John Cleese talks about his role in Fable 3

Humour is a rare commodity in gaming but Fable III looks like it may raise a smile. John Cleese certainly hopes so anyway. In the latest developer diary - see above - the veteran actor talks about his role as a butler in the forthcoming action adventure

Alan Wake

Nicky Woolf: in trying too hard to be an interactive book experience, Alan Wake completely forgets to be a game as well

BlindGiRl

Adam Boult: BlindGiRl is packed full of imagination, atmosphere and playability

Lips Party Classics

Neil Davey: This is just another console karaoke title. But, as far as such titles go, this is about as good as you'll get

Splinter Cell Conviction – impressions of the final game

The recent – and very welcome - pause in big game releases will break next week when Splinter Cell Conviction arrives. I've been playing the finished game over the last few days and - ahead of the official Guardian review next week - here are my impressions so far

MotoGP 09/10

Steve Boxer: MotoGP features an almost bewildering amount of game modes that should satisfy all punters

Natal won’t need as much space – but will motion play ever replace traditional control pads?

I've been testing out the sword slashing Red Steel 2 on the Wii for the last couple of days. It is *way* better than the original for sure, but - and call me old-fashioned here - using the Wii for any serious length of gaming time is simply much easier with the classic pad compared to the wiimote - (Monster Hunter Tri is a perfect example). I have actually had arm ache playing Red Steel 2 which is probably not the immersive experience the developers had in mind. Or maybe it was? Either way I'm still to be convinced that motion play can work with the time and control demands of a "hardcore" title. Microsof's Project Natal may be different though, but rumours earlier this week suggested you may need a massive living space - do you have 4 metres (13 feet) of space in front of your TV? - to even use it. Understandably European and Japanese Xbox owners will have been concerned. So, Microsoft have <a href="http://kotaku.com/5500643/japan-relax...