• Sony announce a 95% slump in profits, their first loss in 14 years. The figures released on 31st December, 2008 clearly prove the lower demand for electronic goods due to the current economic crisis. However, despite PlayStation 3 console sales going down by 44,000 units, demand for games has gone up, with 14.8 million PS3 games sold. [MORE INFORMATION]
  

• Eidos and Beautiful Game Studios are getting ready for the release of Championship Manager 09 in April. The demo version will be released for footie fans to download and sample come March. [MORE INFORMATION]

• Sony will be releasing four new colours of PSP in Japan during March. The colours, named 'Carnival Colours', will be available for purchase in Japan only at 19,800 yen a piece (around £160). There's no word on a European release yet, though. [MORE INFORMATION]

• Three new Spore titles will be coming to PC, Wii and DS this autumn. The extensions, named Spore Creature Keeper, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena, will be released alongside the already announced Spore Galactic Adventures. [MORE INFORMATION]
  

• The first of the Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC will hit our screens in February, with the first on the 10th. No prices have yet been revealed, but they're promised to be "competitive". [MORE INFORMATION]

• Microsoft has closed Aces, one of its oldest in-house game studios and the developers responsible for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Going against their hopes for the economic downturn to not affect their studios, the studio was closed and the entire staff axed. [MORE INFORMATION]

• Plans have been uncovered for a Gears of War film, to be released in 2010. Die Hard 4.0 director Len Wiseman will be in charge, with Stuart Beattie (the scripter for Pirates of the Carribean and Collateral) writing the screenplay. [MORE INFORMATION]

• A new Uncharted 2: Among Thieves trailer has been released on the PlayStation Store. It shows the protagonist, Nathan Drake, in a perilous situation involving a train carriage and a vertigo-inducing drop. Download it for free from the PSN.

• The Leipzig Games Convention 2009 has been cancelled, due to ongoing pressure from industry rival Gamescom. It will be replaced by Games Convention Online. [MORE INFORMATION]

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