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The next game in the .//hack franchise will take the series online for the first time, according to Famitsu magazine.

A recent study by financial analysts at Merrill Lynch Japan suggests that the PlayStation 3 may cost up to $490 dollars to manufacture, with the company predicting that Sony will launch at $399 and take a $1.18bn loss in its first year on the market.

Valve's Robin Walker has revealed a smattering of new details about Aftermath, the forthcoming Half-Life 2 expansion pack that most PC gamers with a pulse will be adding to their collection later this year.

Ah, eBay. Not a day goes past that doesn't see an eBay link pop up in our inboxes or on instant messaging. Sometimes it's for an item that somebody thinks we'd like. Sometimes it's for an item that somebody wants us to buy. Sometimes it's our little sisters demanding we fork over access to our PayPal accounts so we can lose money on flea-bitten Take That memorabilia. You know.

Square Enix has revealed that the Universal Media Disc (UMD) version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - i.e. the version that will run on PSPs - will be released at the same time as the DVD version in Japan.

Bizarre Creations has hit back at critics who claimed that a screenshot from Project Gotham 3 released last week couldn't possibly be the real deal. You can see the pic in question here.

HMV has announced plans to offer games and films via its new digital download service.

Alten8 has signed a deal with retro publisher Cronosoft to release old games in the form they originally appeared.

As you may recall, last week we published a story about a forthcoming baseball match between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers.

Ubisoft has announced plans to sponsor Check-em, a new charity initiative aimed at getting men to feel themselves up more often.

Konami president Michihiro Ishizuka has revealed that the developer is currently working on an all-new title for Xbox 360, hinting that it will be exclusive to the platform.

EA has released an 80-second trailer showing off in-game sequences of its forthcoming videogame based on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather mafia films. You can download the trailer from Eurofiles here.

Namco appears to be working on a third instalment in the XenoSaga RPG series judging by an update on a Japanese voice actor's website.

A poster promoting Uwe Boll's forthcoming movie bastardisation of Terminal Velocity's BloodRayne games popped up on the net this week. You can find it over at IMDB here.

Bungie has announced that a new set of Halo 2 maps is now available free of charge via Xbox Live.

ZOO Digital has announced the latest Premier Manager game, PM 2005-2006, which will be released on PS2, PC and GBA in August, by which time Liverpool will be well on their way to defending their Champions League crown. You know, or not.

NCsoft Europe has announced that it hopes to top its pre-order campaigns for the likes of Guild Wars and City of Heroes by allowing those eager to play Auto Assault, its next big massively multiplayer effort, to elect a favourite in-game weapon to be included in the pre-order campaign for the UK, France, Germany and Italy.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced plans to hold the first ever Blizzard Convention in the US this October.

Over a million units of the Nintendo DS handheld have been sold in Europe since the console launched, according to the latest figures to be released by Nintendo - with around a quarter of the consoles sold in the UK.

Sega's Takumi Yoshinaga, the creator of Project Rub for the Nintendo DS, has revealed the first few details of his next title.

Webzen has confirmed that All Points Bulletin - the new MMOG from developer Real Time Worlds - is coming to Xbox 360 as well as PC.

Electronic Arts dominates the top of the UK charts this week, with Medal of Honor: European Assault up one place to number one, while Battlefield 2 is a strong new entry for the company at number two.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has confirmed that the company is thinking about future revisions of the Xbox 360 hardware already, and may incorporate a HD-DVD drive into the console at some point down the line.

An American gamer by the name of Zac Bandremer has come up with a solution to the age-old problems of sweaty palms, sticky fingers and little bits of grey ming gathering on your controller.

PS2-owning Leatherfaces across the country will be pleased to hear that Nubytech is releasing a new version of its best-selling Resident Evil Chainsaw controller.

Nintendo has announced plans to release a new firmware update for Play-Yan, the Japanese peripheral that allows you to watch movies on your Game Boy Advance or DS.

Ubisoft revealed this week that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 will not be known as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 at all. Instead it's to be termed Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter when it sees release later this year on PC, Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2 and GameCube.

Bad news for PSP hackers - Sony knows what you're up to and is taking steps to stop it.

It's been four years since developer Remedy first announced that Max Payne was getting an adventure on the big screen - and since then, we've heard nothing.

Online retailer ElectricBirdLand was today ordered to cease selling imported PSP consoles with immediate effect after Sony Computer Entertainment won an injunction in the high court.