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Bethesda parent group ZeniMax Media has acquired Arkane Studios, with the developer over the moon to "join the family", which includes id.

Pete Hines made the announcement at Quakecon and also said Arkane and Bethesda have partnered up on a project, but didn't spill beans.

Kalpyso Media has revealed Dungeons, a new strategy/simulation game in development for the PC. Players are taken to the depths of the underworld where they must take control of a Dungeon Lord whose job is to command deadly creatures that guard the dungeons you've created from heroes that want to steal your treasure.

Dungeons is currently in development by Realmforge and should be released sometime in Q1 2010.

Producer Tanya Jessen of studio People Can Fly has said a big "Bulletstorm sized" event will be at gamescom in Cologne, Germany.

Holding onto our hats will prove useless apparently, as our heads are set to 'explode' from the goodness. Epic's Gears of War 3 won't be there.

Hi-Rez Studios' free-to-play MMOFPS Global Agenda will be available in UK shops September 10th, with the Sandstorm add-on included.

Other European regions will get localized versions too, like Germany for October 29th. Global Agenda has been up digitally since February.

John Carmack of id Software reveals its "full steam ahead" on Doom 4 by the team, and that it should beat Rage for time in shipping out the door.

He's "not really at liberty" to discuss the finer points of the Doom team yet. Rage releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC next year. What about Doom?

Lionhead Studios' big boss Peter Molyneux is aiming for 5m sales of Fable III on Xbox 360 alone when it retails in the shops this October 29th.

It'll be thanks to "less clutter" and "less aggravating" mechanics in the game that help push copies. Fable II has sold 3.5m, and Xbox's Fable 3m.

Bad news race fans - Atari has confirmed that Eden Games' Test Drive Unlimited 2 will now retail in Q1 2011, instead of this late September.

That means the beta gets pushed back too with a new date in the coming weeks. Eden can "further advance the game" with this extra time.

Seeing as how fans blew the surprise with their PC patch snooping, 2K and Gearbox have officially unveiled the suspected Borderlands DLC.

It's called Claptrap's New Robot Revolution and stars the cunning Ninja Assassin who's leading a "deadly Claptrap revolution" on Pandora.

A brand new Football Manager has been announced by studio Sports Interactive, and they've released a near 10 minute clip talking it up.

The team thought FM's training system had "been the best" until now, but they've improved it anyway. It's out for PC and Mac by this Christmas.

Disney's Black Rock Studios want feedback from Split/Second fans to help shape future DLC, as they announce 4 packs are already coming.

The first 3 are vehicle-based and due the "next couple of weeks" while the 4th is a "major" DLC pack with a new environment due September.