New screens have just been leaked for Goldeneye 007: Reloaded. The new HD version which has been re-mastered for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 looks pretty, and is due to release this fall. So there’s plenty of time for some martinis, Mr Bond.

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Lightbox Studios and Sony have released a new trailer at GamesCom for their upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive, Starhawk. This trailer shows off a western portion of the game. The multiplayer sci-fi space opera game is due out in 2012.

Just when you were safely assuming that all Zelda games suffered from a slight release delay, Nintendo goes and surprises you! The latest Zelda adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii, will release in North American on November 20. That date falls within the holiday timeframe announced at E3, meaning it will actually arrive on time. What isn’t clear yet, is whether the game will be packaged with a Wii Remote Plus (which has the extra motion sensor built in).

Codemasters has announced a new demo for Bodycount. This demo for the testosterone-fueled shooter is now available for download via Xbox Live. You’d better have something to do while its downloading its 1.45GB content, though! What about PSN, you ask? We understand a PS3 demo “will follow” at some point in the future.

Spanish film maker Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) has said there are still two or three more years to go on his THQ horror game Insane.

“We’ve been working for a year,” del Toro said recently. “We have two or three more years to go. It’s really weird, but it’s Lovecraftian in a very sick way, which I like. It’s truly, truly entertaining. Full of action, but also a very shocking game.”

Del Toro and Volition are currently designing its lighting, art and cinematography style. Creatures are also being designed, with the help of comic artists Guy Davis and Francisco Ruis Velasco.

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LEGO Universe, the MMO, has opened an unlimited free-to-play zone affording all you LEGO enthusiasts an area to explore your architectural skills. This new experience offers a selection of game content, including two adventure zones and one player property area for building your own virtual LEGO models. In addition to your own area, you will have access to thousands of other players’ properties. You will also be given an option to upgrade to a membership account ($10 per month) at any time and receive full game access. This will admit you to over 15 adventure zones as well as more than 5 property worlds. Membership will also grant you access to new expansions. Get building!

Ubisoft has announced that Might & Magic: Heroes VI has been delayed again and is now penciled in for October 13. The news comes from Ubisoft’s community developer Irina Kassina, who recently stated in the game’s official forums that the title would not make its previously planned September 8 ship date. The developer is concentrating on addressing issues raised during the game’s first beta, specifically mechanics relating to game balance and bugs. A second beta wave has already gone live, and all those who pre-ordered the game will be able to take part in the trial period. Additionally, the second beta hosts more solo and multiplayer maps than were featured in the first wave.

Despite it being an unusually busy time of year for me, coupled with some very muggy weather here in old London town, I still managed to rustle up the energy to play on my iPad and recommend a couple of gems for you.

Sid Meier’s Pirates

In an effort to escape the sticky temperatures this week, I took to the high seas. I should warn you from the very start that this game has the potential to distort time. A few hours playing Sid Meier’s Pirates can actually seem like just a few minutes. I was rather taken back at just how immersed I was pillaging and cursing my way through the Caribbean. The game itself has a long tradition having been originally released in 1987, before being remade in 2004. So I guess it was only natural for an iPad version to make its way into the App Store a few weeks ago.

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Starbreeze’s long rumored Syndicate reboot may be set for a Gamescom reveal. Recently, Rickard Johansson tweeted, “Grand moment approaching. The reveal for Starbreeze and EA’s Project Redlime. Time to meet the press.”

The Tweet has since been removed.

Project Redlime is the codename for the new EA published Syndicate game. At E3 2011 in June then EA Games Label boss Frank Gibeau told Eurogamer that it was in development, but refused to give any further details. It is rumored that the game will uphold Bullfrog’s original top down perspective and have a a strong multiplayer focus. EA is to hold a press conference at Gamescom on Tuesday, August 16.

Carbine (formed by Blizzard veterans), is excited about its soon to be announced MMO. The developer released a single image and described the game as “future fantasy” with a “hand-crafted” style. Describing the look and feel of the game, Carbine said, “players will see both fantasy and sci-fi elements in our world and our gameplay.”

“We knew that our game was for adults,” art director Matt Mocarski wrote. “So we studied shows like Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist to see how they balanced a unique visual style with stories that had both humor and drama. We believe our art style has an element that is missing from a lot of games on the market, and that’s a sense of fun.”

The game is presumably poised for a Gamescom reveal next week.

Civilization V is preparing two downloadable content packs that are set to release via Steam and other digital outlets August 11. The Korea civilization and scenario pack and Wonders of the Ancient World scenario pack will be available for $4.99 each, or as a bundle for $7.49.

The Korea pack gives you both the civilization and the Samurai Invasion of Korea scenario. It pits Japan against Korea, and you can take on the role of Sejong, king of the Choson Dynasty, with Turtle Ships and Hwach’a artillery. The samurai scenario lets you play as Korea, China, Manchuria, or Japan, as the Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi looks to send his warriors to Korea.

The Wonders pack adds the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Statue of Zeus, and the Temple of Artemis to your civilizations, and each possesses a unique set of benefits for your empire. In the included scenario, you can play as one of five civilizations in a race to build amazing structures. I always thought a giant statue of a Kangaroo in Cairo would have eclipsed the wonder of the Pyramids. Pure artistry outclasses some hodgepodge brickwork in my opinion.

Wargame: European Escalation has finally received its own home on the web. The site will host pictures, videos of the game, key information about gameplay, history, playable military forces and more. According to the publisher, the site will also soon host a complete database presenting all of the 320 playable units in the game and their characteristics.

Reef Entertainment, is developing a Rambo game. The game has no official title as of yet, but it is due for release in 2012 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and will supposedly “capture the gritty atmosphere and full-on action which made the Rambo movies so successful.” Reef Entertainment has penned a deal with film company StudioCanal which allows them to create numerous titles based on the movies.

“I am a big fan of Sylvester Stallone movies, and when we had the opportunity to secure the video game rights from StudioCanal for the Rambo franchise, we had to grab it with both hands,” said Reef Entertainment CEO Peter Rezon. “With the success of the most recent Rambo film, and an international appetite for action movies with Expendables 2 scheduled for release next summer, we felt now was a good time to do something special with this license.”

Let’s hope they make a better effort of it than the Wii ports of Sniper Elite and Rogue Trooper.

Over 30 minutes of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim footage, taken from a gameplay presentation at QuakeCon, has found itself onto the web. The actual presentation is by director Todd Howard running on the Xbox 360. Lots to see, including melee, magic exploration, and even a dragon attack! Better have a peek quickly as I imagine it will be pulled soon!

Techland has just released new screenshots from their upcoming open-world shooter, Dead Island. These latest shots show off some of the different weapons you’ll be able to wield whilst sending the smelly undead back from whence they came! Dead Island will be available September 6 of this year.

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