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Why Half-Life 2 City 17 creator Viktor Antonov left Valve
"It causes a lot of surprise that anyone would leave."
Valve's one of the greatest video games companies there is. Rich and revered, invested in staff - it's a dream place for any game developer to work at.
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New PES 2013 video shows off Player ID system
Robben! Ronaldo! Xavi!
Konami has released a new PES 2013 video showcasing the game's Player ID system.
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Rezzed: Eurogamer's filmed walkabout of the show
Can you see you?
The inaugural Rezzed game show, organised by the people behind the Eurogamer Expo (you know, us), happened in Brighton earlier this month.
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THQ recovery continues: stock safe on NASDAQ
Reverse stock split does the trick as Relic co-founder joins the team.
THQ's recovery received a boost today after the US company regained compliance with the NASDAQ stock market.
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Torchlight 2 dev explains what's taking so long
"So you won't have the impression we're all twiddling our thumbs behind our desks."
What's taking the development of Torchlight 2, once due out before Diablo 3, so long?
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Review | Dyad Review
All of the lights...
Dyad's lineage is rich and favoured. As you barrel down its endless tunnels, flashes of Tempest, WipeOut, Rez, Frequency and Internal Section are caught in its smeary pixels. But at its core, it's quite unlike any of these.
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Konami opens London studio to help make PES "fresh and exciting"
"Will strive to adopt and recreate local football culture."
Konami has opened a studio in London to help make PES.
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Randy Pitchford "astonished" at lack of Borderlands rip-off
"We're in an industry where people do nothing but steal from each other."
Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford has claimed he remains "astonished" that no one has yet launched a Borderlands clone.
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PSN scheduled maintenance set for Thursday evening
Through to Friday morning.
PlayStation Network will be offline Thursday evening for scheduled maintenance, Sony has announced.
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Ni no Kuni playable at Eurogamer Expo
Fighting game and Level-5/Studio Ghibli RPG join massive line-up.
You didn't think we were done, did you? Not by a long shot. Today we're announcing that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will both be playable at this year's Eurogamer Expo.
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Apple deploys quick-fix for in-app purchases hack
But won't be patched properly until iOS6.
Apple has offered iOS developers new tools to help combat a recent exploit which enabled users to download some in-app purchases for free.
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Ubisoft Wii U offering not a "huge investment"
Rayman, ZombiU won't break the bank, third-party ally explains.
Ubisoft has said that, financially, it "doesn't have a huge investment" in Nintendo's Wii U, despite being the most prominent third-party publisher for the console's launch line-up.
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Blizzard has issued a hotfix to combat the Diablo 3 invulnerable Wizard exploit that emerged yesterday.
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Android piracy "unbelievably high", says Dead Trigger dev
Strikes back by making impressive zombie shooter free.
Piracy on Android platforms is "unbelievably high", according to Dead Trigger developer Mad Finger Games.
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Feature | The Dota 2 Experience, Part Three
Our team of Dota 2 noobs have to ship up or ship out, in the final instalment of our diary.
Last week our Dota 2 noob superteam took on actual humans for the first time. They got taken apart like a bad sandwich, and vowed to get their revenge. Here's what happened next.
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Curt Schilling: 38 Studios' MMO Project Copernicus "wasn't fun"
Also claims Take-Two nearly bought the Amalur sequel.
Curt Schilling admitted that his now defunct MMO at 38 Studios, Project Copernicus, "wasn't fun."
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Final Fantasy Versus 13 still alive, Square Enix confirms
City will "knock you off your feet".
Final Fantasy Versus 13 is still alive, Square Enix has confirmed.
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The Critical Path features loads of mini-interviews with your favourite game designers
Feature length documentary on the way.
The Critical Path is a series of very brief interviews with famous game creators on all manner of heady topics related to game design.
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Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 3 has free DLC on the way
Followed by another free DLC pack, then Episode 4.
The most recent chapter in the Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness saga will have a free chunk of DLC in the near future for PC and Xbox 360.
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Skyrim beta update 1.7 now on Steam
Fewer crashes, more Kinect support.
The beta for Skyrim's upcoming 1.7 title update is available now on Steam, Bethesda has announced.
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Shoot Many Robots: Arena Kings announced.
Beta sign-ups have begun.
Shoot Many Robots developer Demiurge Studios is making a spin-off of its platformer/shooter with the PC Free-to-Play Shoot Many Robots: Arena Kings coming to Steam.
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Manos: The Hands of Fate game due this week on iOS
Castlevania-like tribute to one of cinema's best, worst achievements.
Manos: The Hands of Fate - the schlocky horror film made infamous by its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000 - is being made into a 2D platformer due as a universal iOS app on 26th July.
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Torchlight 2 is roughly four times the size of Torchlight
Over six times as many areas and three times the monster types.
Torchlight 2 will be roughly quadrouple the size of its predecessor, developer Runic Games has announced.
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Ir/rational Redux: a puzzler unlike anything you've played before
So says man who invented it.
When you tell a bloke you're a fan of puzzle games and he tells you he's created one unlike anything you've played before, it's impossible not to be intrigued. Even if you are standing in a crowded bar at a games development conference, and every other person in the room is simultaneously saying the same about their shooter / racer / fighter / deep sea fishing simulator.
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Review | Wreckateer Review
Grab and smash.
We're not supposed to like Wreckateer. It's not for us, assaulting the sidelined Xbox 360 hardcore gamer from three directions. One: it's a Kinect game, the motion-control kryptonite that saps the will to live from any joypad-loving gamer. Two: it's unoriginal, a blatant Angry Birds rip-off. Three: it's casual, a knock-'em-down game surely designed to keep kids giggling rather than offer any real challenge.
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Super-slim PS3 announcement to miss Gamescom - report
16GB version could sell for just £99.
Sony will not announce the much-rumoured "super slim" PS3-4000 model at Gamescom, a new report suggests.
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Nintendo: 3DS XL pixel size increase won't look "awkward"
"Many customers appear to be worried."
An increased pixel size for the 3DS XL will not look "awkward", Nintendo has said.
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Does FIFA copy PES? EA execs respond to Konami accusations
FIFA boss "feels" for Murphy, hopes management "appreciate" him
EA Sports has responded to claims its FIFA team has been "copying" bitter rival PES, with football boss Matt Bilbey voicing sympathy for his accuser, Konami's Jon Murphy, suggesting the development team didn't "listen" to him.
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Awesomenauts console patch now live
Adds two new characters.
A patch for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of 2D side-scroller Awesomenauts has been released.
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Next generation's big challenge will be connectivity says WipEout creators
Plus! Will 2048's tracks make their way to the PS3?
Successfully embracing connectivity and community is the biggest challenge facing developers as they head into the next generation, according to Studio Liverpool, the outfit behind Sony's long-running WipEout series - and in 5-10 years the isolated single-player experience could well be in decline.
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