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And I'm surprised it took me this long to get to this one (well, you know, the corkscrew was being difficult), but: Project Gotham Racing 4 has been officially unveiled for Xbox 360.

Cryptic Studios is working on "Marvel Universe Online" for Xbox 360 and Windows Vista, Microsoft announced this evening.

With pies now firmly off formerly chubby Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson's menu (well played fella, by the way), he's had to find metaphorical alternatives to stick his fingers in - and the latest is a mammoth collaboration with Microsoft on games.

Although presumably we'll have to wait a little while for the full impact of X06's Live Marketplace offerings to be made apparent, one particular bit-crater over which the dust has settled contains a demo of SEGA's new Sonic the Hedgehog title.

It's the news we've all been hoping they'd get out of the way so we can get on with our lives! The HD-DVD add-on for Xbox 360 is due out in mid-November in the US and Europe, and has been priced too.

What's that? Ah, it's the collective sound of millions of Xbox Live Arcade fans going, "That's a bit more like it."

With so much coming out of X06 this evening we thought you might breathe easier with a few separate stories to comment on, so here's one: Banjo-Kazooie is set to return.

A senior Square Enix exec has told the Wall Street Journal that the company doesn't want Sony's PlayStation 3 to be the "overwhelming winner" in the contest for next-gen domination.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that this year's BAFTA awards, which will take place on 5th October at London's Roundhouse, will be presented by Vernon Kay and filmed by E4 for a one-hour special that will air after the event.

In another coup for Microsoft's commitment to classic gaming, the original Sensible World of Soccer is set to make its return over Xbox Live. The new version will be based on the original (and definitive) Amiga version of the game, retaining its gloriously pixelly bird's-eye view and sublimely intuitive sense of control.

EA has unveiled details of the games it'll be showing later this evening at Microsoft's X06 event in Barcelona. The games in question, which will be available for the assembled journalists to have a hands-on session, include FIFA 07, Need for Speed Carbon, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, NBA Live 07, NHL 07, Half Life 2 and Superman Returns: The Videogame.

Hot on the heels of the most entertaining video clip involving cute children you'll come across on the internet, we're proud to present another amazing musical clip. Except this time it's possibly the best video involving Eurodance DJs who sing about playing LAN parties on custom Warcraft III maps that you'll come across on the internet.

A playable demo of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy was the latest highlight of Microsoft's "Bringing it Home" promotion when it went live yesterday.

Microsoft has announced that fans of Rare's Xbox 360 launch title Kameo: Elements of Power are set to benefit from 11 new skins.

WarHawk developer Incognito Entertainment has put the development of its PSP title on hold.

A recent news report by the Agence France-Presse news agency reveals that games are likely to make you more promiscuous. However, they're also likely to make you fat, apparently.

Don't ask how we found this 30-second clip of a little girl - just trust us when we tell you it's probably the most entertaining video clip involving cute children you'll come across on the internet.

SEGA has done a deal with New Line Cinema and Scholastic Media to create games based on the films of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials book trilogy.

Last generation was easy. If you wanted to play Japanese RPGs, you bought a PlayStation 2 - preferably investing in a dirt-cheap GameCube later on in the cycle when the likes of Tales of Symphonia tempted you to the platform. Microsoft's failure to crack Japan meant that this entire genre of gaming remained largely untouched on the Xbox, and the opinion-polarising properties of JRPG styling and gameplay meant that the majority of Xbox owners were perfectly happy with that situation.

Rockstar Leeds studio head Gordon Hall has made positive noises about the possibility of San Andreas eventually appearing in a GTA game on PSP.

Opera Software has confirmed that its internet browser will be free for users of Nintendo's Wii console until the end of June 2007.

Sony's Phil Harrison has stated that the decision to include Blu-ray functionality in PlayStation 3 has not burdened the console with 'unnecessary cost' - but there are still no plans to cut the price of the console in PAL territories.

Capcom has moved to dampen speculation that Resident Evil 5 will appear exclusively on Xbox 360, fuelled by comments last week from Xbox Japan boss Takashi Sensui.

With PlayStation 3 looming, its performance so far has hardly been auspicious - but Xbox Japan boss Takashi Sensui believes that Microsoft's efforts with 360 in the Far East will finally come to fruition this holiday.

SEGA Europe has confirmed that the PlayStation 3 version of its popular sports title Virtua Tennis 3 does not have any online features.

The generic marketing survey that falls out of the Samurai Warriors 2 manual asks 'what motivated you to purchase this game?' It goes on to offer a selection of choices, but the one that stands out is: 'Liked the original'. Yep, the marketing survey simply assumes that you've bought a sequel. Which is sort of appropriate. You only have to type 'warriors' up in the top left corner to see a) how many of these battlefield epics Koei has already brought out, and b) how each successive instalment seems to sap a little bit of each reviewer's generosity.

At one point during Ken Kutaragi's Tokyo Game Show keynote, he took time to emphasise how important innovation was, and how the industry can't rely on throwing out sequels if we expect it to grow during the next generation. Good point well made, but one made having just shown a video showreel featuring Devil May Cry 4, Virtua Fighter 5, Final Fantasy XIII and Ridge Racer 7.

Following last week's contentious Gran Turismo HD announcement, Sony America and series creator Kazunori Yamauchi have shed more light on Polyphony Digital and Sony's plans for the racer's first PlayStation 3 outing.

As promised, Codemasters has released a free stats update for LMA Manager 2007, allowing you to take advantage of data accurate to the end of the August transfer window.

Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi reckons that all three of the next-gen consoles are ace, and providing the resources are there he'd be happy to do just about anything on them - including more 2D Castlevania titles.