Eidos has confirmed that the Xbox360 WW2 game Battlestations Midway will be released sometime in 2007. Originally scheduled for release this fall, Battlestations Midway is a tactical WW2 naval game, where you participate in recreated WW2 battles. Other than that, the only thing we know about this game is that it’s a sort of “Battlefield 1492 Navy Style” game, with an online multiplayer mode, of course.

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It’s been a long time since the classic story driven space shooters. Now comes DarkStar One, a space adventure with fast paced action and an original storyline. You play as Kayron Jarvis, a young commander of the spaceship DarkStar One, destined to defend mankind from the aliens (who else?).

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Publisher Eidos has recalled the Xbox version of Reservoir Dogs because of a printing error on the cover. They didn’t mention what the error was, but it’s suspected that the “18″ rating logo wasn’t printed correctly (or misplaced, or left out). The PC and PS2 version are still available.

According to the latest issue of PC Gamer, Ubisoft will announce Assassin’s Creed for PC later this week. The magazine isn’t out yet, but subscribers have already received it, and can confirm the news. IGN contacted Ubisoft to get an official statement, but nothing was confirmed from French developer. The game was previously rumored to appear on the PC, and everything points in that direction at the moment.

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Sony’s Kaz Hirai spoke to CNet about the PlayStation 3, Blu-ray, and Sony’s plans to win the next-gen battle. He said that the $600 price tag was a “good value” to consumers, since they expect every PlayStation to last 10 years. The PlayStation 2 for instance, will be in production for another four years after the PS3 hits the market.

Hirai confirmed to CNet that Sony would ship 2 million PS3′s at launch; they just haven’t “announced” the production yet.

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In only one week, Final Fantasy 3 for the Nintendo DS has sold over 500,000 copies, making it the best selling game in Japan at the moment. When it was released, eager Japanese gamers waited in line for hours in order to get a copy, as Kotaku reported a week ago.

The news comes from the Japanese Manchi Interactive news site, where developer Square Enix said they expected “only” 350,000 copies sold during the first week.

New screenshots of BioShock, the amazingly looking sci-fi action game from Irrational Games. BioShock is scheduled for release sometime in 2007 on the Xbox360. Check some more screens after the jump.

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EA has confirmed Burnout 5 will appear on the Xbox360 and PS3 sometime in 2007. Developed by Criterion Games, Burnout 5 will be a bit different from other titles in the series, as Criterion Game’s design director Alex Ward says,

“Burnout 5 is a complete reinvention of the series, built from the ground up for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. To create truly next-generation gameplay, we needed to create a truly next-generation game, from top to bottom.”

The game will feature advanced physics, where most of the environment will be destructible, as well as the cars, of course. Xbox360 has already seen a Burnout game, Burnout Revenge, which was only a minor upgrade from the original Xbox version.

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Ubisoft’s Wii launch title, Red Steel, might include a freestyle sword system. That’s according to German site Nintendo-LAN, who did an interview with a Red Steel developer. They report that Ubisoft has completely revised the sword control mechanics, so that the Wiimote control are transferred to the game precisely.

There is no proof that this is actually happening, even though it sounds pretty cool. Ubisoft has previously said that they have improved the controls a lot since E3, but remaking the sword control mechanics a few months before launch sounds a bit unrealistic.

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We haven’t covered the Penny Arcade Expo at all here at DigitalBattle. It just didn’t seem interesting for the time being. However, the guys at Destructoid have written about it thoroughly, and gathered 100 photos of the Expo. Check it out here.