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Following the success of last week's Battlefield 2 event, which saw various skilled employees of Electronic Arts UK join forces with various predictably inept and useless members of the Eurogamer team, we've decided to do it all again!

Nintendo has announced plans to release [unleash, surely? - Ed] DS title Nintendogs in the UK on October 7th, and confirmed that our version will include three breeds not available in the Japanese version.

Namco is planning to announce a new PS2 instalment in its Tales RPG series, according to reports.

Sony has advised owners of North American PlayStation Portables not to install the Japanese 2.00 update.

Microsoft is giving you the chance to play against 'superstar DJs' Paul Oakenfold and Seb Fontaine on Forza Motorsport for a special Xbox Live event.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Microsoft's chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach are both set to deliver keynote addresses on the first day of this year's Tokyo Game Show, which takes place from September 16th to 18th.

New Jersey-based development studio Hypnotix has become the latest firm to be acquired by leading publisher Electronic Arts, with the team being relocated to Orlando to work on a new game franchise based on the Arena Football League.

Super Mario Strikers has gone through a bit of a name change via Nintendo of Europe, now re-titled as Mario Smash Football.

Given that the stock of racing games has never been higher than it is right now, you'd think there would be more of a fuss surrounding the release of the PS2's premier motorcycle racing game. But with every passing year, Namco churns out another MotoGP and very few racing game fans care. Even a little bit. And you know why? Because, for reasons we'll hopefully explore in a few paragraph's time, they're simply not all that exciting to play.

Universal Pictures has bought the rights to create a film adaptation of Sony Computer Entertainment's critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 action-adventure, God of War, according to trade Variety magazine.

A research project at a Scottish University is underway to explore the effects that different types of music have on our gaming performance, it emerged this week.

MTV has released its nominees for Best Videogame Soundtrack for its forthcoming annual Video Music Awards, with a roster of five licensed music-driven titles taking the front row over games with original scores.

As you may recall, we recently offered to give away copies of King of Fighters 2002 on PS2 and Xbox, as well as some smashing incredibly limited edition artwork by series artist Falcoon and a few pin-badges.

Xbox owners who sign up to Xbox Live between now and August 31st will receive one of three games free, Microsoft announced today.

Koei plans to continue its admirable policy of releasing Nippon Ichi's delightful role-playing games in Europe by publishing Makai Kingdom: Chronicle of the Sacred Tome for PS2 on October 28th.

Those of you who enjoyed our coverage of The Warriors earlier this week might want to check out a new trailer featuring producer Jeronimo Barrera talking about various aspects of the game and how it was put together.

You may be a little depressed that this is currently the best selling game in our blighted isle, but pecker-up, eh? I went to the zoo last week and discovered a fascinating fact which is sure to lighten your day.

Games journalists are running out of witless punnery to help frame stories about the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" scandal, it emerged today.

The slimmed-down Game Boy Micro will launch in Japan on September 13th reports have suggested today, but Nintendo of Europe has clarified this afternoon that no official announcement has been made.

EA says it has fixed a security problem with the Battlefield 2 servers which unlocked all the weapons in the game for the owners of five million randomly selected accounts.

Sony has launched the first phase of a new service which will provide Japanese consumers with downloadable video content for the PlayStation Portable - starting with free content, but moving on to paid-for TV episodes.

As promised at last week's PlayStation Meeting in Japan, Sony has released a free 2.00 upgrade for Japanese PSP handhelds adding an internet browser, support for photo sharing via wireless network and the facility to set background images on the main PSP interface among other things.

One of the great mysteries of our time is why on Earth Microsoft gave the green light to a remake of an N64 game that Nintendo saw fit to wash its hands of four years ago. Although Conker's Bad Fur Day was well-received at the time, its demented price tag or £60 or more meant precious few people ever got to play it. Just 25,000 hardy souls took the plunge in the UK. But, if you ask us, the fact that it got talked about at all had more to do with the game's profanity-laden novelty value and Rare's then-lofty status than anything to do with the game's genuine quality.

LMA Manager 2006 is to appear in "massively expanded" form on both PC and Xbox 360, Codemasters has announced. The publisher has also released some new screenshots of the PC version.

Activision has announced that Star Wars Battlefront II is out on PC, PS2, PSP and Xbox on the very same day as the Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith DVD.

A new trailer for the forthcoming Doom movie is now available to view on US website IGN.

A playable demo for Fahrenheit, Atari's forthcoming paranoramal thriller for PC and consoles, is now available for download.

Atari has announced that a Game Boy Advance version of Driv3r is currently in development, and has released some screenshots into the bargain.

A new trailer for Capcom's Resident Evil 5 is now available for download.

Publisher Take Two is facing further problems over the GTA "Hot Coffee" scandal, with the United States House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly in favour of the launch of a federal investigation into the matter.