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Sony is planning to introduce two new models of its hybrid PlayStation 2/multimedia device, the PSX, in Japan this December, but according to company reps this time the new functionality will not be made available to existing users via firmware upgrade.

Our bestest buddies at Atari are planning to distribute a new PC first-person shooter in Europe next March. Called Boiling Point: Road To Hell, it's already been compared to Far Cry in some quarters, and apparently comprises some 25 square kilometres of game environment.

Rainbow Studios has announced that its next racing game will see motocross bikers clash with off-road four-wheelers; MX vs. ATV Unleashed will combine Rainbow's various talents in one game. At least that's the hope, and we should see whether it's worked when the game ships in the States next February on PS2 and Xbox.

Two years away working on San Andreas clearly hasn't dulled Rockstar's passion for the music behind Grand Theft Auto. Having unveiled the game's radio station line-up over the weekend, the publisher announced yesterday that it plans to release a double CD soundtrack featuring a bonus prologue movie DVD, as well as an eight CD epic featuring every track used in the game - in the same vein as the seven-CD compilation that accompanied Vice City.

For a company with more than 30 Megaman games under its belt, a similar number of Street Fighter titles and a host of franchises that stretch to several sequels and spin-offs, Capcom's output of late has been surprising varied. Perhaps the company's just in search of some new fodder to help guide it through the next decade. Perhaps someone high up is sick of games with 2004 on the end. Whatever; some of the results have been a far cry from what we've come to expect. Indeed, while Devil May Cry etc. pay the bills, games like Viewtiful Joe, Gregory Horror Show and Under The Skin are busy standing in front of an audience of wilting D-pad junkies, trussed up like some sort of dyslexic inverse TJ Mackey and screaming "RESPECT THE CULT!"

Half-Life 2 has officially gone gold - in other words, been approved for manufacture - and will be released around the world on November 16th, publisher Vivendi-Universal Games has announced today, hopefully bringing us to the concluding chapter in the game's epic pre-release saga.

Ubisoft has released a PC demo version of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, featuring the ship-based tutorial level and boss encounter, and a section from later in the game featuring some extremely basic puzzling and an encounter with a huge troll-like creature that can't be defeated unless you figure out its Achilles' heel...

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater will be released in the USA on November 17th, Konami has finally confirmed, meaning that English speaking gamers will be able to play it before the Japanese get their hands on it in mid-December - calling to mind the 2001 release of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which also debuted Stateside.

Sony Computer Entertainment has confirmed that a third Ape Escape title is in development, albeit somewhat unwittingly, having slipped the title onto its official release schedule during a quiet moment in the dead of night last Friday.

Eidos has confirmed that Championship Manager 5 will not be released in October as planned, following a week of speculation which saw the publisher's share price drop to an all-year low. Eidos also reiterated that it is "continuing to pursue discussions in relation to the possible sale of the Company."

Rockstar Games has released a pair of fairly nondescript screenshots from the Las Venturas region in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, giving us our first glimpse of the game's third city - previously we've only heard about Los Santos, San Fierro, and the countryside in-between the three cities.

Vivendi-Universal Games has released a smattering of details and screenshots from the forthcoming PC version of Starbreeze Studios' The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, and revealed that the game will be released in Europe this December.

Sports Interactive has released its much anticipated "Gold demo" of Football Manager 2005 for PC and Mac, and we've mirroring both versions on Eurofiles this afternoon. FM 2005 is due out in Europe on November 5th from SEGA.

Shares in British developer Argonaut Games have been suspended from trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning after the company issued a short notice to the markets indicating that it may be facing serious financial difficulties.

As the gaming world comes to terms with Halo 2's dramatic leak nearly a month ahead of release, developer Bungie has quietly responded by way of an updated warning on its community forum, which promises to ban gamers who posted leaked information or spoilers, and even ban certain Xbox Live gamertags from the game's online component.

Valve has begun the sixth phase of Half-Life 2 preloading overnight amidst unconfirmed reports that the highly rated first-person shooter is a couple of formalities away from going gold and being shipped off to manufacturing - returned release candidates and ongoing litigation notwithstanding.

Nuclear Vision's near-future first-person shooter Psychotoxic has found a new publishing partner in the shape of Postal 2 outfit Whiptail Interactive, the latter announced this week, and should finally make it out on PC in March 2005 as part of a worldwide publishing deal that takes in pretty much everywhere with the exception of Germany, Austria and Russia.

Resident Evil 4 looks set to debut in the USA before it makes an appearance in Japan, judging by retail reports and magazine clippings we've seen this week. And yes, that does mean that the Cube-exclusive survival horror title will now miss 2004 entirely.

Halo 2, Microsoft's most prized Xbox asset and its biggest hope for success this Christmas, has been leaked onto the Internet just days after developer Bungie officially completed work on the game and announced that it had shipped it off to manufacturing, and nearly a month prior to its official US release date, November 9th.

The future of the Acclaim UK studios in Cheltenham and Manchester seems uncertain once more today, as the launch of new publisher Exclaim by former Acclaim CEO Rod Cousens appears to have been held up by legal issues in the United States.

Nintendo's GameCube budget software label, Player's Choice, will expand to include more than 30 games from next Friday, as the platform holder introduces a wide variety of first and third party titles to the £20 range.

Although it's not as relevant to the average gamer as some of Ubisoft's previous offerings, the publisher has nonetheless release another trailer for Prince of Persia: Warrior Within this week, and we've mirrored the 5MB file on Eurofiles here.

Lord of the Rings actor Christopher Lee and Austin Powers veteran Heather Graham will take up opposite voice acting roles in Sony Online Entertainment's forthcoming EverQuest sequel, the developer revealed this week.

Order yours now from Simply Games.

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Fans of Pyro Studios' niche-y tactical World War II series, Commandos, will be in for a shock if they pick up the next instalment in hope of finding more of the same, as publisher Eidos has this morning announced that Commandos Strike Force, due out in spring 2005 on PS2, Xbox and PC, will dispense with the isometric perspective and strategy-esque controls and plant gamers in a first-person shooter instead.

Shares in British publisher Eidos dropped to an all-time low of 89 pence in trading on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, as rumours spread that football management title Championship Manager 5 could slip past Christmas and into next year.

As the description bit we just wrote for Eurofiles states: We don't normally post television ads up here, but this one is particularly amusing, and football related, and when you throw those two things together it's difficult for us to resist...

Ubisoft sends word that Playboy: The Mansion, its forthcoming management sim that puts you in the role of a virtual Hugh Hefner, has been delayed until the first few months of 2005 in order to avoid disappointment.

Developer 3D Realms, best known as the studio behind the Duke Nukem franchise, is working on a new unannounced original game as well as the much-delayed Duke Nukem Forever, according to an Internet post from studio president Scott Miller.