News Highlights: Friday 1st June

There's a plethora of news stories for you today, so let's get to it.

Star Wars 1313 has been announced. It's Star Wars for grown-ups.

Speaking of growing up, Lara might be getting younger, but the new Tomb Raider is definitely not.

IO respond to the furore surrounding that Hitman trailer.

NetherRealm has put aside Mortal Kombat and is working on a DC Comic fighter. And Warner Bros also announced Lego Lord of the Rings.

We talked to Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford about Aliens, Borderlands and the Duke. And we've got an interview with THQ's Mark Madsen as he tells us why Metro: Last Light will be up there with games like BioShock and Fallout.

The irony wont escape most of you; Blizzard was on the receiving end of a raid by Korean officials.

Castlevania: LoS2 has been confirmed.

Ratchet and Clank are set to make a return.

Fez has scored an impressive 100,000 downloads on Xbox Live.

Activision vs West and Zampella has been settled out of court. No more juicy gossip then.

And the latest Gamereactor iPad edition is now available. Details here.