This month has probably been one of the best for gaming in, well, ever, what with Call Of Duty: World At War, Fallout 3 and Gears Of War 2 all wearing out reviewers’ 5-star stamps. But if you haven’t got the cash to splash, or post-apocalyptic shooters aren’t your thing, there’s plenty of extra mileage to be gained from the games already on your shelves. Bonus and downloadable content is the way forward, and these are the games you need to hold on to a little longer before popping them up on eBay.

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We’re suckers for some slick game tie-ins, and they don’t get much more co-ordinated than this: EA’s launching Skate 2 in early 2009, and as the game hits shelves, you’ll be able to buy the special edition Etnies shoes that feature in it.

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We’ve heard there’s something happening in the US tonight. Not really sure what it is but everyone across the pond is getting in a frightful tizzy about it. Even game makers have been cashing in the action, whether it is for promotional purposes, satire or more serious interactive concepts. Here are five of the more interesting ideas…

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It’s Android week and yet another announcement from a big name boarding the bandwagon. Electronic Arts has announced that it’s developing Android titles.

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Electronic Arts may be planning a range of new mobile games releases this winter, but that doesn’t mean everything is sweet and dandy between Nokia and the publishing giant. Speaking publically at the 2008 Nokia Games Summit in Rome, EA Mobile’s Peter Parmenter was far from restrained when highlighting the shortcomings in the N-Gage service and frequently pointed out the superiority of the rival iPhone service.

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Well here’s a turn out for the books: LucasArts is releasing a ‘Star Wars’ game! Who’d have thought?

The publisher is teaming up with developer BioWare for the third time, as well as publishing giant Electronic Arts, and returning once again to the relatively un-milked Old Republic era of Star Wars history, set some 3,000 years prior to the events of the films.

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In an interview with CVG, Shingo “Seabass” Takatsuka, creator of the Pro Evolution Soccer series (currently prepping the 2009 edition for release), has said he would use rival FIFA’s game engine if he could.

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While EA’s busily confirming The Sims 3 and Sim City for Apple’s handset, the iPhone version of Spore just made itself available on the App Store.

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