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Despite being a superhero themed MMO from Cryptic, gamers won't need to employ a supercomputer to the play in embarrassing lycra jumpsuits.

Champions Online requires quite a modest PC by today's standard, even at recommended. As long as you're not living out the glory days of the late 90's, you should be set for launch time.

There's no one to bring Demon's Souls to Europe, no publisher seems interested in picking it up to distribute in the 'old countries', not even in Britain!

Atlus themselves are "not aware of any plans/publishers" to bring the game to Europe, but they're hopeful "word of mouth" might pique interest for an EU publisher. Start flapping those gums!

Answering questions from the great unwashed masses, Ubisoft have claimed the core path through the sequel tops the "20 hours it took in the first game."

Assassin's Creed 2 also packs optional gameplay that adds "a lot of depth" to the game, and does so in "a very significant and meaningful way." It's "too early" for total hours.

Some scamp has gone and given the Internet something to froth at the mouth over, a new MechWarrior game, possibly, is hinted at through some footage.

Of course such a project is rumour, but VE3D says they already know what it is and will tell the rest of us tomorrow when they air an interview with Jordan Weisman and Russ Bullock.

Three maps included on a Halo 3 multiplayer disc that ships with Halo 3: ODST this September, have been teased by developer Bungie with screens.

Heretic, Longshore and Citadel are their names; a Covenant structure, an industrial dockyard and a Forerunner stronghold respectively. Bungie also give short, sweet descriptions.

It has come to light that Bethesda parent company ZeniMax has borrowed $105 million in order to purchase id Software, through "convertible notes and promissory notes".

It's unclear if that sum of monies was the total sale price for the veteran development studio. In 2007 the company raised $300 million in private equity funding for a mystery MMO.

To celebrate the launch of the closed beta test for Cities XL, Strategy Informer has teamed up with Monte Cristo, developer and publisher of Cities XL, to offer 200 beta keys to its members.

For a chance to win one of these keys please register an account and leave a comment below with the words "count me in". The first 200 people to do so will be granted exclusive access to the Cities XL closed beta test.

Remember, this is on a first come, first served basis, and keys are expected to go quickly.

If you like to play Konami games online then you might have noticed a spot of bother, actually three spots, to get the thing going in multiplayer.

Konami required you have a Konami ID, and then a separate one for the game itself, and that's before dealing with Xbox Live or PlayStation Network's own ID system. Well, not anymore.

Publisher Focus Home Interactive hopes to see a repeat to Blood Bowl's "excellent sales" in France, Germany and Spain when it arrives in the UK this September.

Sales figures in mainland Europe have lain "doubts firmly to rest," Blood Bowl is a winner. The game mixes Warhammer's penchant for violence and American football; it's love.

Sony Online Entertainment's Kevin O'Hara has revealed they've hit a snag, that people aren't so happy with cross-platform after all, it could be dropped.

The Agency beta will have it in but it's "up in the air" right now for retail, but from a technical standpoint they "can do it if we want." Not for this year, but will release on PS3 and PC together.