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Imagine how different things would be if it had been Sonic and not Mario thrust into that kingmaking kart; if SEGA and Nintendo "swapped" driving stuffs. Instead of cursing stupid Princess Peach/Daisy/WHICH-IS-IT we'd be cursing stupid Amy, instead of invincibility stars we'd have invincibility sparkly-firework-boxes, instead of pushing your friend in the lava we'd have smacking Tails' stupid head against the cobbles over and over and over and over and over and over and over ten out of ten.

Microsoft's still trying to win over the Japanese, who are currently thought to be negotiating a deal saying they'll all buy Xbox 360s if Peter Moore stops talking.

Halo fans can now buy themselves a little piece of history following Microsoft Australia's decision to auction off a giant Halo 2 billboard.

NCsoft has launched a new expansion for Lineage II which increases the size of the in-game world by a whole 33 per cent, or one third in the old money.

Warwickshire-based developer Blitz Games has announced that it's been signed up to produce a game for the Nintendo Revolution.

Microsoft's Peter Moore has announced that Xbox 360 shortages should soon be at an end, stating: "Within the next four to six weeks, anybody will be able to walk into a store and buy an Xbox 360."

Eidos might not have anything to do with it this time, but LucasArts has confirmed that Traveller's Tales is working on another Lego Star Wars game and yes, it is about the original Star Wars trilogy.

Word from Japan is that Namco is bringing one of the most popular fighting games of all time to the PSP.

Our giddy love of Psychonauts probably says as much about the dreadfully po-faced nature of most videogames as it does about the relative merits of Double Fine's cult classic. It's hard to think of too many other games that have ever inspired such heart-warming bursts of pure fun merely from the quality of the writing alone. It's as if critics the world over exploded in a righteous froth at the undiluted joy of being released from the harrowing shackles of reviewing intolerably beardy World War II/Sci-fi/stealth/D&D epics and actually allowed to play something that made them laugh. When you spend most of the year with a knitted brow saving the world from insane megalomaniacs, the chance to, um, save the world from an insanely funny megalomaniac has a disproportionate allure. Especially once you realise that 'Sir' Tim Schafer's one of the men behind it.

Blizzard has apologised to a World of Warcraft player who was given an official warning for attempting to set up an in-game guild which welcomed lesbian, gay and bisexual members.

Half-Life 2 Aftermath is no more: Valve's renamed it Half-Life 2 Episode One.

Square Enix has terminated more than 700 accounts of Final Fantasy XI players involved in "real money trading" by producing large amounts of gil (in-game currency) which was then sold on for proper wonga.

Ritual has released a fairly chunky trailer for SiN Episodes: Emergence - the first instalment in its forthcoming series of SiN revivals.

Ah, the Bust-A-Move series. Also known as Puzzle Bobble in Japan, or by Japanophiles who call Pro Evolution Soccer 'Winning Eleven', or something, the appearance of the series on the Nintendo DS was merely a matter of time, with the series having appeared on practically every system other than, um, the ZX81 or the Gizmondo. It's likely that if you've ever played a videogame system, or maybe even just seen one from your car window while driving past a branch of Dixons, that you probably know all about the mechanics of playing Bust-A-Move.

Atari Inc, the US division of French publisher Infogrames, has confirmed that the company's ability to continue as a going concern is now in question after its third quarter results slid into the red.

World of Warcraft has been in the gaming news rather a lot lately. Sometimes for positive reasons, such as the announcement of The Burning Crusade expansion and the fact that there are now more than five million WOW players around the globe.

Electronic Arts' former VP of global online operations, Lars Butler, has declared that multiplayer gaming is the future - and that solo play is a bit like giving yourself a Bachelor's Treat.

I am standing, once again, in an unfamiliar city. Colourful ramparts rise to a blue sky, and architecture that wouldn't look out of place in Lego Land - all primary colours and bold shapes - surrounds me, while at ground level, people scurry to and fro purposefully. I have absolutely no idea where I am, only the vaguest sense of what I'm meant to be doing, and yet the whole sensation is comfortingly familiar - like slipping back into a well worn pair of shoes.

Following the emergence of rumours that Elevation Partners may launch an acquisition bid for Take Two, Jack Thompson has written an open letter to one of Elevation's key investors - U2 frontman Bono.

In a lengthy speech delivered at the D.I.C.E. Summit, God of War creator David Jaffe has criticised the games industry for its attempts to imitate Hollywood movies and failure to offer decent wages.

The COO of Quantic Dream has revealed that Infraworld, its previously announced title for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, has been canned.

Atari's confirmed that Eden Studios' forthcoming Xbox 360 racer Test Drive Unlimited will also be released on PC, as was hinted back at the publisher's Go Play event in October when we took a look at it.

Following the announcement that North American Nintendo DS users will soon be able to communicate via voice chat, Nintendo has told our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz that it also hopes to offer the feature to European gamers.

Nintendo's confirmed the three starting colours for the Nintendo DS Lite, which launches in Japan on March 2nd.

I have two main problems in life-at-6am. 1) Bad posture and poor circulation in my hands contributing to the phalangeal equivalent of skipping barelegged through a stretch of frosty thistles every time I make a downward stroke on, ow, a, ow, key, ow. 2) A kind of neurological solar eclipse that occurs at the apex of the ante meridiem, restricting my movements to those of a drunkard negotiating the slippery deck of a seabound dinghy in a gale under attack from a biblical leviathan.

Sources close to British developer Lionhead Studios have revealed to GamesIndustry.biz that the company behind Fable and Black & White is in acquisition talks once more, with two key publishers fingered as the likely suitors for the firm.

Sony Pictures has unveiled plans to bundle UMDs with DVDs and announced pricing for the Blu-Ray format, with new movie releases set to carry a wholesale price of less than USD 25.

There's not long to go now until NCsoft releases Guild Wars Factions, and so it should come as no surprise that the beta test is set to kick off next month.

UK developer Kuju has announced that it is currently working on a first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3.

Until now, we've only had a bit of concept artwork to go on when it comes to determining what the new slimline Nintendo DS will look like - but not any more, since Engadget has posted a selection of photos of the DS Lite itself.