Ubisoft is preparing another outing for the Rabbids, as we've unearthed a rating for Rabbids Rumble.

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Bumper crop

3DS Virtual Console fans can get another dose of Kirby download fun soon as Kirby's Pinball Land is heading to the service, as outed by — you guessed it — the Australian Classification Board.

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Germs and birds

The eShop gets its cheapest game yet, a $1.99 'infinite challenge' title, and real-time strategy fans can rejoice that Intrinsic Games' molecular head-scratcher is finally out, plus the return of VC Arcade. Here's what's up and competing for your money today.

3DS eShop

Bird Mania 3D (Teyon, $1.99, 227 blocks) — Fly as far as you can and rack up a high score, picking up 20 achievements and bonuses along the way. This could be worth a look — our review will let you know.

DSiWare

Amoebattle (Grab LLC, 500pts, 97 blocks) — Intrinsic Games' long-awaited DSiWare strategy finally reaches North America. Make sure you check out our Amoebattle interview to learn more in anticipation of our upcoming review.

Wii Virtual Console

Super Hang-On (Arcade, SEGA, 900pts) — SEGA's arcade racer reaches North America on the same day as Europe. We'll have a full review for you very shortly.

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Twilight ingress

Originally scheduled to reach Wii way back in June 2010, Enclave: Shadows of Twilight should hit the console on 22nd May.

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Learn a trade

Video games celebration GameCity returns to Nottingham, UK this year on 20th October with a host of big names and ambitious initiatives.

GameCity director Iain Simons, councillor Nick McDonald and Eidos life president Ian Livingstone OBE all took to the stage to explain their vision for this year's festival, which for the first time will run for seven days.

With the UK games industry high on the agenda, the festival will host a week-long STEAM school to teach core skills in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, aiming to engage and inform anyone interested in developing games. The school will run in partnership with Crytek, TT Games, the Mozilla Foundation, the British Library and more, with teachers including Martin Hollis — director on GoldenEye 007 and WiiWare's Bonsai Barber — TT Games director Jonathan Smith, respected writer Kieron Gillon and Anna Marsh, former Tomb Raider executive designer and founder of new studio Lady Shotgun Games. The school is free and open to anyone.

If school's not your thing there's plenty more on offer. Renowned developer Peter Molyneux will curate a day of events reflecting on his career and inspiring attendees, while Broadway Cinema will host a series of panel debates, Q&As, films and interactive events. There's also a celebration of the Commodore 64's 30 year anniversary, the return of the GameCityPrize and more details yet to be announced, all wrapped up in a charming Kirby's Epic Yarn-style aesthetic from Philippa Rice.

If you're at all interested in the significance of video games, learning more about how they're made or exploring what they could become, mark 20th to 27th October in your calendar for GameCity 7. You can find more details at GameCity.org.

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Dying is a part of life

Call of Duty: Black Ops II wants to surprise you.

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Nintendo will host its E3 press conference on Tuesday 5th June.

It'll be our first look at Nintendo's Wii U games including Pikmin 3 and Super Mario Bros., plus new games for 3DS.

It all kicks off at 9am Pacific Daylight Time, which we've handily converted into these time zones for you:

9am — Pacific
12 midday — Eastern
5pm — UK
6pm — Central European Time
2am Wednesday — Canberra, Australia

We'll be bringing you live coverage as it happens so make sure you're glued to your internet-enabled devices on 5th June. That's in 34 days.

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While Nintendo may have struggled to explain adequately the Wii U's unique charms at E3, the machine was created with one principle in mind: to do what Wii can't.

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Back in One Piece

Nintendo-published games have returned to the shelves of UK retailers Game and Gamestation.

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Mi casa es su casa

As we all expected, so far Nintendo's arguably made the best use of the 3DS's stereoscopic screen, but it's not all high and mighty about it — it wants to help third party developers get up to the same level.

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