Rockstar has finally announced the release date for the muchly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV, with mainstream media hellfire set to irritate us drunken oafs as of April 29th.

SCEA has announced deal with MTV that will see several popular shows from the former music channel offered for purchase on UMD format, that oh-so popular dead horse Sony carries around.

Nintendo has released European sales figures, showing the Wii to have attained over six million unit sales, with the DS hitting over 20 million.

ELSPA has released a statement welcoming the launch of a new strategy by the UK's Department of Health to reduce obesity.

Activision has announced that the Guitar Hero franchise has set an industry record, surpassing $1 billion in North American retail sales in just 26 months, according to The NPD Group.

Eve Online is coming to Steam, developer CCP has announced, further consolidating Steam's position as the biggest success story for paid game downloads on the net.

Funcom has announced the introduction of a tiered subscription system in Anarchy Online.

A mere day before it was due to launch, Sony has delayed the release of its PSP Skype addon, citing issues with Skype compatibility as the reason.

As a way to recognise the developers who have together created over 112 games for the Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft will announce awards for the top XBLA games of 2007 later this year with several categories decided by the community.

Developer Blitz has spoken about the success of its open days scheme, for which applications are now closed.

The Nintendo DS and Wii finished strong in 2007 in America, commanding sales in the holiday shopping period and finishing the year as the two best-selling video game systems in the country, according to new data just released by the

TIGA, The Independent Game Developers Association, has announced the list of finalists ahead of the annual 2007 awards ceremony which takes place at the Haymarket Hotel in London on 30th January 2008.

Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, has announced that Leisure Suit Larry is back in an all new game coming to the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and mobile phones this fall.

EA has announced that an ad-supported Battlefield title is due for release this summer, which will also incorporate a microtransaction system.

A ban has come into effect in Brazil which bans the sale of Counter-Strike and EverQuest, over health and safety fears to the public.

A man who sold copied games, films and music to trawlermen returning to Troon Harbour, South Ayrshire after an extended fishing trip in exchange for a box of crabs has been fined in excess of E4,000.

Sega has announced that Star Wars characters will appear in Soul Calibur IV for the PS3 and Xbox 360, proving that the force is strong (or something similarly clever).

1C Company has announced that it has completed a deal to purchase one of the most famous Russian developers, Ino-Co.

While speaking to Reuters, a Microsoft representative that Europe is the key area for Microsoft and that they are seeing progress in France and Germany.

Video and computer games sales in the UK are at an all-time high, smashing sales records in 2007 and last week notching the biggest ever single week of sales, figures released by ELSPA show.