Square Enix is reportedly taking legal action against a lone French retailer for allegedly selling pirated Square merchandise. la société SAKURA, the retail store, operates in Paris and online, specializing in Anime/Manga/Japanese gaming merch.

Whoa, way overdue, but this is a good batch for last week's PSN video content update, largely because I still get laughs out of The 40-Year-Old-Virgin. Other notables include the unrated director's cut of Miami Vice, Gran Torino, Sniper, and the zombie movies Dawn and Land of the Dead  - both unrated. You get to catch those in glorious HD, as well as other movies now available for download.

This week is like multiplatform game week. Pretty much everything that drops this week for both the handhelds and the home consoles are multiplatform: Wanted: Weapons of Fate, The Wheelman, Legends of WrestleMania... Looks like the only console to get some exclusives this week is the DS. But enough chitchat. Let's get right on to the release schedules!

It doesn't even have to be a real dog. Apparently, killing a dog in a video game is disgusting enough. This is according to the Animal Rights Club of the Academy of Notre Dame, who is protesting the canine killing spree in Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS), saying that killing animals should not be a form of entertainment. Wow, the game nitpicking doesn't stop.

This November, all of the events that happened in Ubisoft's various Tom Clancy universes will come to a head in EndWar (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360). That's not all, though. EndWar is just the tip of the iceberg.

In a recent interview with Gameplayer, EndWar's lead AI programmer, Vinh-Dieu Lam, said that the upcoming RTS "acts as a basis for future tie-ins." Details in the full article.

Fire up your PlayStation 3, gamers! An update to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is now available on the PlayStation Network, with three very shiny, very sexy new cars lined up. One of them is the GT by Citroen, whose real-life model debuted at the Paris Motor Show yesterday. Screens after the link!

Polyphony Digital and French car manufacturer Citroen have joined forces to bring a new car to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: a new Citroen concept car that's set to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. You can check out a teaser video of the car in the full article.

Caped crusaders (both live and animated), earthquakes, temple ruins, filial drama...this week's new Blu-ray offerings is well-rounded enough to snag fans of horror flicks, slice of life and Japanese anime, among others. But it's mostly a Batman week, so if you're a big follower of the Dark Knight's exploits then there are at least two or three Blu-ray releases that you shouldn't miss out on. Check out the list in the full article

If you're wondering just what's going down in the upcoming Paris Games Developer Conference this June 23 and 24, then we've got a news update regarding the ever-so-important keynote: LittleBigPlanet creators Mark Healey and Alex Evans will be delivering it. They'll be talking about quite a lot of things (besides their own game). Check out all the details in the full article and see what this means to you.

Europe is all set to receive a double whammy of critically acclaimed titles as Midway Games and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will be covering a joint event to herald the arrival of Unreal Tournament 3 for the PlayStation 3, as well as the promotion of  the upcoming God of War title for the PlayStation Portable with God of War: Chains of Olympus.