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Having previously suggested a Bully sequel was highly unlikely due to poor sales, analyst Michael Pachter is now saying that a second game is a distinct possibility.

Stray Bullet Games, founded by key members of Shadowbane developer Wolfpack Studios, has announced that it's working on a new massively-multiplayer online game.

PopCap's side-scrolling shooter is this Wednesday's delectable download from Live Arcade.

Online is likely to be the only key change to MotorStorm prior to its European and American launches this year, although developer Evolution has said it may introduce new features via download.

Eidos' Battlestations: Midway will be released on 9th February for Xbox 360 and PC, the publisher said this afternoon. Or possibly this morning - sometimes email gets caught up and that.

God of War 2 director Cory Barlog says the game's nearly finished and what's more there will be a demo version soon.

A 1980s themed edition of Guitar Hero is next on the agenda for RedOctane and developer Harmonix.

The Nintendo DS follow-up to the GBA's Mario vs. Donkey Kong is due out on 9th March, Nintendo said this morning.

TBWA has told GamesIndustry.biz that the UK advertising campaign for PS3 will begin towards the end of March - supporting suggestions from a senior retail source that the console will launch on the 23rd.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD-DVD player has sold nearly 100,000 units in the US according to figures released by NPD Group.

An American woman who tried to win a Nintendo Wii by drinking loads of water has died, with the coroner pointing to water intoxication.

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS will be released this spring, according to Ignition and Atari.

Konami has revealed that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will surpass the 50MB size-limit for Xbox Live Arcade titles. Apparently Microsoft is willing to make certain exceptions to its rules.

Once upon a time MMOs were a fantasy reserved for hairy people with Elven nicknames.

Ignition Banbury has had to drop support for the GameCube controller from the forthcoming Wii version of Mercury Meltdown Revolution.

It's not quite time for FIFA '08, but EA can't be bothered to wait and plans to take advantage of the lull with UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 for Xbox 360, PS2, PC, PSP and mobile.

When EA planned to show off Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars at the Le Meridien hotel in Piccadilly, Polonium 210 was just a rare and highly radioactive metalloid, chemically similar to tellurium and bismuth (thanks Wikipedia!). But by the time the game's executive producer, Mike Verdu arrived on a wearying whistlestop tour to demonstrate the game, Polonium 210 had become synonymous with stealth, secrecy, and, of course, lethal poison, thanks to the tragic assassination of Alexander Litvinenko, just a few doors down the road.

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that Vanguard: Saga of Heroes will launch across the US and Europe on 30th January.

Hot on the heels of news that Final Fantasy XII is due out on 23rd February, Square Enix has confirmed that the PAL conversion will be up to recent standards.

GSC Game World and THQ have released another trailer and a selection of shots as part of its series of releases cataloguing the game's features pre-launch.

Final Fantasy XII is due out in Europe on 23rd February, Square Enix has announced.

The European version of PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops will be released in April, Konami said today, and will boast a range of features that weren't available in the US and Japanese versions released last year.

Details of Halo 3's Mongoose ATV have emerged on the Bungie website.

Seven years since the release of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, the series that started it all is finally going to get the sequel that the fans have been waiting for. Tiberium Wars represents a return to the roots laid down in 1995 by the very first Command & Conquer. It marks a return to the Tiberian Series that predates both Red Alert and Generals, and is more fondly remembered than both. And that, really, is the main challenge that EA's Los Angeles studio has had to overcome (or conquer, if you like). How do you update such a seminal game, bringing it forward ten years into the future, without upsetting the delicate formula that made it so successful a decade ago?

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The European beta of Turbine's Lord of the Rings MMORPG Shadows of Angmar will go live tomorrow, 13th January, the developer along with publisher Codemasters announced this morning.

Incredibly old Chinese board game Go might be on its way to Xbox Live Arcade, judging by a job posting unearthed overnight (good work, forum people).

Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have all rushed to put a positive spin on the latest NPD Group figures from the US, which document the fortunes of all the different consoles and suggest Christmas 2006 was a bumper period for hardware sales.

Advertising agency TBWA London has defended a new marketing campaign which invites consumers to come up with ideas about how to promote Sony products.