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Video | Watch us play five Super Mario 3D World levels in full
And see our pick of the best new power-ups.
In case yesterday's trailer left you in any doubt, Super Mario 3D World looks like it might be one of Nintendo's best platformers in recent years. And if you still need convincing, we've got three exclusive gameplay videos below which may change your mind.
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There's a new Blur game, and it's out today!
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How to avoid Pokémon X and Y's game-breaking save bug
UPDATE: Nintendo releases fix.
UPDATE: Nintendo has now issued its patch for Pokémon X and Y's game-breaking save bug.
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BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 1 release date
Due next month, priced £9.99.
BioShock Infinite developer Irrational Games has confirmed that Burial at Sea - Episode 1 will launch for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 12th November.
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With the Xbox One nearing its 22nd November 2013 launch, Microsoft is ramping up its marketing blitz - beginning with an expensive-looking ad featuring a couple of high-profile celebrities.
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CD Projekt Red announces 6 million The Witcher sales
Oh, what a bit of Polish will do.
Polish studio CD Projekt Red has announced 6 million combined The Witcher sales on this, the series' sixth birthday.
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Feature | Games of the Generation: The Last of Us
Made it Ma. Top of the world!
Over the next two weeks we'll be bringing you our pick of the games of the generation. Today we're looking at The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's masterful and melancholy action game that took the formula started with Uncharted to its peak.
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PS4 and Xbox One both support eight-player party chat at launch
But current-gen headsets will have problems.
Good news for people with seven friends - both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will allow for eight-player chat at launch.
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Ultra Street Fighter 4 new battle systems unveiled
Ultra Combo Double! Red Focus Attack! A poster!
Capcom has unveiled new battle systems for Ultra Street Fighter 4.
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The PC version of Ninja Theory's action adventure game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is out now on Steam.
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Why Killzone Shadow Fall is almost 40GB (it used to be 290...)
Guerrilla's technical director on the next-gen fight between fidelity and file size.
At an event at Guerrilla's Amsterdam offices this week, the developer confirmed that the final version of PlayStation 4 launch title Killzone Shadow Fall clocks in at 39.7GB (in Europe, anyway: some localised versions of the game, needing fewer audio tracks in different languages, are closer to 37GB). Using Sony's PlayGo system, which allows a game to be played while it's still streaming data off the servers, Shadow Fall will be playable after a 7.5GB download.
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Review | Batman: Arkham Origins review
The Knight before Christmas.
As a young studio best known for porting Batman: Arkham City to Wii U, WB Montreal must have been desperate to prove that it belongs in the same conversation as series creator Rocksteady Games. To its credit, it's hard to tell that Batman: Arkham Origins isn't one of its sister studio's earlier releases. That's some achievement, but it's also a mixed blessing.
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Ex-LucasArts devs announce side-scrolling strategy game Super Roman Conquest
More Total War than Star Wars.
Two former LucasArts developers have announced a new side-scrolling strategy game called Super Roman Conquest and launched a Kickstarter to raise $30,000 for its development.
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Watch 10 minutes of Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate gameplay
There's a Vita and 3DS spin-off, remember?
Armature has released a new video showcasing 10 minutes of Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate gameplay footage.
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Batman Arkham Origins dev faced "resistance and reluctance" at "every level"
"You don't want to be the guys who messed up."
Warner Bros. Montreal has admitted facing "resistance and reluctance" at "every level" when it began work on Batman Arkham Origins, the first title in the Arkham franchise not designed by its British creators, Rocksteady.
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Plants vs. Zombies 2 shuffles onto Android devices
Stems sell some more.
PopCap has released the Android version of Plants vs. Zombies 2.
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Check out this brilliant virtual version of 17th Century London
Makes us want a video game set there.
University students have created an impressive 3D representation of 17th Century London set before The Great Fire in 1666.
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PES 2014 Xbox 360 patch fixes online issues
Online Mode and Master League Online service added.
Konami has released a patch for the Xbox 360 version of PES 2014 it claims resolves the online issues that have plagued the football game since release.
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Earthworm Jim is back... sort of, maybe
He's a playable character in new Boogerman Kickstarter.
1990s video game star Earthworm Jim could be set for a comeback - if a Kickstarter project is successful.
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Review | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies review
Hold it.
The Wright Anything legal agency is suitably named in more ways than one. Not only does it offer a lop-sided grin of a pun on its founder and star attorney Phoenix Wright's name, it also bears testament to his legacy. Wright, together with his colleague Apollo Justice (a junior defense lawyer who, in this latest story, graduated to the profession a year ago) has won scores of cases, usually against devastating odds.
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Injustice joins Sony's PS3 to PS4 digital upgrade programme
And this is how the programme works.
Fighting game Injustice: Gods Among us has joined Sony's PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4 digital upgrade programme.
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A-Men 2 announced for PS3 and Vita
Rock hard puzzle game returns for seconds.
A-Men 2, the sequel to the Vita launch title, has been announced.
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Rose and Time returns to Ouya after dev accepts Free the Games fund changes
"I can no longer justify keeping the game off the console."
Rose and Time has returned to the Ouya store after its creator accepted the changes made to the controversial Free the Games fund.
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Infinity Ward confirms Call of Duty: Ghosts PC minimum specs
6GB RAM, 40GB hard disk space required.
Infinity Ward has confirmed the Call of Duty: Ghosts PC minimum specifications.
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Feature | Games of the Generation: Journey
Don't stop believing.
Over the next two weeks we'll be bringing you our pick of the games of the generation. Today we're looking at Journey, thatgamecompany's slight PlayStation 3 exclusive that won instant critical acclaim when it launched last year.
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Xbox One's Kinect lets you stand closer to the sensor - report
Scooch in 0.4 meters.
A leaked Brazilian Xbox One manual suggests that the next version of Kinect won't require users to stand as far away from the sensor as they did with the previous model.
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Secrets of Rætikon flies to Indiegogo
Alpha available now for all backers. May contain rabbit necrophilia.
And Yet it Moves and Chasing Aurora developer Broken Rules has launched an Indiegogo campaign for its upcoming exploratory action adventure Secrets of Rætikon.
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PS4 will allow real name online profiles at launch
The Xbox One will add this feature later.
PlayStation 4 owners will be able to use their real name rather than a made up handle when they go online at launch, Kotaku reports.
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Dark Souls 2 beta open to PlayStation Plus subscribers this Sunday morning
Prepare to die. Again.
Missed out on the Dark Souls 2 beta earlier this month? Well you may be in luck, if you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber anyway, as all subscribers will be granted access to a worldwide server test this Sunday morning from 7a.m. - 10a.m.
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Castlevania: Mirror of Fate HD awakens on XBLA this week
Konami is "looking into" a PC version.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD, the console remake of MercurySteam's 3DS adventure from earlier this year, is now slated for an XBLA release on 25th October, one week ahead of its initially announced Halloween release.
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