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Electronic Arts has revealed that the company will be bringing some of its most popular franchises to the Mac platform for the first time, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Take-Two has reconfirmed Grand Theft Auto IV's release date, while GTA-publishing subsidiary Rockstar has promised that a new trailer - called "Looking for that special someone" - will hit the Internet on 28th June.

Capcom will become the first Japanese publisher to distribute its games through Valve Corporation's Steam content delivery network.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has unveiled PlayStation.Blog, where Sony staff will share their thoughts and opinions on a range of topics related to Sony's American arm, PlayStation, and the industry as a whole.

For today's release of Forza Motorsport 2 we're bringing you two reviews. "Why two reviews?" you logically ask. Well, because the original was that rarest of rare beasts: a driving simulator that appealed to the everyman, appealing to driving game fans regardless of whether they preferred arcade racers like Burnout, Riiiiidge Racer and Need For Speed, or the more serious out-and-out simulations like Gran Turismo or Grand Prix Legends.

This week's additions to the American Virtual Console which you probably can't access anyway are Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Golden Axe II and Lode Runner.

Sony Japan has revealed a new game for the PlayStation Network called Piyotama.

Codemasters has thrown up an Overlord PC demo, and it's left a nasty stain all over their website. This one, which is where you can download it, unless you're too lazy, and prefer direct links (1.06GB).

Sony UK has dated a few upcoming additions to the PlayStation 3 Store.

UK studio FreeStyleGames has shaken hands with the makers of energy drink Red Bull to co-develop a new series of games for next-gen consoles, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Ubisoft has released a brand new multiplayer demo for the PC version of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.

Hot Pixel producer Corentin Raux says the game could end up on Nintendo DS.

Renegade Kid owner Jools Watsham reckons the DS is as suitable as any platform for a survival-horror game.

Eurogamers and Sports Interactive will be cutting the ribbon and announcing the beginning of the Football Manager Live beta key giveaway at 3pm. That's a link to the page you need to go. Obviously.

Ken Levine is buzzing. He's just spent the past two hours watching a group of journalists take control of BioShock for the very first time. And this is a game where taking control becomes a more profound, complex process than simply guiding a character through its world.

"How can you do this to a child?!"

Zuxxez big cheese Dirk Hassinger believes Two Worlds is a more complex and in-depth game than main rival Oblivion.

SCEE has issued an official response to complaints by the Church of England over PlayStation 3 game Resistance: Fall of Man.

Microsoft's David Hufford has denied that comments he made to a journalist were "signalling a price drop" for Xbox 360 later this year.

The Church of England will this week call upon Sony Computer Entertainment to remove from sale or modify the contents of PlayStation 3 first-person shooter Resistance: Fall of Man because of its anger over the inclusion of Manchester Cathedral as a backdrop.

Puzzle League DS is a derivative of Panel de Pon. In the interests of full disclosure, I think Panel de Pon is a bit crap. "Bit of a handicap for a Panel de Pon reviewer," you might think. In practice, it doesn't make a huge difference. Describing why it's so liked or loathed isn't hard. And it's worth getting that stuff out of the way quickly, anyway, because it'll leave more space to talk about Intelligent Systems' superb DS port job. This really is one of the best puzzle game packages around.

Dungeons & Dragons is a brand synonymous with the PC, providing the role-playing genre with the inspiration for some of the finest games ever made. It's unashamedly "beardy" and reduces grown men to babbling wrecks spouting nonsense about dice rolls and saving throws. "Argh, you caught me flat-footed!"

For the latest Eurogamer TV Show, our cameras plot a harrowing course through the canapé mountains and spare pillows of New York, Paris and Barcelona, in what content management systems are already calling "egtvshow_episode12". The things we put ourselves through.

The music in Halo 2 is bad. I recently mentioned this to someone and he was incredulous: Really? Wasn't the Halo music excellent throughout? Yes, the music in Halo was superb, but listen again to the music of its sequel. Halo 2 rapidly enters rock opera territory, with some of the most awesome ponce-metal orchestral posing I've ever heard. It's embarrassingly crappy, and a clear lapse in judgement.

Can you feel that? It's the fabled Friday Feeling (except on Saturday), and it's the sensation you feel when another batch of freshly greased Virtual Console releases slide into your brainsphere. This week brings us balloons, blue balls and - OMG! - aliens on the moon! And, as usual, I'll be dipping into the existing VC line-up for another random selection of yesteryear re-releases to see if they deserve to tempt the Wii Points from your cyber-wallet.

Square Enix has clarified that recent comments made by Shinji Hashimoto regarding Final Fantasy on Xbox 360 were referring to the company's current plans, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Digital Eclipse's PS3 port of Mortal Kombat II has finally arrived in Europe, as you may have read earlier in this week's highly offensive new-releases column. It's available to buy on the PS3 Store for EUR 2.99 during an introductory period.

Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz' widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial is a weekly dissection of one of the issues weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer a day after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.

A demo for Codemasters' deliciously dastardly game Overlord is now available on Xbox Live, with a PC version expected to follow early next week on the official site.

Despite what you may have thought reading Dan Greenawalt talking about Forza Motorsport 2 in one of our sexy previews, you are not a complete idiot. "If you had a Honda Civic Type-R and you were to weight-reduce it down to say 900kilos and put it up to 600 horsepower with racing slicks for the downforce, it should be able to compete against Enzos and things like that." I don't really know what the bloody hell he's on about either. You still pull the right trigger to go, right? Fortunately, I can exclusively reprint [surely "report" - Ed] that it's a game about driving around in circles trying not to let Princess Peach shoot you with a red shell and whatever. And you can paint on the cars! Amazing. Seriously - the first one of you to do a convincing Eurogamer skin wins a "special" treat at your local Cheapolodge hotel on me. "Spare pillow, please. Blonde."