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While the first episode of Telltale Games' Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures did make in onto Xbox Live Arcade, the others so far haven't, with Microsoft retracting release dates.

Now that's all changed because come November 4th, all 3 remaining episodes of the 4 part season will hit XBLA. 'The Last Resort,' 'Muzzled!' and 'The Bogey Man' to go for 800 MSP.

Developer Relic Entertainment has said they're "always looking at feedback" from the community, and tease that a continued "strong desire" for PC could yield something.

An online petition is currently floating on the Internet, and it hopes to convince team Relic to bring their upcoming Warhammer 40K: Space Marine action/RPG to PC as well as console.

Speaking at the Eurogamer Expo in Leeds yesterday, Team17's John Dennis has revealed that Alien Breed for Xbox 360 and PS3 will be released in the form of three downloadable episodes.

"In each episode there's a prologue level, then there are five single-player levels and they're really large... Much larger than they should have been," said Dennis.

So many users attempted to sign up and use the Sky Player service that the system just buckled under the strain alleges Microsoft, so they temporarily pulled it off Xbox Live.

Now Sky Player is to be rolled out "in phases" to make sure users can sign up okay and then get to view streamed "high-quality" content. Microsoft "apologise to all" for the screw-up.

A search for a script reader by the Liz Paulson Casting ad agency in Los Angeles has shown Square Enix's plans to reveal the US release date for Final Fantasy XIII in an ad.

It will offer an "exclusive never before seen look" of Square's latest before 'panning back' to unveil the US retail date, currently just spring 2010. It releases in Japan on December 17th.

The US will get access to the God of War 3 demo when they purchase the Blu-ray release of District 9, but what about the UK? Well Sony has told us that this is for the US only, but it will announce plans for the GOW 3 demo in the UK soon.

"That's for the US only. We'll announce our plans for the GOW 3 demo in due course." said a spokesperson.

The included game manual with GTA: Episodes from Liberty City, which bundles both The Lost and Damned with The Ballad of Gay Tony, has a huge whooping tease on page 13.

It shows a heart shaped design of Grand Theft Auto IV's box art broken in two. "Liberty City, It's Over!" it declares, with "Next Stop" cut short by a 'tear' in the poster. It looks rural-ish.

Vavle 's Left 4 Dead 2 is releasing on Xbox 360 and PC, with pre-order demos now live for impatient fans. These same fans have been peeking into the demo uncompressed.

They've discovered hidden away in text files that Left 4 Dead 2 seems to support rewards for Avatars on Xbox 360, and it's revealed how some are awarded. Valve is yet to comment.

Deep Silver and Daedalic today announced that The Whispered World will be released in the UK and Europe on February 12th, 2010.

In classic point and click tradition, gamers steer Sadwick and his companion Spot through the game. Little Spot never leaves Sadwick's side and is integral to solving many puzzles. He can take on many different forms throughout the game, which the player can pick and choose at will, once they have been learned. Hand-painted backgrounds filled with animated details and lovingly crafted characters in the style of classic animated movies like "Spirited Away" bring the story to life. "The Whispered World" mixes fairy-tale elements with melancholic tones to create a tale of epic proportions.

Ubisoft has announced that patches for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood are now available. These patches will improve the quality of multiplayer connections and matches, and refine the overall balance of multiplayer classes and modes.

Specifically for PS3, the patch will significantly reduce checkpoint loading times. The Spy, Gunslinger, Hombre, Veteran and Sniper classes have been balanced to offer the best experiences possible.