Civ fans, throw your hands up in the air! Take-Two's iconic Sid Meier series is to be extended in the 4th quarter with Civilization V and is currently in development at Firaxis. Bold claims are made, telling that this 5th instalment "reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with an astonishing new engine built from the ground-up for this flagship edition of the Civilization franchise....

Joshuayu101 has dropped us a line in the forum letting us know of last night's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 patch. According to DICE's notice, the patch targets performance and stability issues. Steam users should have had their clients automatically updated by now. Hit the jump for the change-log......

There's probably a lull of enthusiasm since the disappointing Aliens vs Predator demo, but all reviews point toward it being a solid title despite that. For those that have pre-purchased on Steam, the game is now available for download globally - ahead of the Steam 'countdown' date. However, as mentioned, there are no dedicated servers yet - with any luck they'll be along shortly....

The news that Blizzard would likely kick-off their StarCraft II beta program...

So, they're making a third Riddick film - the first being Pitch Black, in case you were unaware. This may come as a surprise because the second; Chronicles of Riddick, cost $105 million and only made just shy of $60 million at the US box office.

So, why on earth is another being made? How can it be made? Quite simply, it's not the movie making the money, but revenue streams outside the box off...

In the wake of the PC community's Modern Warfare 2 backlash, Rebellion made it very clear that dedicated servers were on their Aliens vs Predator development agenda. It was then quite strange then, even disheartening, that they decided to provide only a peer-to-peer match-making option for their demo release.

What's more is that AVP is now available in the United States, and there are still no dedicated servers. The files required for hosts to run them haven't been distributed, or even finalised it seems. This has garnered a huge "w-t-f" from the community, and it looks like we're stuck with single player until Rebellion pull their finger out......

I remember being really excited about the PC release of Alan Wake. It turns out Remedy weren't, though. Just days ago it was made clear that the anticipated title is to make its way to the Xbox 360 only; "we ultimately realized that the most compelling way to experience Alan Wake was on the Xbox 360 platform, so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive" a Microsoft representative told Strategy Informer....

Just over a week ago I wrote about the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, returning to the franchises famous 2D roots. Well, now some 'leaked' footage has found its way onto the web for your viewing pleasure......

I wasn't alone with my Aliens vs Predator demo disappointment. Rebellion got the message loud and clear, unfortunately, they just don't see eye-to-eye with their fans.

Jason Kingsley, CEO and co-founder of Rebellion, says the motivation was to familiarise players with the controls... ...

Who else was just playing Mass Effect 2 for hours, hoping to get in a quick game of Bad Company 2 before bed? A DICE rep over at the EA UK forums has posted notifying us of extended beta down-time.

Previously scheduled to finish around 15 minutes ago (11pm AEST, 12am AEDT), it seems we'll have to wait an undetermined time longer......