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Blizzard has used the opening ceremony of its second BlizzCon convention to announce that the second expansion for World of Warcraft is in development. Confirming internet rumours, it's to be titled Wrath of the Lich King, and open the northern continent of Northrend.

Blizzard has revealed a slew of fresh details on the second World of Warcraft expansion at its BlizzCon convention in Los Angeles.

Midway has confirmed to Eurogamer that Myst DS will be released here on 19th October.

And now it's Bungie's turn to wallow in some timely nostalgia, as we turn the clock back almost 12 years to a time when 3D accelerators had barely left the drawing board. Those happy, expensive days...

After denying the PS3 Starter Pack is a limited offer in Europe, new evidence from Sony UK has shown that the GBP 425 deal is likely to end at the end of the summer, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Sony has now withdrawn Spyro 2 and Crash Bandicoot 2 from the PlayStation Network - having already yanked MediEvil - and says it will be "communicating directly" with people who bought the games "within the next 10 days".

Valve has opened its Steam Community features for public testing. Steam users can get on board by restarting the client, going into the Settings menu and using the "Beta participation" bit on the Account panel to join in the Community beta.

There's something mildly unsettling about Anno 1701's premise. Unlike, say, The Darkness or Manhunt or Silent Hill which promote and delight in their distastefulness, this Sim City-like DS game hides its dark under a well-lit bushel. It's difficult to put a finger on at first. As you disembark your galleon onto a sunny, yellow shore and set about levelling the land, building houses, churches, pubs, quarries and profits your conscience remains unpricked by the comfortable plod of capitalism.

Microsoft UK is remaining tight-lipped about any plans to cut the price of the Xbox 360 in Europe, despite USD 50 being cut from the console's RRP in North America, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Microsoft has finally announced an expected price cut on the Xbox 360, slashing USD 50 of the recommended retail price in the US, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Unreal Tournament 3 will support mouse and keyboard on PlayStation 3.

Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki has taken the gloves off to have a dig at a couple of rival games.

It's another good week to be a Wii-owning Megadrive fan, as three of this week's four new VC titles hail from Sega's sleek black beast. And, for once, it's a solid line-up of good games, across a decent spread of genres.

EA has announced that Hellgate: London will be released across Europe on 2nd November.

High Street retailer HMV has admitted a pre-order listing for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots on the Xbox 360 was a mistake by its online admin team, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Sony UK has remained quiet about when we'll see WarHawk in Europe and how much it will cost here.

The Countdown has begun: In about seven weeks Halo 3 will hit the high streets around the world, and Bungie is moving into PR overdrive in the run-up to its release.

The BBC is set to make a significant return to the videogame market, with new media boss Simon Nelson expected to be planning the big reveal at next week's Edinburgh Interactive Festival, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

The Nintendo DS and fiendishly addictive title Pokémon have dominated the charts in both Germany and Spain.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has told GamesIndustry.biz that there are no plans to phase out the current PlayStation 3 Starter Pack bundle in the region, despite its Australian counterpart ending the offer later this month.

Ahead of tonight's id Software press conference and keynote address at QuakeCon (midnight BST, sleepless warriors), Tom pretending to be all clever and stuff writes about the options open to the developer of Doom, Quake and that one with Nazis in it.

id Software's back catalogue of games will be made available through Valve's Steam digital distribution system after the QuakeCon conference tonight.

id Software has announced that its next project for Xbox Live Arcade is called Quake Arena Arcade, based on the ever popular Quake 3 Arena FPS.

Last night's QuakeCon press conference brought us the news that Enemy Territory: Quake Wars will launch in North America on 2nd October - but now we know we're getting it here a few days prior to that.

id Software says it's aware of a few teething problems relating to the enormous barrage of games it launched on Valve's Steam service last night, and assured Eurogamer they would be fixed.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars will be released across the US on 2nd October.

John Carmack has said that he hopes to see Orcs & Elves on Wii in future.

"'Rage' is the game that we've been working on internally," John Carmack announced at QuakeCon tonight, at the conclusion of a video showing the game running on id Tech 5.

id Software's John Carmack says he would really like to do a "Quake Arena-themed game on the DS".

id Software has announced that Wolfenstein will become a major Hollywood film.