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Valve files name next-gen Source 2 engine
Is this what's taking Half-Life 3 so long?
Files found within Valve's Source Filmmaker program reference a next-gen engine from the company, referred to as Source 2.
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Alleged Prince of Persia reboot screenshot doffs cap at Assassin's Creed
Shows bulkier prince.
An alleged screenshot of a Prince of Persia reboot suggests Ubisoft has taken inspiration from Assassin's Creed for the next game in the platforming series.
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Feature | Retrospective: Habitat
Tales from inside the first MMO.
You've probably never heard of Habitat, but that's not unusual. Not only was it released over 25 years ago, but even at its peak it was only available to users of a specific online service. And only for the Commodore 64. And only in the US.
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Opinion | Saturday Soapbox: Yearning Japanese
Lamenting the death of the import scene.
A little over a fortnight ago, I bought Anarchy Reigns from an online retailer; this week I downloaded New Super Mario Bros. 2 from the eShop on my Japanese 3DS. In the past, importing games of this stature was a no-brainer for me, but on both occasions I hesitated before taking the plunge. It seems many others have been equally reluctant.
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QWOP creator debuts new game CLOP
Go forth, noble steed!
Ridiculous physics-based track-and-field running game QWOP has received a spiritual sequel from its creator Bennett Foddy with CLOP, a game about a unicorn trying to make it up a hill.
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Planetside 2 beta begins Monday night
I feel like I've heard this before...
MMO shooter Planetside 2 is opening up its doors to those with beta keys this Mon, Sony Online Entertainment has announced.
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World of Warcraft movie gets a new writer
Penned by the man behind Blood Diamond and The Mighty.
The fate of the World of Warcraft movie was in turnmoil following Sam Raimi leaving the director's chair to helm Oz: The Great and Powerful, but Legendary Entertainment is still pushing ahead by hiring screenwriter Charles Leavitt, Variety reports.
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Temple Run sprints past 100 million downloads
Played by 11 per cent of the UK.
Mobile sensation Temple Run has been wildly successful with over 100 million downloads in the year since its release, developer Imangi Studios has announced.
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Just Cause 2 mod allows 600 person multiplayer
Exuberant gameplay footage within.
A new fan-made mod has been released for Just Cause 2 allowing an astounding 600 players to occupy the game at once.
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EA sues Zynga, claims The Ville is an "unmistakable copy" of The Sims Social
Zynga counters by saying SimCity Social "bears an uncanny resemblance" to CityVille.
EA has filed a lawsuit against casual game powerhouse Zynga, claiming its Facebook game The Ville is a blatant ripoff of last year's The Sims Social.
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Feature | Robert Bowling details his upcoming series Human Element
UPDATE: Bowling addresses concerns about his studio's size.
Update: Many of you voiced concern over the size of Robotoki in the comments. We followed up with Bowling for clarification. Here is his official response:
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New Sleeping Dog walkthrough shows off combat, carjacking
For an undercover agent, Wei certainly draws a lot of attention to himself.
A new Sleeping Dog gameplay video - below - released by Square-Enix shows off a sample mission in the open-world game full of driving, hand-to-hand combat, shooting and car jacking.
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Dishonoured cast includes video game debutant Susan Sarandon
Weiss to see her cottoning on.
Rocky Horror Picture Show pin-up Susan Sarandon will make her video game debut in Dishonored as the glamorously named Granny Rags, an intriguing old mad lady.
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Better with Kinect? It's the tagline that's become more of a punchline for hardcore gamers, but EA Sports is doing its best to boost the credentials of Microsoft's mega-selling peripheral not through motion-control, but via voice commands in its top sports franchises.
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Deus Ex, Quantum Conundrum half-price in Square Enix PC sale
Something for the weekend?
Jaffa Cake-coloured stealth shooter Deus Ex: Human Revolution is currently half-price on Square Enix's PC download store.
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Review | The Expendables 2 Review
Muscle memory.
At some point in the last few years, the movie tie-in quietly died. Once the keystone of the AAA games market, today you'd be hard pressed to find a game on the shelves to coincide with most blockbusters. Few will mourn the passing of this particular gaming genus, as the movie tie-in was always a notoriously wretched breed.
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Soulcalibur 5 sales are a million less than Soulcalibur 4's
Li Long term future at risk?
Soulcalibur 5 sales stand at 1.38 million copies as of 30th June, Namco Bandai revealed in its Q1 financial report.
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How the Mass Effect 3 Wii U GamePad controls work
Biotics all the boxes.
BioWare has revealed how the touch-screen GamePad controller will work in the Wii U version of Mass Effect 3.
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QuakeCon Steam sale: get Bethesda games on the cheap
The chirpy chirpy cheap cheap.
The annual QuakeCon extravaganza is rumbling away in Dallas, Texas, and Steam's having a Bethesda-related sale to mark the occasion.
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Staggered start for new racer.
The long-awaited sequel to Codemasters' multi-discipline racer Grid has been confirmed via a teaser trailer, with more information promised to follow on August 8th - that's next week, calendar fans.
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Live-stream NASA's Mars Rover landing on Xbox 360
Satisfy your Curiosity.
NASA will live-stream the landing of Mars Rover Curiosity via the Xbox 360 dashboard, Microsoft has announced.
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Dead Trigger dev: "I do not believe that piracy can be stopped"
That's why the iOS version is now free as well.
Outspoken mobile developer Mad Finger Games has made zombie shooter Dead Trigger free-to-play on iOS, and accompanied the move with more outspoken comments about the state of mobile piracy.
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Mass Effect 3's upcoming single-player DLC detailed
The Wii U version confirmed as a launch title.
The next piece of single-player Mass Effect DLC was revealed earlier today during EA's Summer Showcase event.
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Diablo 3 has sold 10 million, WOW subs drop by 1 million in three months
COD Elite has "at least" 2.3 million paying subscribers.
Diablo 3, the fastest selling PC game of all-time, has rocketed to 10 million copies sold overall, Activision Blizzard announced in an earnings call last night.
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Army of Two The Devil's Cartel announced
Coming in March from the Dead Space developer.
The third game in the Army of Two franchise has been revealed as Army of Two The Devil's Cartel by publisher EA.
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id Software: Doom 4 will be "done when it's done"
Doom 3 BFG Edition trailer is set in hell, but looks heavenly.
id Software co-founder John Carmack didn't offer much hope for a timely release of Doom 4 at QuakeCon earlier today where he said that it will be "done when it's done."
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Video | Muscle film 300 recreated superbly in Skyrim
"When the boy was born, like all Spartans, he was inspected."
Greek gorathon 300 - a film as famed for its washboard abs workouts as for its cinematic prowess - has been recreated really rather well using a modified version of Skyrim.
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Digital Foundry | Tech Interview: Trials HD
Sebastian Aaltonen and Antti Ilvessuo discuss the technology behind this year's top XBLA game.
In the four weeks since it launched, RedLynx's Trials HD on Xbox Live Arcade has swiftly become one of the most fantastic success stories in the history of Microsoft's digital delivery platform, selling over 300,000 copies. Combining ultra-addictive gameplay with a bespoke, highly advanced physics and graphics engine, Trials HD takes a decidedly retro game concept and updates it in spectacular fashion for the Xbox 360 generation.
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Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC now on Steam
Bethesda "not satisfied" with unreleased PS3 version yet.
The vampire-themed Skyrim DLC Dawnguard is now available on Steam. It costs £13.99 / $19.99.
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FIFA 13 Wii U Preview: Nintendo Gets Parity (At Last!)
Ready for the big league?
The last time there was parity between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo versions of FIFA, producer Matt Prior reflects, was back in the days of GameCube. The HD era has been enormously successful for EA's series, but the core game's evolution has happened at the expense of similar progress on Nintendo platforms, which have played host to more experimental takes on the beautiful game.
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