrah!

Microsoft has declared that Halo 3 enjoyed the "largest entertainment launch in history", doing USD 170 million in sales in USA alone in its first 24 hours.

Amidst all the usual banter about release dates, transition periods and approaches for the company, Eidos stated today that it believes a PlayStation 3 price cut is paramount to growth in the console's installed base.

Bizarre Creations has been acquired by Activision and is about to set to work on a pair of new games - one racing, one character-based.

EA has celebrated a decade of Ultima Online by inviting back those of you who have subscribed to the game at some point in the past.

Online gaming hub GameTribe.com is going to bring free MMO games to the UK, GamesIndustry.biz has revealed.

UK shops have said copies of Halo 3 are selling faster than lovely hot cakes, with Woolworths praising "record breaking" sales, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Epic Games chief Mark Rein has said Unreal Tournament 3 will not feature cross-platform play between PC and PS3 at launch.

Codemasters has refused to edit the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Clive Barker's Jericho for release in Germany, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Let's tackle that name, for starters. How they must have chortled and left for an early lunch when they came up with that. This is a game with bricks in it, yes. It's an Arkanoid clone (or Breakout if you want to be retro-pedantic), dressed up in new clothes. Nervous, though? Nope. That's as far as the ill-fitting pun gets

Microsoft boss Bill Gates has his signature on a limited edition Halo 3 console, which is being sold for charity on eBay.

Last night, Microsoft rolled out the red carpet for Halo 3. The UK launch, held at London's IMAX cinema, was supposed to be just like a movie premiere. It was supposed to show games finally joining the mainstream party, the crowd stepping aside as Master Chief, flanked by pop stars and TV celebrities, led the way to the bar.

The Championship Gaming Series will name its winners at the UK final this Friday, offering the successful gamers GBP 15,000 a year to play computer games.

Weekly Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has revealed that the new model PSP sold more than 300,000 units in Japan since launch.

Sports Interactive has revealed its demo line-up for Football Manager 2008. It consists of two tasters for both PC and Mac, each available from this Sunday morning.

Ubisoft's latest release schedule reveals that Brothers In Arms for Wii has slipped a month from 19th October to 23rd November.

Ubisoft's latest release schedule reveals that Brothers In Arms: Double Time for Nintendo Wii will be released a month later than expected on 19th October. The game had previously been announced for release a month earlier, which is a month earlier than its release had previously been expected.

Ubisoft and Gearbox plan to bring tactical shooter Brothers In Arms to both Nintendo Wii and DS this year, and both titles will make extensive use of their respective system's innovative control mechanisms.

While Korean giant NCsoft's existing massively-multiplayer titles continue to perform strongly, anticipation is building for Tabula Rasa, the latest online project from MMO legend Richard Garriott.