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Some of the most exciting games in football have taken place in UEFA's money-spinning Champions League - with the last two seasons alone bringing us Liverpool's astonishing comeback against AC Milan and Arsenal's outrageous defeat at the hands of stupid Barcelona. Just don't, alright? It still hurts.

The war between the GDF and Strogg has spilled over into console territory, as Activision has announced Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos says he believes Guitar Hero is in "capable hands" at Neversoft, and that "fans of the franchise will be happy with" the Tony Hawk developers attempts to follow in Harmonix' stead.

EA's teamed up with Virgin Records and Epiphone to go on a MySpace-wide talent search for the best new bands and artists, offering the winner a chance for their track to appear in Burnout Dominator.

Bizarre Creations has updated its studio blog with more information on Boom Boom Rocket, its Xbox Live Arcade rhythm action collaboration with EA.

I am not, as a rule, a fan of sports games. The reason for this is simple; unlike racing games, which are for the most part accessible even to people who don't drive, or FPS games, which remain hugely enjoyable even for people who aren't gun-crazy lunatics who bathe in green alien blood, sports games are aimed squarely at fans of the sport in question. There are few non-football fans who can glean much enjoyment from PES (although I'm sure all three of them will now post in the comments thread, just to prove me wrong); American sports titles like Madden remain largely impenetrable for European audiences who don't follow the peculiar pastimes of the Colonials. As an Irishman, the majority of sports games send me to sleep - wake me up when there's a decent hurling game (the ball game, not the drunken vomiting - although I'll be the first to confess that the latter is also a popular pastime of my homeland) or a rugby game that doesn't suck.

Metropolis Software's upcoming third-person shooter Infernal has been given a PC release date of 23rd February, Eidos said today.

Epic Games' Mark Rein has reiterated that Gears of War's Xbox 360 exclusivity is likely to come to an end at some point, but has once again refused to be drawn on when it might happen.

Our game-selling Internet friends at Play.com have sent word of a splendid PlayStation 3 bundle that's guaranteed for delivery on 23rd March.

Techland, the team behind the impressive Call of Juarez, has announced a new PC and Xbox 360 shooter for release in Q4 2007.

Capcom UK has denied that it plans to do a Nintendo Wii version of Okami, despite our old friend Internet Reports getting up to his usual tricks.

It's been a bloody freezing week in February. Snow dominates the headlines, but aside from the inevitable collapse of Britain's public services under the weight of a few flakes of frozen water, the other story on everyone's mind is a letter bombing campaign. Seemingly driven past breaking point by a heady combination of snorted petrol fumes and indoctrination from radical clerics Jeremy "The Mad Mullah" Clarkson and Richard "Abu" Hammond, some mentalist has taken to expressing his desire to drive his brum-brum motor very fast without being told off by means of blowing the faces off office workers around the country. It makes for grim reading.

I've always had a soft spot for Fuzion Frenzy. I'm not entirely sure which soft spot, but, you know, one you wouldn't mind laying your head down on. Despite it being possibly the most uncool launch title ever, it was one of the best four-player post-pub games around.

Microsoft has responded to claims by the BBC's Watchdog programme that it is charging excessive amounts for Xbox 360 repairs, stating that there is "no systemic issue" with the console.

Red or green? Monkeys or sharks? Age old questions that might now be put to bed thanks to a new Wii channel that sprang up overnight - the Everybody Votes Channel.

It looks like Treasure's rather marvellous Dreamcast and GameCube shooter Ikaruga might be on its way to Xbox Live Arcade.

A man known only as "Mgoblue" has uploaded the entire script of The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess to the internet, a document so large it engulfed 212 pages of our common word-processor.

Black Bean Games has announced The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome for PC, PS2, and PSP, which was presumably a better name than Violent Battles Where Lots of People Died Really Horribly of Rome.

Microsoft is set to come under pressure in tonight's edition of consumer affairs show Watchdog as the investigative team looks into potential faults with the Xbox 360.

London's Oxford Street HMV is hosting another game launch on 23rd February, and this time it's Final Fantasy XII, the next instalment in the immensely-popular JRPG series, which is being celebrated.

Virtual field agents amongst you should be chuffed, as Ubisoft has announced new Xbox Live downloadable content for Rainbow Six Vegas, due for release towards the end of March.

Speculation over the future of the adventure game has possibly become the most tiresome dialogue within the videogaming press. In fact, even introductions pointing this out are cliché-ridden territory, and deserving of a sunken heart. So I'm sorry. Does it help if I point out that for once, I might have a positive suggestion, rather than forcing out half-laughs at another vapid attempt to resurrect decade old rabbit and dog jokes?

Those of you who enjoy a morning nose-bag of bacon and pancakes drizzled with maple syrup will be pleased to learn that three new games are available in the American Wii Shop, and all are classic NES adventures costing 500 Wii points each.

Sony Pictures Television International has acquired the rights to distribute TV, Internet, gaming and mobile content based on animated sci-fi show Afterworld.

Top men at Microsoft have said the firm aims to support Rare's brilliant Viva Piñata in future, and has even raised the possibility of the British developer's Xbox 360 games appearing on Nintendo DS.

Another week, another Digital Eclipse makeover for a Midway arcade game, with Xbox Live Arcade set to welcome the arrival of '80s classic Paperboy tomorrow morning at 9am GMT.

Eidos is at number one in the all-formats chart this week with Battlestations: Midway, which beat Little Britain: The Video Game to the top spot by just 1000 units.

It's not even out yet, but Microsoft says Crackdown will receive a patch to help improve online play, which ought to be available from its first day on sale.

Ninjas get away with murder. I mean, obviously, they literally get away with murder - that's pretty much their job - but, in gamey terms, their hooded presence has fooled many of us into giving certain series rather more of our affection than they strictly deserved.

An Eve Online developer known simply as "t20" has turned out his pockets and confessed to unlawfully obtaining in-game items, leaving himself with guilty-pie all over his face.