Strategy Informer  

This is no fib, publisher Ubisoft has revealed that R.U.S.E will be releasing June 4th. It's all about bluffing your opponents to achieve victory.

The public beta test has just started via Steam for PC giving access to six factions, seven maps and three multiplayer modes. Time to bluff.

Frack me! Battlestar Galactica, the new one that is, has been green light for browser-based MMO treatment by German studio Bigpoint.

NBC Universal owns both SyFy Channel and part of Bigpoint so there's no obstacle. The MMO is to use the cross-platform Unity engine.

Team BioWare has just launched yet another free piece of DLC for Mass Effect 2, this time a heavy weapon called the 'Cerberus Arc Projector'.

It's basically a sweet new heavy weapon that shoots lightning - so instantly it's awesome. It can be downloaded freely from the Cerberus Network.

Electronic Arts today announced that it's signed an agreement with 38 Studios to publish the company's first video game, an epic single-player role-playing game codenamed 'Project Mercury'. 'Project Mercury' is being developed at Big Huge Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 38 Studios, under the leadership of Ken Rolston, former lead designer of Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

This month in Piccadilly, London an event will be held chaired by The Telegraph's Matt Warman, where British politicians will talk videogames.

Entrance will cost the public and MPs Ed Vaizey (Conservative), Tom Watson (Labour) and Don Foster (Liberal Democrat) will be in attendance.

Community man Robert Bowling has announced that Modern Warfare 2 has achieved 25m unique users "across all platforms"; mostly Xbox 360.

Infinity can only track those who go online, so "this is online only!" Bowling is ecstatic that it's "dominating COD4's numbers!" It's been out 4 months.

Developer Blizzard is a little obsessed in trying to think up ways World of Warcraft could spread to the home console, admits J. Allen Brack.

It's the shear "technical challenges" that stop it from happening like lack of HDD space for content and no keyboard; a "very challenging proposition."

City Interactive has announced its first video game for the Xbox 360, with the revealing of Sniper: Ghost Warrior, which is also in development for the PC. Based on the covert, shadowy world of the military sniper, Sniper: Ghost Warrior throws players into the chaos of a military coup, as they aid the rebels in restoring the rightful government to the embattled country of Isla Trueno.

"With all-new programming airing nationally on the History Channel and the Military Channel regarding the training of snipers and their missions, interest in the art of sniping has never been greater," said Lisa Rivera, vice president of Sales for City Interactive. "Sniper: Ghost Warrior puts players into the ghillie suit of a sniper as they attempt to accomplish a wide array of sniping and assault missions."

PC adventure veterans LucasArts are allegedly going to announce a Special Edition of Monkey Island 2 shortly, perhaps even at the GDC.

Much like the original's re-release, it would sport all-new slick visuals and better audio. It will be heading for Xbox 360, PS3, PC and iPhone.

Developer Sidhe will be bringing their Arkanoid-inspired arcade game from PSN to PC through Steam, with all new gameplay modes.

PS3 won't need to buy PC Shatter as they'll spruce up "the PSN version," they reveal. There's no timeframe for that content update yet.