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Rugby: it's a lot better than football, isn't it? You can drink in the stands, play doesn't halt every five seconds for a petulant team riot against the referee and England are still World Champions (just about). If you don't agree with that then you're a) stupid, b) a hooligan, or c) probably both. (And if that doesn't kick off some healthy debate in the forums then we've pretty much proved that porn really is all the internet's good for.)

Some new snippets of info have emerged regarding Killzone: Liberation, the first PSP instalment in the FPS series.

Sony is planning to start releasing downloadable map packs for SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALs this March in the USA - a month before the game is even released in Europe.

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints from three television viewers that adverts depicting scenes from Activision title Call of Duty 2 and its current generation console counterpart CoD2: Big Red One were misleading, and declared that they must not be shown again in their present forms.

Geist developer n-Space will continue its close relationship with Nintendo on Revolution, judging by an article on the Orlando Sentinel website.

Monolith has confirmed it's working on F.E.A.R. sequels for PC and "next-generation consoles", but for one reason or another they won't be called F.E.A.R. No release date or publisher info has been released yet.

Nintendo has declined to address online reports that DS Lite will launch in Europe on August 16th priced EUR 129.99, but a UK retail source speaking to Eurogamer told us we can expect to see it sooner than that.

Peter Jackson, director of King Kong and executive producer on the Halo film, reckons the advent of next-generation game platforms will make it easier for those in the film industry to provide support to game makers in good faith.

After last week's news that New Super Mario Bros. would be out in Japan this May, we all expected we'd have to wait a bit for its release in the West. Not so, says Nintendo today - NSMB will be out in American shops from May 7th.

You know there's no place for subtlety in a game when the training level instructs the player to 'harpoon enemy and throw onto rhino horn'. Later, a chap is strangled with his own intestines. Our vampiric heroine surfs down banisters in six-inch heels while firing a gun powered by human blood. Limbless stumps spurt crimson across the floor accompanied by a sound effect like a racehorse pissing on wet grass. BloodRayne 2 is as subtle as a kick to the nads.

Those of you trying to keep up with the progress of Mother 3's passage to Game Boy Advance will be pleased by the latest update to Shigesato Itoi's website on the subject: a Mother 3 Game Boy Micro deluxe package!

Koei's planning to make its debut on Xbox 360 this summer with Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires, the publisher's announced. The game will also be released on PS2.

Valve's reportedly confirmed that the second in its episodic series of Half-Life 2 expansion is already underway.

Whichever bit of the colourful manual it is that explains why "Koloomn" is called "Koloomn", when it was called "Kollon" in Japan and "Ultimate Block Party" in America, I haven't come across it.

EA has stepped up to sponsor the Battlefield 2 tournament at the latest I-series LAN party this April - with a £5,000 prize fund now available for competitors to fight over.

Microsoft's director of programming for Xbox Live, Larry Hryb, has revealed the latest info on the most popular Xbox Live games for its next-generation console, with original Xbox title Halo 2 taking a prominent lead.

Those of you with Xbox 360s and PGR3 who've done all the important stuff and are looking for ways to extend the life of the game (in other words: you're waiting to find out what PHASE 2 of the PGR 100 actually is) can find an hour's worth of respite online on Thursday evening - dashing the driving brains of Mercury Music Prize winning DJ Roni Size against the kerb.

No sooner had we gotten used to the idea of Battlefield 2: Euro Forces coming out today, than EA updated its website with news that, er, it isn't.

Shadow of the Colossus, the second PlayStation 2 game from the team that developed critical darling ICO, has unseated Need For Speed: Most Wanted at the top of the UK Charts.

This could get messy. We're not exactly sure on what planet it is that guardian frogs must protect the spiralling corridors of their temples from an unholy invasion of coloured balls, but we suspect it's the same one Bub and Bob visited.

The same report from analysts at Merrill Lynch that predicted that the PS3 could be delayed by over six months has also suggested that the components used to build each console could cost Sony over $800.

Following the news that Atari intends to sell off its internal development studios, Shiny Entertainment founder Dave Perry (no, not that one, the other one who doesn't wear bandanas and looks a bit like a handsome David Copperfield) has resigned from his position as head of the company.

US gamers who purchase EA's Fight Night Round 3 for PlayStation Portable will have to pay for the privilege of playing the game online - or agree to let ESPN send them all manner of junk mail instead.

Eidos has released a new playable demo for World War II shooter Commandos Strike Force - and it's now available on Eurofiles.

EA's finally getting its war together over Battlefield 2 expansion Euro Forces, which is now due out tomorrow exclusively through EA's online Downloader service.

GarageGames has clarified reports that there is a new Tribes game in the works - stating that while it's certainly a possibility, nothing's been confirmed as yet.

Ah, the ruined landscape of wartorn France.

Good news for owners of that most brilliant and widely supported of handhelds [I thought this was an item about a PSP game? - Ed], because along with Power Stone Capcom's doing a PSP collection of puzzle games during Q2 2006.

Sony Computer Entertainment spokesperson Kei Sakaguchi has officially denied reports from financial analysts at Merrill Lynch that the PS3 could be delayed by several months, reiterating that the console will launch this spring.

There's no 'You' or 'I' in 'Unit'. No, hang on, that's not right. There's... Look, I've never been much cop at these prep talks. Or group sports. Or Big Team Battle. Or anything involving teamwork in general really. Set me up as a sniper covering your back in Ghost Recon on Xbox Live and you'll be licking asphalt before I put down the beer, finish the Maltesers and catch LisaSimpson45 victoriously humping your limp wireframe model in my distracted scope. Remember last week when that bloke spouted all that nonsense about single-player games being masturbatory? Well colour me blind and count me calloused: I like it that way. In real life, sure, come round my house, borrow my sugar, take my coffee; let me get that door for you. In-game: piss off and leave me alone. I'm Rambo. I'm The Punisher. I'm the Lone-freakin'-Ranger.