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A year after publisher Acclaim declared itself bankrupt, the trustee appointed to wind up the firm has filed a complaint against several of the company's former executives demanding $150m in damages for a litany of corporate abuses.

Sony's PSP console has become the fastest-selling games console of all time in the UK, selling an incredible 185,000 units in its first four days on sale according to official Chart-Track figures.

Transferable skills. If we can get away mentioning them without planting the seeds of a dodgy "midnight TOCA" joke, it's all our uni chums ever talk about. On a related note, they all seemed to enjoy TOCA Race Driver 2 a great deal. They can get behind the wheel of anything from a touring car to a truck and they're generally capable of keeping them on the track and competing, yet the disciplines are distinct enough that they need to build on that foundation differently each time. Much as they do in the student union bar when faced with the prospect of shots, pints or cocktails - and probably when they're writing dissertations and fishing around for internships, too, although we wouldn't know about that. Transferable skills: experience points for directionless drinkers.

Enter The Matrix may have sold over five million copies worldwide, but even the most hardened Matrix apologist knows it wasn't the game it should have been. Hell, even the boss of developer Shiny, David Perry, admits it was missing a ton of features that were on the original design document.

Bad news for fans of super-pricey Xbox mech combat title Steel Battalion - Capcom is withdrawing online support for the game's Campaign mode at the end of the month.

Sony and Namco are bringing the second instalment in the Xenosaga series to European PS2s this autumn.

For years licensed properties have met with suspicion. Whether film or comic, many have been smothered by creative restrictions imposed by cautious license-holders; unique abilities and familiar events shoehorned into existing game design.

Releasing a game adaptation of Starship Troopers some eight years after the movie might not seem like the smartest commercial decision ever, but as far as '90s sci-fi action goes, Paul Verhoeven's movie was definitely one of the most memorable of its time. Fortunately the signs are promising that this isn't just another generic game-of-the-movie exercise, with Empire Interactive having widened its scope to take in the entire franchise including the cult Robert A. Heinlein book that the film was based on, as well as the animated cartoon series. Oh, and the completely ignored movie sequel, but we'll gloss over that one and move swiftly on.

The Sun has become the first UK tabloid to offer downloadable content for the PSP, including movie footage and wallpapers featuring ladies getting them out.

Konami has announced that a fifth instalment in the Suikoden series of RPGs is heading to PS2.

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has confirmed that there are no plans to bring the popular PC MMORPG to consoles in the near future.

As the southern United States struggles to come to terms with the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, a series of initiatives have been launched by games publishers, developers and websites in a bid to help.

Although we dare say none of you is likely to get a Ferrari or a Suite 666 out of it, one of September's lesser-spoken-about releases might at least let you take a few steps toward fulfilling those game-designer fantasies.

Eagerly-awaited Gamecube title The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will mark the end of an era for the hit series, according to a transcript of a recent radio interview with Shigeru Miyamoto.

Valve's Source Engine-enhanced version of Day of Defeat will shortly be available to Steam users, the developer announced on Friday.

Codemasters has revealed a few more details of its forthcoming football management sim for PS2 and Xbox.

Just yesterday, we demanded exclusive PSP titles to save us agonising over whether to buy the same game twice to play it at home as well as on the go. Hurrah, then, because Goku Makaimura - aka Extreme Ghouls 'n Ghosts - is just such a thing.

Every cloud has a silver lining. When LucasArts inexplicably canned Sam & Max: Freelance Police at the start of last year, what we didn't perhaps appreciate at the time was that much of the talent behind some of its best-ever game would stick together and form its own start-up outfit. In effect, the withering of LucasArts' adventure ambitions gave birth to Telltale, and in turn its debut project Bone.

Toshiba has announced that its next-generation HD-DVD players may not now go on sale until next year, despite earlier suggestions that the new format would launch by Christmas.

Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons has announced plans to bring some extra bling to the PSP with the launch of a spanky new case which could be yours for only $35,000.

Electronic Arts is taking a stand against naughty Battlefield 2 players who've been using shady tactics to improve their stats.

Electronic Arts has gone and done a Trinny and Susannah on the Total Club Manager series, planning to release this year's effort under the name of FIFA Manager 06.

The PSP has finally launched in Europe. With stock spread thin across the UK on day one, most of the initial allocation has now been snapped up, and retailers claim you'll be hard pressed to get hold of one until Sony ships the next batch in a few weeks' time. But, as is so often the case with the launch of new console hardware, there were a few units kept aside for those determined enough to spend most of the day camped outside high street stores. In London, HMV's midnight opening drew a crowd of around 300 people. At the front of the queue were Londoners Paul Arneil, and John and Louise Brock.

A Vienna court has rejected a petition by Australian developer Perception to have JoWooD declared bankrupt after a series of disputes between the two companies.

A tennis game might not sound like the most exciting game to rush out and buy for your shiny new Sony PSP, but when you're dealing with one of the most enduringly playable games of all time we're prepared to make allowances. You'd perhaps reason that we should have tired of the simple pick up and play gameplay after five long years slugging out the fuzzy yellow ball across Clay, Grass and Carpet. But like any true sporting classic, there's literally an infinite amount of fun to be had with Virtua Tennis. We'll still be playing it long after arthritis and senility have had their wicked way. It's simply too compulsive for words.

We're reminded of a scene from Grosse Pointe Blank. Martin and Grocer are sitting in a café having a polite discussion about killing each other and trying to order breakfast at the same time. Martin's talking to the waitress and wants an omelette. "Nothing on the omelette, nothing at all." "Well, that's not technically an omelette." "Look, I don't want to get into a semantic argument, I just want the protein." You're like that about Xbox 360. You know plenty, and you don't want to have to root around in somebody's neatly structured preview to extract new details. You just want them.

US owners of WipEout Pure can take advantage of a second Classic Pack of new content today, but while European gamers will have to wait, it should be worth it - with the entire catalogue of WipEout content due before the end of October and a Europe-exclusive Omega pack set to top things off at an undisclosed date.

Good news for those of you contemplating a PSP purchase but kind of indignant about the measures taken by Sony to stop you accessing homebrew content gathered from the likes of PSPUpdates: European PSPs actually come pre-installed with the 1.52 firmware.

Infinium Labs has confirmed that the Phantom games on demand service is heading to Europe - but there's no news on when.

Nintendo and Electronic Arts have confirmed that the Gamecube version of SSX On Tour will star our old chums Mario, Luigi and Peach.