Limited Edition Black Nintendo Wii heads for Europe with Wii Sports and Wii Motion Plus

Black Classic Controller Pro to launch in Europe

The Nintendo Wii console is about to get an exciting new look as it launches across Europe in sleek black.

The black Nintendo Wii will be available to buy in UK and Republic of Ireland from 6 November and mainland Europe on 20 November, and will come as a “Limited Edition” bundled with a Wii Remote, Wii MotionPlus and Nunchuk – all in black – as well as the exhilarating new Wii Sports Resort game and the original Wii Sports. The Nintendo Wii Sports Resort black bundle will offer a total of 15 different sports to enjoy.

First of the three episodes from the new Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short movies will debut on YouTube

Ubisoft announce the first of the three episodes from the new Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short movies will debut on YouTube. Beginning on October 27, 2009, YouTube will have the first episode of the short movies on its homepage in eight countries throughout the world for a period of 24 hours.

SEGA enter the online casino and online poker marketplace

SEGA Games will leverage our existing SEGA assets from around the world and enter the online casino and online poker marketplace.

Demon's Souls the newly released award-winning action RPG for PlayStation 3

Own one of the best reviewed RPGs of all-time!

Atlus U.S.A. announce that additional stock of Demon's Souls, the newly released award-winning action RPG for PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, will be making its way to stores across North America this week in response to overwhelming demand.

Sled Shred downhill snow racing game for Nintendo Wii official screenshots

SouthPeak Games announce that it will be publishing Sled Shred for Nintendo Wii. Focused on downhill sled racing on everything from tubes and toboggans to discs and bobsleds, Sled Shred promises to give players a thrilling experience as they try and earn their way into the World Winter Games, racing with and against the world-renowned Jamaican Bobsled team. Sled Shred is scheduled for release in fall 2009.

This week's Nintendo video game downloads for Wii and DS

Eight is great for gamers this week as Nintendo adds eight new titles to its ever-growing library of downloadable games. First on the list is LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, a follow-up to one of the most popular releases on the WiiWare service. Next, Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem makes survival of the fittest the law of the land. Meanwhile, Nintendo DSiWare welcomes Domo, a strange creature who hatched from an egg. Also known as the popular mascot of Japan's NHK television station, Domo stars in five separate new Nintendo DSiWare games. Topping it off is RYGAR, a 1980s arcade gem making its Virtual Console debut.

Level Up - Free Content Pack for Killing Floor Coming Soon

Iceberg Interactive and Tripwire Interactive are pleased to announce the “Level Up” Free Content pack for Killing Floor. This massive new content pack will be the largest free content pack to date and will be available October 22nd for anyone that owns Killing Floor. To celebrate and to allow as many people as possible to try it out, in cooperation with Tripwire and Steam there will also be running a free weekend on Steam from Thursday October 22nd through Sunday October 25th. Full details on the pack will be available in a detailed preview article on IGN on Tuesday October 20th, so watch for that one.

Shattered Horizon First In-Game Footage of Zero Gravity Shooter Revealed

Futuremark Games Studio today released a new trailer showing the first in-game footage from Shattered Horizon, their upcoming multiplayer first-person shooter for the PC. www.shatteredhorizon.com

In Shattered Horizon, a catastrophic explosion on the Moon has filled near-Earth space with billions of tons of rocky debris. Survivors on the Moon are forced into conflict with those trapped on the battered International Space Station. Teams of players fight in zero gravity to control the limited supplies that mean the difference between survival and death in the cold of space.

Vintage console game library now includes 3,200 legally playable games and a free version.

Console Classix (http://www.consoleclassix.com), has re-launched with an improved user interface, additional video gaming consoles supported and a library of more than 3,000 classic console games. This classic game library includes nearly every game ever released for 10 different systems: Sega Genesis, NES, Super Nintendo, ColecoVision, Atari 2600, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. Additionally, with the improved user interface it is even easier to browse for your favorite games and the overall experience is more seamless than previous versions.

APB PC video game Beta Goes Live

Realtime Worlds' crime-action MMO has started testing

As noted on our forum and Kotaku, a number of gamers that signed up for the beta have received keys via email - apparently those lucky enough to try it have a 7gb download ahead of them before they can jump into the action.