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First things first: Germany is a wonderful place for firsts. I had my first beer there (later I had my first yard of ale, and my friend had his first stomach-pumping). I had my first schnitzel there, and my first sauerkraut, somewhat stereotypically, but less so was my first jaywalking charge. And my first sighting of a transsexual man throwing a spaniel at a police car. This week should prove another good'un for firsts, with the Leipzig Games Convention set to host a number of big games. Quite a large number in fact.

THQ has championed the use of Xbox Live Marketplace to distribute pre-release demos of Xbox 360 games, revealing that the recently released Saint's Row demo was downloaded 350,000 times during its first week online.

The road block has turned into a pile up this week, as Cars keeps the lead and prevents any movement in the top end of the all-formats sales chart for a fourth consecutive week.

The Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy III is due out in the USA on November 14th, Square Enix has announced.

Fresh from announcing GUN Showdown, Activision's leapt onto the retro compilation stagecoach with the promise of Activision Hits Remixed for PSP.

Guitar Hero II will be released in Europe this November, shortly after its American release date.

Koei has tweaked the content of the PAL version of Atelier Iris 2 based on feedback from Japanese and US audiences, and will include a Japanese voice option in Disgaea 2 as well.

Microsoft has distanced itself from suggestions that it plans to officially cut the price of the Xbox 360 Core System in the next few days, arguing that retailers have already chosen to do this of their own accord.

As promised, Electronic Arts has officially unveiled Digital Illusions' latest title for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Called Battlefield: Bad Company, it promises to bring a single-player focus to the series most renowned for its online game, and it's due out in 2007.

Electronic Arts has revealed it expects the Nintendo Wii to retail in the US for around $170.

Sony has announced the launch of a new limited edition pink PS2 console, designed to capitalise on the success of titles such as SingStar and Buzz and capture a wider gaming audience.

Sony will cut the price of the PlayStation 2 to GBP 94.99 in the UK and EUR 129.99 across Europe at this week's Leipzig Games Convention, with memory cards cut to EUR 19.99.

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Less than three months before the scheduled tri-continent launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 console, SCEA president Kaz Hirai has stated that retail shortages in each territory are inevitable.

SUNFLOWERS and SEK have taken a break from piling enormous objects on their capslock keys and released a demo of forthcoming real-time strategy title ParaWorld.

Fans of Midway's rather enjoyable console shooter Area 51 will be pleased to hear that some job-ad indiscretions suggest a sequel is in the works.

Electronic Arts is primed to reveal details of DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company, with US mag GameInformer previewing the previously unannounced game in its September issue.

New publisher Lexicon, which recently signed up Bad Day LA for European release, has announced a time-bending DS side-scroller called Chronos Twins.

Fireglow Games has released a 127MB demo of forthcoming World War II strategy title Sudden Strike III: Arms for Victory.

Electronic Arts has joined the ever-growing list of Unreal Engine 3 licensees, further boosting the profile of Epic Games' versatile next-generation technology.

Popular World of Warcraft undoubtedly is, but Mythic is determined to prove there's room for more than one fantasy-themed MMO in the market. And if the rush amongst EG-ers this week to view the updated and extended trailer for Warhammer Online is anything to go by, they might be right.

Despite similarities, Geometry Wars clone Grid Wars - shut down at the barrel of a legal gun this month - began life quite detached from the game it ended up imitating.

Remember Epyx Games, the publisher behind ancient classics such as California Games and Impossible Mission? Well, Epyx is set for a comeback - and its old franchises are returning, too.

The organisers of the London Games Festival have announced details of some of the awfully exciting events they've got planned for us gamers.

A message on the front of the box, repeated on the way into the game, warns anybody in any doubt that Dead Rising is neither the work of nor sanctioned by the great George A. Romero, and has nothing to do with his seminal Dawn of the Dead.

"Everyone involved in the D-Day landings sh*t their pants. And anyone who says they didn't is a liar."

Videogaming isn't just a bit of fun, you know - it's a proper sport, just like tennis and football and everything, and you could make yourself a proper career out of it.

Following on from last month's single-player demo of Zootfly's Panzer Elite Action expansion, Dunes of War, publisher JoWooD has brought us a multiplayer one.

Ubisoft is planning to launch a new Star Wars action-adventure on DS and PSP worldwide this December.

Namco Bandai has announced a sequel to DS title Tamagotchi Connection. It's called Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2, and it's due out this winter in the US.