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Just a few weeks ago, we brought you news of a rumour that a DS version of classic platformer New Zealand Story is in development.

As journalists we love Peter Molyneux, because when most people say they can't talk about their secret game projects, like the stone-hearted spoilsports they are, they generally mean it. But when Molyneux warns us he's taken a vow of omerta, what he actually means is he's going rattle away for ages and say as much as he possibly can without quite hoisting himself by any specific petard.

A new trailer for the forthcoming Animal Crossing movie has popped up on the Internet.

Nintendo Wii will use the same "Friends Code" system that DS users are used to, according to a brief glimpse of since-pulled Nintendo website pages.

Those of you with - actually, you don't even need a long memory for this. Those of you capable of retaining any sort of fact will recall that a Rockstar Table Tennis demo is on the way to Xbox Live Marketplace. Well, there's an update: it's now due "very, very soon". Right.

Codemasters' first rally outing on next-gen platforms will be called Colin McRae: DIRT in PAL territories, where it will launch on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC simultaneously in 2007.

Codemasters has confirmed that a new Colin McRae Rally game is currently in development for next-gen platforms.

THQ has announced the formation of a new development team called Incinerator Games - with a remit to work on next-generation consoles.

Ritual's planning to release another patch for Sin Episodes: Emergence this week, adding three brand new Arena mode maps - The Pit, Behind Zee Beaker and Vertigo.

Those of you playing Sony's not-at-all-bad World Tour Soccer 2 on your PSPs might want to head over to www.yourpsp.com today and download a new game mode, called Ole.

Neverwinter Nights 2 will ship on 20th October rather than in September, Atari said today.

Buena Vista Games and Q Entertainment have announced the track-listing for PSP puzzler Lumines II - and it's a bit different to the original's, to say the least.

Guild Wars Nightfall is the name of the next game in the Guild Wars series, developer ArenaNet revealed today.

Nintendo's love for dogs apparently knows no ends - they're even offering to fix an unlucky gamer's DS Lite after his dog completely mangled it.

Germany's videogames ratings board, the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, has refused to give Xbox 360 title Dead Rising a rating.

SEGA and FromSoftware will be releasing some free downloadable content for Chromehounds at midnight tomorrow night (GMT) to make up for the server problems the game experienced around launch.

Bored? Skint? Adventurous? Then you've come to the right place. Fire up your download-manager and have fun working your way through 20 of the best freeware games available for the PC.

Acquire's Tenchu-style Japanese stealth-'em-up, Shinobido, is on its way to PSP later this year, and Famitsu's shed some light on how the handheld version will work.

Hitman developer Io Interactive is hard at work on a new PC and Xbox 360 game called Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.

England may still be clinging to the hope of a World Cup win, but the dream is over for EA this week as Rockstar moves back into Liberty City and climbs straight to the top of the charts.

New details have emerged of forthcoming PC, PS2 and Xbox 360 title Phantasy Star Universe - including news that you'll be able to create and customise your very own virtual living space.

Square Enix has denied that it is developing a sequel to Final Fantasy XI for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows Vista PCs.

Microsoft has added Xbox 360 friends-list support to Live Messenger - but it doesn't appear to work in Europe at the moment.

If you're looking forward to Neversoft's next-gen take on Tony Hawk - currently going by the name Project 8 - then you might want to check out a recent addition to Eurogamer TV.

Microsoft has confirmed the latest figures denoting the continued success of its Xbox Live service, citing an attach rate of 60 per cent as the company strives to add further functionality and user benefits.

Volition's a-bit-like-Grand-Theft-Auto gang warfare game Saint's Row has been given a US release date of August 29th.

THQ and Volition's Xbox 360 exclusive Grand Theft Also, Saint's Row, is due out on August 29th in the States - but you won't have to wait that long to try it out.

Soon every publisher will have a Grand Theft Also to call its own. Spawning from the fertile belly of Rockstar North's uber franchise we've already seen Take-Two (Mafia), Sony (Getaway), Activision (True Crime), VU Games (Simpsons Hit & Run, Scarface) and LucasArts (Mercenaries) score some of their biggest hits in years on the back of mission-based drivin' n' shootin', so it's hardly a massive shock to see some other publishing giants casting envious glances over their neighbour's fences.

Gears of War may be out by the end of the year - that's the plan anyway - but there were strong suggestions this weekend that it might turn up sooner than expected.

Nintendo has outlined its DS release schedule for the second half of 2006, pinning down a number of titles including Yoshi's Island 2, English Training, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and the Opera web-browser.