Who doesn't love Mortal Kombat? It's a great franchise. Everything about it has been awesome. The games, the movies (the second one was so bad it was funny), the arcades...you name it, and Midway has squeezed the Mortal Kombat fruit with an overbearing grip and it's still got more to give.

It isn't a huge surprise that we'd see a Mortal Kombat title on the 7th gen consoles, especially since the last game Armegeddon refused to jump aboard the higher-spec boat. However, we've received word that during an investor conference call, Midway CEO David Zucker blatantly said it will exist.

Knowing Midway, we'll get it just a bit too soon, probably late this year or early next.

Who is still interested in The Sims games? I got lost on it after subduing my god complex after locking my Sims in the house and removing everything (including doors) so they couldn't eat, use the bathroom, or do anything except for go crazy. Suffice to say, after 5 minutes of pure evil, their incessant whining left me bored to the need to scratch my teeth to see if they'd itch.

People like doing that though. Not being an evil deity in the mouse-for-heavenly-hand games, but for trying to make things right in every way. Just ask fans of anything Will Wright, anything with Tycoon at the end of it, and countless others titles. But as for the Sims titles, they haven't been exactly realistic. As time progresses, the games get more advanced, and here's what the Sims 3 has new in stock.

Silverlode Interactive released a free version of their MMORTS Saga earlier this week. This free version never expires, but some features are locked. For $19.95 you can buy the full version with all the features. Whichever version you choose, you must register at their site and you're ready to play.

Download the free client.

Mike Bowden had chance to chat with Tim Tan, producer of the expansion pack The Kamael for Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicles. We learn a little about the changes coming with the expansion and some about the popularity of the title.

Read the interview.

Barlog has left Sony Computer Entertainment to work with Australian film writer-director-producer George Miller, responsible for Babe, The Witches of Eastwick, Happy Feet and cult classic Mad Max. They'll be working on something videogame related.

What will the Barlog & Miller collaboration bring to the games market? Not something casual according to the God of War director.

Capcom threw open, well perhaps just opened their doors to gamers in the Bay Area to let them taste a new game. Photos were taken of the little event but censoring loons have denied the Internet its nosey nature.

An image of monitor screens hooked up with Xbox360s all have their visual candy black boxed. Speculation has led some to believe this could be development on the rumoured Lost Planet Colonies.

With yet more Take-Two related news, Rockstar Games are said to be working on some "major sequel" for 2009 now that GTAIV is drawing to a close. What franchise will be at the mercy of fans delight we don't know but it could be a number of possibilities.

More Table Tennis action perhaps? Another manhunt? It could be a follow up to tongue-in-cheek 'Bully' with the return of Jimmy Hopkins...tell us please!

Lost Planet Colonies will be a special edition of the original with a new character and new online mode, due out in May in Japan.

Greg Zeschuk, the BioWare co-boss has today promised to improve the side-quest content for when Mass Effect 2 is released.

It follows complaints that the original game was lacking in side-content and that it was tacked on as an afterthought.

Take-Two have also been kind enough to reveal some timeframes on some more up comers. Both Borderlands and Mafia 2 will be arriving in fiscal '09 which means anywhere from November 1 '08 to October 31 '09.

Midnight Club though will be no later than October 31 this year; it was delayed so not to be in competition with Rockstar North's release of GTAIV.