Interplay will continue development.

Bethesda sued Interplay back in 2009 to block development of Fallout Online, an MMO based on the Fallout franchise. Since then, the court battle has continued, with Bethesda losing multiple decisions along the way.

The court's latest decision blocks Bethesda's appeal against a recent ruling. According to Joystiq, Bethesda was denied a preliminary injunction against Interplay in June, and attempted to appeal the decision. That appeal has now also been denied.

Bethesda's argument was that "the district court abused its discretion and misapplied the law in concluding that Bethesda failed to establish a likelihood of irreparable harm." The injunction would have prevented development of Fallout Online, but with the denied appeal, the game will continue to be worked on.

The court battle still isn't over, as Bethesda owns the Fallout license. If the game is eventually completed, Interplay will still need to work out a deal with Bethesda for Fallout Online to be released. This is Bethesda's second high-profile legal loss in recent weeks, as the publisher also lost a recent decision in its legal battle against Minecraft creator Mojang.

THQ's executive VP of core games, Danny Bilson has been talking to Joystiq about the possibility of a sequel to Space Marine. His muted reaction isn't good news for those hoping for a bigger and better follow-up. He says he's "not sure if there's room" for Space Marine 2, thanks in part to the upcoming Warhammer 40,000 MMO, Dark Millenium Online.

Bilson points out that THQ have "already annouced the Imperium in the MMO as a class you can play," and notes that it's "very active, as opposed to the more turn-based stuff. I'm not sure there's room for Space Marine." Dark Millenium's estimated 2013 release could put it in competition with a Space Marine sequel.

There is some good news for those who have enjoyed Relic's use of the license so far with the Dawn of War series and Space Marine. "We are heavily invested in the 40K universe, so there's more stuff coming in the 40K universe, absolutely. We extended the deal for quite a while," says Bilson.

Dark Millenium is being developed by Vigil, but recent rumours have suggested that Relic may be helping out a little with development, and the MMO could use a version of the Darksiders Engine, with similar combat to Space Marine. That would fit Bilson's description of the MMO as "very active." The information, mentioned on Strategy Informer, hinted at some of the included classes and characters, namedropping Imperial Assassins, Eldar Farseers and even Tau units. The info-dump mentioned that races would be separated into Order and Disorder factions, with Chaos and Orks on one side, and Imperials and Eldar on the other.

THQ have since responded to say that "at this time THQ has not officially announced a release date and any reported features are pure speculation. THQ will announce confirmed game features and an official release date at a later time." We've assigned our finest Eldar Rangers to the bushes outside Vigil, but they haven't discovered anything yet because Eldar Rangers are a bit rubbish. We'll be sending in the Space Marines as soon as Rich has managed to fit himself into his power armour.

Bethesda reveals the hardware requirements.

Planning on picking up the PC version of the next entry in Bethesda's popular open world role-playing series? Bethesda's VP or PR and Marketing Pete Hines Tweeted the recommended and minimum hardware requirements, which you'll find listed below.

Hines gave some additional context for the hardware requirements in follow up posts. "The Min specs get you playing. The recommended specs let you play on High, not on Ultra. You'll want beefier rig for that."

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

• OS: Win XP/7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
• CPU: Dual Core
• RAM: 2GB
• GPU: DX9c video card w/ 512MB RAM
• Internet Access for Steam activation

Recommended Hardware Requirements:

• OS: Win XP/7
• CPU: Quad-Core Intel/AMD CPU
• RAM: 4GB
• GPU: DX9 vid card w/ 1 GB. GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher
• Internet Access for Steam activation

System specifications revealed for Rocksteady's action game.

Have you been waiting for the PC version of Batman: Arkham City this November? If so, then you should check out the hardware requirements released through Nvidia.

From the footage released so far it looks as though Arkham City is going to have a number of fancy platform-exclusive effects, but what do fancy effects matter if you can't run the game? The specs are posted below, which may cause you to sigh with relief or gnash your teeth in frustration.

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or 7
• CPU: Dual-Core CPU 2.4 Ghz
• RAM: 2GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA 8800 or ATI 3800 with 512MB of VRAM
• Sound: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista or 7 compatible sound card (100% DirectX 9.0c-compatible)
• DVD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive
• Hard Drive: 17.5GB free disk space

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Microsoft Windows 7
• CPU: Dual-Core CPU 2.5 GHz
• RAM: 4GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or ATI Radeon HD 6850 with 768MB+ of VRAM (DirectX 11 compatible)
• Sound: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista or 7 compatible sound card (100% DirectX 9.0c-compatible)
• DVD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive
• Hard Drive: 17.5 GB free disk space

Stay awhile and listen… for the time has come to unlock the Diablo III: Collector’s Edition, and unveil the epic treasures that lie within. Emblazoned with the alabaster hue of the High Heavens, this limited edition collector’s set slides open to reveal the following wealth of rare and legendary items.

The Diablo III: Collector’s Edition will be available exclusively at retail on DVD-ROM for Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 and Macintosh. The release date, suggested retail price, and other details for this game will be announced in the months ahead.