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Super Time Force is super hard, super interesting and more than a little like Super Contra
Capy's hardcore run-and-gunner takes time travel to absurd new extremes.
Don't take Super Time Force seriously.
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Planescape: Torment for $3.50 in GOG.com D&D sale
Icewind Dale! Baldur's Gate! Neverwinter Nights! TOEE!
The Dungeons & Dragons PC role-playing games that started it all have been discounted to dirt-cheap on GOG.com.
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Trailer for Insomniac's Fuse delayed
UPDATE: The video has been released.
Update:The debut Fuse trailer is finally out. It reveals a visually clean but unspectacular shooter, but one with great guns and abilities.
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Nintendo taking Wii U on post-Eurogamer Expo UK tour
Mario and Luigi set to make an appearance.
Nintendo has announced a post-Eurogamer Expo tour for its shiny new Wii U console.
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Lovingly remastered Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD now on Steam
One of gaming's "greatest treasures".
The brilliantly remastered HD version of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is now available on PC via Steam.
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Feature | How Gearbox broke the bank for Borderlands 2
With Half-Life ports a distant memory, we explore the Texas developer's 12th floor.
Borderlands 2 was built in a bank.
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Mass Effect 3 Wii U includes day-one DLC From Ashes as standard
PC, PS3, Xbox 360 paid DLC to be included.
Mass Effect 3: Special Edition for Wii U will include the From Ashes add-on, which launched as a paid day-one DLC pack on other platforms.
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Submit your questions for Hideo Kojima's Eurogamer Expo session
BUMP! Get your questions in before Monday.
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who's submitted a question so far! We'll be accepting them until Monday morning, so if you haven't already then make sure to get yours in below.
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Gamestation shops to be rebranded as GAME - report
UPDATED: GAME boss gives details.
Update: GAME Retail boss Martyn Gibbs has spoken about the rebranding decision. There will be a new loyalty scheme; Gamestation's trade-in price-match will remain; there will be Wi-Fi in all shops; a GAME app; a better PC download service; and a new store feature called GAME Hunter.
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Final qualifiers for World Cyber Games taking place at Eurogamer Expo
Play FIFA 12 and win a place at the finals in China.
Samsung has announced that the final UK qualification tournaments for this year's World Cyber Games (WCG) are taking place at the... at the Eurogamer Expo! Whaddya know?
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Guild Wars 2 profession balancing: ArenaNet waiting for stability, adopting considered approach
It's the endless MMO debate about which class/profession is best.
Don't expect Guild Wars 2 professions to be tweaked and balanced with the same voracity that ArenaNet ironed out kinks post-launch.
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Dress up as Mario, Zelda in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
It's Samus buy.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition will include cameos (of a sort) from a number of familiar Nintendo faces.
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Wii U playable for the first time in the UK at Eurogamer Expo
Over two months ahead of 30th November release.
Wa-hoo! Today we're very pleased to announce that Wii U will be playable at this year's Eurogamer Expo!
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Nintendo: there's no danger of creating too many Mario games
"Every edition in the series is foundationally sound."
When questioned whether the recent glut of Mario games (Super Mario 3D Land last December, New Super Mario Bros. 2 in August, New Super Mario Bros. U this November) risked endangering the IP, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime had a simple reply: no.
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Eve Online's Council of Stellar Management pays tribute to Vile Rat
"One of the most well-known and respected" players.
Eve Online's seventh player-elected Council of Stellar Management has formally responded to the death of player and US official Sean "Vile Rat" Smith, who was killed during an attack on the US consulate in Libya days ago.
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New Microsoft London studio to focus on Windows 8 tablet devices
Headed up by former Rare production director Lee Schuneman.
Microsoft Studios has announced the formation of a new London-based studio headed by Rare's former production director Lee Schuneman.
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Nintendo snags Platinum's cult sequel as a Wii U exclusive.
Back in May, it seemed like Bayonetta 2 was dead in the water. The original attracted critical praise aplenty, but failed to make much of a dent in the charts and the only statement that developer Platinum Games would make was that they'd love to make a sequel, but only when the time was right.
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New Little King's Story set for October in North America
UPDATE: And one week earlier in the UK.
Update: A European release date has been confirmed for 27th September, according to an e-mail from Konami.
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Civilian flight sim absorbs ArmA 2 features
Bohemia's Take On Helicopters gains military muscle in latest update.
Bohemia Interactive's civilian helicopter flight sim just swallowed a big mouthful of WAR thanks to it's latest update, codenamed Downtown.
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NCsoft bringing martial arts MMO to the west
Blade and Soul boasts Crouching Tiger combat and no grinding.
NCsoft is to bring its Korean MMO, Blade & Soul, to the west, the publisher has announced.
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Wii U launches in Europe on November 30th
Mass Effect 3, FIFA 13, ZombiU and New Super Mario Bros U all available on launch day.
The Wii U will launch across Europe on November 30th, Nintendo has confirmed. That's twelve days after America, but a week before Japan. Merry Christmas.
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J.J. Abram's Star Trek Reboot in 2009 featured plenty of rousing action, but it was the characters more than anything that pulled us in. We cheered for the cocky, young Captain Kirk and the uptight, sombre Spock. The former full of talent but lacking in guidance, and the latter conflicted between his buried emotions and ultra logical upbringing.
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Forza Horizon developer session at Eurogamer Expo
Ralph Fulton showing it off. Game also playable on the show floor.
MY WORK IS NEARLY COMPLETE. Yes, as soon as two more people give me sign-off then I can tell you about the remaining secret treasures that will soon occupy the lingering gaps on this year's Eurogamer Expo developer sessions schedule page.
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New Colonial Marines trailer showcases pre-order bonuses
We know you've Biehn waiting for this.
Sega's leathery oozing egg sac has slowly peeled open, and a pre-order trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines has jumped out, all skittering and creepy.
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Review | Joe Danger 2: The Movie Review
Once more with feeling.
The best video games are the ones you can feel. The ones which trade in a bizarre digital alchemy, where pixels spat out from a processor dozens of times per second somehow gain a sense of weight and momentum so tangible that you're able to forget there's a screen in front of you and a controller in your hands, and just slip into the game's world.
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Arkane Studios presents Dishonored developer sessions at Eurogamer Expo
Two opportunities for an extended look at the game.
With now just a little under a fortnight to go until this year's Eurogamer Expo opens its doors, I'm delighted to announce that Arkane Studios will be presenting an extended look at Dishonored as part of this year's developer sessions schedule.
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Namco Bandai offers free tattoos for Tekken fans
Kuma have a go if you think you're hard enough.
Always wanted to have your favourite fighting game etched into your skin with a thrusting ink-filled needle, but just didn't want to pay for the privilege? Namco Bandai understands.
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Review | App of the Day: Final Fantasy: Dimensions
You get what you pay for.
Irrespective of your opinion on Square Enix's more recent Final Fantasy efforts, it's impossible to deny the astonishing and far-reaching influence the franchise has had on RPGs in general. The early NES-based outings defined the boundaries of the genre, while the seminal 16-bit instalments of the '90s and the global smash hit that was Final Fantasy VII would propel the brand into the stratosphere. Born out of Hironobu Sakaguchi's anxiety to score a significant hit before jacking in game development altogether, Final Fantasy is arguably the only Japanese RPG to ever gain truly worldwide acceptance.
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Industry offers mixed response to new Australian R18+ rating
Guidelines say that games may have "greater impact" on minors than film.
The Australian games industry has given a mixed response to the long awaited guidelines for the new R18+ rating which covers games with adult content.
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Endermen coming to Minecraft XBLA
First screens show abandoned mines and hunger gauge also part of next update.
The eerie Endermen, nasty silverfish, spooky abandoned mines and the gnawing pangs of hunger are among the features coming to the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft in the upcoming 1.8.2 update. The details come from a trio of new screenshots uploaded to the official Mojang website.
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