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UK retail has confirmed to our sister site GamesIndustry.biz that Microsoft has officially cut the RRP of Xbox 360 Core to GBP 199.99 effective from today.

Returning after a week's unplanned hiatus (read: Tom's computer broke), Quotes of the Week is a questionably named digest of some of the things we've been told or heard said or read off that Internet, complete with sarcastic and occasionally amusing spin that makers us look clever/like wankers depending on your perspective. Enjoy!

It's odd to learn that Blizzard Entertainment might be wary of taking on a new challenge. After all, the decision to create a Warcraft MMORPG, despite the huge amounts of time, money and risk involved, worked out rather well.

Blizzard COO Paul Sams has expressed his personal admiration for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, but argues that console online services can't compare to Battle.net and World of Warcraft.

While we're selecting levels when preparing to play this Soldiers: Heroes of World War II except-in-name sequel, we notice a small legend in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

Leipzig's Games Convention is now in its fifth year, but it's only recently that the show - which covers an entire week in August - has risen to prominence. Last year Microsoft used its German press conference to announce the worldwide pricing for Xbox 360, surprising those of us who'd expected to find that out at X05. Perhaps they simply wanted to get it out of the way in time for pre-orders, but it still became a badge of honour for a show that typically just regurgitates E3 demos and plays host to regional announcements - like news of localised MMORPGs.

A playable demo of Avalance and Eidos' Just Cause has parachuted onto both Xbox Live and, er, the PC. Internet. Thing.

We might not have to wait until TGS to learn the Nintendo Wii price and release date after all.

As sales of New Super Mario Bros reach one million units just 12 weeks after release in the US, Nintendo has revealed two new editions of the DS Lite for the territory.

In a refreshing take on the battle against software piracy, developer Introversion has revealed that it 'causes mayhem' on peer-to-peer networks to exasperate pirates and downloaders who plan to play illegal copies of its games.

Fatal Fury Special is set to make its way to Xbox Live Arcade and will form part of SNK Playmore's Tokyo Game Show line-up next month.

Firefly's latest instalment in the Stronghold series is due for release this autumn, and the company has kindly released a fairly sizeable demo to give you a taste of what's to come.

As promised, Valve has given classic Counter-Strike map de_train a lick of High Dynamic Range paint. Well, lighting. As well as fixing some bugs and making some layout tweaks.

Ubisoft has quietly removed the PlayStation 2 version of America's Army from its UK release schedule, saying simply that it's been "cancelled".

Last month, BBC2 Scotland announced that a second series of videogames show videoGaiden will be arriving on screens this November. The programme is presented by Robert Florence and Ryan Macleod, who began their career in gaming TV with the Internet-only show Consolevania.

Not content with its persistent whoring of the Sonic license on consoles, handhelds and mobiles, SEGA of America has announced the development of Sonic Riders, the hoverboard racer, on PC.

The insanely titled PSP action game Rengoku II: The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N. is due in Europe this October.

The sequel to Konami's DS adventure game Lost in Blue is due to wash ashore early next year.

A single player beta demo of Relic's upcoming WWII real-time strategy title is currently doing the rounds on the internet.

Only a day after EA and Digital Illusions confirmed Battlefield: Bad Company would be storming next-gen consoles in 2007, rumours suggest the PC and PSP will also receive their very own versions of the hit first-person shooter.

A surprise appearance by a brand new Mazza game for Wii proved one of the highlights in Nintendo's otherwise confident if unspectacular conference yesterday at the sausage-packed Leipzig Games Convention.

Blizzard COO Paul Sams has told our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz that the company plans to release a new expansion pack for multi-million selling MMO World of Warcraft every year.

Ubisoft is once again preparing to enter the murky waters of the deep blue, confirming development on Silent Hunter 4: Pacific Wolves, which is the latest instalment in the acclaimed submarine-based series.

Valve's Doug Lombardi has said that Half-Life 2: Episode Two and its entourage of Team Fortress 2 and Portal will be released next year. Most likely in February.

Deep Silver has released a downloadable version of the X3 Reunion trailer, that was displayed in all its glory at last week's Leipzig Games Convention.

The long-awaited unveiling of the price point and launch date for the Wii console looks likely to happen at the Game Convention, which takes place from August 24th to 27th in Leipzig, Germany.

The Xbox 360 version of Pro Evolution Soccer 6 will debut at the Leipzig Game Convention next month, Konami has announced.

Hideo Kojima's internal Konami studio, Kojima Productions, will be out in force at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, next month - with five new games to show off.

Atari has announced its line-up for the Leipzig Games Convention, headlined by playable versions of Test Drive Unlimited and Neverwinter Nights 2.

Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Dark Messiah of Might & Magic will headline Ubisoft's line-up at the Leipzig Games Convention later this month.