The upcoming occult horror-MMO The Secret World was originally marketed as being released on the PC and the XBox 360, but now it looks like the console version has been left by the wayside. Lead Designer Ragnar Tornquist described the console version of the game as having to be "very different", and something that could only eventuate if the PC version was a "huge success".

In a preview of the game with Eurogamer, Tornquist also stressed that Funcom had seven years' worth of content, storyline and events lined up for the game. "The second you start playing The Secret World you'll actually see hints at where the content is going and what it's going to be. And we really wanted to get a head start of that. We have content, a significant amount we're planning to release after launch. How long that's going to take is really hard to say - it really depends on what players want. But yeah, it's ready to go.

Accompanying these latest piece of news was a new trailer out last Friday, giving a taste of the sort of conspiracy theories on offer and an idea of what kinds of things players will be doing. Although it's a lot of text and only a little in-game footage, it's still quite compelling.