Strategy Informer  

What's that? You're in the Realtime Worlds APB beta and have just finished that custom car paint job? Well sorry but it's gotta go says Dave Jones.

All custom made content from the beta will be wiped clean, mainly for compatibility issues. The studio boss knows it's "not what you want to hear".

Rockstar is maintaining their King of the Hill status with Red Dead Redemption in the UK, keeping THQ's UFC Undisputed 2010 as runner up.

Other new entries Alpha Protocol and Blur fail to enter the UK top ten, sitting at 13 and 14 respectively. FIFA 2010 is nudged down to 3rd place.

Publisher THQ has started up their own Partners program as they note the huge success rival EA has had with their own; they're "an inspiration".

Obviously they're "doing a good job" so THQ want some of the pie, and they want a "small group of partners" for making top games "year-over-year".

Yes it's yet another rumour for the pile. EA have been spotted with their dirty mitts all over 'medieval' domain names with 'Sims' all cosied up.

Addresses like simsmedieval.com and thesimsgetmedieval.com are just 2 of the latest Internet grabs from EA. Add-on or a full release?

From what whispers magazine PSM3 have heard, the latest Devil May Cry that's being handled by Ninja Theory isn't out for two more years.

At least it isn't on Capcom's two-year schedule anyway, but that doesn't "rule out a surprise" reveal at E3 2010 they say. Ninja won't confirm DMC5.

The brand new Total War from long-time strategy veterans Creative Assembly is to be Shogun II: Total War according to an appointment leak.

Already we've learnt that the new Total War would be "returning to its roots" by leaving gunpowder behind. Looks like it's the samurai again?

Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games says every developer should be pushing their projects to reach the limit of what the Unreal Engine can accomplish.

He says that Gears of War 3 should "absolutely" stretch their current generation to the breaking point. Each game is "an evangelist" for UE3.

A Ubi Montpellier source claims that Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel has unhappily left the studio, allegedly to form his own developer?

Ancel wishes to still pursue Ubi IP but more 'classical' 2D games instead, which throws a major spanner in the works for Beyond Good & Evil 2.

The return of Virgin to the videogames industry is definite as a new name and logo for their venture is unveiled ahead of Richard Branson at E3.

They've launched a site with a countdown to E3 2010, with over 400 hours left on the clock. It's to be a purely online publishing outfit, or some such.

Wargaming.net gives insight into World of Tanks level-up and upgrade systems by unveiling an updated outline of American, German and Soviet tank fleets. The tech trees illustrate development options for each class of military hardware presented in the game and provide various research paths with sequences of models the player will have to acquire on the way to his "dream" tank. Final version of the development trees also includes a list of premium tanks and captured vehicles available for purchase.