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The SAS are a scary bunch of lads. Truly. However, in today’s climate of fear and terror, we could use something a little more shocking and awing. Something like the SCS: The Special Clown Service. Look, there’s nothing scarier than a clown - except for a clown with a Heckler & Koch MP5. Forget flashbangs, just try and shoot a hostage after you’ve had a custard pie flung in your face. Banana skins for booby traps, it’s anti-terrorist gold for chrissakes.

With just over a month to go until Lara's latest adventure hits the shops, more details of Tomb Raider: Legend have been revealed - including news that she's set to face off with a mysterious figure from her past.

Rockstar has announced its first next-generation game - and if you're expecting yet another gritty action-adventure featuring lots of guns, gangsters and dead prostitutes, you're in for a shock.

Our old friend Internet Reports has been at it again, this time with rumours of a new Star Wars game for PSP and Nintendo DS.

2K Games has signed a new deal with Twentieth Century Fox to produce a game based on hit animated TV series Family Guy.

Square-Enix has dismissed reports that Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Revolution will be released by 2007, telling Eurogamer that they are "incorrect."

Want to beta-test World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade? That's handy, because Blizzard's running a contest in WOW to choose people to do just that. Smashing luck you stopped by really isn't it!

Traveller's Tales has revealed more details of the sequel to Lego Star Wars - including news that you'll now be able to create your very own character.

Some new details of forthcoming Nintendo DS title Metroid Prime Hunters have been revealed - including news that there will be seven deathmatch modes to choose from.

Hollyoaks. Love it or hate it, you can't deny that it's on every single bloody Sunday for what feels like seventeen hours and never did anybody's hangover any good at all.

The future didn't look too bright for comic book tie-in The Darkness earlier this year, after troubled publisher Majesco finally fell over - but now things are looking up.

Roger Bennett, director general of UK videogames publisher trade body ELSPA, has labelled as "complete and utter nonsense" a speech made in parliament by Labour MP Keith Vaz proposing new laws relating to videogame ratings.

Rarely have critics united so biliously against a game brand as FIFA Street. Admitting that you thought last year's debut was a lot of fun earned you the sort of incredulous looks that were once reserved for Abba fans during the height of late '70s punk. But despite every critic in the entire world (except, um, me - don't hurt me!) deriding it as a 'disgraceful load of old toss' it still topped the charts and sold an absolute stack. Surely it couldn't have been that bad?

Good news for any Northern Irish gamers hoping to pick up a PSP Giga Pack in the near future - high street chain GameStop has slashed 25 quid off the price.

UK publisher Codemasters has teamed up with Turbine Inc. to bring MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar to Europe.

How often does the world of videogames see a genuine revolution? Certainly not very often; not even every time new console hardware is released, we'd argue. The last time home consoles really saw a revolution was a decade ago, when we moved en masse from 2D gaming to 3D gaming, so it's surely high time that something came along to upset the apple cart a little bit and change the way we experience videogames?

Forget popping down to the shops for all your videogaming needs once The Future arrives - within a decade, we'll all be downloading stuff instead.

It's finally here - well, nearly; Take-Two has announced that PC and Xbox 360 title The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be out in Europe by the end of the month.

It's not unusual to hear a developer claim that their latest game will "raise the bar." Or, for that matter, push the envelope, move the goalposts, set a new standard or redefine the first-person shooter / action adventure / Barbie on a horse genre forever.

What is it that makes perfectly normal human beings threaten life and limb (with thromboids) and sit watching a brightly-coloured figure automatically hit thousands of things? As a psychologist (amateur - I read my horoscopes once a week), it’s my professional opinion that computer screens put out some form of pink radiation that hypnotises, sedates and stultifies the recipient. I can’t find any other reason why people indulge in said overly repetitious avatar-based interaction, except perhaps the outlandish concept that they may derive pleasure from it. And Lineage 2, RF Online, Neocron 2, Shadowbane, The Sims Online and the execrably revamped Star Wars: Galaxies are all strong counter-examples to that.

Those who thought that the last drops of life had been well and truly squeezed out of defunct publisher Acclaim (which closed it doors and flogged off any remaining assets back in September 04) can eat their hats, because the Acclaim brand is well and truly back in business.

There's some great news for all those fantasy farmers eagerly awaiting the arrival of Harvest Moon on the DS, as new details emerge about a rack of additional features and functions to be included in the dual-screen debut.

Before TOCA Race Driver came screeching along, the world of racing simulators was a pretty bleak landscape. Often hiding their complete lack of accessibility behind the po-faced claims of "realistic" handling, they were almost always blighted by the kind of learning curves that made scaling Everest seem eminently doable by comparison.

On arriving in the Berkshire town of Windsor, make your way to the castle's Cambridge Gate. From there it's a short walk west down Victoria Street to the inn called 'Take Two'. Enter this establishment taking care to sheath all weapons first. Within seconds of crossing the threshold you should be accosted by the cheerful wench behind the bar. She always asks strangers for their names and enquires as to the nature of their business. Be honest in your replies. Explain that you've come to gaze upon Oblivion; divulge that you seek the one known as Lawton. Hearing this she will nod knowingly and send for him.

There may still be a while to wait until Guild Wars Factions hits the shelves, but a third instalment in the series is already in development - and could be out by the end of the year.

Hip Hoppers around the globe will be left weeping into their glasses of Cristal today with the news that PS2 and Xbox title Fear & Respect has been cancelled.

Another publisher has been added to the list of those who will produce games for the Nintendo Revolution after Midway confirmed support for the console.

Takashi Tezuka, the director of Super Mario World and producer of New Super Mario Bros., has hinted that the forthcoming DS title is set to be a return to form rather than a radical departure.

New details have emerged of EA's forthcoming PS2 and Xbox film tie-in, Superman Returns: The Videogame, which is due to hit stores this summer.

Bad news for trigger-happy gamers looking forward to the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat - it's been delayed by a month, according to a post on the website of developer DICE.