Strategy Informer  

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.

Thanks to voice actor John St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem, we know Valve is still very busy with the Warcraft III mod of unrivalled fame.

Defence of the Ancients, or DoTA, is now a full game project at Valve which isn't surprising as mod dev Icefrog has been given his own team.

If you thought an 8 player fan made map in the shape of a wang was cool, think again. Blizzard is trimming any map deemed 'wrong'.

The original never had this filter but StarCraft 2 does "because we can," says Blizzard. It just wasn't possible then, but resources are strong now.

Last week's launch of StarCraft II from Blizzard saw 1.5m copies sold within the first 48 period, becoming the fastest selling strategy title.

It released in 11 languages and on 5 continents to ensure "as many players as possible" could get their hands on it and "play on day one."

Last week Blizzard's highly anticipated StarCraft II hit the streets but for some it's proved a hot release for another reason - it's melting their PCs.

The studio has offered a workaround to the problem which limits the number of frames your GPU will work on - overheating is the bane of PC gamers.

Sega has just released an in-game trailer for PC exclusive Shogun 2: Total War, from Creative Assembly, teasing a gorgeous epic battle.

It shows a mighty army approach a fortress at night as the two clans collide. The game has us play as a clan leader, looking to be named Shogun.

Understandably Blizzard doesn’t want to be talking about the next instalment to StarCraft II yet, after all Wings of Liberty has just hit us at retail.

Still Lead Software Engineer Carl Chimes did tease it's "just as epic" an experience as the Terran campaign out now. It's all about them Zerg.

Publishing giant Activision Blizzard has, much like it did with Modern Warfare 2, inflated the recommended retail price (RRP) for PC StarCraft 2.

It's 5 to 10 pounds dearer than any other major PC release in the UK. Retailers have eaten the hike, and are likely a little sore about it as well.

Developer Hudson recently worked with Backbone Entertainment to re-release Military Madness for Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and WiiWare.

The veteran strategy game, also known as Nectaris in Japan, has "hardcore supporters". The team want to give back to them with a possible sequel.

The second phase of the StarCraft II beta has ended, which marks the end of the beta test period. The servers will now be prepared for the launch on July 27th.

"We would like to thank everyone who has participated in the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test. You've done an admirable job of testing, and we greatly appreciate all of the feedback you provided during this critical phase of development." said Blizzard on the Battle.net blog.