Update: When contacted, Electronic Arts told us that it does not comment on rumors.

Original: It appears that Steven Spielberg and EA Los Angeles' long-coming collaboration LMNO has been renamed Eve, based on documents dug up by superannuation.

Artist Raffael Dickreuter and motion capture asssitant Melissa Garza both list Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts' Eve among past projects in their resumes, with Electronic Arts recently telling Kotaku that "we no longer refer to [the project] as LMNO."

Little is known of the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game, in which players assume the role of an ex-secret agent who is on the run alongside a woman named Eve. What the computer-controlled Eve can do to help you changes depending on how she is treated.

LMNO is part of Spielberg's three property deal with Electronic Arts, which has already produced the physics-driven Wii action-puzzler Boom Blox--originally codenamed PQRS. Nothing is known of the third project, which may very well be called TUVW or HIJK. We've reached out to Electronic Arts regarding LMNO's new name, and will update accordingly.

A new story based on a trusted Ars Technica source says that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are both in for price cuts this fall.

While the source did not provide figures or dates, Ars claims that the Xbox 360 Pro will "disappear in July or August," to be replaced by the current 120GB Elite model following a September price cut.

Ars similarly predicts that the PlayStation 3 80GB model will be phased out over the next 60 days, with a price cut on the 160GB to coincide with the launch of the PS3 Slim.

A screenshot of the Dawn of War II map editor posted on the game's blog with only the title "Incoming..." as explanation has sparked hopes that Relic will release the tool publicly.

"We haven't officially announced anything yet," wrote Dawn of War II producer Mark Noseworthy coyly in a forum thread. "The images are pretty interesting though. That is indeed a picture from our Map Editor."

Both the original Dawn of War and Relic's WW2 RTS Company of Heroes--built upon an earlier version of the Essence Engine DoW 2 uses--received editors soon after launch.

A huge Dawn of War II update titled "There is Only War" is currently the works, bringing eight new multiplayer maps and a large-scale rebalancing--as explained in a battle report. The update is due in the summer, with an open beta set to begin in early July.

Update: "We have nothing to confirm regarding the C&C franchise at this time," Electronic Arts told us when asked about the survey and existence of Command & Conquer 4.

Original: An online survey apparently conducted on behalf of publisher Electronic Arts contains word of the unannounced Command & Conquer 4 and numerous details.

Among those details are gameplay features, such as persistent "RPG-like" progression, along with possible features for a "future version" of the real-time strategy series.

Developer EA Los Angeles, responsible for the most recent entries in the Westwood-created franchise, has previously teased that "there's a really bright future for Command & Conquer, especially the Tiberium universe."

As Command & Conquer 4 has not been officially announced, and this is a survey meant to gauge interest and reactions, there's no confirmation that the below points will make it into the inevitable sequel. We've also reached out for EA for clarification.

Now we would like to tell you about a new Command & Conquer game. Please read the following description.

Command & Conquer 4 allows C&C fans to finally experience the epic conclusion to the 15-year Tiberium saga with innovative... Read more

Champions Online and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic is said to be working on an Neverwinter Nights MMO, according to the sources of Variety's Chris Morris.

The rumblings fit with owner Atari's past comments, including a vow that it would revive classic franchises, such as those under the Dungeons and Dragons banner, and word that Cryptic is prepping "a series of new games" based off Atari properties.

The as-yet-unconfirmed title is said to be targeting a 2011 release--the same timeframe provided for the unannounced project that was revealed when Atari bought Cryptic. As for the studio's two announced efforts, Champions Online is due on PC and Xbox 360 later this year, with Star Trek Online arriving on PC no later than March 31, 2010.

Taking place within the Forgotten Realms setting of the Dungeons and Dragons franchise, the Neverwinter Nights series arrived on PC in 2002 via developer BioWare, bearing both a single-player campaign and support for up to 75 online players per server. The fantasy RPG's 2006 sequel was handled by Obsidian, with both versions embracing community-made content through the inclusion of a mod toolset.

A new report out of Develop claims that Sony briefed developers on its plans for a PSP download rental service as far as back as March's Game Developers Conference.

The report corroborates recent evidence obtained by Joystiq, which showed a survey asking consumers about the potential subscription-based service.

"The service will enable you to download a fixed number of games during your subscription period," read the survey, which asked users their opinion on subscription length, pricing, and how many games they would like to have access to.

Rumors of a PSP update have consistently claimed that the purported revision will remove the UMD disc drive, converting the handheld to a download-only machine.

Rumors and rating boards are at it again, with indications that Ron Gilbert and LucasArt's classic adventure title The Secret of Monkey Island is headed to Xbox 360.

An Xbox 360 edition, titled "The Secret Of Monkey Island - Special Edition," briefly appeared on Germany's USK ratings board, according to GamerBytes. That same site previously leaked the existence of the then-unconfirmed Guitar Hero: Van Halen.

While still unconfirmed, the listing lines up with an earlier Destructoid rumor that LucasArts would be announcing a revival of a "classic franchise" at E3, which runs from June 2-4. Meanwhile, Adventure Gamers suggests, via unnamed sources, that the Xbox 360 version of Monkey Island will be a downloadable Xbox Live Arcade release.

What is likely an early bit of footage from Team Ico's next project--a work apparently known as "Project Trico"--has leaked by way of PlaystationLifestyle.net.

The video shows a game that blends the companion-based gameplay of Ico with a massive rat-like creature reminiscent of Shadow of the Colossus. This combination has previously been hinted at by Team Ico leader Fumito Ueda.

"[Team Ico's new project] might be something similar to what's been done," said Ueda at this year's GDC. "Kind of a middleground... the essence of the game is rather close to Ico."

Following the sudden shut down of Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms last week, rumors began to circulate that the studio had opted to close instead of selling the overall Duke Nukem property to publishing partner Take-Two for some $30 million. Now, 3D Realms co-founder Scott Miller has outright denied those rumors, telling Shacknews that the studio "would have taken this offer without hesitation" if it meant finishing DNF, indicating that the reality is "Not. Even. Close." to the rumors.

Responding to one reader that claimed they would have "sold the IP in a heart beat and created a new IP with that 30 million," Miller said "Hell, I would have also... Read more

Word that Eidos Montreal is set to announce its second project has lead forum-goers to deduce that the title is likely the fourth entry to the company's revered series of stealth-action games, Thief.

Following its announcement of Deus Ex 3, Eidos last year hinted that the title of its second unannounced game begins with the letter "T"--prompting quick assumptions of Thief 4.

But according to a recent advertisement in Edge magazine, the upcoming title also resides on GameSpot's "Hall of Fame," "Greatest Games of All Time" and "Ten Best Heroes of Gaming" lists. As Kotaku points out, GameSpot forum members soon realized that Thief is the only game mentioned on all three lists.

Eidos Montreal is predictably declining to comment on the rumors, instead pointing to May 11 as the day it will officially reveal the project.

Rumors of motion controller-related announcements for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are beginning to propagate once again in advance of E3.

Variety cites several sources in a report that claims Sony is preparing to announce a new motion controller for the PlayStation 3. The purported device uses a webcam and LEDs to achieve an accuracy of motion greater than that of the Wii.

Meanwhile, a tipster writing into Engadget says that Microsoft is readying a full-body motion sensing device. The rumor would see a high-tech sensor bar detecting a full range of movement without the use of an actual handheld controller.

As many motion controller rumors have certainly been proven false in the past, the Shack doctor recommends taking two grains of salt and calling us after the show.

Following rumors that Batman: Arkham Asylum had been delayed until Q4 2009, co-publishers Eidos and Warner Bros. today confirmed that the game has indeed been postponed, though the revised release window falls just short of the rumored delay.

Once expected in June, Rocksteady's stealth-action PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game will now hit "at the end of summer," implying a release no later than September 22.

"This additional time will allow us to ensure Batman: Arkham Asylum is of the highest quality for gamers," Warner and Eidos explained in their statement.

Retailer listings have suggested the existence of an unannounced Fallout 3 downloadable content pack named either "Point Look" or "Point Lookout."

Online retailers eStarland and Deep Discount list a pack containing upcoming DLC Broken Steel and the unnanounced other, joining recent listings for a retail bundle of earlier downloadable expansions Operation Anchorage and The Pitt.

"We have said there will be three DLCs for Fallout 3, for PC and 360," Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines told Shacknews. "Beyond that we have no announced plans for additional DLC." The third DLC pack, Broken Steel, arrives next Tuesday.

"Announced" is key, as Fallout 3 lead designer Emil Pagliarulo said the company was "working on lots of DLC" during a Games Developers Conference panel in March.

Citing anonymous sources, a new report from Variety's Cut Scene Blog claims that studio owner Activision Blizzard has Prototype developer Radical working on a new Spider-Man game, with High Moon, The Bourne Conspiracy folks, on Transformers.

High Moon's Transformers game won't be based on any particular movie, Variety claims, and should be expected to arrive at some point in 2010. Activision has previously announced that the game for the second movie is due this June.

As for Radical's Spider-Man, the site merely noted that the open-world wall-running exploits of Prototype are a near-perfect fit for a Spider-Man game. No release estimate was provided, with Variety doubting that this fall's Spider-Man game will be Radical's.

While Activision has yet to comment on the rumors, more Spider-Man and Transformers titles would come as no surprise for the sequel-heavy publisher, especially in the wake of the marketing leak last year that detailed 14 different Spider-Man game concepts.

As the legal battle between DJ Hero developer Activision and Scratch: The Ultimate DJ publisher Genius Products continues to unfold, "sources with knowledge of the game's development" have told Kotaku that Scratch is now in the hands of a new studio.

Scratch was originally being developed by 7 Studios, but following Activision's purchase of the developer, Genius Products terminated the agreement. Activision and 7 Studios were then ordered to turn over the source code for the game and its development tools.

"[The code] is theirs. It belongs to [Genius and hardware maker Numark]. They paid six million dollars for it," said Judge James Chalfant, reports Gamasutra. "I'm done."

According to Kotaku's sources, Scratch is now under development at BottleRocket, which recently made headlines when its Splatterhouse project was confiscated by publisher Namco Bandai and then handed off to another developer.

Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment has filed for two new trademarks, with one, "Starhawk", seemingly lending credence to that "Warhawk in Space" rumor.

The rumor popped up after Dylan Jobe and other veterans of the multi-modular multiplayer-only PlayStation 3 effort Warhawk left Incognito to create LightBox Interactive.

Sony's other trademark listing, however, was not nearly as insightful. As noticed by supernnuation and Joystiq, that second filing covers the phrase "Dominion."

At the very least, Dominion appears to be some kind of game, as both filings were classified under "computer game software and video game software" and "operating a real-time game for others over global and local area computer networks."

Update: Having seen the latest issue of Game Informer, Shacknews can now confirm that, despite the misspellings, the below list of details is indeed accurate.

Original: A list of supposed details from Assassin's Creed 2 has popped up at ScrewAttack.

Alongside the rumored information, the site posted a render of new main character Ezio, which apparently leaked on the Ubisoft Forums. In addition, the details seem to match up with the teases Game Informer posted after ScrewAttack's report surfaced.

The rumors seem to have originated from a removed post on the Ubisoft Forums, which cited the latest Game Informer issue, as archived by N4G and GameFAQs.

Thus far, all publisher Ubisoft has offered in the way of official word is a release window for the open-world action game--no later than March 31, 2010--and a teaser site.

Remember, the following is still unverified, so keep that in mind as you peruse:

You'll have a ton of new weapons to choose from including an axe, a hammer, a mace, a spear, 2 different sword types, a spear axe, and 2 smaller blades

You CAN swim

Da Vincis workshop is in the game

Locations include Saint Marks Basilica, The Grand Canal... Read more

Rise of Nations developer Big Huge Games has canceled its two known projects, Kotaku reports, alongside rumors that several companies have expressed interest in buying the otherwise doomed studio from THQ, including Curt Schilling's 38 Studios.

One of the two games was a PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 action-RPG, Ascendant, being led by Oblivion designer Ken Rolston. The other was the "quirky" Wii project, God: The Game. A trailer and screenshots for Ascendant, along with numerous ... Read more

A Pocket Gamer report citing an anonymous Sony hardware developer has a major PSP revision coming to stores as early as this winter.

According to the source, the "PSP 2" will feature a compact form and a full-sized touchscreen. The touchscreen can supposedly be used to play simple downloadable games, and will slide open to reveal dual analog stick controls and other standard buttons.

As in the case of recent similar rumors, this version of the PSP... Read more

A cut slide from Harmonix senior designer Dan Teasdale's GDC lecture has lent considerable credence to the rumor of a LEGO Rock Band project.

The image, noticed by a Kotaku tipster, comes from an early version of Teasdale's set of slides, which was accidentally posted by GDC show runner Think Services.

Another slide featured placeholder text reading "project to be announced before or at 9 AM Friday," with Teasdale writing in the margins, "There's a project that I'll be talking about here, but it hasn't been announced yet. BUT - I will be showing it at GDC!"

But Harmonix stayed silent on Friday, leading Teasdale to cut the slides from his talk.

The slide also reveals a few unannounced Guitar Hero projects, including "GH: VH" and "GH: BH," which could refer to the rumored Guitar Hero: Van Halen and Guitar Hero: Band Hero projects, respectively.