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Ritual's new owner Mumbo Jumbo has said that action games will not be the studio's primary focus from now on, casting doubt on the future of SiN Episodes.

Lionhead has said today that Peter Molyneux's Fable 2 keynote at GDC in San Francisco will provide a "surprise and a revelation" for those following the sequel's development.

All-time 16-bit classic Another World is to receive the mobile phone treatment some 14 years after the classic Delphine-developed title was initially released on the Amiga to worldwide acclaim.

Another World creator Eric Chahi has told Eurogamer that he's working on a strategy game idea.

If you have a rather large Gamerscore, you should be eager to hear rumours from Internet-land that Gamerpoints could soon be bagging you proper rewards.

Microsoft's a bit chuffed about the launch of Windows Vista today, but amidst the smiles and platitudinous posturing there are already murmurs of dissent - with former DirectX star Alex St. John claiming that Vista "breaks" casual games through overly restrictive security protocols.

Carving shapes in the Eurogamer TV clouds this morning is a fancy new trailer for PSP title After Burner: Black Falcon.

If you're looking forward to EA's next "stab" at capturing the grislier elements of hip hop culture, then look out for an Xbox 360 demo of Def Jam: Icon later this week.

Pop your head round Eurogamer TV's door this morning and you'll find none other than a new God of War II trailer to air-punch along to.

Microsoft is launching its Windows Vista operating system around the world today, having pledged that the new platform will provide significant benefits to gamers and game developers.

Written on the whiteboard in executive producer Jeff Hickman's office is the legend, "Fun, you f***ers." It was scrawled there - unsanitised, we might add - as a reminder by Mythic's eccentric and excitable British-imported creative director, Paul Barnett. Jeff and Paul, along with the more sedate and composed producer, Lance Robertson, present a force to be reckoned with. They intend to make an MMO that won't get crushed under Blizzard's might, instead helping the genre take an evolutionary step forward. Their emphasis, driven by the long-established character of the Warhammer licence, is on brutal fun.

Xbox 360 exclusive Lost Planet tops the all-formats software chart this week, pushing World of Warcraft expansion pack The Burning Crusade down into fifth place.

Writing this review was going to be very straightforward. The opening of Target in Sight (known as Crossfire in the US) creates such a bewilderingly bad impression that the game seems to be a cruel joke at the expense of ardently loyal Gundam fans across the globe. Reviewing the game would simply involve checking out a few later missions to confirm that it is indeed one of the worst games ever made, perhaps while doing something more interesting, like reading a book or playing on the DS. Then it would be a simple matter of bashing out an extended warning to Eurogamer readers not to even think about thinking about playing it.

GRAW 2 PS3 will now be available in 'spring', according to Ubisoft's latest release schedule, despite previously being listed as a launch title for the console.

World of Warcraft is in the seat of blame again - this time on the Tyra Banks Show, where a concerned wife has been telling tales of woe about her addicted husband.

Nintendo's Japanese website is showing 23 new titles to be available on Virtual Console by the end of February.

For all its pantomime - the bright lights, buzzing neon and showboating shoryukens - the rise and fall of the videogame arcade is a simple tale of supply and demand economics. Technological advance has never moved in tandem with stuttering five-year long console life cycles. For many years, no sooner had the brightest technology been squeezed into Nintendo or SEGA's latest mass-market games machine than the boundaries of what was theoretically possible in videogame hardware had widened. So pioneering developers instead outplayed their latest and wildest interactive dreams in the arcade, where the possibility of bespoke hardware in cabinets of any desired shape and size encasing the latest possible technology available presented far fewer restrictions on the imagination.

Following yesterday's revelation that PlayStation 3 will launch in Europe on 23rd March, Ubisoft has emerged as one of the console's biggest third-party supporters, and among its first run of titles will be Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. Released on Xbox 360 late last year, the game's already critically acclaimed, but with the PS3 release a more tangible concept in the eyes of gamers, we caught up with producer Mathieu Hector to find out what's changed in the latest version and why Sam Fisher's followers should be keeping an eye out for it.

Those of you eagerly awaiting Okami's 9th February release date will be slightly cheesed-off to hear us Europeans will receive exactly the same game as the US were treated to back in September.

3000AD has laser-sliced its space combat title Galactic Command into three separate games.

Colin McRae: DIRT will push next-gen systems in ways we've not yet seen, executive producer Gavin Raeburn has told Eurogamer, and it's all thanks to the newly designed "Neon" engine.

Rent on an average single bedroom home, £650 a month. Average UK electricity bill, £383 a year. Petrol, 90p a litre. A decent single malt, £25 a bottle. Pickled onion Monster Munch, 38p a packet... With the cost of life's bare necessities getting sillier every year, it's good to know there's still one basic need that can be met for nothing. If you crave quality strategy games, but hate playing them while bull-necked bailiffs beat noisy tattoos on your front door, freeware like the following is a godsend.

Guitar Hero has been in the headlines recently, but not just because of the PS2 sequel's success - or even because it's due out on Xbox 360 in the near future. No, these particular headlines focused on news that original developer Harmonix would no longer be working on the series, which would instead continue on at Tony Hawk developer Neversoft.

SEGA knows everyone likes a good dust-up, so its decided to give us something to really fight over: a new Virtua Fighter 5 website. Gosh, exciting times.

Activision and Treyarch have apologised for the Call of Duty 3 map pack screw-up that saw players forking over 800 Microsoft points for a sizable premium content pack only to discover it didn't work.

Held at the entirely unremarkable Marriott hotel in downtown LA, after being bribed with slightly stale pastries and fancy imported teas, we, the assembled throngs of the press were ushered into a surprisingly intimate meeting space for Activision's pre-E3 press conference. Opening with traditional bluster, Activision revelled in not only holding the status of No. 2 publisher in the US overall, but also scoring the No. 1 Xbox 360 title with Call of Duty 2, allowing it to segue nicely into announcing its next-generation line-up - the pride of place going to Call of Duty 3, in development for all three next generation systems. No further details were revealed about the title, though we know Treyarch, not Infinity Ward, is developing it, and neither does it appear that they feature at the show in playable form. Thankfully, Activision proved to be a lot less tight-lipped on the other major franchises that are a major part of their upcoming line-up - not least new Tony Hawk's titles Tony Hawk's Project 8 for PS3 and Xbox 360, and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam on Nintendo Wii (and DS and GBA).

Those of you dribbling at the chops in anticipation of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars may have to wait a little longer, as Activision's financial report reveals the release date has moved into fiscal year 2008.

Midway has been showing off in Las Vegas, announcing a raft of new titles including a pair of next-generation shooters.

Guitar Hero may very well embrace new genres of music in future rather than sticking with rock, RedOctane head of publishing Dusty Welch has told Eurogamer.

Microsoft's Peter Moore says there's nothing about PlayStation 3 he'd take over what he's got with the Xbox 360.