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Lara Croft's looking very different these days. More human. And she's running around environments much closer in theme and design to those that inspired her huge following in the first place.

An official statement from legendary developer id Software has warned both print and online media that the company will refuse to work with any publication which reproduces a number of leaked images of forthcoming PC first person shooter Quake 4.

Id Software has indicated that Quake IV, currently in development at Raven Software under Id's supervision, will not appear at this year's QuakeCon event, despite some apparent expectation to the contrary.

Going to E3 next week? Then be sure to take your DS, says Nintendo, cos they'll be offering free content to everyone who turns up.

Square-Enix has confirmed to Eurogamer that Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the feature film sequel to the hit 1997 game, is slated for a European release by the end of the year.

UK developer Blitz has released some screenshots for Possession, its forthcoming survival horror effort for PC and next-generation consoles.

Electronic Arts has announced that Need for Speed Most Wanted is currently in development for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, GBA, PSP and PC.

A report from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer this week claims that Bungie is gearing up for development of a third instalment in the Halo first-person shooter series with a serious recruitment drive.

EA's Chief Financial Officer Warren Jenson was also at the Bear Stearns Conference where Max Payne 3 was first mooted this week, and funnily enough he was also banging on about mature gaming content. We're glad he was, too, because when he was probed about EA's interest in adult titles, Jenson replied, "I think that many of you know that we are developing The Godfather." Oh you are, are you?

EA is believed to be chasing the likenesses and voices of Robert de Niro and Al Pacino for its recently confirmed Godfather games, with talk from sources close to the publisher suggesting the gangster mega-stars may actually record brand new material for the projects.

Electronic Arts has released a trailer for its film-licensed videogame version of The Godfather, which is expected to hit consoles in late 2005. Download it from Eurofiles here (5MB).

Electronic Arts has opened the books on its adaptation of The Godfather after the Hollywood Reporter revealed that star actors James Caan and Robert Duvall have committed voice acting work and their likenesses circa 1972 for use in the game, and that the late Marlon Brando entered into a similar agreement and recorded voice work prior to his death last year. EA has also secured the rights to use Nino Rota's musical compositions for the film and its soundtrack.

As you may have noticed, we're indebted to The Godfather for much of what you can see on the front page this morning. During a recent trip to New York's Little Italy, Rob was able to chat to see the game, meet actors Robert Duvall and James Caan, and talk to various members of the EA Redwood Shores team about their work on the title.

Francis Ford Coppola has proper gone off on one about Electronic Arts' new Godfather game, despite earlier claims by the design team that they were granted access to his archives.

More details have emerged for Devil Kings, the forthcoming PS2 title from legendary Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi.

Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 title for Xbox 2, hinted at in a Eurogamer interview last July, will be called "Gears of War" and will launch exclusively on the Microsoft platform.

Everyone's favourite emotionally conflicted mafia boss is to star in a new videogame, according to a report by Bank of America analysts, and according to a source close to the LA development scene 7 Studios is developing it.

Now that we've all had a chance to see and admire / slag off the Xbox 360's design, Nintendo has offered the first hints as to what its next-generation console will look like.

With the Xbox 360 bandwagon now clearly in sight, publishers are keen to be seen leaping on it left and right. SEGA's already announced one X360 title - Monolith's Condemned - and this morning announces another, called Full Auto, which features Prince of Persia-style rewind feature to undo the explosive collisions you'll be watching whenever you mess up.

UPDATED: With the curtain now up on the Xbox 360 showcase, we can update the list with proper platforms. Both Call of Duty 2 and Quake IV will appear on X360. As will Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.

The world of videogames was rocked to its very foundations today as EA revealed that almost all of its first batch of next-gen games will be based on sports and feature "06" in the title.

Japanese publisher Square Enix will give "strong support" to Nintendo's online plans for the Nintendo DS and Revolution consoles, according to president Youichi Wada - but the firm behind the Final Fantasy series is less keen on Xbox 360.

Playing Yoshi's Universal Gravitation reminds me of playing racing games before I'd stopped impulsively twisting my hands like the control pad was a steering wheel. I love it that way. It's old but new.

The Kuju-developed and George A. Romero-penned horror game project that publisher Hip Games announced recently is going to be called City of the Dead, the publisher indicated this week.

Tonight, Microsoft officially stops refusing to comment on rumour and speculation and starts talking cold, hard fact about Xbox 360 - the next-generation Xbox console, which will launch later this year (possibly November) according to Bill Gates.

The French can make anything look cool. Even their celebrity chefs are suave, sophisticated and good-looking, for heavens' sake. They've even gone and invented a sport that involves nothing more than jumping off of things, whilst somehow looking cooler than Andre 3000 eating ice cream in the Antarctic. And now, inevitably, Eidos is doing a game based on it for the PSP.

As Dead or Alive 4 shots sweep the Net into hysteria (or something approaching excitement at the very least; almost forgot ourselves there!), a lone shot of what is said to be Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Xbox 360 title has appeared on Ruliweb.

Screenshots of what appears to be Dead or Alive 4 running on Xbox 360 have sneaked onto the Internet this afternoon. You can find them elsewhere on Eurogamer here.

Because no handheld can ever have too many puzzle games in its back catalogue, Sony Online Entertainment has announced GripShift and FRANTIX for PSP.

IGN GameSpy is to make its first step into the portable gaming market by licensing its technology to Nintendo, which has announced plans to set up a wireless gaming network for Nintendo DS owners.