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Philips has announced amBX, "a revolution in ambient intelligence" that's apparently going to change the gaming experience forever.

Naughty hackers have found a way of bypassing The Warden anti-cheating program in World of Warcraft - by making use of Sony content protection software.

A group of developers and publishers has contacted GamesIndustry.biz to contest claims by Digital Jesters marketing director Leo Zullo that the publisher is now "110 per cent" financially secure.

Forthcoming DS title New Super Mario Bros. will be the first side-scrolling Mario game to feature simultaneous multiplayer action, according to Famitsu magazine.

Notorious anti-videogame campaigner Jack Thompson has appeared in court to defend his right to practice law in Alabama following accusations that he has violated legal ethics.

Shigesato Itoi has updated his Japanese website noting that Mother 3 is still in development for the Game Boy Advance and should be released in 2006.

Members of the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion development team have issued a statement on their company forums explaining why the game will now be released in early 2006 on PC and Xbox 360 and not during the Christmas period as previously stated.

Nintendo of America rounded out its Gamers Summit last week with news that the Famicom edition of the Game Boy Micro will be released in the US on November 28th, but Nintendo UK says it has no plans to do likewise.

There are two ways to look at this GTA on PSP malarkey: 1) It's dull and unadventurous. 2) It's huge, vibrant and full of endeavour.

Downstairs there's a massed crowd of Blizzard acolytes. Upstairs, it's different. Quieter. With more tea.

Ah, the games industry, such a sweet, mad, baffling creature. Big complicated space sims obviously need to ship with fat manuals or loads of in-game tutorials so what do Deep Silver and Egosoft include with theirs? A 350-page sci-fi novel and no tutorials whatsoever. Nice one, guys.

A re-issue of Sony's seminal PS2 title ICO has finally being given the green light in Europe, it was confirmed today, and is set to be released alongside SCEJ's new 10/10 title, Shadow of the Colossus in February 2006.

50 Cent: Bulletproof will feature 13 exclusive tracks and remixes performed by 50 Cent, as well as a wealth of other tracks from the artist's other albums, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre, and over 100 instrumentals.

We're not sure how this is possible, but playing through Resident Evil 4 a second time is even more enjoyable than the initial run-through 10 months ago. It really is one of the best games Capcom has released in its long, glorious history. It's that simple. Its engaging premise, tense combat, gorgeous, varied environments, and some of the most terrifying boss encounters ever add up to something special - a true reinvention of the series, and one that deserves every superlative thrown its way. The fact that it's now being released on the PS2 (and therefore now available to the masses) makes us feel all warm inside. A game this exciting and this consistently entertaining deserves to be played by as many people as possible.

Any of you Xbox 360 fans planning a pilgrimage to Tokyo to check out the Xbox Lounge might want to get those plane tickets booked quickly - it turns out that the Lounge is only a temporary mission and will actually close for good on January 15th.

World of Warcraft's quite popular these days, and a lot of people are hitting the level-60 ceiling and wondering what to do with all their gold.

There is proof of an interventionist God. The most remarkable crash to date, locking up all sound from my PC into a sampled loop, freezing all controls, forcing a hard-reboot, has spectacularly rendered Starship Troopers unbootable. I am free, free to write the review.

Reports from retailers in Scandinavia have revealed that Microsoft is planning for a complete sell-out of its initial allocation of Xbox 360 units on day one - and is demanding that its retail partners work to ensure that it happens.

Nintendo's done as it often does and issued a list of release dates for all its major first quarter 2006 releases in one fell swoop.

Nintendo's planning to launch a Mario Kart DS and Nintendo DS hardware bundle on the same day the game goes on sale on November 25th.

Nintendo's announced that it will have over 7,500 Wi-Fi Connection hotspots active in the UK from 25th November when Mario Kart DS launches, and will be rolling out the service across the rest of Europe at the same time.

Paul WS Anderson will direct a big-screen version of Castlevania, according to Variety. The film, optioned by Crystal Sky Pictures, is due to start shooting in mid-2006, although there's no cast attached at this point.

The first major study into Australia's gaming habits in six years, Game Play Australia 2005, has highlighted an incredibly diverse market and renewed calls for a change in the official classification of mature videogames.

Adding to an already impressive line-up of new releases for the start of 2006, Nintendo of Europe has announced a distribution deal with Capcom to bolster its post-Christmas European release schedule.

LucasArts producer Julio Torres has announced a massive and major revamp to its MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies - just two days after the official release of its third expansion, Trials of Obi-Wan.

There are only a couple of things you ever need to know about the arrival of another World War II shooter: is it an improvement on what's gone before, and is there anything remotely original about it? Well, in this case the answer is - slightly predictably - yes and no.

Revolution boss Charles Cecil has confirmed that he is very much still part of the York-based developer, despite his collaboration on The Collective's forthcoming title The Da Vinci Code.

It goes like this: the United States is no more. Disagreements about who gets to be Mr President ends in the American Civil War Mk 2 and the greatest army of all time becomes confused and starts to shoot at itself. The Europeans have - for some reason - captured Washington, and everywhere else has gone to the dogs (of war). Texas, California, The Old Confederate States, New England, The Central Plains and er, the Microsoft Zone (not really), are all at each other's throats. They must wrestle, if tanks and helicopters can be said to wrestle, to bring mega-death and vicarious entertainment to our tired gaming souls.

2K Sports is aiming to have Amped 3, NHL 2K6 and NBA 2K6 ready for the launch of Xbox 360 in Europe on December 2nd, the publisher confirmed today.

Top North American developers Bioware and Pandemic are set to merge in a $300 million deal crafted by Elevation Partners, the private equity firm headed up by former EA president John Riccitiello.