Left 4 Dead 2 is being released this week, in case you didn’t spot the sites awesome sideburns and weren’t sure that we were in a release week. If the rest of the game is as good as the demo then I can see why OXM has given it a 9/10 followed by some glowing praise such as “The first …

We finally now know when to expect the release of the much anticipated fifth installation of the Gran Turismo series. Before you get too excited, as I did when I first saw the news, Gran Turismo 5 will be indeed be getting a Christmas release (In Europe, so we should be covered as well). Problem is, that it's next Christmas. While it would have rocked the gaming world to have Sony suddenly announce the release of GT5 for this Christmas, we all know that it wasn't a very likely scenario. Either way it is fantastic news to hear that we finally know when the game will be released. Polyphony have a habit of keeping their fans waiting for a very long time but if there is one thing that I have learned from the previous titles, it's that it is always worth the wait. GT Planet reports that in a statement to Spanish Newspaper El Financiero, James Armstrong who is the CEO of Sony in Southern Europe confirmed it's release for Christmas 2009. Here is the translation taken from the newspaper: For next year, the chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment for southern Europe said that they are developing a new game thriller, in which the player may be designing their own history, and the new version of Gran Turismo, which will arrive at Christmas. There you have it. It look's like GT fans are going to have to wait another year but at least they will have something to look forward to all year. Can I please have my PSP version now?

Super Stardust  Portable releases on the PSP on December 4th, which is awesome news. I loved Super Star Dust  HD and it would make an awesome portable game. The main question I have though is how do you port a dual stick shooter onto a portable with only one rather tiny and rather flat analogue stick? Also how on earth …

Could everyone please give a round of applause to CNA for breaking a street date on an important title yet again. News came in yesterday via the Prophecy forums when forum member "Thrawn" posted that while out having dinner with his fiancee at Centurion Mall, they wondered into the local CNA only to find Gears of War 2 sitting on the shelves. Is it really that difficult to keep a couple of games in a storeroom until the release date. I can understand that mistakes happen but why does it always turn out to be CNA? Are they doing it on purpose or are the staff really just incapable of understanding how street dates work. All I know is that Microsoft should lay down a hefty fine on them to make them learn their lesson. For all of you that are already halfway out the door, the forum member reckons that the game will probably be off the shelves by 10:00 - 10:30AM so don't get your hopes up.

This week, Valve’s Steam Cloud will become the latest addition to the company’s ever-growing list of features comprising its Steam digitial distribution service. First announced in May, the Steam Cloud stores save games and configuration options for supported games on Valve’s own servers rather than on users’ hard drives, allowing those files to be accessed from any PC. Last Updated: …

Did you think 1200 Microsoft Points to play Portal: Still Alive on Xbox Live Arcade was worth it? Well, if you did, perhaps you’ll be happy to pay that again for this Wednesday’s offering, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader: Make the Grade. Or not. But either way, “AYSTA5G” is a quiz game based on the grade school (primary) …

The only Socom players I know are super hardcore, I guess that’s why I’ve always steered clear of the game. Not that being hardcore is a bad thing, it can however be hard to have fun when there’s a bunch of guys on your team that actually believe they were born to be special forces. So with Socom Confrontation coming …

While doing a demo of the “New Xbox Experience,” Microsoft’s John Schappert announced that the new Xbox 360 dashboard will be releasing globaly on November 19. Last Updated: October 9, 2008