With the Marvel Universe Online MMO canned, Cryptic Studios seem to have salvaged what they could from the wreckage and plan to unleash a new wave of heroes and villains. Champions Online would be in direct competition with Cryptic's own previous creation, City of Heroes that NCsoft is now in possession off with an internal development group made up of ex-Cryptics.

Champions Online will be blasting, flying and zapping its way to the PC with mentioning of consoles too but how this ambition plays out only time can tell.

Looking to put gravity-defying exhilaration into action, Disney has enlisted Black Rock Studios to develop "Pure" on next-gen consoles and PC. Unlike traditional ATV games where the emphasis is usually on simulation, Pure is an arcade racer with nothing but 'extreme' on its mind to let players exercise the dare-devil within.

There's a whole host of characters to choose from and then gamers can either match off against AI or go against up to 16 players online. Wes Miller, pro rider and the founder of H-Bomb Films, is also offering his advice throughout to Black Rock Studios helping them maintain an authentic quad culture, while still having room for 'crazy'.

Silverlode Interactive announced this morning that March 4th will be the date that it releases the online collectible war-game SAGA. Players that are interested in downloading the SAGA client will be able to from Strategy Informer's on the release date.

Emmanuel brown has published his review for Ghost Squad, Sega's recently released arcade shooter that is available on the Wii. In this review Emmanuel tells us about the gameplay elements and suggests that it could serve as a stop-gap until the House of the Dead series are re-released.

Read our exclusive review here.

The next version of Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul has been released. Gamespy's "Mod of the Year 2006", OOO is possibly the most famous Oblivion mod of all time. Read the full story for more information, or...

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"PRO DEO ET REGE ("PDER") is a modification aimed at providing a longer, more challenging and realistic campaign. Featuring many new factions, provinces, units and a unique regional Area of Recruitment system, establishing and maintaining a medieval empire will not be easy - For God and King!"

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The television series Jackass may have been canceled but it's popularity doesn't seem to have suffered too much, as evident by the continual release of films and now a video game. Indifference doesn't seem to be a popular opinion with regard to the series; most people like it or dislike it. So what of the game? Mike Jennings shares his objective evaluation.

Read the Jackass: The Game review.

An executive at Sony hinted that the PS3 may once again support backward compatibility for PS2 games. While launch units in the US and Japan contained the hardware to support the games and European units could emulate them through software, the latest revision of the next-gen console stopped supporting them altogether much to the dismay of new owners.

During one of EA's analysis reports they have let slip that BioWare, who was recently acquired by the publishing giant, is working on a number of projects including a KOTOR title. They also mentioned they're working on a MMO project which would mean that the long rumoured KOTOR MMORPG is never going to see the light of day, much to the greater joy of fans. It would be a stand-alone RPG like the two previous in the franchise.

There's no rumblings yet though on platforms but it would mostly likely hit a next-gen console before the PC if history is any indicator. A New Hope that the BioWare Empire Strikes Back and we see the Return of the Jedi knights of the old republic.

Hungarian PC gaming magazine PC Guru has a front-page story detailing exclusive news about Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3. Hungarian subscribers will recieve this magazine on Thursday.

Anyone interested in the franchise has been waiting for another Red Alert, and this is surely great news indeed and we hope that this isn't a repeat of this Gears of War story that turned out to be a big fuss about nothing.

We'll be on top of it the moment it's live. Stay glued to your screens, people.