Brian Jarrard, director of PR for Bungie has told GamesIndustry.biz that once Recon "wraps up in a couple of months" the teams will be moving on.

Part will start something new and part will join existing projects at the studio he explained. Map packs are the only thing left on Bungies Halo radar it seems.

In a striking blow to Bethesda, an illegal Xbox 360 copy is doing the rounds over a number of torrent sites. This leak started three weeks before retail release.

It's a near shocking indictment to just how poor security is surrounding manufacturing of the game discs. Fortunately the majority of gamers won't risk modifying their consoles.

Microsoft's John Schappert has spoke his mind when asked by Eurogamer what he thought about lack of innovation remarks at the Tokyo Game Show.

With the all clear from the PR man, Schappert launched his "little rant" saying Microsoft have earned their "chops in terms of innovation." He touched on Miis and Avatars too.

The supreme Overlord of all things Xbox Live, John Schappert, hasn't got much in the way of a hunch or even an inkling when the DLC will be arriving.

He obviously hopes "the sooner the better" just like any gamer but the timeframe is ultimately up to Rockstar Games. Last known estimation was this autumn.

Eurogamer is breaking the news that Electronic Arts Red Alert 3 will be arriving for PC on October 31st. This release will be followed by a Xbox 360 version on the 14th of November. EA previously announced that a Playstation 3 version has been put on hold and no new information regarding that version has yet been revealed.

John Schappert, Corporate Vice President of Interactive Entertainment LIVE revealed new titles in a speech at the Tokyo Game Show including the announcement of Ninety-Nine Nights II, a strategy action hybrid promising larger battles than any ever seen on the Xbox 360.

While no release dates have been revealed reports out of the Tokyo Game Show are claiming that seven new Xbox Live Arcade titles will be released in the upcoming months. The release highlights are Space Invaders Extreme, a remake of the classic in high definition visuals and Metal Slug 7.

Doug Creutz, analyst with Cowen, is cautioning that EA may suffer this Christmas season due to the "limited sales potential" of their upcoming release Dead Space in an article on Gamesindustry.biz. "Although recent press reviews have been positive, we question the degree to which the new owned-IP horror-suspense title will be a hit due to what we view as niche appeal," said Creutz. Creutz also cited his expectation that the Activision Guitar Hero World Tour release will outperform Rock Band 2 as another reason for lackluster EA performance.

The recent cancellation of, Tiberium, a first person shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe has given industry analysts plenty of grist for the mill. A recent Gamasutra article shows that no one really knows what it means to Electronic Arts or the industry as a whole.

The article quotes Mike Hickey, an analyst for Janco Partners, when he said that EA lacks "management execution and/or product quality," and added that the cancellation "damages new management's credibility." The same article goes on to quote Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush Morgan who gives a contrary opinion when he stated that the cancellation "goes a long way toward preserving the quality of the overall lineup."

In an extensive Q&A with Cliff Bleszinski, Design Director for Epic, Develop revealed that the primary focus for the entire Epic organization will be the Gears of War franchise. Bleszinski said "The person who is savvy enough to upgrade their PC and buy decent video cards, are the same people who know about bit torrent and all other means to pirate PC games. So the high-end computer games are suffering on the PC." He added, "Unreal Tournament III is a game we really care about and it reviewed very well. But Gears is now our primary franchise."