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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.

Microsoft has made some tweaks to Xbox Live and it should now be up and running.

Words cannot describe the joy that beset me upon discovering that Guitar Hero 3 has a Die Toten Hosen track in it. No, seriously. I have long harboured an ardent and obscure love for German-language music, a passion that has seen me go to great lengths in the past to obtain Singstar Deutsch Rock-Pop, and which often furrows the brows of nosy friends as they browse through the contents of my iPod. It also made me very nearly lose control when Die Toten Hosen themselves actually appeared on stage at Sony's press conference back in Leipzig, and I think I may have rather alarmed Tom. Anyway, whilst everyone else was either grumbling or shrugging at the news that Guitar Hero 3 will have a slightly international track list in Europe, I was jumping up and down with glee. Hier Kommt Alex AND In Flames' Take This Life? It's like they're making this game just for me.

Microsoft's Neil Thompson has paid tribute to the success of Nintendo DS, telling our sister site GamesIndustry.biz that the handheld's meteoric rise has "somewhat derailed Sony".

Ubisoft has swooped past our news control tower this morning to unveil its new Tom Clancy's Air Combat brand.

Following on from last week's Xbox Live release, Konami has released a PC version of the Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 demo.

Never mind Chantelle sashaying down the red carpet and Pharrell Williams having problems with his axis inversion at the London launch of Halo 3 last night. Over in Ireland, the game was launched by a real superstar - MacGyver.

Microsoft launched Halo 3 in the UK last night with a film-style premiere event at London's big old IMAX cinema.

Update: Microsoft America has issued a statement offering to replace Limited and Essential Edition discs at no charge. The offer runs until the last day of the year. Only those of you in the US, or places where the game is already out, can make use of this.

Ubisoft has just revealed that Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway has been delayed until 2008.

The fact that the Tony Hawk series has been running for almost a decade now has really changed the world's perception of what an extreme sports game should be.

Free Radical creative director David Doak says that he would like to see TimeSplitters 4 on Wii.

EA has announced it's launching a new line of Sims games designed to be laptop friendly.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 has improved its stroke to become the best selling game in the UK this week, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

A while back, Microsoft readily admitted that its torrid new relationship with the Xbox had lead to the company neglecting the PC as a gaming platform. It went on to say that it would fix this, and it got pretty worked up telling us about DirectX10, the Games for Windows brand and the Games for Windows Live online multiplayer service.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has told our sister site GamesIndustry.biz that chatter about an entry-level 40GB PlayStation 3 is just "rumour and speculation".

The nominations for this year's British Academy Video Games Awards have been announced, with Wii Sports bagging nominations in seven categories, including Best Game, Innovation and Sports, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Codemasters has said that Jericho demos will be crashing down onto 360 and PC this Thursday, followed a week later on PS3.

It's that time of year again, the time when all your dreams for the new footy season are still fresh, the time when you still have an unshakable belief that this will be your team's year. It's that magical time of self-delusion before your head sinks slowly into your clammy palms as your team pathetically capitulates to a collection of part time construction workers and decorators for the fourth week running and sets itself up for another soul-destroying season. If only you'd been the manager things would be different, right? Well, in a few weeks you'll be able to find out when Football Manager 2008 hits the back of the shelves.

Halo 3 is due out tomorrow, apparently (they kept that quiet), and as a result we have a new Neill Blomkamp live action film short to admire.

Microsoft has temporarily cut the price of three Xbox Live Arcade games for some reason! Isn't that nice?

After all the excitement of the Crysis demo arriving on the same day as Halo 3 launches, it turns out it's been delayed for a month.

Microsoft has whispered that it will be rewarding Live Gold members with free Halo 3 goodies.

Halo 3 has finally launched in the US, greeted by thousands of consumers desperate to get their hands on the highly-anticipated Xbox 360 title, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

THQ has officially de-cloaked gangster sequel Saints Row 2.

SNK has said the new and completely redesigned King of Fighters XII will be available in early 2009 across the US.

Paint by DS producer Jason Harman reckons a similar title could be a possibility for the Wii, although the lack of physical contact might prove to be a burden.

There's something wrong about this. We've written about Katamari games dozens of times in the past, but we've rarely struggled to think of things to get excited about. Katamari has always been inherently delightful - a game that helps us remember exactly what got us into our hobby in the first place.

EA has let fly new details for Dead Space, the survival horror game due next autumn on 360 and PS3.

SEGA has confirmed that Yakuza 2 will make its Western debut in the US next year. However, there's still no news of a possible European release.