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Video gaming's first yellow circular celebrity has turned 30 this year, and instead of getting trashed with friends Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, he's taking a trip down memory lane, through the highlights (and low-lights) of his prestigious career.

Ridge Racer 3D - now over a couple of years old - is staunch reminder of two things. First, arcade racers are awesome. More titles should drop the realism and rap music of recent racing titles and should instead employ someone to shout down the speakers at you.

The criminally underrated Enslaved: Odyssey to the West will be getting a re-release on PlayStation 3, and will be available to purchase for the first time on PC, Namco Bandai have today confirmed. There were rumours before - it showed up on the Australian classification board - but it's now official.

Want to get good publicity for your game, while completely confusing and intriguing the poor folks of London (who already have more than enough on their plate, driving in that place)? Here's how you do it: take the main character and have him walk around near busy places. That's exactly what happened here with Dark Souls II and its knight.

One of the big questions about Soul Calibur II HD Online was which of the guest characters would be making their return? In the original release of the game, the PS2, Gamecube and Xbox versions each had a different character. Link for Gamecube, Heihachi for PS2 and Spawn for Xbox.

Namco Bandai have announced that they’re bringing back one of the most popular fighting games of all time. Soulcalibur II was originally released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Gamecube. That was ten years ago, and for its anniversary it’ll be seeing a HD port to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and will be available for purchase in the autumn. It won’t only be improved graphics, however. With any modern fighting game, one of the most important portions of the…

Garfield has eaten too much - as always - and has decided that he needs to take a nap - as always. He's not likely to get an easy sleep, however, because as soon as his head hits the pillow, he's transported to a mysterious dream world where he can fly by flapping his arms, collect flying lasagne, dodge UFOs and pay exuberant prices for costumes that don't actually matter. Welcome to Garfield's Wild Ride.