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Last week's annual BlizzCon 2009 has come and gone. Here is a compilation of all the important news bits and announcements during Blizzard's two-day event: Read more »

Football Manager 2009 is the latest incarnation of Sports Interactive and SEGA’s hit football management simulator, which had its roots in the now Eidos-owned Championship Manager series. In 2004, developers Sports Interactive split from publishers Eidos Interactive. While SI retained the rights to the database and source code, Eidos kept the Championship Manager name. This eventually led to SI teaming up with SEGA to publish SI's "footy" managerial simulators under the Football Manager name.

By now, you would have surely heard of Sony's new PlayStation 3 Slim. Announced earlier this week at the Gamescon convention in Colonge, Germany, the PS3 Slim sports a 120GB hard drive, and will retail for US$299. The Slim is scheduled for a worldwide release on September 1.

Existing 'Fat' versions of the PS3 will undergo a price cut, with the 80GB version dropping to US$299 (was previously US$399), and the 160GB version at US$399 (was previously US$499).

With Blizzard's annual Blizzcon approaching this Saturday (Singapore time), the Internet has suddenly exploded with tons of new StarCraft II footage and previews. The two-week-old news of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty's delay has all but vanished from the minds of everyone, as Blizzard continues to bombard the gaming press with new information about their highly anticipated sequel.

If you were expecting lots of video games action with the addition of "games" to this year's Singapore Toys Games and Comics Convention (STGCC), be prepared to be disappointed – the only video games exhibitor was Nintendo. On the bright side, this will be the first time that you'll be able to try out the new Wii MotionPlus controller since it was announced at E3.

Registration for GameSync's first ever online Left 4 Dead tournament is now open. Interested participants can sign-up at this forum thread. If you have not done so, you must create a GameSync account in order to post on the forums. The registration is free and will close on Friday, 28 August.

The tournament will be played with a double elimination format, and is likely to last over a period of 2-3 weeks depending on how fast teams are able to schedule and play out their … Read more »

Another campaign for Left 4 Dead 2 was unveiled in the latest episode of GameTrailers TV, which you can view embedded at the end of this article.

Prototype is an action game developed by Radical Entertainment. The game is set in New York City where a virus affects the population and the military makes a weak attempt to contain the virus. Alex Mercer, the protaganist, wakes up in a morque slab and makes his escape, when he encounters several soldiers. After surviving multiple point-blank shots from their assault rifles, Alex manages to escape.Alex then embarks on his own quest to discover the truth and hopefully put a stop to the … Read more »