The BBFC has insisted on an 18 rating for coming soon Call of Duty title Modern Warfare 2, although it has passed through the official hurdle with no cuts.

It seems the rating ruling will not come as a surprise to the developers as promotional...

The PEGI system is to become the standard form of classification for video games in the UK, the government has announced as part of its "Digital Britain" report.

"Protecting children and giving parents a clear and robust new system has always...

Three quarters of British parents are concerned about the content of video games and want independent regulation of their content, according to a new YouGov poll carried out on behalf of the British Board of Film Classification.

The poll...

Namco Bandai has announced it will be releasing a sequel to its popular Wii game Family Ski, but this time, snowboarding will be added into the mix as well.

Appropriately called Family Ski & Snowboard, the sequel is planned for European release...

Capcom's Japanese website has let PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers in on what extras they can expect from console-specific special editions when the game launches next year.

The PS3 version will include a making-of video extra, which according to...

Geoff Johns, the comic writer working on the script for Sony's superhero MMO DC Universe Online, has told us we can expect the game in early 2010, if not before.

"It launches I think in early 2010, it could be late 2009". said Johns.

Halo fans will today be able to get all of the music from the games on one huge compilation soundtrack.

Sumthing Else Music Works and Microsoft have pulled together to put music from all three Halo games onto a whopping five discs.

Microsoft is reporting record-breaking console sales on Black Friday weekend, the big shopping weekend following Thanksgiving in the States.

According to the publisher, US retailers reported Xbox outselling PlayStation 3 by a three-to-one...

To help with the ever-present credit crunch in the run up to Christmas, Play.com has launched its Mega Monday sale reducing a number of new releases to under £18.

Games with the rather reasonable £17.99 price tag include Midnight Club: Los...

A patch for PC RPG Sacred 2 has been released by Ascaron, and it's a pretty hefty one.

Version 2.31.0 will need 620MB and introduces a number of additions including ten new bosses and a new level of detail for better performance.

Rockstar has said that Grand Theft Auto IV for PC will come with DRM software, but that there won't be a limit on installations.

The rather unpopular anti-piracy software often limits the number of times a game can be installed on new machines,...

If rumours are to be believed, it seems that J.K Rowling's Harry Potter could be the next in line to be make a debut in the Lego game series from Traveller's Tales.

No stranger to the gaming world, the new Lego Potter is apparently already...

A new month, a new load of Rock Band DLC. Harmonix is set to release nine new tracks on Xbox Live and PSN this week, one of which is yours for free, and the rest are going pretty cheap.

You can expect titles from quite a number of different...

Three new action-packed releases are in store for the Virtual Console update this week.

First up for 800 Wii Points is the old classic, Space Invaders, where your mission (as if you need to be told) is to destroy the invaders in the skies...

Microsoft has announced that Gears of War 2 megafans will soon be able to download a little bundle of the music that accompanied its emotive TV ad Last Day.

The trailer followed on from the equally emotive "Mad World" advert for the first...