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Having announced a target of seven titles for the Nintendo Wii launch, French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that it is also developing a new Prince of Persia game for the system.

Electronic Arts has claimed the Christmas number one spot for the fourth consecutive year, with FIFA 07 staying at the top of the All Formats charts.

"I'm going to play until I pass out," gushed 17 year-old Zelda fanatic Marwan Elgamel, as Eurogamer TV's camera captured him moments after becoming the first person to buy a Wii at the official UK launch.

European registration for the PlayStation online network is now open on the official website.

Those of you in the UK who are lucky enough to be playing Resistance will be pleased to know that Insomniac has released details of an upcoming patch.

It's easy to get jaded as a games journalist. If you think you play a lot of games, think how many games the average reviewer gets through. And think about what it's like to have to play games to deadline, worrying how you're going to come up with another devastatingly clever and unique piece of insight that will distinguish your review from all the others out there. Think about getting so many free games that if a game doesn't amaze or astonish within about ten seconds it's on to the discard pile, never to be played again (or, if you're less scrupulous, on to eBay for a quick buck). Imagine playing so many games that you can only see Gears of War as yet another underwhelmingly brown/grey gruff-voiced third-person shooter, or Shadow of the Colossus as just a boring sequence of tediously lengthy boss battles.

Launched on November 22, Microsoft's Live Video Marketplace is the first major video on demand system to be implemented on a mainstream games platform. It's ambitious in every way - from the amount of material on offer and the range of deals Microsoft has secured, to the quality of the video playback itself. It's the sort of thing we expected to Sony to launch with PS3, or else for Apple to champion more adeptly via its iTunes delivery system. Somewhat against the run of play so far, Microsoft has got there first with a video on demand system that cuts into HD-DVD and Blu-ray's HD territory, offers legal TV show downloads, and even undercuts Blockbuster on the price of a movie rental.

The Eurogamer poker tournament is at an end and the winners have been crowned. Vinunes topped the pile, wrapping his virtual paws around the US$ 1,250 star prize; followed closely by Billys Bones with US$ 750, and MassAss who took US$ 500.

Bungie has poured proper cold water on our old friend Internet rumours, denying outright that you'll be able to play as Brutes in Halo 3.

Having restored Tomb Raider's dignity with this year's Legend, developer Crystal Dynamics is already hard at work on the true next-gen follow-up. And Eidos big cheese Ian Livingstone OBE has revealed that the new Lara looks so good it's like watching the telly.

Eidos has revealed that the upcoming anniversary edition of Tomb Raider, inspired by the very first game in the series, will be released on PS2, PSP and PC in 2007.

It's not all smiles, ringing registers and 325,000 units out there on those streets, you know - some people are becoming violent over the need to acquire a Nintendo Wii.

SCi Entertainment has picked up 11 new licenses, including Looney-Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and The OC, as part of a new deal with Warner Bros. worth GBP 44.5 million (Euro 66.4 million).

Datel has indicated that it's working on a Nintendo Wii version of its famous "FreeLoader" tool for playing import games.

Following Friday's revelation that Nintendo is offering Wii owners a free replacement wrist-strap, the company has offered more details on how customers can take action here in the UK.

The PlayStation 3 version of PSP racing game Gripshift is just around the corner, according to reports.

Unless you've spent the last week or so in a coma after being brained by a flying Wiimote, you're probably aware by now of just how successful the launch of Nintendo's latest has been - but a trawl of gamer opinion would reveal that among the hardcore, at least, there's still some skepticism over the long-term prospects for the console. That's not really based on any level of mistrust for Nintendo's ability to keep delivering great experiences for the Wii - the DS' track record banishes any lingering doubt in that regard - but rather on a well-founded concern over how third party publishers will cope with things like the new control scheme and the vast imbalance in power between this and other next-gen systems.

Why are yearly updates a good idea? Because content just swells on those discs. A game like NBA 2K7 couldn't be where it is today - at the top of the heap - without years of tweaks, refinements, tinkering, mistakes, polish and hard graft. It's difficult to know where to start with NBA 2K7 because there's so much of it. Seasons, tournaments, single games, franchise mode and a fat online offering easily make it the most comprehensive basketball title on next-gen, laughing off any semi-pro challenge that comes from EA's NBA Live effort. 2K Games' b-ball title is the shit.

The first commercially developed game for the GP2X is Payback, a "bloody crime caper" that originally appeared on the GBA back in 2004.

Blizzard's released a corking cinematic introduction movie for World of Warcraft expansion The Burning Crusade, ahead of the add-on's January 16 launch.

The potential of the Wiimote, as I will forever insist on calling it, is enormous, and for many excited developer puppies it will be overwhelming. While the new Monkey Ball wasted some opportunities with the crappy party games, the natural and instinctive use of a motion sensitive controller for the regular levels feels like this is how the series was always designed to be played. A skateboarding sim, however, does not.

Epic Games President Mike Capps has said that Gears of War will be supported by free downloadable content.

Ubisoft's first patch for its squad-based tactical shooter on the Xbox 360 has been released today.

Square Enix has confirmed that it's doing a new PSP version of Final Fantasy Tactics, while a second game, reportedly a sequel to the GBA FF Tactics Advance title, is also in development.

The Detroit Tigers (baseball, apparently) have admitted that one of their pitchers (ball-chucker) Joel Zumaya was sidelined recently not because of the aches and pains of the sport, but because he was playing too much Guitar Hero.

Actress Kristen Bell appears to have done what Ubisoft's been trying to avoid, and told everyone exactly what's going on behind the scenes in Assassin's Creed.

Former Bungie team lead Max Hoberman has told GamesIndustry.biz that his new studio, Certain Affinity, won't necessarily develop games exclusively for Xbox and Xbox 360 - despite a close relationship with Microsoft.

Nintendo has offered to replace more than 3.2 million Wii remote straps after users complained that the connecting cord broke too easily.

In making the leap from joypad to handheld, the perennially unremarkable Ford Racing series finally has something to crow about - it's one of the few games to actually expand during the transition, rather than being crudely chopped down to size. That's not to say that the flaws apparent in the most recent console edition (which I also had the honour of reviewing) aren't still present and incorrect but, for what it's worth, if you were ever tempted to give the series a spin, this would probably be the best version to try.

Film director Kevin Smith says that he wouldn't mind seeing a Jay and Silent Bob game, but he's clear on the fact that he wouldn't like to make it himself.