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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that a simultaneous global launch is planned for the Revolution, confirming that the console will not launch before March 2006.

Terrorist training camps: should we be frightened of them?

Alien menaces never die, they just return in time to show off new gaming technology. That's definitely the case with Quake 4, with Earth's great foe, The Strogg, undeterred by the loss of their leader, the Makron. Far from being thrown into disarray, the cybernetic warriors regroup and rebuild a new, more powerful Makron. Sigh. Best take that one out as well then, eh?

A US gamer has snapped up a virtual space station in online RPG Project Entropia for the - ahem - bargain price of $100,000 (just over £56,000).

The first Xbox 360 demonstration units were shipped to Wal-Mart stores across the United States last week to great fanfare, and have since been plagued with reports of problems with the wireless functionality on the devices - which Microsoft has now confirmed is a known problem that it is working on a fix for.

A new trailer for Liberty City Stories, the first PSP instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series, is now available for download.

Shadow of the Colossus. But also:

Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the Final Fantasy series, has revealed some new details of what we can expect from his first RPG for the Nintendo DS - Archaic Sealed Heat, or ASH for short.

Namco has announced that a new kart racer titled Pac-Man World Rally is heading to PC, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and PSP next year.

There's not long to go now till Peter Jackson's King Kong hits our cinemas - and our games consoles, courtesy of good old Ubisoft. But how come EA, which did the Lord of the Rings games, hasn't picked up the honours?

Postal developer Running With Scissors has confirmed that a big screen adaptation of the game is in the works - and that the infamous Uwe Boll will direct.

It's not the traditional way to way to kick off a review, but what the hell: why on Earth release Vietcong 2 now, right in the midst of one of the busiest release periods gaming has ever seen? It's not as if PC gamers are short of outstanding first-person shooters to play anyway, but when you have FEAR, Quake 4, Serious Sam 2 and (shortly) Half-Life 2: Aftermath all vying for PC gamer's attention, it might have been sensible to consider timing Pterodon's sequel a little better. The fact that Vietcong's follow-up is notably the weakest of the bunch merely diminishes its chances of shifting a few copies along the way.

Halo developer Bungie has hinted that the hit shooter and its sequel are going to look even better on the Xbox 360.

Nadeo's released a 62MB trailer for TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme, the free expansion pack for TM Sunrise that it plans to release next month.

As befits the series it joins, Gran Turismo 4 Mobile on PSP has been delayed until next year.

Bungie's confirmed that the Halo character set to appear in Dead Or Alive 4 is Spartan 458, effectively a girl in a Master Chief outfit. "Those shots are real," says Bungie's weekly update. "They are taken from an early iteration of the character by [DOA4 developer] Team Ninja."

Leading British publisher SCi Entertainment Group has confirmed that it is in talks with a number of potential suitors regarding an acquisition of the group, less than half a year after it acquired rival firm Eidos in a GBP 74 million deal.

Sony has reaffirmed its commitment to the protection of minors from the effects of violent videogames with the announcement of in-built parental controls for its next generation PS3 console.

Drug dealers and gang leaders. Corrupt cops and haughty hookers. Senseless beatings, mindless murders and more random acts of violence than you can shake a shiv at; yes, it's time for another Rockstar game. But don't go thinking that this is a plain old GTA clone just because it features all of those familiar hallmarks.

THQ's set to distribute Wideload Games' Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without A Pulse on Xbox and PC in PAL territories, the publisher announced in conjunction with US outfit Aspyr this afternoon. It turns out we'll be able to pickle Stubbs' brain next February - THQ had originally indicated the game would be out in November.

Calling all Nintendogs fans - get yourself, your DS and your virtual best friend down to Lakeside Thurrock shopping centre this week for a very special treat.

From the moment the disc boots, and the flashy titles screech past, one word fizzles at the front of your mind.

November 4th is the new European release date for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, it has been confirmed today.

Hideo Kojima's Japanese blog is being translated into English - giving us a chance to quote direct from the Metal Gear Solid creator's online musings rather than relying on unofficial translations.

With Blizzard's inaugural "BlizzCon" convention set to take place on Thursday and Friday, numerous sources are quoting details and posting screenshots of the much-hyped World of Warcraft expansion scanned from early runs of magazines - most notably one in Italy, which seems to have ripped the cat so thoroughly out of the bag that it's clawed half the lining out with it. Blizzard's refusing to comment, but we understand all will be revealed later this week.

Nintendo Dream has published an interview with a load of Japanese developers, revealing what they think of the "freestyle" remote controller for the Nintendo Revolution. And perhaps unsurprisingly, they all think it's highly exciting and wicked.

Angry, loud and enigmatically coiffured American lawyer Jack Thompson has stepped up his PR campaign against charitable web-comic Penny Arcade, following up last week's alleged fax to the Seattle police department with a missive directed at John McKay, US Attorney for the Western District of Washington, complaining of "criminal harassment" at the hands of the comic's fanbase, CCed to numerous media outlets in line with his previous tactics.

There's something rather childish, cynical even, about Age of Empires III. Playing it I'm reminded of a girl at school that started giving me presents (chocolate mainly) on a daily basis. She was, I guess, trying to win my affection. Being confused (it was the first time I'd ever been actively pursued) and being greedy I took the bars for a couple of weeks before guiltily asking her to stop. Right now I feel like I want to say to AoE3 "Stop with the gifts! To win my heart you don't need to sprinkle every map with silly treasure troves. You don't need to let me flick to a 'home city' screen every few minutes so that I can select a free unit or resource windfall. I'm not some spoilt toddler that needs to be bribed with endless sweeties."

SEGA's PS2 action RPG revival of the Shining Force series, Shining Force NEO, is currently hacking and slashing its way to US retail unimpeded by intrusive menu screens mid-battle, sayeth the Internet, but SEGA Europe has admitted that it currently has "no confirmed plans" to release the game on this continent. Boo!

SingStar's monopoly on PS2 karaoke could be under threat - after Konami announced Karaoke Stage 2 for PS2, due out in March 2006.