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Resident Evil: Revelations Xbox 360 port spotted again as Achievements list leaks
3DS adventure looks set to rise once more.
A list of Xbox 360 Achievements for Resident Evil: Revelations has been leaked, strongly suggesting the game's under-wraps home console port will be announced soon.
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New screenshots of Dishonored developer Arkane Studios' Half-Life 2: Episode 4, aka Return to Ravenholm, have emerged.
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UK chart: Anarchy Reigns enters in 16th
Enough to go Platinum?
A new release! An actual new release has entered the charts. It's the Platinum-made beat-'em-up Anarchy Reigns, and it arrived in 16th place.
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PS3-exclusive FPS Dust 514 goes into open beta on 22nd January
"But this is just the beginning..."
The Dust 514 open beta begins on 22nd January 2013, CCP Games has announced.
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Blizzard explains how Diablo 3 dueling works in patch 1.0.7 preview
"We don't expect that battles will be necessarily balanced."
Diablo 3's long-awaited dueling mechanic arrives with patch 1.0.7, and Blizzard has explained how it works.
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Ubisoft trademarks Killing Day, the FPS it announced in 2005
Is the cancelled game back on?
A new trademark application has sparked speculation that Killing Day, announced by Ubisoft seven-and-a-half years ago, may still be alive.
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Mutant Mudds, Dementium dev making a first-person shooter for Nintendo eShop
New IP, will support the Circle Pad Pro.
Mutant Mudds and Dementium developer Renegade Kid is making a first-person shooter for the Nintendo eShop.
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Digital Foundry | Kindle Fire HD review
Is Amazon's revised tablet a worthy competitor to the Nexus 7? Digital Foundry takes a look.
Although Google would probably like you to believe that the Android tablet market didn't really begin until the arrival of the best-selling Nexus 7, the truth is that the original Amazon Kindle Fire was the first slate featuring Google's mobile OS to achieve genuine mainstream commercial success. Launched stateside in 2011, it quickly became a million-seller, taking a considerable bite out of the iPad's share of the nascent tablet market in the process.
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Feature | Blaster retrospective
The year is 2085...
Every week or two I find myself wishing that Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar had made a sequel to Robotron 2084. Every year or so I remember that they actually did. Well, sort of.
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Character reboots, Bayonetta and the return of Far Cryathlon.
Hello again, Eurogamer. It's January - the time of year when we all traditionally attempt a character reboot. One that for me translates to one week of going to the gym and ordering salads and then another 51 weeks of shovelling pizza into my mouth and playing games, in a fan-pleasing return to 'Classic' Mike.
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Opinion | Hard Choices
It's not the size, it's how you use it.
SPOILER WARNING: Be warned - this week's soapbox contains spoilers for the ending of Walking Dead, so please don't read on unless you've played through Telltale's game in its entirety, or unless you really, really want the whole thing RUINED for yourself.
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It's not a Velocity sequel, it's a native HD rework for Vita
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.
PS Minis game Velocity isn't getting a sequel just yet. The announcement teased in December has turned out to be for Velocity Ultra, a native PS Vita version - an HD rework - of the PS Minis game.
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UK university to investigate whether Kinect can help stroke victims
Will track the patient's face as they perform exercises.
A UK university will spend 18 months developing a Kinect-powered prototype it hopes will be used to help stroke victims.
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The Secret World has Christmas success after sub-drop
That's the good news.
Dropping the default Secret World subscription in December but not the cost of the game helped, a lot. The MMO sold more than 70,000 copies in the last four weeks.
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LittleBigPlanet 2: Extras Edition announced, out soon
Original game, cross-controller pack, Move pack and bonus content.
Sony has announced LittleBigPlanet 2: Extras Edition for PlayStation 3.
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There's a Tomb Raider-themed Xbox 360 controller inspired by Lara's tourniquets and axe
Laser etching.
The Tomb Raider Limited Edition Wireless Controller was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday by Microsoft, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix.
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Feature | Trends of 2013: The golden tail
New hardware won't detract from the joys the old machines will give us this year.
2013, so we're told, is going to be the year of mass disruption in videogames. It's when the old ways are finally eroded by the new, and when new hardware's going to show up to a party that may already be long over. It's when PC gaming should cement itself at the top of the tree, when Microsoft and Sony are to unveil their own takes on the future and when the concept of a traditional console cycle is to be scattered to the winds, replaced with disparate hardware iterations and a million new ways to play games. In fact, given the current rate of hardware announcements Microsoft will have announced the new Xbox by the end of the week, and its successor will be unveiled some time next Tuesday.
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Review | App of the Day: Hairy Tales
Beard here now.
Hairy Tales, what a name. Behind it is a little bearded bloke you have to guide through levels that are ever-shifting puzzles, an unusual blend of route-planning and frantic mid-run swiping. Strategy-runner? Action-Lemmings? Whenever you're struggling to quite place something in a genre, that's usually a good sign.
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As far as video game inspired fan films go, it's not the best, but this live action Sonic short has at least pleased the developer whose creation takes centre stage.
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Australia's first 18-rated game is...
It'll bloody stump you.
Australia's first R18+ game has been named as Ninja Garden: Raise the Hedge, err I mean Ninja Gaiden: Razor's Edge, on Wii U.
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The developer behind Activision's first-person Walking Dead game says don't judge it on old footage
Terminal Reality on the pressure of making a game based on the world's hottest TV show.
The developer behind Activision's first-person Walking Dead game has called on fans not to judge it on the recently-released, heavily-criticised gameplay footage that emerged late last year.
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What does Microsoft's cloud-powered future mean for physical media?
As Halo 4 breaks records, Phil Harrison explains how Xbox is evolving.
Microsoft has made it very clear: it sees the future of Xbox not with discs sold in shops over the counter by a sales assistant but with what it calls "connected entertainment services" powered by the cloud.
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Secret Witcher 3 message in lavish new Cyberpunk 2077 CGI video
"We are about to reveal our other project which is much closer to being completed."
CD Projekt Red wrote a secret message about an impending Witcher 3 announcement in a brand new and very sexy Cyberpunk 2077 CGI video.
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Heavy Rain, Beyond chief David Cage declares: "sequels kill creativity and innovation"
"Gamers invest money in publishers having no interest in innovation."
Sequels are bad according to David Cage, creator of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls and other games that aren't sequels.
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Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Retro Game Collection revealed
UPDATE: Confirmed for the west, teases games.
UPDATE: Capcom has confirmed that Capcom Arcade Collection will be released in the west.
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Cross-platform turn-based strategy game Skulls of the Shogun out this month
For Xbox 360, Windows Surface, Windows Phone and Windows 8.
Cross-platform turn-based strategy game Skulls of the Shogun launches worldwide on 30th January, indie developer 17-BIT has announced.
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Nintendo hails Wii U sales success in the US
Shares jump on positive Christmas.
Nintendo has hailed sales of the Wii U in the US and investors have responded in kind.
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Halo 4 dev laments "missteps", will "do much better next time"
343 Industries still proud of "best" game in the series.
There were "a tonne" of elements 343 Industries wished had been improved while making Halo 4, Frank O'Connor has said - and he's pledged to "do better next time".
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Minecraft XBLA outsold Minecraft PC in 2012
Absolutely bonkers success.
Runt of the litter no longer - the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft sold more copies than the PC edition in 2012.
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As Valve confirms the Steam Box, Microsoft's Phil Harrison issues a warning
"Entering the hardware business is really tough..."
Valve hit the headlines this week with the confirmation that it will enter the console business with its own Steam Box.
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