God of War III has arrived, as you probably know. SCEA just released the launch trailer for the epic platform-exclusive action adventure:

I guess you ought to know that the development team Bungie, best known for its successful Halo series and older gems such as Myth (God, someone, please shoot Microsoft and let Bungie return to Myth), have registered trademarks Marathon and "Bungie Aerospace." Why? We havne't got a clue. I've almost forgot that Bungie developed the old FPS series Marathon.

"Bungie Aerospace" - hm, not entirely sure what that signifies. The scoop was posted by Superannuation and at this time this represents an unknown plan for the studio.

The company is obviously keen on getting started on a new IP (or old one).

So why in all the blazing fires of Hell are they not working on a new Myth game? I ask you, why?

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Codemasters presents brand new captures from its upcoming F1 racing game:

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When it comes to racing games, it doesn't get more 'classic' than this. It's surely going to be a great slice of gaming for F1 fans. The developer's reputation in the racing genre speaks for itself, so I have no doubt this will be a great game. Mind you, I'm not exactly confident the game will achieve success sales wise.

F1 2010 is scheduled to hit stores September 2010 for Xbox 360, PC and PS3.

After the news of a Splinter Cell: Conviction demo, which will be released before the retail version arrives, we find out that there won't be a PC edition. The news comes via a tweet by Ubisoft's UbiMultipass (thanks, Blue).

Word is: "Sorry guys, tomorrow's demo is for X360 only. There are no plans for a PC demo."

The Xbox 360 demo should be available later today.

Wow, this game is vast! Had know idea they actually went to all this trouble. Red Dead Redemption is in currently development for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, although there were a few reports here and there, suggesting we might also get a PC version (we would be pretty awesome):

Unfortunately, you'll have to wait another two months before you can play it. The Western themed shooter is slated to launch on May 18.

I never thought I'd find myself enjoying the music from Final Fantasy, but here I am - listening to the soundtrack from Final Fantasy XIII. The music is top-notch. Fair enough, some of the themes and tunes are hectic and completely insane (kind of like the game itself), but otherwise I was surprised to hear such a wide variety of music styles. It ranges from electronic melodies and freaky techno tunes, to classical and jazz compositions. It's an interesting piece of work.

By the way, the composer's name is Masashi Hamauzu.

IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is going to arrive to retailers across North America on August 24 and in Europe on August 27, 2010. The development team revealed the release date today and confirmed the game will be arriving to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms simultaneously, featuring both single-player and multiplayer modes.

Check out the new 'Welcome to Shanghai' trailer:

EA presents the launch trailer for their real-time strategy Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight:

Peter Molyneux pauses for a bit on all the silly talk of Fable III, to express his views on the PS3-exclusive Heavy Rain.

"I recommend anyone who wants to start to see the first glimpses of the future of videogames to go out and buy it," said Molyneux. "Personally, I could not bring myself to play more than 90 minutes, because the world that was there was so dark and so emotionally involving I felt emotionally beaten up," Molyneux said.

"But there's no question in my mind that games like Heavy Rain - games that have a new fidelity in the way that they present their experiences, obviously made with cinematography and motion capture in mind - can really show the way forward to a new form of entertainment, which is evolving the story and choices and consequences."

Heavy Rain has landed to great reviews and pretty solid sales. A few countries don't look too kindly on certain scenes depicted in the game, but otherwise things are looking good for the franchisees.

Namco releases the Dead to Rights: Retribution 'City in Chaos' trailer:

They also sent along new screenshots (and plenty of them; they're high-res... very, very high-res):

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BioWare introduces, Kasumi, a brand new addition to the ever-growing library of characters for Mass Effect 2.

"The galaxy's most enigmatic thief Kasumi has enemies everywhere, but only a few could put a face to her name. Not much is known about her, other than Cerberus has contracted her to assist Commander Shepard in the mission to save mankind. In exchange, she requires help with a dangerous heist to infiltrate the vault of a deadly criminal known as Donovan Hook," reveals BioWare.

"Kasumi is master of stealth and eluding her enemies, her unique skills and technical expertise will be a valuable assets to Cerberus and Commander Shepard."

It was only a matter of time until we heard details about Gears of War 3, which, by all accounts, is in development at Epic Games. Both Gears of War and Gears of War 2 gained positive feedback from the public and critics - and for very good reason too. While GoW remains one of the most influential franchises in terms of gameplay, GoW 2 is still one of the best-looking shooters on the console market. In short, any talk of a potential third installment isn't much of a surprise.

According to Edge, a "trusted US publishing source" revealed that Gears of War 3 is expected to be released in April 2011, with the premiere trailer set to go online next month (on April 8 to be exact). Their source also seems to indicate that this year's E3 festivities, in June, will bring more details. Epic VP Mark Rein commented during the Game Developers Conference that Epic Games won't be releasing any games this year.

Meanwhile, Killzone 3, the next game in the popular PS3-only shooter series, was said to have the same release date.

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I'm the kind of person who's really sensitive to sounds in the surroundings. For example, when someone here at the AT offices has an irritating ringing tone on his cell phone, I can get very nervous and potentially dangerous. One of our colleagues here has a range of extremely annoying habits, one of which denotes slurping while he drinks his coffee and then, once he's done slurping, he munches really, really loudly. *munch *munch* *slurp* *slurp*

These things can upset to the point where I find myself getting up grabbing the nearest sharp object thrusting it deep up this person's nostril.