Mon, Aug 22, 2011 | 09:25 BST

BULLETCAST, August 22 – What you need to know now

Gears of War 3′s gold and gamescom got seriously packed. All this and Johnny dancing with Harmonix. Catch up on the weekend’s headlines now.

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Featured content: Alex spoke to Greg Zeschuk at gamescom about The Old Republic. Don’t miss it.
Gamescom saw more than 275,000 people through its doors last week, which probably goes some way to explaining worrying scenes of overcrowding on Saturday.
Johnny begrudgingly agreed to be videoed shaking his thang in a two-player Dance Central 2 game with Harmonix’s John Drake at gamescom. Honestly, he had to be dragged into this room by wild horses.
The opening cinematic for Gears of War 3′s been released. The shooter went gold late last week.
DOOM 4′s single-player is to have half the frame-rate of its multiplayer, apparently.
It’s Valve’s “goal” to provide cross-platform play for CS: Global Offensive.
3DS’s Ambassador Program is still running in Europe. It was supposed to end on August 12.
If you haven’t got a pre-order for The Old Republic, you may want to start thinking about that: “When they’re gone, they’re gone,” apparently.
World of Warcraft is still the most-played PC game in America. Xbox 360 is the most-played console.
Here’s the latest Guild Wars 2 footage. There’s a bunch of gameplay there. It’s looking super-great.
The LittleBigPlanet 2 Move Pack will launch on September 14.
Binary Domain will launch on February 14 in US and February 17 in Europe.
IO said last week that past Hitman games sometimes “just failed”.
D-Pad Studios’ Owl Boy has a demo. It’s an indie, RPG-ish platformer, and looks well worth a stab.