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Buoyed by the critical success of Puzzle Quest on PSP and DS, D3Publisher has been shouting to anyone who'll listen recently about Xbox Live Arcade, Wii, PS2 and PC versions. Judging by an ESRB game rating posted on the Internet, that might not be the end of it.

The Heavenly Sword demo due on Thursday is the big catch for PSN users this week, but let that not diminish the rest of the offering - four "new" PSone games and a couple of trailers.

NCsoft wants to fly you out to Richard Garriott's massive Texas mansion for a big old party.

Konami has unveiled an online Metal Gear Solid title for PlayStation 3 at a media briefing in Japan.

F.E.A.R. gets another boost this week with the launch of the Synchronicity Pack on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Nintendo has added three more oldies to the US Virtual Console, led by the SEGA Mega Drive classic Shining Force.

Army of Two will be released on 15th November for PS3 and Xbox 360, EA said today, and that date applies to North America and Europe.

Bad news - they didn't bring back Leonard Nimoy. The highlight of Civ IV, was of course, the befuddled-sounding Mr Spock solemnly intoning "BEEP. BEEP. BEEP" upon the discovery of satellites, or confusedly quoting Velvet Underground lyrics when rock'n'roll was created.

Ubisoft has announced that it's bringing CSI to Wii and 360 for the first time ever this autumn.

Super Contra will be the second game available to download from Live Arcade tomorrow.

Surely it's time to put an end to World War II? I mean, how many Nazis/Japs can one gamer blow away before it gets boring? There's only so many battles you can fight, surely? Only so many theatres of war that you can shoot people in? Right? Wrong. Sort of. Now there's another theatre of war: the US of A. Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is the latest game by World War II FPS specialists Spark Unlimited, but it's got a twist: the Allies have lost their battle against the Nazis, and now Hitler's minions have invaded America.

Developer Turn 10 has released a new patch for Forza 2 on Xbox Live.

EA has turned its back on recent retailer listings for Rock Band, dismissing the USD 199.99 price to Eurogamer as "pure speculation".

Nintendo Wii has sold more than three million units since launching in Japan last December, according to the latest Media Create figures, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

SCEA has announced that, based upon preliminary internal data, PS3 sales have increased by more than 135 per cent at the company's top five retailers over the past two weeks.

Sony has told Eurogamer this lunchtime that PS3 firmware version 1.90 will be released across Europe tomorrow.

SEGA has bellowed across the Internet that the beta sign-ups for Universe at War are now open.

PlayStation 3 firmware version 1.90 is now available to download in Europe, bringing with it several options for customising the CrossMediaBar (XMB) and a long-awaited option to change video upscaling options for PS1 and PS2 titles in-game. Let us know how you get on with that.

Harry Potter's latest videogame outing continues to dominate the UK charts - no doubt thanks to the recent launch of the film to which it ties in and last Saturday's release of the final book in JK Rowling's witches and wizards series.

You'd best look away now if you're already pretty familiar with the mod scene. The following isn't for you - it's for folk bored of Half-Life 2, bored of Counter-Strike, and now not sure what to do with themselves while they wait for BioShock and Crysis to show them fun new ways to kill a man. Honestly, there's plenty to do in the meantime. True, for every good mod there's ten incredibly tedious, amateurish or over-familiar ones, but modding is one of the foremost forms of independent gaming. This is where the ace developers of tomorrow are born, throwing as many new ideas as they can at an established template until it becomes completely unrecognisable.

A Heavenly Sword demo will be available to download from the PlayStation Network this Thursday, Sony has confirmed to Eurogamer this morning.

Valve has announced that it is on course to launch the beta version of the Steam Community at the end of this month - which sounds a lot like "this weekend".

Katamari Damacy developer Keita Takahashi will be delivering the keynote address at this year's GameCity event in the UK, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting - as well as showing his new title Nobi Nobi Boy for the first time in the West.

Microsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim has hinted that we could see the fruits of Peter Jackson's Halo project as soon as next year.

Birmingham's huge gaming centre Omega Sektor will officially open its doors on 10th August.

Like all beautiful things (Sheryl Cole, anyone?) Football Superstars is dead simple. Everyone loves football, right? And MMOs are an increasingly compelling alternative to the humdrum of real world considerations such as the price of a pint and the question: 'will my wife mind if I turn the lounge into a Pro Evo gaming shrine'? So why not combine the two?

Worldwide Studios boss Phil Harrison has admitted that Sony didn't initially offer Epic enough support with optimising the Unreal Engine 3 for PS3 - but said the situation has now changed for the better, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Koei has told Eurogamer this morning that the Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Live demo will be out across Europe in "a matter of days".

Respected US movie critic and grumpy old man Roger Ebert has stuck by his guns, insisting that videogames are definitely not art and have "more in common with sports".

EA has accidentally let slip that this week's Xbox Live Arcade offering will be Wing Commander Arena, which will cost 800 Microsoft points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.30) to buy.