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Valve does have managers, says ex-Portal lead
Kim Swift offers her take on Employee Handbook leak.
The image of Valve as a manager-less utopia where staff have free rein to do as they please, as painted by its recently leaked Employee Handbook, is a little wide of the mark, according to former Portal lead designer Kim Swift.
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Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD to get THPS3 levels as DLC
Robomodo asks for fan suggestions.
Trussed-up skateboarding revival Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD will offer classic levels from the third entry in the series as post-launch DLC, developer Robomodo has announced.
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Minecraft threatens Call of Duty domination on Xbox Live chart
Mojang hit has more players than FIFA, Battlefield, Halo, Skyrim.
Minecraft was the third most played game on Xbox Live last week, Microsoft has announced.
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Serious Sam 3 gets Xbox Live Arcade release
Serious Sam: Double D also heading to consoles.
OTT shooter Serious Sam 3: BFE heads to Xbox Live Arcade this Autumn, along with a re-tooled version of indie spin-off Serious Sam: Double D, co-publishers Mastertronic and Devolver Digital have announced.
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Zenimax threatens Dragon Shout app creator with legal action
A lot of fus about nothing?
The Elder Scrolls publisher Zenimax has taken legal action against the developer behind Dragon Shout, a free map app for the former's blockbuster RPG Skyrim.
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BioWare asks fans to help brainstorm Dragon Age's future
"We're not making promises, we're talking about ideas."
BioWare has called on fans to voice their opinions on where its Dragon Age RPG franchise should go next.
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Japan chart: Mario Party 9 rules, Starhawk debuts at four
Vita sales plumb new depths in dreary sales week.
Wii crowd-pleaser Mario Party 9 clung onto the top spot in a snail-slow sales week over in Japan.
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Criterion staffing up for Vita title
Handheld Need For Speed incoming?
Seasoned racing game specialist Criterion is working on a new Vita title, according to a recruitment call from the Guildford-based studio.
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More Halo 4 multiplayer details revealed
Plus, first look at lavish $99 limited edition.
Fresh detail on how Halo 4 multiplayer works has made it's way out of Microsoft HQ.
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Lionhead making MMO-like new IP RPG for next Xbox - report
UPDATE: Fable dev issues statement.
UPDATE: Lionhead has issued Eurogamer the following statement:
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Sonic, Deus Ex, Velocity launch on EU PlayStation Store
Plus Saint's Row: The Third and Final Fantasy 13-2 DLC.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 headlines today's EU PlayStation Store update. Sega's latest Sonic adventure costs £9.99 and includes exclusive levels for those with Sonic 4 Episode 1.
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Error 37. Error 3007. Error 315300. The launch of Blizzard's long-awaited Diablo 3 was marred by a day of server problems and at least one game-breaking bug, forcing gamers to wait up to 24 hours to play a game they had legitimately paid for.
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Sorcery first PSN game available to pre-buy
PlayStation Store adds pre-order option.
Magical PlayStation Move title Sorcery is now available to pre-buy from the EU PlayStation Store.
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Ubisoft discusses next-generation game budgets
And supports Microsoft's $99 Xbox 360 deal.
How will Ubisoft afford to make even bigger and even prettier games on even more powerful next-generation machinery? By squeezing more money out of you - a metric known as ARPU (average revenue per user).
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Grand Theft Auto 5 vehicle list found on Max Payne 3 disc
BMX! Gunboat! Monorail! Tank!
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 will feature a huge variety of vehicles, according to data allegedly dug up from Max Payne 3's disc.
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Nvidia claims GeForce Grid processor will make game streaming "as common as renting a movie online"
Has achieved a 30ms reduction in latency.
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Grid processor, tech it believes will make game streaming "as common as renting a movie online".
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Tribes: Ascend sees 1.2m downloads in a month
Plus, Smite closed beta release date.
Superb free-to-play first-person shooter Tribes: Ascend has seen over one million downloads in the month following launch, Hi-Rez Studios has announced.
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Review | Velocity Review
Scream if you wanna shoot faster.
Sometimes, what looks like a frame turns out to be part of the picture. So it is with Velocity, which starts off as a scrolling shooter but soon blooms into something more akin to a puzzler. And following on from Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims, it's another great PlayStation Mini - at last, that rather flat marketplace is gaining some momentum.
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Review | App of the Day: New Star Soccer
The best football game on mobile and tablets.
Football games on handhelds can usually be divided into two camps: those that offer a cut-down version of a PC or home console game, and those that fixate on a single element, like shooting, and try to make a high-score game out of it. There are some fine examples of both on iOS and Android already, but New Star Soccer is something else: it's a football career built from the ground up for mobiles and tablets, a mixture of Flick Kicks and Football Managers that may even represent a greater threat to your free time than its inspirations.
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Ubisoft on Wii U: "the machine can have a great success"
Tablet to harness mobile and social gaming techniques.
Nintendo's new Wii U console "can have great success", giant video game publisher Ubisoft believes.
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Diablo 3: Blizzard investigating vanishing achievements
They are not deleted, Blizzard insists. "We are working on it."
Blizzard is investigating reports of vanishing achievements in Diablo 3.
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Cave drops PlayStation Vita titles
Two games cancelled, exec resigns.
Japanese developer Cave has cancelled its two in-development titles scheduled for release on PlayStation Vita.
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What happens when you're disconnected from Diablo 3 servers
Booted to last checkpoint, but keep gold, experience and items. Video inside.
If you're disconnected from the internet while playing Diablo 3, your game instance freezes straight away and after a minute or so, you're booted back to the character selection screen. When you log back in, you restart from your last checkpoint - but keep any gold, experience and items you earned.
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Lost Planet 3 spin-off EX Troopers announced for PS3, Nintendo 3DS
Anime visuals and a school themed story.
Capcom has announced EX Troopers, a Lost Planet 3 spin-off for PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS.
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Trials Evolution sales reach 500,000 in three weeks
Ubisoft notes "great multiplatform potential".
Outstanding Xbox Live Arcade game Trials Evolution has motored to 500,000 sales in three weeks, publisher Ubisoft has revealed.
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NUads won't use data captured by Kinect for advertising purposes, Microsoft insists
Controversial tech launches in late spring.
NUads will not use data captured by Kinect for advertising purposes, Microsoft has insisted.
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Mass Effect 3 Rebellion DLC details leak
Vorcha race enter the fight.
The next slice of Mass Effect 3 DLC will be named Rebellion, Sony's Hong Kong website has revealed.
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Volition developer lists Saints Row 4 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360
Plus unannounced XBLA game and "mysterious next generation of consoles".
A LinkedIn profile for a Volition Inc. developer (spotted by Superannuation) has revealed Saints Row 4 is in development for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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The Last of Us trailer reveals Ellie redesign
UPDATE: Naughty Dog on why Ellen Page's likeness was changed.
UPDATE: Naughty Dog has commented on the decision to change the look of Ellie. Creative director Neil Druckmann told IGN that change was made to make Ellie look more like Ashley Johnson, the mo-cap artist and voice actor behind Ellie.
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Square Enix: new Final Fantasy games "take precedence" over Final Fantasy 7 remake
But admits there's "much desire" for it.
New Final Fantasy games "take precedence" over the potential Final Fantasy 7 remake, Square Enix has said.
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