Eurogamer has word that beta invitations for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King that were distributed by Blizzard at gaming conventions are fetching staggering sums on eBay, with one invite taking in over $1,000.

I wish I had enough disposable income I could throw away $1k to play some buggy half finished beta. Not that I’d use it for that purpose I just wish I had that much money.

Here’s a PC Gamer magazine in Malaysia cover seeming confirming a PC edition of Grand Theft Auto IV. If it is, I cant wait. I’m sure it’ll be brilliant on the PC if it’s sufficiently well ported, and if it isn’t I know modders will improve it.

From the few friends I have who have this on consoles, I guess it really pushes the Xbox360 hardware to the limit (which seems to happen a lot lately.) So it should look brilliant on the PC considering the developers will be able to push their engine to the max.

Last week, Electronic Arts — or more specifically, EALA — teased a big upcoming Command & Conquer announcement to be revealed in two weeks’ time. That would make the official announcement still just less than a week away, but this is the Internet, and nothing ever takes two weeks’ time. PC Gamer confirms, via a scan of its upcoming cover story, that the big reveal is in fact Red Alert 3.

The cover doesn’t provide many details, nor does the short story accompanying it, so there’s really not much news here besides confirmation of its existence. We can at least say that the Soviets will obviously be returning as one of the factions in the game. And judging by the stylized, propaganda-like artwork and facetious headline, it appears Red Alert 3 will likely retain the more lighthearted, goofy approach the past games were known for. We are, after all, talking about a series that has featured aquatic battles between mind-controlled squids and Navy-trained dolphins.

Many questions remain, though — will Red Alert 3 again be powered by the SAGE engine, previously used in Command & Conquer: Generals, the Battle for Middle-Earth games and Command & Conquer 3? Will we once again see the return of Yuri, the powerful psychic who played a major role in Red Alert 2’s storyline? Will Tanya once more be played by Kari Wuhrer? We await these revelations with bated breath.

Just a day after confirmation of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3’s existence, Electronic Arts has revealed a number of new details. Set for release on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Red Alert 3 brings back the Allies and the Soviets as well as a third Japanese faction, and introduces a fully co-operative campaign mode. And it seems the game is farther along in development than one would have expected, as invites to a private beta will be included in copies of the Command & Conquer 3 expansion pack, Kane’s Wrath.

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