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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.

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.

Codemasters showed key titles for the year ahead at its Code07 event in Bedfordshire earlier this week, airing nine titles and making announcements for Operation Flashpoint 2, Rise of the Argonauts and Race Driver One.

Sometimes videogame publishers are lazy and dull. They find a formula that works and they stick with it rigidly until every drop has been wrung from both the game, and its audience. They build interminable sequels, demanding from their development teams that everything should be by the numbers, within the lines, and comfortably corresponding to the expectations of the audience, and of the management team. They take good ideas and stretch them out into annual updates, robbing them of their impact and leeching their original creators of the fundamental desire to create. Sometimes, even the most dedicated fan of the interactive medium - particularly the most dedicated fan of the interactive medium - can't help but be a little depressed and downhearted.

I'm concerned that we need a new world war. The WW2 fatigue in gaming is unavoidable. So much so that even at Midway's hands-on event for Hour of Victory, the presentation began with a defence for why another Second World War shooter was necessary, before we were even told what this one was about. And while they argue effectively that there's still room in the market, surely this can only be for a limited amount of time. What are they going to make all the videogames about in fifty years time? For the sake of the industry, we have to start nuking each other.

As Harvest Moon: Innocent Life on the PSP approached European release, we were gifted a rare opportunity to have a few words with Yasuhiro Wada, the man behind the series for over ten years now since its SNES debut in 1996. We gleaned some fascinating insights into the philosophy behind the series, the games' creation over the years, and his experience of game development - and given that his series has been captivating fans old and young on almost every platform released over the past ten years, he's definitely a man worth listening to. We also learn new details about Innocent Life and Marvelous Interactive's plans for the Wii.

Codemasters has revealed three new next-generation titles at its recent Code '07 event.

Sony's unofficial best friend ThreeSpeech has dated three more PlayStation Network titles.

Those of you with Silver subscriptions to Xbox Live can now get your hands on the Monster Madness demo.

Rising Star development director Yasuhiro Wada has told Eurogamer that a Nintendo Wii version of GameCube title Harvest Moon: Magical Melody is in development.

Pangya! Golf With Style - known to U and SA as Super Swing Golf - is due out on 8th June, Nintendo announced this morning.

The promised Xbox 360 demo version of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars should be released on Xbox Live Marketplace today.

PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to buy and play downloadable PS1 games on their new console.

Zoo Digital has revealed that a new Premier Manager will be available for PS2 and PC on 17th August. That's just one day before Arsenal begin their historic, maths-breaking title defence NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA CAN'T HEAR YOU NA NA NA.

Codemasters has popped the trunk this afternoon and revealed a brand new game in the Race Driver series.

Square Enix has decided to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series by releasing the first two adventures on PSP.

I'm not convinced that shooting zombies in the face will ever be a dull thing to do. Maybe it's the satisfying way their brains explode all over the screen with a 'thunk', or the rasping guttural moan in that split second of realisation as their arm splits off from their torso. Even Capcom's really bad Gun Survivor games had a certain charm about them. It's about disconnecting your brain, adopting a spaced-out expression and focusing your entire being into your trigger finger.

Rumours that a larger hard drive-equipped PlayStation 3 is on the way have surfaced once again following comments from Sony spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Microsoft, Namco Bandai and Quiznos have teamed together to bring us the first Pac-Man World Championship in history.

Ubisoft has released a batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 version of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas.

Game Entertainment Europe has struck the gong this morning and announced that the European beta for Martial Heroes is now open.

Microsoft has finally responded to accusations that Xbox 360s produced late last year were faulty, missing a part of the drive that was causing them to scratch discs.

Nintendo has stepped up to distribute the forthcoming Resident Evil titles for Wii.

SEGA has tied up videogame rights to three more Marvel properties: The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America.

SNK Playmore boss Ben Herman has confirmed that Neo Geo games will arrive on Nintendo Virtual Console "around mid-summer of this year", and says we can expect the games to be available "for all regions at once" - or as near to that as Nintendo's staggered release model allows.

Still playing Lost Planet? Then you might want to fill in a new official survey, which Capcom claims will influence the direction of multiplayer development in future.

Former EA Canada veterans responsible for working on FIFA, Need for Speed and James Bond titles have announced the formation of new development team Jet Black Studios, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

It's been an interesting few weeks for RedOctane. Guitar Hero II has finally launched on Xbox 360, but the publisher - now part of Activision - has finally caught sight of what the game's developer, Harmonix, has gone off to make with Electronic Arts and MTV. Rock Band might well be described as a spiritual successor to Guitar Hero, and the decision to introduce other instruments, and vocals, arguably raises doubts about the real Guitar Hero III, in development at Neversoft, and due out on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and PS2 later this year.

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