Virtual world is a "long term" prospect, says Sony. PlayStation Home is set to become "an essential component for all PS3 games", says the service's director, SCEE's Peter Edward.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesTecmo-Koei merger official in EuropeSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan sees small rise in hardware salesMore Ratchet &... more.

PS3 Renders show weapons, baddies. Sony's snuck out some Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time renders, showing weapons, baddies and the main men (or erm, robot and rat things... whatever they are) themselves. Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesTecmo-Koei merger official in EuropeSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan sees small rise in hardware... more.

Activision compilation out today. Activision's released a Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits launch trailer which, guess what, is in the shops today.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesTecmo-Koei merger official in EuropeSquare Enix teases new gameJapan sees small rise in hardware salesMore Ratchet & Clank imagesHome will be "essential for all PS3 games" Go to Source ... more.

But Xbox 360 records a decline this week. Total hardware sales rose marginally in Japan during the week ended June 21.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesTecmo-Koei merger official in EuropeSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerMore Ratchet & Clank imagesHome will be "essential for all PS3 games" Go to Source ... more.

To be unveiled on July 6. A teaser site's appeared for a new Square Enix game (you erm, don't see that happen every week).Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesTecmo-Koei merger official in EuropeGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan sees small rise in hardware salesMore Ratchet & Clank imagesHome will be "essential for all PS3 games" Go to Source ... more.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma II to be first game from new company. The merger between Japanese giants Koei and Tecmo has gone official in Europe, with Tecmo Koei Europe saying its first hellos in London today.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan sees small rise in hardware salesMore Ratchet & Clank imagesHome will be "esse... more.

Syndicate creator Cooper sceptical about EA's rumoured sequel. Syndicate creator Sean Cooper has said he's sceptical whether EA's long-rumoured sequel to the strategy classic will ever come about, because he doesn't "think they really understand what the original game was."Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan... more.

Concept Art shows sequel protagonist. 2K's released a bunch of cool concept art images of "the first Big Daddy," who you'll be playing as in BioShock 2. Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan sees small rise in hardware salesMore Ratchet & Clank imagesHome will be "essential for all PS3 games" Go to So... more.

To be released in September, Tecmo confirms. A Ninja Gaiden Sigma II demo will be released on the PlayStation Network in September, Tecmo and Team Ninja have confirmed.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan sees small rise in hardware salesMore Ratchet & Clank imagesHome will be "essential for all PS3 games" Go to... more.

MK movie man seeks to scupper Midway sale. Production company Threshold Entertainment - responsible for the 90s Mortal Kombat movies - is suing troubled publisher Midway in an attempt to keep its fighting franchise from being sold.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesSquare Enix teases new gameGuitar Hero: GH - The launch trailerJapan sees small rise in hardware salesMore Ratchet &... more.