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Well! It sure looks like things have got a little interesting for Xbox Live gamers in the market for a board game designed by a German with a title that begins with the letter C, huh? With the release of Carcassonne, based on Klaus-Jürgen Wrede's tile-based landscape building game, the amount of options has literally doubled.

Megaman is a 2D action game hero defined as much by what he can't do as by what he can. The diminutive blue android's inability to duck increasingly seems like stubborn servicing of an ill-advised tradition rather than a deliberate, meaningful design decision. Likewise, when fighting a towering boss whose weak point is at a direct 45 degree angle above your position, you'll curse his ongoing failure to perform diagonal shooting today just as players did fifteen years ago.

I've just been told I need to poke Santa Claus. As I ready my stylus and wait for jolly old Saint Nick to appear on screen so that the violent poking may begin, I find myself wondering "Is this really what SimCity is about?"

Butter some scones and fly bunting from the rafters, it's a good week on the Virtual Console. Four - count 'em, four - new games to choose from, with nary a stinker in the bunch. One of them is even (whisper it) a stone-cold classic. Come, join me as we find out what's up with the downloads.

Atari has finally crumbled and confirmed it is working on a Jenga game for Wii and DS.

Young lads and lasses don't have role models like Captain Planet any more, so the Government has decided to make an environmental-themed computer game do the education.

Atari has kept a poker face this afternoon by offering no comment on rumours it will unveil a Wii version of Jenga at this year's E3.

PSP marketing boss John Koller insists the Universal Media Disc (UMD) format is here to stay, and that Sony would never "walk away" from its user base.

Microsoft is extending the warranty program for Xbox 360 to three years - and promising to reimburse anyone who's already experienced the red rings of death and paid for a repair.

Peter Moore has confirmed to our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz, that Microsoft failed to meet its 12 million shipment target for Xbox 360 - but said he's confident we'll all be going bonkers for it come Christmas.

Square Enix has finally decided on a 7th September release date for the excellent Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria.

Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions will be on European shelves in October.

Hudson is developing a new game for Wii based around the action-packed sport of fishing.

Vivendi Games has popped a big release date sticker on the PC version of World of Conflict. It says 21st September on it.

Ubisoft has crawled out of cover to release the single-player demo for the PC version of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.

Hello everyone. Tom has let me do What's New again this week! Last time, you may recall, we explored the subject of Womens In Games. This time I have decided to go a bit more topical and give you my opinion on the equally exciting subject of the Manhunt 2 Controversy!

It's E3 next week and some of us have a plane to catch, dontcha know. So it is with the sweet sorrow of a departure-lounge hug that we leave you with a new episode of the Eurogamer TV Show to comfort you in our stead ahead of a week of transatlantic internet love letters from the trembling quills of our passionate team. With any luck, it might not even be the organisational shambles it threatens to be.

Nintendo's European Virtual Console surged beyond the 101-game mark today - as well it should have done with wings, flippers and magical super-speed to propel it onwards. Which is a fancy way of saying it's Sonic 2, Ecco 2 and Dragon Spirit.

DICE hopes that Mirror's Edge will do "what Prince of Persia has done, but in first-person", according to producer Owen O'Brien, as more details of the next-generation action-adventure spill onto the Internet.

SouthPeak has blown its fantasy trumpet this morning to announce a collector's edition of Two Worlds.

Available now on the Japanese and US branches of the PlayStation Store, Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden Sigma demo is an intriguing first look at what could well become the PS3's most intense, hardcore action game.

Yosuke Hayashi doesn't look like a ninja. He looks young, smartly dressed and smiles a lot, and seems singularly unlikely to flip out and kill everyone in the room at the drop of a hat. Of course, ninjas are noted as masters of stealth, so we should be on our guard. Appearances can be deceptive.

Namco Bandai has issued its line-up for the E3 Media & Business Summit taking place next week, and it all but confirms that Beautiful Katamari is now an Xbox 360 exclusive.

The most recent update to the Bungie website has revealed two new maps, a vehicle, and armour permutations for Halo 3.

When Michael Bay was announced as the director who would be transforming some '80s toy robots into a live action movie for the modern era, the internet exploded with rage. But if the creators of the videogame of the movie are feeling any pressure from the fanboys, the game's producer, Andy Burrows, isn't letting on, to judge by his laid back interview style. Although he does have his concerns about the level of internet interest in both the movie and the game.

Sony Corp. has put an end to rumours that a PlayStation 3 price drop is imminent, with president Ryoji Chubachi stating that there are "no immediate plans" to introduce a cut, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Sony Computer Entertainment America is expected to cut the price of PlayStation 3 by USD 100 later this month, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

As timely releases go, this must be set to the Atomic Clock. Just as the pubs boot smokers out in the rain, so Midway pitches up with a compilation of crap old touch-screen pub games. You know - Target 21, Phoenix 13, 5 Star Generals, Trivia, Word Search. If the bells aren't ringing, picture the three blokes in paint-splattered t-shirts leaning against a huge lump of space-age plastic, pints atop, tapping icons on the screen. 80% chance, 20% practised anticipation, they're all a bit naff - but if you've been banished outside with a tab, why not take the best bit of the pub with you? This could be your 42 All-Time Classics.

My favourite's Ron if you're asking - the old underdog. That Harry's far too lucky and Hermione hasn't got time for anyone other than her books. Neville's lost a lot of weight though, looks like a different person - probably from all that dancing he took a shining to. I hope Fred and George are alright with their joke-stuff, and I wonder who's taking Defence Against The Dark Arts.

On its own terms, the idea of a standalone Missile Command re-issue over Live hardly sounds like something to get excited about. It may well have entered the arcade Hall of Rose Tinted Fame about nine hundred years ago, but unless you were there at the time (man) it's hard to convey to anyone under the age of 28 exactly what the fuss was about. But isn't that always the case with early '80s retro offerings? Frankly, sod them if they're too young to get it. There's enough of us out there who do, and Microsoft knows it.