Balagueró and his team took a big risk with [REC] 2 but their gamble has paid off: the connotations and subtext might irk some but I for one am grateful that the film goes the direction it does because [REC] 2 not only gives [REC] more purpose but it has given us the makings of a brilliant franchise.

Nintendo have announced that the next generation of Pokémon games, Black and White, will be released in Europe and North America next Spring.

While perhaps less visually impressive seventy-seven years on, the original King Kong from 1933 will be released onto BluRay on the 28th September and it is a film that should be in any film-lover's collection.

Turn around, goddammit!

Del Toro has announced that he is stepping down as director of the upcoming film The Hobbit.

EA have been working on adapting the Need for Speed franchise into a racing MMO and the date July 20th has been confirmed as the date of release.

A LEGO animated short loosely based on the Prince of Persia film released earlier this month could lead the way for a video game adaptation of the film... of the video game...

Welcome to Episode Six of Red Band Radio.

HULK SMASH!

One thing's been confirmed then: you'll get to fly planes.

According to TheSixthAxis, Team Ico are going to be releasing both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus onto BluRay in 2011.

Double news: my favourite.

Are you excited yet? Well you should be: Christopher Nolan's mysterious new film Inception is coming, and a bunch of character posters have been released. There's also a TV spot which was released recently - I'm building the hype train up on this one because it is going to be big.

The Halo Reach beta ended last week but that doesn't mean the hype has ended - Bungie have confirmed the release date for their next Halo title will be the 14th September.

Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom will have probably been under the radar & perhaps it will stay there but watch the trailer & look at some screens nonetheless: you might find yourself interested in the game afterwards.

EA have announced that Legendary Pictures has acquired the film rights to the Mass Effect franchise - Legendary's prior co-production films have included 300, Watchmen and The Dark Knight.

Money certainly does speak louder than quality, then. The disappointing film adaptation of the video game series Hitman was released a few years ago, and suffice to say, it wasn't good. But despite its quality, Hitman made over three times its budget in the cinema which inevitably has lead to 20th Century Fox planning a second film.

Sony Computer Entertainment America's Rob Dyer says that Sony have a new encryption code that will slow down hackers and provide developers with at least a "60-day shelf life" for their products.

Mmm: tastes of commercialism.

We've got a collection of stills for Inception to look at.

Big gallery of screens for you to look at.

We've got a massive amount of them. This game does look stunning.

It's not much to go on, but a rumor's a rumor: a South African retail magazine suggests that Sony’s motion control system for the Playstation 3 will be launched this July.

Shrink sits contently on the observational deck of the film industry, casually mocking its counterparts while it exudes boldly quiet intelligence and charisma and its because of this that Shrink rises up and above its definably small origins.

8 screens from the game to have a gander at.

Someone has been nice enough to upload the entire soundtrack for Super Mario Galaxy 2 onto Youtube.

A German gaming magazine called GameStar has an eight-page spread for Fallout: New Vegas in its next edition. Here are the images of the game it shows us: note the casino minigames and the brilliant-looking New Vegas strip.

A petition posted last year rallying against the German government's plans to ban violent video games gained support strong enough to be passed through their government.

HMV reckon that this weekend will see Red Dead Redemption become the fastest-selling computer game of 2010.

Some screenshots from Gamepro magazine show us Killzone 3 - there's snow!