Shipping first and patching later is becoming more and more the norm instead of the exception. Recent stories indicate that both Fable 2, by Microsoft Game Studio, and LittleBigPlanet, by Sony will both ship without some of the features promised by developers.

The official MGS blog, Gamerscore, said recently that Fable 2 "will be able to play the single player and local co-op on day one, they are still making tweaks to the online co-op. Don't worry, it is definitely still coming". The blog post also adds that they expect to patch the game the first week after release to include the online co-op play.

Eidos has released two new gameplay videos for Tomb Raider: Underworld, which is set to be released on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 21st November, 2008.

Diving Gameplay Trailer

Jungle Ruins Gameplay Trailer

Looking very good Underworld is, great trailers.

Microsoft announced today that Banjo-Kazooie, remake of the original Nintendo 64 game, is to be released on the Xbox Live Arcade on November 26th, 2008. The game will be priced at 1200 MS points and will contain graphical enhancements, along with achievements and gamerscore support.

For those of you that cannot wait until the 26th of November, Microsoft is planning to give consumers that pre-order the latest entry in the Banjo-Kazooie series, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, a free code to download the original title for free, two weeks before its release on the XBLA.

Sega has released many Mega Drive compilation collections for previous consoles in the market, and now it appears that they could be developing a special Sonic Genesis collection for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

This hasn't been officially confirmed by Sega, but two retail listings would suggest that a Sonic Genesis Collection is planned, at least for a North American release.

Sega has confirmed that both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Golden Axe: Beast Rider will be released in Europe on October 17th, 2008.

The Rise of the Argonauts image gallery has been updated with 2 exclusive screenshots.

EA confirmed today that Mirror's Edge will launch for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 14th, with US getting it a little earlier on the 11th. The PC version of Mirror's Edge will ship later in the winter.

Ubisoft are asking fans of the upcoming Prince of Persia game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC to take a video of themselves asking a question that they would like Ubisoft to answer, and the team will then answer the question by uploading a new video to its YouTube profile.

The Golden Axe: Beast Rider image gallery has been updated with 8 new screenshots.

Eurogamer is reporting that Codemaster's new title Rise of the Argonauts will ship in November 2008. The official web page lists Fall 2008 as the currently scheduled release of the game for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the PC.