EA LA manager David Silverman has revealed in a recent Battlecast web-based TV show that the company will be making an important announcement regarding Command & Conquer within the next few weeks.

"For several months EA LA has been keeping the mother of all secrets, and in only a few weeks a major announcement will come" said Silverman.

Microsoft announced this afternoon that Poker Smash, a puzzle poker game with a twist, will be released onto the Xbox Live Arcade along with an update for Crystal quest this Wednesday.

In Poker Smash players must rush to clear rows of cards by arranging them into poker hands. To keep things interesting Poker Smash offers card-blasting bombs and a super slow-motion trigger for players caught in a bind.

Cypron Studios announced that they are currently developing a new Real-time strategy game for the DS called Command and Destroy. It's a classic RTS game which is influenced by Dune 2, Red Alert, KknD and Starcraft.

JanaLee Stocks plays Vertex4's recently released RTS SunAge. Though not thought to be a flop, the game has plenty of room for improvement, in her opinion.

Read SunAge review.

If you've got a gold account on Xbox Live and you've found that you can't download the new Beautiful Katamari demo that was released yesterday, then Microsoft apologies to you. The demo is only currently available to Xbox LIVE Silver members but the problem is being worked on.

Microsoft's European community Manager Graeme Boyd asked Gold members to “hold tight” as they try to fix the issues.

Matt Keller plays Warhammer 40K: Squad Command and shares his opinion of the game. All-in-all, he finds the game to be a solid, yet mediocre example of the genre and quite wanting relative to the other titles in this series.

Read the full Squad Command review.

The Xbox 360 demo for Beautiful Katamari was released in North America but wasn't available to those of us living in the UK or other parts of Europe. The demo has now been released on the Xbox Live Marketplace for these regions as well as Australia and New Zeland.

Experience the new high-definition, next generation sights and sounds of Beautiful Katamari as the Prince takes on a new high-rolling adventure, with his famous cousins in tow, to save the Katamari universe once again after the King of All Cosmos has a very un-royal and unfortunate accident. As usual, the King of All Cosmos demands the service of his son, the Prince, to roll anything and everything up into massive clumps and set things right, bringing harmony once again to the Katamari Cosmos.

Firaxis and 2K Games announced that they would be developing a Wii version of its upcoming RTS Civilization Revolution which is also going to be released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. But IGN has been told that the Wii version was put on hold because the company wants to concentrate on the other versions to ensure that they make the best possible civilization experience yet.

The 2K Games spokesperson said: “Development for the Wii version of Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is currently on hold, we are focusing our attention on creating the best possible Civilization experience for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo DS platforms."

Battlefront has released a huge patch for Theatre of War which is 1.20 gigabytes in size and contains a massive amount of improved and optimized content including 11 new multiplayer missions, 11 new multiplayer maps, new multiplayer game modes and an all new multiplayer game browser.

You can download the new patch here.

Microsoft announced this morning that two titles will be making their way to the Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, these titles are the anticipated Rez HD and Ubisoft's Chessmaster Live.

Rez HD is described as a high definition update of the original game with brand new elements such as new visuals and sound effects. The game features five levels, each with its own unique visual theme, style and musical track, as well as three modes, including Easy, Main and Score Attack.