But Microsoft will replace machines that can't read format for free.
Microsoft's new Xbox 360 disc format, support for which is due to be included in a dashboard update due for release tomorrow, is incompatible with "a very small number" according to the company. The issue was flagged up following a recent beta test of the discs in the US.
Format: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release: Out now (US), May 20 (UK)
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Team Bondi
German research group has discovered a security flaw in Google's OS; unecrypted data also being transmitted.
UPDATE: Google has responded to our request for comment saying that it is aware of the exploit.
"We're aware of this issue, have already fixed it for calendar and contacts in the latest versions of Android, and we're working on fixing it in Picasa," a company spokesperson told us.
LucasArts' adventure builds on previous weeks' success, dislodging Portal 2 from number one.
Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars has returned to the top spot, knocking Portal 2 from number one after only a week at the top, in this weeks Nordic chart which covers Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Lower restructuring costs, improved financing and better product performance cited.
Atari has published results for the past financial year, reducing its losses by more than half compared to the previous year. Net loss shrunk from €19.4 million ($27.5m) to €6.2 million ($8.8m), an improvement Atari puts down to lower restructuring costs, smaller losses from discounted operations and improved financing expenses.
What appears to be Nintendo's Project Cafe and associated touchscreen controller shown in video.
A video purportedly showing a Nintendo representative demonstrating Project Cafe, the company's successor to the Wii, has been posted online.
The shaky video shows tech diagrams on a projection screen below which sits a box. The diagrams show the console and rumoured touchscreen controller.
Champions Online developer listed as "discontinued operations" in publisher's latest financial report.
In its latest financial results report, Atari has revealed that it will sell off Champions Online developer Cryptic, listing the studio under "discontinued operations".
Support for Champions Online and Star Trek Online will not be disrupted, and nor will development of Cryptic's current project Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter, the company says.
Five territories covered intially, Sony to pay customers' premiums for first twelve months of the programme.
Sony has detailed the ID protection scheme it will offer to European PSN users affected by last month's security breach. The programme will be offered by Affinion International Limited and will be free to all eligible users for a period of twelve months.
Developer's first Android titles only available from online retailer for 14 days; free on day one.
PopCap has penned a deal with Amazon that will see its first two Android games hosted exclusively by the online retailer for 14 days before making their way to Google's own Android Market. In addition, both games will be free on the first day of release.
Chuzzle, which is released today, will be exclusive to Amazon until May 30, while Plants vs. Zombies will launch later in the month.
Former Sony boss and business expert brought onboard to "disrupt the way games are discovered and enjoyed."
General partner at London Venture Partners and former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Phil Harrison, and Robin Kaminsky - an expert in building consumer and technology companies with 20 years experience - have joined the advisory board of cloud-based streaming game service Gaikai.
Gather with friends in themed virtual environments; facial recognition "just the beginning".
Microsoft has confirmed that Avatar Kinect, its "social entertainment experience", will launch this spring for Xbox 360, bringing with it facial recognition. The program will use the Kinect sensor's "precise facial-recognition capabilities to project your face and your expressions into a virtual world."
The Psychonauts developer has had to learn its own lessons while working on its first educational title.
Mojang Specifications wants to bring other studios' games under the Mojang brand by Autumn.
Mojang Specifications business development director Daniel Kaplan has revealed that the Minecraft developer is interested in co-publishing indie games with other studios, and has its sights set on getting a title to market by Autumn. Though the details are yet to be pinned down, the studio wants to bring new games under the Mojang brand.
Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon features coming to cinemas.
Ubisoft's movie division, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, is working on 3D features based on Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, according to Variety.
The formation of the Paris-based film and television company was announced earlier this month, and is headed up by former CEO of the Luc Besson-owned film studio EuropaCorp Jean-Julien Baronnet.
Despite slow overseas sales, strong performance in China sees quarter-on-quarter rise.
NCsoft, the Korean MMOG publisher behind titles such as City Of Heroes and Guild Wars, has announced a 33 per cent increase in profits for its first financial quarter.
Though revenues fell 7 per cent year-on-year to ₩155.4 billion ($142.7m/€101.0m), net income rose 33 per cent quarter-on-quarter to ₩40.8 billion ($37.5m/€26.5m). The figure is a year-on-year decrease of 30 per cent, however.
No date yet on PlayStation Store's return, but free games for European and US markets detailed.
Following the return of core PlayStation Network services over the weekend, Sony has detailed which games will be included in its 'Welcome Back' programme.
Plan to catch up with missed releases will accelerate store updates.
Sony has revealed that it will bring the PlayStation Store up to speed with multiple updates each week once the service is relaunched. Prior to the attack on PSN last month, the store was updated once a week - on Tuesdays in the US, and Thursdays in the UK.
Cave's Deathsmiles to reach US players unaltered with original Japanese language.
Japanese developer Cave's scrolling shooter Deathsmiles IIX will become the first title to be released in unaltered form for the US Games on Demand service next week.
According to Cave, Microsoft approached the developer directly, but it will now "be giving this format a try for getting some of our other Japan-only shooters released overseas".
Entrant who can "electrify the senses" will win $10,000.
Rez game director Tetsuya Mizuguchi is set to judge game development competition Experience the Music, which promotes the upcoming release of Child Of Eden, Rez's spiritual successor.
Ubisoft has partnered with gaming portal Kongregate for the competition, which will award the winner with a prize of $10,000, with second and third place netting $3,000 and $2,000 respectively.
Industry veteran's studio Spicy Horse will produce 3D free-to-play versions of PopCap's games.
Spicy Horse, the Shanghai-based developer behind Alice: Madness Returns and fronted by indusrty veteran American McGee, has announced a long-term development deal with PopCap Games along with a new $3 million investment from Vickers Venture Partners.
Format: PC
Release: Out now
Publisher: Paradox
Developer: Taleworlds / Sich Studios
Rebrand will see company name used instead following recent deal with Microsoft.
Nokia has announced that it will scrap the Ovi brand of services - which includes its Ovi Store - moving everything under the Nokia brand. The store, through which Nokia users can purchase apps and games, will remain intact during the transition which is scheduled to begin in July and extend into 2012.
Source says websites cloud service was used by hackers posing under false names.
The hackers responsible for the recent security breach of Sony's PlayStation Network may have used Amazon's cloud-based server service to stage the attack.
According to a Bloomberg source, Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service was not hacked itself, but instead used under a fake name. The offending account has now reportedly been shut down.
