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The first versions of the PlayStation 3 to hit shelves will offer complete backwards compatibility with PS2 and PS1 titles by including a version of the PS2 hardware in the system, according to a report in a Japanese technology magazine.

Senior developers working on PlayStation 3 titles have told GamesIndustry.biz that reports of serious problems with the system's Cell and RSX hardware are "misleading and uninformed."

PlayStation 3 is part of a "new digital strategy to try and create a new software mentality" at Sony, according to the firm's CEO Sir Howard Stringer, who admits that the transition to digital has been tough for the firm.

Japanese software publisher Square Enix is preparing for an assault on the Western mobile gaming market, challenging the current trend for simple, casual games and striving to build bridges between mobile gamers and the traditional hardcore videogames audience.

Nintendo has confirmed that a new Zelda spin-off is currently in development for the Nintendo DS.

With new mobile titles pouring into the market on a daily basis, here's a quick rundown of some of the latest titles on offer for those seeking some entertainment on the go.

Spanish mobile developers Kato Studios have announced the launch of a new football title, focusing on the football skills of perhaps the most famous player to wear the number 10 shirt, Diego Maradona.

As you may have spotted when we put the screenshots up last week before I absolutely didn't knock off early to go and see my mum, Ubisoft's redoing The Settlers II to mark the game's 10th anniversary.

EA's announced that it will be co-publishing Namco Bandai's The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, announced earlier this year, on PS2 and PSP. You can see what the PS2 one looks like in the screenshot gallery.

Namco Bandai has announced that a game based on forthcoming movie The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift is currently in development for PS2 and PSP.

Blizzard Entertainment has reached a settlement with a Florida man who was blocked from selling an unofficial World of Warcraft guide.

If you're entering the world of massively-multiplayer games, there's one particular world which you're going to have to be careful about not entering too much. That of the World of Warcraft. In these years after Blizzard's brave attempt to collect all the money in the world into an enormous pouch, we're going to see a lot of games copying it, one way or another. The obvious problem is that... well, if people wanted to play World of Warcraft, they're busy playing World of Warcraft already. And unless you're the proud possessor of a certain goose purloined from a cloud-inhabiting giant, you don't have the money (or the money to buy the expertise) to match Blizzard. The only thing to do is... well... do something else.

This summer will see the launch of the open beta for Battlefield 2142, the latest instalment in the hit PC shooter series.

One of the new features introduced by the recent Xbox 360 update which slipped under the radar somewhat has been highlighted by an eagle-eyed forum poster on Neogaf.com.

Uplink and Darwinia developer Introversion is currently in negotiations with both Microsoft and Sony regarding the possibility of bringing its games to consoles.

Sony has registered a crazy new patent which could have big implications for the way we play games - and what we play them on.

Take-Two's considering expanding some of its sports game titles onto Nintendo Wii.

Folk might've done a lot of standing around at E3, but the queues were nothing next to the ranks of hacks lining the internet earlier this year waiting to have a pop at Tomb Raider. Who could forget Angel of Darkness, after all?

There's a very good reason why people are instantly suspicious about movie-licensed games - because nine times out of ten they're a monumental waste of time that insult the intelligence of even the most dim-witted gamer. Case in point X-Men: The Official Game, a tired, generic beat 'em up so bored with its own pointless existence that it even decided to commit suicide on us shortly before the (anti) climax.

Eidos' contract killer steals its second week at the top of the all-formats charts this week, Hitman: Blood Money continuing to fend off the football fever having casually knocked FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 into second place last week.

Following a slap on the wrist from the Federal Trade Commission over the hidden Hot Coffee content in GTA: San Andreas, Take-Two and Rockstar have said they're very sorry and promised never to do it again.

Jason 'Elidrin' Lowry, the man behind Bioware's recent Infinite Dungeons mod, has confirmed that the Premium Modules Program for Neverwinter Nights has been cancelled.

An Xbox 360 version of Tetris is coming to the US and Europe after THQ managed to settle its differences with The Tetris Company.

Anyone could be forgiven for wasting a bit of time on a sunny Friday afternoon when the World Cup's about to start, and sinking to playing a bit of Solitaire on the PC hardly seems like that much of a sin - but obviously you wouldn't want to do it if you were, you know, trying an alleged mafia boss for murder.

My understanding of the noble motorbike lurks somewhere between my understanding of owls (ast-hoot-ly observant) and my understanding of gravel (WHERE DID IT COME FROM HOW WHY ETC): I've never owned it, I don't know who makes it or how or why, but I'm capable of distinguishing it from its friends. Yes readers - I know - it's got all the makings of the Surely I'm Not The Best Person To Review This intro. But wait! I'm really quite good at MotoGP '06! And I love it to bits! So either this is a complete failure, or it's that rarest of things: a niche game with genuinely broad appeal. Stop paging down to the score.

GSC Game World's Oleg Yavorsky has refuted suggestions that much-delayed PC title S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl - currently on track for Q1 2007 - has been cut down to a scripted, corridor-based first-person shooter.

Good news for Spyro fans - the little purple dragon is returning in a new adventure for PS2, GameCube, Xbox, DS and GBA this autumn.

Nokia has announced the launch of a new online retail distribution channel for N-Gage games and content, enabling consumers to access a broad catalogue of titles which can be securely purchased, saved to a memory card and installed on various compatible devices.

The Lousiana Senate has passed HB1381, a bill designed to restrict the sale of games with violent content which was co-authored by notorious anti-videogames campaigner Jack Thompson.

Company of Heroes may be the glamorous E3 award winner, but Relic Entertainment has more than one iron in the RTS fire, with a second expansion due for its Warhammer 40k-inspired Dawn of War franchise.