Last night, the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony took place in London, with a number of shocking results. While few would argue that Batman: Arkham Asylum found itself up against some tough competition for the coveted Game of the Year award, the fact that Rocksteady Studios walked away with the award will certainly be a boon to UK videogame development. However, another winner is now going to be a benefit to the UK’s gaming public, as the UK’s largest high street videogames retailer has announced a celebratory promotion.

THQ Inc. has today announced the general availability of Metro 2033, promising a landmark title in the First-Person Shooter (FPS) genre. Based on a novel by the Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2033 combines classic FPS action with elements of survival horror and intelligent plot and character development not seen before in gaming, to create a true genre original. Metro 2033 is now available to purchase at retail stores around the world for both the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows.

Formula One fans can see F1 2010 in action for the first time in a new developer diary released by Codemasters. The video takes gamers behind the scenes of the production of the next generation of high-definition Formula One games and showcases in-game footage that explores the features that will power the most authentic Formula One race experience yet.

            As one of the most anticipated releases on the current-generation of home videogames consoles this year, last week’s launch of Final Fantasy XIII was unsurprisingly met with great commercial success. Available across western territories on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Square Enix’s latest release in the bloodline of the series which had earned them a reputation for delivering uncompromising Role-Playing Game (RPG) experiences was welcomed with open arms by owners of both systems. However, in the UK, the ongoing battle for format supremacy has surely taken Final Fantasy XIII as a casualty.