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Ah, Ancient Greek; shorthand for cleverness since 443 BC. If you want some more credibility for your discourse, whatever that may be, it's worth booting it in the direction of the Classics. Compare something profound with the Iliad, or be humorous about Hippocrates. If the click 'n' slash genre needs something to replace orcs and hobgoblins, what better option is there than a few Satyrs and the odd Cyclops?

As promised, Activision and Infinity Ward have released the Invasion Map Pack for Call of Duty 2.

SEGA has released a demo of Chromehounds on Xbox 360, and the Americans don't get to play it! Hahaha!

Blizzard has released a new trailer for World of Warcraft expansion Burning Crusade, teasing hardcore adventurers with a display of the game's ultimate new accessory – flying mounts.

A genre dominated by Konami's stalwart Dancing Stage series, Britsoft's finest Codemasters is now readying its very own lord of the dance for PlayStation 2 in the shape of Dance Factory.

Britsoft publisher Ignition Entertainment has extended its existing publishing deal with SNK Playmore for Europe.

Nippon-ichi Software is currently hard at work on a sequel to ace RPG Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, according to Dengeki PlayStation magazine.

Koei's announced, not entirely surprisingly, that it will continue its mission to bring Nippon Ichi's brilliant Japanese games to Europe with Disgaea 2.

"He likes liquor. He never made a friend throughout his entire life. In his life crazed about martial arts, only one thing he considers to be his friend is the liquor. People say, you can find him pouring liquor in his mouth on days he killed another."

Codemasters is considering the possibility of releasing Sensible World of Soccer through Xbox Live Arcade, Eurogamer has learned.

Those of you hoping to transfer your World of Warcraft characters from one server to another are one step closer - and if you're American you're already there!

Taito is working on a sequel to one of the PSP's more unusual games, Exit.

Eidos has announced that hit casual game Diner Dash is currently in development for PSP, Nintendo DS and GBA.

Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XII will be released in the USA on October 31st.

That Day of Defeat: Source Summer Update we've been banging on about has been released.

Oh, Canada. Really, have you nothing better to do with your time? Why don't you join in with a war or something like us? It might be morally wrong but it's great fun and it'll keep you occupied for ages. Much like...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has posted a new job advertisement which suggests that a next-gen instalment in the WipEout series is on the way.

Microsoft has said it has "nothing to announce" when it comes to retail version of Xbox Live Arcade games, despite Ellie's old pal Internet Reports banging on about a boxed "Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged" title for over a week.

Namco Bandai's working on a PSP sequel to Ridge Racer, and it should be out in Japan in just a few months' time.

Following yesterday's unedifying spectacle, we return for another round of Warren Spector's thoughts on game development. Obviously we jest. It's all about edification. If I had a biro for every time I've been edified by Gabe Newell and Warren Spector over the last month, I'd be able to doodle my way through every editorial meeting for the next 50 years even when none of them worked. Seriously. It's edification city and these two are a coalition administration, lowering my imagination taxes one headcrab or convincing shadow at a time. All of which horrendous metaphorical gibberish should suffice for an introduction. And read part one of the interview if you haven't already.

"Welcome to Miami - bienvenida a Miami." So sang Will Smith once, or rather Will Smith and some hispanic ladies, before going on to "rap" about jetskis, cinnamon tans, the lovely sunny weather and all that sort of thing. But if you think life in Miami really is "every day like a mardi gras", you're much mistaken - or so Oxford-based Rebellion would have you believe.

It seems the war of words between Sony and Microsoft is far from over yet - now SCEA boss Kaz Hirai has declared that he's sick of MS copying their ideas.

Sony has announced the launch of the official PlayStation 3 website.

A big fat row has broken out over the discovery that prison inmates have received compensation of around £200 each after their PlayStation 2 consoles were confiscated.

Take-Two has announced that highly anticipated PC and Xbox 360 title Prey will go on sale next month.

A group of developers who worked on last year's PC and Xbox title Advent Rising have teamed up to form a brand new studio - and they're already hard at work on a brand new game.

Atari and Namco Bandai are teaming up to bring PS2 fighter Saint Seiya: The Hades to Europe later this year.

Xbox boss Peter Moore has hinted that Microsoft could be working on a new Xbox 360 controller which is simple enough for even simple children to use.

British director Paul W.S. Anderson, the man who brought us the Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil movies, has declared that it's no easy task to put games on the big screen - since gamers are a seriously demanding lot.

Earlier this month, we talked to Valve Software about Half-Life 2: Episode One and all manner of things to do with game development. At one stage, Gabe Newell said that Valve wanted to "get people through as much entertainment as possible".