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What stands out most distinctly when previewing a Call of Duty game is the severity with which the subject matter is taken. Sorry, both subject matters. Because FPS games are subject to two very important matters: being games, and being about something. Within the development of all four Call of Duty titles, whether by Treyarch or Infinity Ward [or Spark, don't forget - Ed], both sides are taken so seriously that you begin to realise why the finished games are quite so affecting.

Codemasters and KDV Games have delayed real-time strategy title Maelstrom in order "to realise the game's ambitious design" yadda yadda. Anyway, it's not due out in February 2007.

Gusto Games' ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007, released last month, was an impressive first attempt at kicking Tiger Woods into a bunker - but despite enjoying the PS2 version a lot, we did wonder how it would translate to the PSP with its single analogue stick.

Microsoft is planning to shut down Xbox Live for a whole day next week, but apparently it's not for the highly anticipated autumn dashboard update.

Activision has become the latest high profile game company to dip its toes into Steam (that hissing noise is the sound of the English language having a fit).

Swedish racing simulation geniuses SimBin are preparing to deliver a brand new touring car game for the PC next month, with a bit of help from UK publisher Eidos. They'll be doing the publishing, obviously.

It's been a great year for announcements from Microsoft, but it's arguably been its quietest ever year for first party games. And to make matters worse, Forza Motorsport 2 recently slipped out of its tentative December release slot to Q1 2007. But all the headline-grabbing announcements at X06 succeeded in taking the spotlight off such trifling matters, and ensured that Turn 10's game could make a low profile public playable debut.

Just when you thought the world had enough GTA-style games for one month, up pops another one to jump aboard the ever-lucrative bandwagon of crime-fuelled gang-busting empire-building epics.

Capcom is to close its Clover Studio in March 2007 in an effort to increase efficiency.

We could do a lot of soul searching about whether strategy games work on a console - a handheld console at that. Ask anyone who's gotten cosy with the Advance Wars series - presentation, style, replayability, charm and deep strategic choices make it a beautiful thing. In horrible contrast, those of us who spent time with Aliens versus Predator: Extinction can only cringe at the pain. It left us feeling violated.

Valve has updated Counter-Strike: Source with a beta version of the "Dynamic Weapon Pricing" system it outlined recently.

It looks like DOOM might not be the last classic id Software game to make its way onto Xbox Live Arcade, with company CEO Todd Hollenshead saying that the reaction to it "bodes well" for others to follow in its wake.

Microsoft has launched a website that allows gamers to explore Xbox Live Marketplace without having to turn on their Xbox 360.

Xfire is developing a middleware solution that will allow developers to incorporate cross-platform communications between users playing on PC and the PlayStation 3 console.

Nintendo has announced plans to put new Wii and DS titles in the hands of Japanese gamers during a tour of the country next month.

It's been almost a year now since the release of F.E.A.R., Vivendi's spooky, gory and really rather excellent PC FPS. It arrived complete with all the right ingredients - good solid gameplay, spiced up a bit by the addition of a slo-mo element; a wide range of big fat weapons (the nail gun, which allowed you to pin people to walls, being a particular favourite); and plenty of atmosphere, generated by everything from flickering light bulbs and mysterious off-screen noises to terrifying demon children and vast rivers of blood.

Released in July and exclusive, for now, to Japan, the 'bit Generations' Game Boy Advance games are simple game concepts offered at budget prices. After dotstream, here's Boundish.

Japanese developer Level 5 is working on a new DS game called Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village, aiming to combine a fantasy setting with the sort of brainy puzzles that have become a bit popular on the handheld.

Gears of War will ship with ten multiplayer maps, Cliff Blezsinski has revealed, as rumours spread that a demo might turn up within the next 48 hours. Very shaky rumours, mind you.

The PlayStation 3 version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will benefit from technical advances made since the game shipped on Xbox 360 and PC earlier this year, in addition to offering the new "Knights of the Nine" quest announced last month.

With confident next-gen plans that include breaking into the sports and RPG markets, Ubisoft has told our sister site GamesIndustry.biz that a takeover from EA would be "dangerous" for business.

Last year, the Tokyo Game Show brought us the Xbox 360 price, the Nintendo Wii controller, and a host of PlayStation 3 trailers - but it left us with more questions than answers. A year later, and the cats are all out of their respective bags. Xbox 360 is firmly established, PlayStation 3 is set to launch in limited numbers in the US and Japan this November, and Nintendo Wii is poised to try and batter them both to death. TGS 2006 is about software, primarily, and it's those 27 playable PlayStation 3 games we've been promised that are destined to attract the most attention. They won't be alone though - with the show taking up eight halls, up from six last year, there'll be an awful lot to take in. And of course we'll make time for the cosplayers again - Rob's brought a new camera specially.

It's a little known fact that I would like to retire and play Super Nintendo RPGs all day. I have no time for you and your "modern games", and last night I had a dream where I kept a big folder of all your misdeeds. This morning I am going to make that folder a reality, and in the meantime I'm going to set off a download of Dig Dug on Xbox Live Arcade, because that looks old and we've got to stick together.

The game everyone except all of you has taken to calling "Fighty McNighty" will be arriving on PlayStation 3 in the USA on 12th December, EA Sports has revealed.

Ubisoft wants to mix games with music, which is a novel enough idea - although in this case we're talking about a Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter networked tournament and a battle of the bands involving excellent photographers.

Following on from August's two-map multiplayer demo, Sunflowers has released another slice of ParaWorld.

Naked Sky has announced that action puzzler RoboBlitz is currently in development for the Xbox 360, and will be available via Xbox Live Arcade next year.

Announced yonks ago for Xbox Live Arcade, indie developer Naked Sky's physics-driven action game RoboBlitz is now on its way to PC as well.

It's the Internet television event of the year!

SEGA has confirmed rumours that the deal it recently signed with Planet Moon Studios was for a new After Burner game for PlayStation Portable.