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EA has released playable PC and Xbox 360 demos of Medal of Honor Airborne ahead of its 7th September release.

Pro Evolution Soccer is coming to Wii in Q1 2008, Konami said during Leipzig's Games Convention.

Trade shows have a habit of knocking certain stories down the back of the sofa, but the smell of burning quickly alerted us to this one on our return - Microsoft's offering Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel owners a "free retrofit" to stop it "overheating and releasing smoke" when plugged in. Good idea!

In Fatal Inertia, the first game from Japanese publisher Koei's new Canadian development studio, you drive futuristic hovering race vehicles at ridiculous speeds and fire weapons to impede the progress of your opponents.

Nintendo Europe has rolled out its Q4 release schedule, bringing us firm dates for the likes of Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Resident Evil: The Umbrealla Chronicles and Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure.

You with your Virtual Console will be pleased to know three more games have been released, lead by Mario in NES charmer Wrecking Crew.

Live by the Sword, die by the Sword, so the saying goes, but Revolution boss Charles Cecil has taken a somewhat different view over the past decade. Having spent the best part of the last 25 years making adventure games, he's clearly not listening to those who continue to write off the genre.

Lovable Broken Sword designer Charles Cecil says he's looking into working on a sequel to adventure classic Beneath A Steel Sky.

Rockstar has announced that Manhunt 2 has finally been given a M rating in the US, clearing the way for an October release, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

We understand the rationale, we really do. The Xbox 360 is going down in Japan in a manner which makes lead balloons look like a sound investment, and Something Needs To Be Done. What does Japan like? It likes Final Fantasy, and it likes Dragon Quest. A lot.

Eidos has finally revealed details about its Highlander project, naming French outfit Widescreen Games as the developer of the PS3, 360 and PC games.

Not long into our 30-minute demo of Spore, there's a knock on the door. A PR's head appears. "We need to limit the demos to 20 minutes," she says. There's a pause. One of the men demoing the game quietly replies, "Yeah. We can't do that."

Activision has revealed it will be sneaking a Guitar Hero III demo into the Xbox 360 version of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.

Those of you across the pond have been buying lots of games and consoles, according to NPD Group sales figures, prompting a 37 per cent increase over July 2006.

Nintendo has lead a boost in all hardware sales across Japan, according to the latest figures from Media Create.

You might remember a game called Resident Evil 4. You might remember it because when it came out on the GameCube it was an instant action classic, reinvigorating the Resident Evil series and bringing it right up to date with a massive bang (and then a sort of slippery noise as an exploded head drenched the floor). Then, when it came out on the PlayStation 2 with extra content, it took one look at the law of diminishing returns and gave it a massive roundhouse kick to the head, to became even more of an action classic, full of moody camera-cuts, conspiracy-theory cultists, shambling, leprous villagers, and some of the most heart-stopping set-pieces and frantic firefights in videogame history.

There was a time when readers were measured by user ids and kicked to the curb if they belonged in the twenty-thousands. How times have changed.

On Wednesday night Sony unveiled a new video on demand service for PlayStation 3 for the UK and Ireland, which also extends to PSP, a range of "Go!" branded services for the PSP, new versions of the Slim and Lite and a release date for the revised PSP hardware. We sat down with David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, to pick through the aftermath.

Maxis has confirmed that there are plans to develop a version of Spore for consoles - but said it won't be released alongside the PC and DS versions.

SouthPeak has confirmed that Two Worlds will be released for 360 and PC in the UK on 7th September.

Sony Europe boss David Reeves says the company hasn't ruled out introducing a hard disk drive to PlayStation Portable despite the upcoming launch of PSP Slim and Lite.

Flagship Studios has announced that a subscription to Hellgate: London's prestigious multiplayer mode will cost GBP 6.99 (EUR 9.99) a month.

SEGA has announced it will be releasing Creative Assembly's new game Viking: Battle for Asgard in early 2008.

JoWooD has revealed that it's currently working on Gothic 4 for PC and next-generation consoles.

JoWooD has named Spellbound Entertainment as the new developer for Gothic 4, following its spat with original creator Piranha Bytes.

Activision has revealed an international track list for Guitar Hero III, in an effort to show us that people all over the world really like it.

Microsoft has skilfully stuck a sticker suggesting a price of GBP 280 (EUR 414) on its Halo 3-themed Xbox 360.

In his review of the original Far Cry , Kristan characterised the game as something of a tease, a temptress, shamelessly flaunting its beauty in front of anyone who'd look - and hypnotised by its lip-lickingly lush jungles and shiny, pretty guns, few could resist. It's a mantle that seems to have been eagerly taken up by Crysis, Crytek's new poster girl - it's been teasing us for years in exactly the same way.

Activision has opened its mouth and named the developers creating its new James Bond game.

Those of you expecting Activision to turn around its first James Bond game with the sort of reckless pace associated with some of the licence's recent offspring may be pleased to learn that the publisher has other plans.