Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 09:18 BST

BULLETCAST, August 4 – What you need to know now

You might get a first look at DOOM 4 later today. Also, Activision made a ton of money. Get these stories, and all the rest of the major headlines in the last 24 hours, after the break.

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Activision showed strong Q2 financials last night, saying that MW3 pre-orders are well beyond Black Ops and that 3 million have signed up for the CoD: Elite beta.
We’re liveblogging John Carmack’s Quakecon keynote tonight. It starts at 8.00pm BST. Don’t miss it: he may announced DOOM 4.
As expected, Borderlands 2 was confirmed yesterday. It’ll release in Take-Two’s fiscal 2013.
Everyone attending the Call of Duty XP event in LA next month will get a free Hardened Edition of Modern Warfare 3.
God of War: Origins is releasing in October in Japan for PSP.
Epic reckons PC gaming isn’t it trouble. Again. It’s “changed,” apparently.
Nintendo’s current woes have absolutely nothing to do with mobile gaming, according to Satoru Iwata.
343′s said that players shouldn’t be “hyper-excited” over Halo Anniversary’s Kinect support, but it will be “cool”.
DICE has said that annual versions of Battlefield would kill the IP.
Warner Bros. has registered Scribblenauts Remix as a domain.
Microsoft’s said it’s planning to release one Kinect-enabled XBLA game per month.
A first video for Grasshopper and Digital Reality’s Sine Mora has been released.
Mario Kart 7. Screens and art.
Microsoft has filed a trademark with USPTO for Iron Brigade. The European name for Trenched?
Ubisoft’s taking everything to gamescom, including Far Cry 3 and Ghost Recon.
Here’s the latest Deus Ex movie. This is going to be fantastic.
“If EA loses the suit filed against it by former-NCAA players, it could end up costing the firm over $1 billion.” Whoops.