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EA Origin accounts are being hijacked
UPDATE: EA: "At this point, we have no reason to believe there has been any intrusion into our Origin database.”
Update: EA says that Origin hasn't been breached and has issued the following statement:
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Little Inferno's gameplay trailer debuts just ahead of its Wii U launch
PC beta access available for pre-orders.
Little Inferno - the debut effort by the World of Goo and Henry Hatsworth creators at Tomorrow Corporation - has released a new trailer showing off its pyromaniacal gameplay to the public for the first time.
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Nintendo defends the Wii U price based on consumer demand
"The pricing's in a good spot and the proof is in the consumer response."
Nintendo of America believes the Wii U price is "in a good spot," due to the high demand for the $349 Deluxe Set.
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Futuristic arcade racer Distance speeds past its goal in the nick of time
Nitronic Rush spiritual successor gets the green light.
Distance - the crowdsourced follow-up to the neon Tron-like racing game Nitronic Rush - just reached its Kickstarter goal of $125,000.
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New Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer showcases protagonists
Meet the family.
Rockstar has revealed the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5, showcasing each of the game's three protagonists.
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COD Black Ops: Declassified costs £45 on EU PlayStation Store
Plus: Portal 2 DLC, Sonic Racing, NFS: Most Wanted demo.
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified, the colon-filled PlayStation Vita version of Activision's shooter, will be available to download today from the EU PlayStation Store. It costs £44.99.
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Animal Crossing 3DS sells 721k in Japanese opening week
Propels 3DS to outsell Vita by margin of 39 to one.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf has notched up an eye-watering 721,786 sales during its opening week.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PC disc 2 is, for some, Mass Effect 2
UPDATE 2: Treyarch dev tells gamers to contact Activision customer service.
UPDATE #2: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch has told gamers they should contact Activision's customer service if they experience "issues" with their game disc.
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Rockstar opens up on decision to keep GTA5 this-gen
Houser bout that.
There's a new Grand Theft Auto game around the corner so the Rockstar heavyweights are being wheeled out for the media. Among them, Dan Houser, the big cheese.
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Feature | The cult of TotalBiscuit
The life and times of professional YouTube malcontent John Bain.
I asked my Twitter followers what they thought about Total Biscuit yesterday. The response was as instant as it was polarised: 'he's arrogant', 'he's passionate', 'he's unique', 'he's rude', 'he's got a God complex', 'he's just a dude', 'I can't forgive him for something he said, and how he refused to back down'. In two short years he's become more marmite than man.
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Assassin's Creed 3 multiplayer events start today
Be rewarded just for taking a stab.
Ubisoft has launched its first Assassin's Creed 3 multiplayer event, Revolution.
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Assassin's Creed 3 PC "will be less buggy than the console versions" at launch
Devs "depressed" at fan fears game would be anti-British.
The upcoming PC version of Assassin's Creed 3 will launch with fewer bugs than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, Ubisoft has reassured.
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TimeSplitters 4 fan interest "doesn't look that convincing"
Crytek boss points to latest struggling petition.
Fan interest in the TimeSplitters series needs to be higher if publisher Crytek is to consider another game, the company's boss has said.
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PES 2013 on Wii looks uncannily like PES 2012
FIFA fo fum, I smell the blood of Konami-san.
PES 2013 on Wii bears an uncanny resemblance to PES 2012 on Wii. It's almost as if Konami saw an opportunity for a quick quid and re-released last year's game with new squads and a new menu.
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Beyond Good & Evil 2 development delayed by Rayman
Creator needs an extra pair of hands.
The long-awaited Beyond Good & Evil sequel is being held up by the development of Rayman titles, Ubisoft's CEO has said.
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Review | Fallblox review
Drag and drop.
Compared to the big hitters that are fighting for your attention this autumn, Fallblox is a mild-mannered affair, having chosen to hide itself deep in the wilderness of the 3DS eShop and offer players nothing more visceral than a wonderfully tactile 3D toy box that you unpack using spatial logic. However, in a weird kind of way, this self-effacing approach only makes the dazzling puzzle creation skills its developers display all the more showy. Like its predecessor Pullblox, Fallblox fairly backs into the limelight - which allows its gently-worn proficiencies to really stand out.
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Super Meat Boy / Mario Galaxy crossover is a great proof of concept
Demo reel taken to celebrate half of Team Meat's 30th birthday.
Reddit user HilariousCow has created a Super Meat Boy / Super Mario Galaxy crossover in Unity that reimagines the plucky bloody mascot in a 3D space tailored to his speedy, slippery movements.
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Some Xbox 360 copies of Lego The Lord of The Rings contain only the demo disc
You shall not play!
Today has not been a good day for game distribution. First some copies of Black Ops 2 contained the second disc of Mass Effect 2 rather than Treyarch's shooter, and now there are reports of Xbox 360 copies of Lego The Lord of The Rings coming with the demo disc instead of the full game.
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Jet Set Radio HD coming to Vita, iOS and Android this month
Part of the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection in the US, but not EU. Boo!
The cel-shaded roller-blading graffiti-painting Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio is coming to Vita on 20th November, with iOS and Android versions to follow on 29th November, Sega has announced.
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Lone Survivor is coming to PS3 and Vita
But sadly Byrne's "Zelda x Demon's Souls" game has been put on hiatus.
Jasper Byrne's low-fi survival horror game Lone Survivor is making its way from PC and Mac to PS3 and Vita.
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Digital Foundry | Sony wields banhammer against PS3 hackers
"Violation of the System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 system invalidates the consumer's right to access that system."
Sony has taken steps to re-secure the PlayStation Network in the wake of the PS3 lv0 bootloader key leak and the ability for hacked consoles to play online alongside legitimate users.
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PlayStation Plus hits Vita next week alongside 2.00 system software update
First four Instant Game Collection games revealed.
PlayStation Plus launches on PlayStation Vita on Wednesday 21st November 2012 in Europe, Sony has announced.
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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm release date revealed by Battle.net
UPDATE: Blizzard makes it official, unveils Collector's Edition.
UPDATE: Blizzard has made official the StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm release date Eurogamer reported on earlier today.
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The next Sleeping Dogs story DLC will add a new island
Plus: Dragon Master pack to collect array of DLC for cheap.
Sleeping Dogs' next story-based DLC will add a new island to the game's map.
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Review | Wonderbook: Book of Spells review
A kind of magic?
What is Wonderbook? It's a serious question and, even after finishing the thing, I'm not sure I know the answer. Sadly, this isn't the exciting uncertainty you feel when you encounter something thrillingly, challengingly new. It's the confusion you feel when you encounter something that's sort of interesting but also muddled and of indistinct purpose.
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Microsoft re-selling Kinect Sports 2 mini-games at £2 a pop
X-Men: Destiny gets Games on Demand version despite sales ban.
Microsoft has dug up three mini-games from Kinect Sports: Season Two for sale as individual Xbox Live Arcade titles.
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Rainbow 6: Patriots may now be next-gen game, Ubisoft CEO says
Colour us surprised.
Dark anti-terrorism shooter Rainbow 6: Patriots may be released for next-generation consoles, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has suggested.
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How Nadeo plans to make ShootMania the number one eSports FPS
Building up a Storm.
Back in 2004, Florent Castelnerac was first introduced to the world of eSports by his friend Matthieu Dalon, founder of the Electronic Sports World Cup. He liked what he saw; 400 players assembled against the French fantasy backdrop of the Parc du Futuroscope, competing across the likes of Counter-Strike, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament and Need for Speed.
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Ubisoft boss criticises Wii U price: "I can't say I'm happy"
But how does it compare to other hardware launches?
The boss of Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell publisher Ubisoft has criticised the Wii U's launch price, suggesting it is too expensive.
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Star Citizen test footage shows space ships in formation, cockpit view
Two years from “anything that would be called final”.
Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts has released new test footage of space simulation Star Citizen, showing off space ships flying in formation, the cockpit view and a brief dogfight.
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