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UTV Ignition's ethereal action-adventure El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron is headed to Android, Famitsu has revealed. A 2D side-scroller which retains the console version's visual flair, a version of the game will also be released for Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play.

Team Ninja is on record as saying that Ninja Gaiden 3 - the first game in the series to be developed away from the watchful eye of the departed Tomonobu Itagaki - will be less bloody, and will focus on the effects on protagonist Ryu Hayabusa of having killed so many people. That goes some way to explaining the below trailer, though we're wondering what heinous crimes we've unwittingly committed to deserve the British accent in the opening moments.

Goichi Suda's studio announced its first Kinect project at last year's Tokyo Game Show, giving it the working title Codename D. At Grasshopper's TGS conference today, it was revealed that the game's final name is Diabolical Pitch, which tasks players with seeing off a zombie infestation by throwing baseballs. It's set for release on Xbox Live Arcade before the year is out.

Hideo Kojima took to the stage at Sony's Tokyo Game Show conference earlier today to confirm that Metal Gear Solids 2 and 3 will be released for PlayStation Vita as part of the Metal Gear Solid HD Edition. Zone Of The Enders and its sequel are also headed to Sony's PSP successor, with both collections due next year. Kojima also announced an all-new game, to be built using his Fox Engine, that will be released for both PS3 and Vita.

Here's 11 minutes from Nintendo's pre-TGS conference in which Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrates both Four Swords and Skyward Sword. Skip to 3:25 for Four Sword action, and to 6:20 for a revealing glimpse of Skyward Sword. There are elements of Super Mario Sunshine, Pilot Wings and even Shadow Of The Colossus contained within.

No news yet on whether the other Japanese release dates announced overnight hold true in Europe, but Nintendo has just confirmed that The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords will be available to European customers on September 28. Compatible with DSi and 3DS, this version adds a singleplayer mode of sorts by letting lone warriors switch between two characters with a button press, and adds two new areas, each containing three levels.

While it is yet to specify target platforms, Rockstar says it is giving "the full HD treatment for mobile devices" to 2001's Max Payne. In a statement, the publisher said: "Available for the first time on mobile, Max Payne will have connectivity to the Rockstar Games Social Club and boast the same features as its PC counterparts, including HD graphics and high-resolution textures that take advantage of the latest mobile technologies, including incredibly customizable controls and support for wired controllers."

In a press release, Rockstar has confirmed that E227 cover star Max Payne 3 will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in March 2012. "Max Payne 3 gave us an amazing creative opportunity to evolve one of our most iconic characters," said founder Sam Houser. "We're excited to show fans a modern version of Max that pulls them back into his dark and twisted story."

When Dead Island was released in North America on Tuesday, Steam players found that they had downloaded an Xbox 360 development build instead of the final product. Deep Silver has already apologised to those affected, and has now said: "Deep Silver plans to announce a 'make up' to North American fans who were affected by the day one PC issues. Stay tuned in the coming days for those details as internal discussions are ongoing." The publisher has also warned that the day-one patch, which fixes 37 issues with the game, may wipe save files. "We have a solution to help regain some quest progress," it said. "When the game opens, select New Game, select the same character as you were using before, and then there will be an option for Chapter Select which will allow the player to jump to the last chapter they were playing in."

The multiplayer beta of Ezio's final outing, Assassin's Creed Revelations, will be made available to all PSN account holders today. It was originally exclusive to members of PlayStation Plus and Ubisoft's Uplay, but from 10am UK time today all PSN users can download it from the PlayStation Store. A word of warning: the dreaded "scheduled maintenance" means PSN will be offline between 4pm and 6pm GMT today. Oh, and another: the beta is a 2.5GB download.

A Devil May Cry HD Collection was first rumoured in June, when a Spanish retailer briefly listed it for PS3. Now America's ESRB has rated the first three games in the series - originally released on PlayStation 2 - for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With the Tokyo Game Show kicking off next week it appears an official announcement may be imminent; we'll be spending the next week or so brushing up on our (hopeless) Royal Guard skills and hoping it's Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition, with its kinder difficulty level and save system, that's included rather than the punishing vanilla release.

Eidos Montreal's excellent Deus Ex: Human Revolution was set for release in Japan on Thursday, but publisher Square Enix has announced a last-minute delay that will see the game slip to October. The reason, according to Andriasang, is an area in the game that "shows expressions forbidden by the Japanese games rating board." We know that ratings board CERO's guidelines forbid references to existing people or countries, and as such our guess is that the offending material may be graffiti in Heng Sha.

The Metal Gear Solid creator took to Twitter this morning to reveal that the upcoming PS3 remake of 2010 PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will support online co-op for up to four players, and runs at a solid 60 frames per second. The game is being released as part of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, which also contains Metal Gear Solids 2 and 3, plus the first two MSX games, and is due for release in the west in November.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey revealed that the studio's thirdperson, action adventure Call Of Duty was shelved at the prototype stage because the studio wanted to work on Modern Warfare 3 with Infinity Ward. "We were working on it for about six months," he said. "We had a prototype together that was pretty compelling, and it looked really good. [But] the opportunity to work on the biggest thing in the industry with Infinity Ward was just an opportunity we couldn't [miss]." With some of Sledgehammer's staff having worked on previous games in the series, and others confirmed fans, Condrey described the decision to switch to Modern Warfare 3 as "a nice marriage of experience in the genre and a kind of fan desire to work on this franchise."