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Originally set to go head-to-head with Halo: ODST on September 22, Dark Void was recently delayed into the game-munching, er, void that is “Q1 2010.” Now, though, it’s got a release date: January.

North Americans can expect the high-flying shooter on January 12, while Europeans will have to wait a few days until January 15.

Shacknews has a new trailer to celebrate the release date’s announcement. We’re not saying you need to check it out, but we think you get the idea.

Ryu Hayabusa may not be much into that whole “stealth” thing that’s got all the other ninjas talking these days, but that hasn’t kept him from sneaking onto the tail-end of September.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma II is actually launching first in North America on September 29, and then in Japan on October 1, reports Kotaku. Tecmo has also announced a collector’s edition that comes with a swank 80-page book and a $69.99 price tag.

In addition, if you preorder the game from GameStop, you’ll unlock a special costume for Ryu. And honestly, if you live in North America, where else are you gonna buy the game? Wal-Mart? Oh, that’ll show those big corporations who’s boss.

More through the link.

Forza Motorsport 3 has decided to try its luck in the godless (and gameless) wasteland that is the 2009 holiday season — at least, in North America.

The game’s coming on October 27, Shacknews reports. We’ve put in an email asking about a European release date, and will let you know as soon as we hear back.

More through the link.

Capcom just clarified yesterday’s news that Bionic Commando would release for PC on July 17, saying the US version will, in fact, hit on July 28.

The previous date was European.

Here’s the tweet, if you don’t believe us.

Microsoft just confirmed via Twitter that 1 vs 100 will launch in he UK on July 10.

French and German versions of 360′s TV-style quiz show will release on July 12.

More soon, apparently.

Update – Here we go. The UK and German sites are now live. There’s info there on the respective betas.

Ubisoft just confirmed that Assassin’s Creed II will release on November 20 in the UK.

The game was fixed for a November 17 US date at E3 last week.

Game of the Year? Unless something goes badly wrong, it looks as though it may well be one of them.

Update – Britain’s getting a special edition as well, according to Play listing noticed by EG. It’ll include “a 64-page leather-and-parchment-style Conspiracy development book; an Ezio figurine wearing Master Assassin garb; three in-game bonus quests promising to cover ‘the most prestigious moments’ of the Italian Renaissance; the soundtrack by Jesper Kyd; and behind-the-scenes developer interviews.”

Mass Effect 2 marketing on Eurogamer has included a January 2010 release date for the RPG.

The detail is expected to be formally announced in the EA press conference at 2.00pm PST today.

Previously, the BioWare game was pegged for an “early” 2010 ship.

Not any more.

Update: EA’s just told us that the Eurogamer ad was not approved and the date was a placeholder. The creative has now been replaced on the site and the game is still slated to release “early in 2010″.

Sega’s confirmed via The Conduit’s official site that the Wii shooter will launch in Europe on June 26.

It was pinned for a June 23 US release earlier this week.

Thanks, NintendoEverything.

Sony’s confirmed that inFamous will release at the end of May in the US, not in June as originally planned.

The superly heroic Sucker Punch open-worlder will hit on May 26, with a preceding demo planned for May 21.

No news on the European date as yet. More through there.

Atari just sent out a mail saying its previously confirmed Champions Online date has been changed from June to “spring”.

No reason was given for the move.

The game will be the studio’s first release since being bought by Atari in December.

The studio’s also working on Star Trek Online, which is pencilled in for 2010.

Square Enix has just confirmed that Dissidia: Final Fantasy will be given a European release date in the coming weeks.

“We’ll be making an announcement on the release timing later this month,” a rep told VG247 this morning.

The PSP action game has only been released in Japan so far, where it’s been doing “quite well”: it was the biggest selling Japanese game in January on any format.

Dissidia currently has a “mid-2009″ date for the US.

Square Enix RPG Star Ocean: The Last Hope is officially hitting the streets one week early – at least, if you live in North America.

According to an email received by GameCyte, Square Enix has decided to give the Xbox 360-exclusive’s release date a slight tummy-tuck, resulting in a February 24 release date.

Other territories’ dates, however, remain unchanged, with Japan joining Edge Maverick and co. on February 19, and Europe on April 24.

We intend to slay this three DVD-ed beast as soon as humanly possible. How about you?

By Nathan Grayson

On a recent episode of G4 television program X-Play, Sony officially announced the drop date for next first-person man-penetration sim, Killzone 2.

And contrary to an earlier Gamespot report, it’s February 27, 2009 – not February 17.

However, as of now, that date only applies to North America. Other territories are still TBA.

More Killzone 2 tomfoolery through the link. Also killing, we guess.

By Nathan Grayson

Like not knowing things? Then you’ll be happy to hear that EA is still keeping Mirror’s Edge’s PC release date bundled within its heart’s innermost of chambers.

When contacted by Eurogamer, the mega-publisher kept the silence alive, simply stating that no public release date has been revealed. Perplexing, considering that the PC iteration seems poised to miss this year’s lucrative holiday season.

Mirror’s Edge hits consoles this week. Maybe a successful launch will convince EA to give us some concrete details on the conspicuously neglected member of the Mirror’s Edge family. Or not. We can’t really make sense of this.

By Nathan Grayson

SCEE has told GI that LittleBigPlanet will be released in the UK on Wednesday November 5.

Earlier today we were told that the game will be released for the week commencing November 3, but now we finally have a cast-iron date.

Two weeks to go.

By Mike Bowden

SCEA has posted an update on the US PS Blog on the issue of a US release date of LittleBigPlanet, saying the game will ship to retail in the week commencing October 27.

The note comes after confirmation that all units currently at retail are to be recalled globally after it was found that one of the game’s background tracks contained some text from the Qur’an.

“We will begin shipping LittleBigPlanet to retail in North America the week of October 27th,” said Patrick Seybold, SCEA comms boss.

“Sorry for the delay, and rest assured, we are doing everything we can to get LittleBigPlanet to you as soon as possible.”

We’re still waiting on a European date.

Thanks, Psychotext.

Ubisoft’s confirmed Prince of Persia for release on December 2 in the US and December 5 in Europe.

That’s it, really. Go wild.

According to this MCV story, Ubisoft’s confirmed that Tom Clancy’s EndWar will release on November 7.

The voice-controlled RTS will hit both 360 and PS3, and news of a solid date will be welcomes by those looking for something a little different this Christmas.

More through the link.

SCEE’s confirmed LittleBigPlanet as an October 24 release.

This appears to be the European date only – no US date has been conformed as yet.

The Media Molecule PS3 platformer’s already been confirmed as an October 30 release in Japan.

Press release after the link.

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You can relax now. SCEE just sent this through: “WipEout HD will be released on September 25th for £11.99.”

The game was confirmed earlier today to be launching in the US on September 25, so the news will no doubt be met with delight for Europeans waiting for the future racer.

Eurogamer gave this 9/10 today, so if you’re got £12 to waste it seems as though you won’t have to look very far.