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First impressions count at the World Cup finals. With just three matches to guarantee progression to the next round, no team can afford a bad start. It's why the opening games tend to be dull - whilst all managers would naturally rather win and claim all three points, the most important thing is not to lose, and so they adopt a decidedly cagey and cautious approach.

Fish and waiting rooms go together. Maybe there's some mystical, reflective quality that fish instil in people. If that's true, then Feeding Frenzy is the exception that proves the rule because it's anything but zen-like.

The life of a computer game hero isn't all princesses, multi-format sequels and crazy go-karting spin-offs. For every Mario there are a dozen or more nameless characters that have but one outing and are then lost to obscurity.

War is usually depicted as a hellish experience: loud, dirty, confusing and generally pretty unpleasant for all involved. It's not often described as 'quite cute' or 'a bit of a laugh'. Still, these are precisely the words that ought to be dangling around Cannon Fodder's neck. On dogtags, obviously. Not one of those girly chains. Although maybe...

Modern popular culture is riddled with unlikely heroes.

You know, you should take pleasure in the simple things in life; the smell of fresh-cut grass, the smile of a beautiful woman (on a poster or otherwise), a joke shared with friends, or a game of Sensible Soccer on the train. Simplicity can be bliss. However, as the spartan Sudoku Easy Vol. 1 proves, simplest isn't always best.

There can be few pleasures simpler in this world than skimming stones across an expanse of water. A relatively simple skill to pick up, it manages to both satisfy and relax the thrower, and of course it's free, provided you're near some water and can locate a few stones. All of which would seem to suggest that the pursuit wouldn't be an ideal subject for a mobile phone game. Why pay for an incredibly simple simulation of something that's free?

What's in a name? When that name is 'Turbo Camels: Circus Extreme', the answer is "camels and circuses", obviously - but you'd still be forgiven for running a mile. It smacks of contrived wackiness, which is enough to give any mobile gamer the, erm, hump.

We hate to admit it, but Kermit's gone chav. At least, that's the conclusion we've drawn from Muppets Dance Party.

How do you turn a cult comic novel into an accessible mobile game? Ask Blue Sphere Games - they appear to have managed it.

Motorbikes. When you look back at it, for all its technical ingenuity and impressive length, Liberty City Stories' main contribution to the retrod streets of GTA III's home were crotch-rockets.

The popular chaps at Phantom Entertainment have done a deal with software firm VertiCity to convert the Phantom Game Service software to work on Windows XP and Media Center operating systems.

Japanese magazine Shonen Jump has unveiled a trio of new Square Enix titles, including a new Final Fantasy for DS.

Capcom has officially confirmed development of a new Resident Evil game, which will be exclusive to Nintendo Wii and could well be hitting stores ahead of the Resident Evil 5 on PS3 and Xbox 360.

NCsoft has announced a "Good Versus Evil Combined Edition" of City of Heroes and City of Villains, due to go on sale on 29th September priced GBP 14.99 / EUR 29.99.

Sierra has released a PC demo showcasing upcoming F.E.A.R. expansion pack Extraction Point.

Still playing Kameo? Deliberately? Fair enough - then you might be interested to hear that the "Power Pack" has been released onto Xbox Live Marketplace.

With FIFA 07 set to launch on a variety of formats on September 29th, Electronic Arts has released a PC demo to get you excited about it.

Codemasters has released PC and Xbox 360 demos of LMA Manager 2007.

The Nintendo Wii will go on sale in Japan on December 2nd, and will cost 25,000 yen (roughly EUR 167 / GBP 113).

With Japanese Wii launch details out in the open and leaked US details expected to be confirmed later today, you're probably wondering what's happening in Europe.

The Gametrak peripheral first saw the light of day a couple of years ago. In case, you haven't heard of it, it's nothing more than a small USB-cabled box of tricks which allows it to theoretically translate your physical moves into on-screen action. It was originally released with two games: Dark Wind - a competent yet average fighting game, and the more popular Real World Golf - of which this is the sequel. Though considering we never got round to covering either the peripheral or the games here at Eurogamer HQ, I'm sure you won't mind if we go a little in-depth with the overall package.

Microsoft has started work on a new Xbox 360 that comes equipped with an internal HD-DVD drive, according to a report.

Sony has been quick to quash rumours that the PlayStation 3 will incorporate a version of PC messaging and matchmaking solution Xfire for online gameplay.

Test Drive Unlimited fans can finally get their hands on the free "Launch Pack", which weighs in at 20MB and consists of two cars.

Please bear with this. While a review of the finale to a three-part epic J-RPG science-fiction saga might seem irredeemably tedious to all but the most unflinchingly geekish consumer, there are lessons herein that are important to the rest of gaming. Ideas that should and shouldn't be repeated and, remarkably, beneath the rubble of this prematurely destroyed series, the pleading whisper of a good game trapped in a fallen framework.

Ubisoft and pals have released the latest multiplayer pack for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, introducing Siege and co-operative modes as per fans' requests.

Codemasters is set to bring Pompom Software's Bliss Island PC game to PlayStation Portable this winter, adding wireless multiplayer modes to the popular mini-game compilation.

Apple has finally announced a range of games for its iPod media player.

A week after Microsoft announced it was still busy crunching its way through the last throes of certification, Konami's appropriately named Scramble has made it onto Xbox Live Arcade.