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Activision no longer has the rights to make Iron Man games, but Marvel reckons that's not the end of the matter.

With Kojima spending years fastidiously working away on each instalment of his beloved Metal Gear Solid series, stealth fans owe something of a debt of gratitude to Ubisoft for turning around the consistently impressive adventures of Sam Fisher with far greater frequency.

Vivendi has outlined plans for the PSP version of Scarface and admitted that the game, based on the iconic 80s film, will not appear on Xbox 360.

Tetsuya Mizuguchi has once again hinted at the possibility of a sequel to his cult Dreamcast and PS2 classic Rez.

The significant difference between US and European pricing of Test Drive Unlimited is down to differences in installed bases and local pricing, Atari has said.

Quake 4's 1.3 "point release" PC patch will introduce a new game-type called Deadzone as well as a Buy mode, and is being put together by Sin Episodes developer Ritual.

All games are essentially maths in fancy clothes.

Causing the biggest stir on Eurogamer TV this week through sheer force of personality, the always reliable Mark Rein was his usual controversial, articulate and entertaining self in an exclusive video interview.

Speaking to our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz, Relic Entertainment boss Ron Moravek has revealed that forthcoming PC RTS Company of Heroes could make it onto next-gen consoles - along with previous hit Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

Davilex and Ocean have had a go - now it's Vivendi's turn to try and eke a decent game out of the newly revived Miami Vice licence. This time there's the weight of the blockbuster movie starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx to propel it into gamer's consciousness - and the fact that the PSP has been somewhat starved of high quality exclusive releases for most of the year.

Ready At Dawn, the studio behind rather excellent PSP adventure Daxter, has confirmed that a second game for Sony's handheld is already in development.

A new English language demo for Wild West FPS Call of Juarez is now available for download via 3D Gamers.

Electronic Arts has announced The Sims 2 Pets, a new PC expansion pack and standalone game for PS2, GameCube, PSP, Nintendo DS and GBA.

Electronic Arts has confirmed that a new expansion for Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II is on the way - and that it'll hit the shops later this year.

Neither alien invasion nor automotive assault has been able to topple Rockstar's GTA: Liberty City Stories, which retains its lead at the top of the all formats chart for the fifth consecutive week.

With the PSP's 2.80 system software now available to all regions, Sony's also thrown up a demo of World Tour Soccer 2.

A demo of Ninety-Nine Nights has popped up on Xbox Live Marketplace, according to Xbox Live's Larry Hryb.

Microsoft's announced Fuzion Frenzy 2 for Xbox 360.

Brothers In Arms developer Gearbox Software has joined the growing list of developers singing the Nintendo Wii's praises.

With the retro compilation now an accepted tradition, and handheld gaming firmly in the mainstream, it seems strange that more publishers - or at least those with roots dating back to gaming prehistory - haven't been porting more of their arcade forebears to miniature formats. Outside of Namco and Midway's PSP offerings, and the less than successful Atari Retro Classics effort on the DS, there's a wealth of archive fun yet to be tapped for the quick-fix of handheld platforms.

Splinter Cell might be best known for the stealthy acrobatics found in a trio of excellent single-player campaigns, but while the Sam Fishers of the world have been busy snapping necks, concealing bodies and throwing terrorists off lighthouses, Ubisoft has been busily experimenting with and refining one of the most innovative multiplayer components of any game to emerge in recent years.

Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz' widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial is a weekly dissection of one of the issues weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer a day after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.

Sony Japan has released a Japanese PSP demo version of Mercury Meltdown along with new firmware for its shiny handheld.

ZOO Digital says Premier Manager 2006-2007 will be out in time for the start of the new Premiership season.

Ever forgiving Blizzard popped up earlier this week to absently mention that it's banned 59,000 World of Warcraft accounts during June.

Tripwire's planning to let you all run free across the battlefields of Red Orchestra for a week.

It is one of the golden rules of life that as soon as you buy something it's inevitably either reduced at the very next shop you approach or it turns up in your Christmas stocking. Twice.

Lighthouse Interactive has announced that Sword of the Stars will be released in the UK on September 1st, and in Germany and France by the middle of September.

Those of you still clinging to the rotting carcass of the old-days adventure genre might be interested in Restless, from Yorkshire-based developer Viperante.

Those teasing minxes at Vivendi have stuck up a new F.E.A.R. web page, and it's counting down to something.