The sequel for the highly-acclaimed racing title Colin McRae: DiRT (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) has finally been officially announced by Codemasters. To find out what you can expect in this newest iteration, head on over to full article.

The music industry has spoken out about the five British developers and publishers going after illegal file-sharers in the UK. What of the other players in the gaming industry? We have yet to hear any official word on the matter from other developers or publishers, but Peter Moore - in his personal capacity - has talked about it, and he'd have to agree... with the music industry.

British game developers have launched an all-out war against illegal file-sharers. They're not about to take piracy in the industry sitting down. But the music industry, another victim of the pirates, aren't backing them up on this cause. It's an apparent disagreement in approach and disposition.

Those of you who've been having withdrawal symptoms from the lack of PlayStation Store updates in Europe will be glad to know that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has finally gotten around to release a new list of downloadable content.

PS3 and PSP owners will enjoy a blast from the past as one of the most memorable real-time strategy games return to us with the downloadable version of Command & Conquer Red Alert. Check out the complete list of available content in our full article.

Codemasters is announcing that it has acquired Sega's UK-based Racing Studio, confirming a rumor that was in circulation not too long ago. Codemaster's CEO also had some words to share regarding this matter, which you can view in the full article.

If you guys were alarmed with the news that Sega closed down their UK Racing Studio, here's a tidbit of information that might be of help. There's a rumor circulating the Codemasters might save the studio from its demise. Read more on this after the jump!

Fans of casual games in Europe are going to get some loving from Majesco Entertainment now that the company has joined hands with Codemasters to bring 12 titles to their part of the world. Cake Mania 2 and Toy Shop headline Majesco's line-up for this year, and more are to follow. Find the rest of the games at the full article.

Sega just suffered a big loss, which forced the gaming company to sever 400 employees and implement pay cuts, leaving them open to an acquisition by another gaming company. However, despite the rather unappetizing numbers, Sega is still one of the "juiciest" companies to take over, according to Codemasters' Bruce Everiss. Read the full article to find out why.

The Independent Game Developers Association (TIGA) has just announced the list of their finalists for the upcoming TIGA awards which is going to happen in London on January 30, 2008.

Two new categories were added to the roster list for this year's awards. Finalists that are included can only win through the peer votes of TIGA members.

Catch the finalists and the additional categories after the jump!

To be quite frank about it,  video game piracy is very rampant on the Internet. This includes simple things such as hacks and mods to the blatant downloading of full retail copies over peer-to-peer websites.

However, it seems that this will stop soon as the latest move from Codemasters indicate that it is not only targetting the operators of such websites but its costumers as well. The full story after the jump!