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Yes, yet another videogame is getting turned into a movie - and this time it's the turn of hit PC MMO World of Warcraft.

Those who purchase the 20GB version of the PlayStation 3 will find themselves with less options than those who buy the 60GB model when it comes to data storage and Wi-Fi functionality.

Some more info regarding the PS3's new motion-sensing DualShock has emerged - including news that it won't feature any kind of rumble function.

If you're still nursing the emotional wounds from the searing burn of Metal Gear Acid on the PSP, it's time to take off the bandages and let it breathe, because there's a new Metal Gear game on the way.

Sony has unveiled The Eye of Judgment, a PlayStation 3 game that will make use of an EyeToy-style camera to create, it says here, "a totally new genre in gaming."

SingStar on PS3 will have an all-new track listing, new microphones, and a download service that allows you to access every single track in the PS2 series' back catalogue - with high definition videos where possible. Plus, it'll be a launch title for PS3.

Author Dean Takahashi has claimed in his new book, The Xbox 360 Uncloaked, that half of Microsoft's Xbox 360 hardware team has already started developing a new portable machine designed to compete with the PSP and Nintendo DS.

Buena Vista Games has revealed its E3 software line-up, confirming that Turok will re-emerge on both Xbox 360 and PS3 some time next year.

Vivendi has announced its E3 line-up, confirming that World of Warcraft expansion The Burning Crusade will go on show at the event.

Leaked video footage of Spore, the latest game from Sims creator Will Wright, is now available for viewing on Eurogamer TV.

Yuji Naka, best known for being Sonic the Hedgehog's dad and head of the Sonic Team, has left SEGA to set up his own studio.

As job descriptions go, Monster Hunter is pretty hard to top. Not only is it concise and wonderfully self-explanatory, it's also the sort of thing that instantly impresses the opposite sex and marks you out as someone whose genetic material is worth adding to the family tree.

Movie director Guillermo Del Toro is stepping into the next-gen gaming arena, partnering with BloodRayne developers Terminal reality for an action horror game called Sundown.

New details have been revealed of how the Wii's unique freestyle controller will work with long-awaited GameCube title Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Good news for Timesplitters fans - the developer's first FPS for next-gen consoles is set to go on show at E3 this week, according to our old friend Internet reports.

Squenix's E3 line-up was released today, centring rather obviously on the upcoming Final Fantasy XII for PS2 and mentioning nothing of a next-generation release for the franchise other than Xbox 360 and PC FFXI expansion, Treasures of Aht Urhgan.

SEGA has announced that the fifth instalment in the Virtua Fighter series will be arriving next year - and that it'll be available exclusively for PlayStation 3.

Electronic Arts has announced its E3 line-up - and while, yes, there are plenty of sequels to be seen, you can also expect a bit of brand new IP action.

Good news for Xbox 360 owners who can't make it to LA this week - Microsoft is planning to bring a bit of E3 to you with all manner of exciting new Xbox Live content.

For a while it looked like Eidos was attempting to drag the Hitman franchise into the dreaded 'spot-the-difference' annual update territory. That was certainly the original plan, at least, with the latest Agent 47 game initially planned for release last autumn. That would have meant four Hitman titles hitting the shelves inside five years, and delivered within the kind of breakneck development schedule that made Contracts seem a little hurried in places. Fortunately, SCi stepped in, bought Eidos and held the project back fully nine months to ensure the game lived up to its rich potential.

Microsoft's released the first round of downloadable content for Perfect Dark Zero - although fans will have to wait a bit longer for those promised premium maps.

Whether or not Microsoft announces Halo 3 at its pre-E3 conference - and the common consensus is that it will - there will probably be something for Bungie fans to check out judging by a weekly update to the developer's website.

THQ's planning to release some new maps for The Outfit through Xbox Live Marketplace later in the morning.

Activision's added further credence to the suggestion that, while the next Call of Duty game will appear on consoles exclusively, series creator Infinity Ward will continue to produce games for the PC.

Few survival horror games have tried anything as determinedly different as 2004's Forbidden Siren. The brainchild of Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, the grainy visuals and dark, oppressive atmosphere was unmistakable, but the gameplay went in a completely unique direction that involved avoiding the gaze of the undead by allowing the player to Sight-Jack or effectively 'tune-in' to the what the patrolling Shibito (the living dead) could see.

I fear I may have inadvertently set myself up as EuroGamer's "giant robot guy". While gushing rather embarrassingly about my admiration for giant robots under the slender pretence of reviewing Armored Core's PSP outing, I ruffled a few feathers by stating that I'd never been a particular fan of the series, finding the ones I had encountered to be rather stodgy shoot-em-ups.

Atari's planning to release a playable demo of Test Drive Unlimited for Xbox 360 during E3 this year - and has announced that PS2 and PSP ports will line up alongside the 360 and PC versions when the game comes out in the autumn.

A brand new F.E.A.R. PC expansion pack will line up alongside the now-confirmed Xbox 360 version at E3 next week.

Having spent most of the last week or so announcing a game every day, SEGA's articulated its whole E3 line-up - filling in a couple of fairly obvious gaps.

Concluding our coverage of Chart-Track's annual report, today Kristan picks his way through the PC market, the burgeoning Xbox 360 market, and any other markets he can find. He was round here the other day admiring fish and everything. Multi-Market Reed we used to call him. I'm not saying he's promiscuous though. He is, but I'm not saying that. All data (and trout) from Chart-Track's annual report. Used with permission. And in Fisherman's Pies.