Remember when World In Conflict, the PC RTS game that shook it up against the likes of Supreme Commander last September? Well, it was always set to release on the Xbox 360 for those who didn't know, but it was also meant to be out in December. As in, 2007.

That's right, we were supposed to have a game other than Unreal Tournament 3 to spend our money on after the November fiasco.

There hasn't been much word on the console version since winter 07, but we just got word that it's officially set for a fall release this year. As in, a year late. Not that the RTS genre has really made it big on the 360, and hasn't even been tried on the PS3 yet, but maybe we'll see the PS3 version with keyboard and mouse support. I mean, UT3 had it.

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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.

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.

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."

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.

Major Nelson revealed this morning that no new Xbox Live Arcade titles will be released this week, but gamers will get the free offering of Undertow that we reported about yesterday.

It was originally thought that Rez HD and Chessmaster Live from Ubisoft would be released this week, but that was obviously false information. We've contacted Ubisoft to see what they say about Chessmaster not appearing this week.

Activision's recently released Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has knocked Halo 3 right out of the top spot for this weeks most played Xbox Live titles. Halo 3 is now in second position, with Guitar Hero 3 being 3rd and Gears of War coming in 4th position.

Microsoft is celebrating the release of 112 games on the Xbox Live Arcade by announcing a reward program that will allow gamers to vote for their favorite games on the service. Voting begins Tuesday, 22nd January at 10:00 a.m. and runs until Wednesday, 30th January at 07:59 a.m.

The finalists in each category were selected by a panel of consumer and video game industry journalists and the winners will be determined by popular vote. Microsoft will announce the winners at the Game Developer Conference in February.