Ready your F5 keys: Second bandwidth-stealing GTA IV video set to arrive this Thursday.
Don't forget the next internet-stopping Grand Theft Auto IV trailer is due to land this Thursday.

Click here to read the full article

FASA Studio boss says, "I think the reviews on my game suck ass...".
Mitch Gitelman, head of Shadowrun developer FASA Studio, has given an awesome interview where he talks about the game's review scores: "I think the reviews on my game suck ass and I want to respond."

Click here to read the full article

New Dojo options, tweaked AI patterns and no more jaggies!.
The first confirmed info on what's actually different in the Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5 has emerged.

Click here to read the full article

Mock delta squad raids Gears of War dev's plush offices - pics inside!.
Nightmare Armour Studios, creators of awesome movie replicas, have made a near-perfect recreation of Gears of War's Cog armour. And what better way to try it out than to turn up at Epic's offices, and scare the crap out of the receptionist?



Click here to read the full article

Review: Bigger, faster and crashier.
Since its very first instalment, FlatOut has always been perceived as the "other" destructive racer. There's no denying Burnout's dominance in the world of car crash gaming, but after a weekend with FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage we can't help wondering if that's justified. After all, not only is this the best game in the FlatOut series, it's also toe-to-toe a superior game than any of EA's recent rivals.



Click here to read the full article

Sci-fi shooter is still for Microsoft's console only, senior designer tells CVG.
Irrational Games has reaffirmed the console exclusivity of its moody Xbox 360 shooter Bioshock.

Click here to read the full article

Forerunner history uncovered in latest Halo 3 viral marketing campaign.
Amidst the Halo 3 viral marketing explosion of the last week, another mysterious website has been discovered.

Click here to read the full article

Now that HAD to hurt! 60 seconds of motor mayhem is yours.
Watching the mass vehicle destruction in FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage is always a joyous occasion and the new gameplay trailer viewable right in our video player is one of the most insane we've seen yet.

Click here to read the full article

Six console screens of the Cold War-era RTS.
RTS World in Conflict on Xbox 360 is scheduled to release this autumn, and we're getting a first look at the console iteration in these six screenshots.



Click here to read the full article

No more Mr. Nice gu... monste... thing...
Ever played a game called Pikmin? In case you haven't, it's a kind of strategy puzzle thing in which you control a main character using the left stick and make tiny little creatures do your bidding by sweeping them around with the right stick. The aim is to repair your base by gathering enough creatures to carry parts of it back through the levels you've explored, and you have to make sure you use the correct colour of creature to get through different hazards - red ones are resistant to fire, blue ones can go in the water, and so on and so forth, as they say.



Click here to read the full article

Atari to take up distribution duties on Namco Bandai pair, both to release in Europe in autumn.
Namco Bandai's pair of 360 titles, Ace Combat 6: Fire of Liberation and gorgeous RPG Eternal Sonata, are officially heading to Europe, under the distribution arm of Atari.

Click here to read the full article

One minute and 40 seconds of Modern Warfare action as Force Recon goes on night-time operations.
A new gameplay video from Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has deployed, revealing a night-time mission called The Bog.

Click here to read the full article

The antidote to a long hot footballess summer...
Madrid have clinched the league, Becks is off to the LA LA land and while the under 21's has provided a modicum of interest (good luck tonight against the Dutch fellas), most long-suffering footy fans now face a barren summer bereft of the beautiful game.



Click here to read the full article

New GTA details from Turkish OXM - Majora's Mask-style world events and big explosions too.
More details on Rockstar's other, less controversial action game (who thought we'd ever be saying that?) have appeared on the net via the Turkish Official Xbox Magazine.

Click here to read the full article

PC and Xbox 360 versions are not confirmed, says Ubisoft, while Free Radical says otherwise.
Ubisoft has pulled the release dates issued earlier this week for the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Haze, stating that the game is only confirmed for PS3.

Click here to read the full article

10-button guitar revealed, no strings attached.
The first images of the wireless Fender guitar controller for Harmonix's forthcoming Rock Band on Xbox 360 and PS3 have hit the internet - check them out.



Click here to read the full article

Microsoft reveals Halo 3's 49 achievements, with talk of "meta-games" and "terminals".
Microsoft has officially revealed the 49 achievements you'll be able to unlock in Halo 3, some of which a drop a few gameplay hints and secrets...

Click here to read the full article

Plenty of gameplay and commentary from Irrational Games features in new trailer.
You can clap eyes on a new Bioshock video developer diary that's dancing for your attention in our video player on the right.

Click here to read the full article

Brothers in Arms, Assassin's Creed, Haze and Splinter Cell competing for your cash before Christmas.
Usually Ubisoft's weekly release schedule is welcomed by a swift shuffle into our recycle bin, but low and behold this week there's actually some new release dates.

Click here to read the full article

Microsoft hits Immersion with lawsuit after it settles its on-going row with Sony.
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against rumble company Immersion for not living up to parts of it deal.

Click here to read the full article

"We're still working on the first one," says Mark Rein.
Epic VP Mark Rein has said that we won't be seeing anything of a Gears of War sequel at E3 next month, responding to yesterday's rumours that a trailer would be shown at Microsoft's pre-E3 event in Santa Monica.

Click here to read the full article

We rate the likelihood of the "leaked" Xbox E3 announcements ever coming to fruition.
A suspicious list of "leaked" Microsoft E3 announcements is currently circulating the internet, supposedly originating from an open-mouthed, err... E3 floor manager.

Click here to read the full article

'Learning AI' to make for "the closest simulation of real football to date".
The next edition of everybody's favourite football sim, Pro Evolution Soccer 8, is well underway and Konami has finally broken the silence and revealed what it hopes will make this the footy game to own this year.



Click here to read the full article

What did you do this weekend? Microsoft spent the entire thing making Halo 3 viral.
Even more Halo 3 marketing is starting to spill onto the streets - this time quite literally.



Click here to read the full article

Interview: Infinity Ward president Grant Collier under fire.
During our first look at Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare we got chance to sit down with the developer's president Grant Collier. In the middle of a lengthy global press tour, Collier looked absolutely knackered, but it's amazing what a glass of fizzy pop can do.

Click here to read the full article

New instalment of Capcom's chilly-shooter listed again on Dutch distributor site - but what the hell is it? UPDATE: Capcom responds.
There've been rumours of a Lost Planet spin-off for a good few months now - and they're refusing to die.

Click here to read the full article

Half-Life-esque Earth No More heading to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC from ex-Max Payne devs.
The first info is beginning to trickle in on 3D Realms' promised "big announcement", Earth No More, a new Xbox 360, PS3 and PC shooter from ex-Max Payne devs Recoil Gamers.

Click here to read the full article

Downloadable episodes coming to 360 ahead of full retail release.
As we exclusively reported a few weeks ago, Eidos is indeed bringing the recently released PS2 game, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, to 360 in the form of downloadable chapters.

Click here to read the full article

Massive alien snake-tentacle action.
Pass mince pies over these nine new screenshots from Midway's Blacksite: Area 51, if they're not too much for you this early on a Monday morning. Look at that giant alien snake-y tentacle-y thing! Run for the hills!



Click here to read the full article

Microsoft digs deep to secure GTA IV episodic content. PS3 left out in the cold?.
Reports are emerging that, according to an earnings call with Take Two CFO Laine Goldstein, Microsoft has splashed out $50 million to get downloadable content exclusively on 360.

Click here to read the full article

In-game footage of three new maps out on Thursday.
The third multiplayer map pack for Lost Planet on Xbox 360 will be available on XB Marketplace from Thursday June 21, and if you're looking forward to that, you need to see these three videos of the new levels.



Click here to read the full article

40 (!) new shots of Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 flight sim sequel.
Well, there goes our bandwidth; 40 (yes, 40) Ace Combat 6 screenshots have been smuggled out of Namco Bandai's media prison camp, and if you like dials and cockpits you're in for a treat.



Click here to read the full article

Blacksite's massive bosses revealed in three new movies of the Stranglehold-fueled sci-fi shooter.
Those cheeky chappies at Midway have handed us three new gameplay videos from its sci-fi shooter Blacksite, which is out on Xbox 360, PC and PS3 in September.

Click here to read the full article

Leaked mag info reveals story and combat details.
The first details on Bethesda's Fallout 3 have emerged from the latest issue of US Game Informer magazine.

Click here to read the full article

Cities and motors discussed in latest Project Gotham update - new trailer expected this afternoon.
Bizarre Creations and Microsoft Games Studios have released new details on Project Gotham Racing 4, which they say will be out in time for Autumn.

Click here to read the full article

Review: McRae goes mainstream.
For the past few months, Codemasters has had us ogling at some of the most impressively realistic screenshots of any racing game ever. Needless to say, we couldn't bloody wait for Colin McRae DiRT.



Click here to read the full article

Namco Bandai's bonkers ball-roller said to be under the target of Microsoft's great exclusivity cursor.
According to Newsweek's Level Up column, Microsoft could be close to securing the next Katamari Damacy game, Beautiful Katamari as an Xbox 360 exclusive.

Click here to read the full article

New screenshots escape from BioWare's space-age media airlock.
Still without an official release date, Mass Effect is back in the limelight with the release of 17 new screenshots. Well, most of them are new - the rest we just missed the first time around.



Click here to read the full article

Updating console components is commonplace, says Microsoft.
Various internet reports began to appear yesterday that claimed Microsoft has begun installing second heatsinks into Xbox 360s sent in for repair.

Click here to read the full article

613MB demo of Square Enix's sci-fi shooter Project Sylpheed up now.
Developed exclusively for Xbox 360 and produced by Square Enix (they also do something called Final Fantasy), Project Sylpheed is billed as a colorful arcade-style space combat game, which sounds about right to us. You can find out for yourself, with a demo on Marketplace.

Click here to read the full article