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Feature | David Braben Discusses the Raspberry Pi
Pi and chips.
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Killing Hitler is Sniper Elite V2 pre-order bonus
Re-Reich the history books.
Pre-order Sniper Elite V2 and you will recieve an extra special mission, publisher 505 Games has announced.
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PlayStation Vita worldwide sales hit 1.2 million
"The market has responded," says Sony.
Over 1.2 million PlayStation Vita consoles have been sold worldwide, Sony has revealed.
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Play IGF-nominated indie games for free via OnLive
Dear Esther! Frozen Synapse! To the Moon! SpaceChem!
A smorgasbord of indie game talent is now freely available to sample via OnLive, sponsors of the annual Independent Games Festival.
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Review | App of the Day: Big Cup Cricket
Test Match special.
I don't like cricket. Actually, that's not quite true - I didn't used to like cricket until I stumbled across the majesty that is Test Match Special, the BBC's long-running commentary programme that's at its best when it's discussing anything other than the game.
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WipEout 2048 dev promises free and paid for DLC
Expect "new features and new ways to play".
Sony Liverpool will add free and paid for DLC to cross-platform racing game WipEout 2048.
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Limbo job ad suggests iPhone, iPad and Android ports
Dev: "we don't have any official announcement on this at the moment."
A new job advert suggests downloadable darling Limbo will launch on iPhone, iPad and Android.
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Review | SSX Review
Go to the mountain.
SSX's lead characters are absent from the first 15 minutes of the game. You meet them soon enough - resolute, ancient, snow-capped behemoths plucked from the Rockies, Alps and Himalayas, drawn up through a NASA satellite and digitally deposited into the game - but before you can walk them, you must first learn how to fly above them.
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Syndicate price roundup: where's cheapest?
Eurogamer price-busts UK businesses.
The cheapest place to buy Syndicate on PlayStation 3 and and Xbox 360 in the UK is at Asda. The supermarket giant is selling the game for £39.97 alongside your sausages and asparagus.
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Double Fine Adventure will likely be "old school" 2D
Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert mull over Kickstarter project.
Double Fine's forthcoming crowd-funded adventure title will likely be a traditional 2D affair, according to the game's co-creators.
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BioWare discusses potential Mass Effect MMO
"It's fun to think about. It's really interesting."
Ahead of Mass Effect 3's 9th March release, developer BioWare has discussed the possibility of creating a Mass Effect MMO.
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DJ Hero, Chime, Geometry Wars devs form new music game studio
Supergroup assembles.
Key developers from the DJ Hero, Chime and Geometry Wars franchises have formed Echo Peak, a new supergroup studio which will create games in partnership with music industry talent.
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Schafer on crowd funding: "I don't think publishers are quaking in their boots"
"Oh, two million dollars, that's cute!"
For some, Kickstarter and other crowd funding platforms mark the beginning of the end for game publishers.
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Tekken Wii U: 60fps, low image latency
Touchscreen controller as a strategy guide.
Tekken on Wii U will run at 60fps, has impressive image latency, and will make use of the console's touchscreen controller in interesting ways, designer Katsuhiro Harada has revealed.
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Nintendo 3DS eShop file size limit is 2GB
UPDATE: Team Meat backtracks on previous steakment.
UPDATE: A day later and Team Meat's Tommy Refenes has backtracked on his claim that the 3DS eShop file size limit is 2GB.
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Devil's Third budget almost equal to all of Itagaki's previous budgets combined
Money no object for THQ?
THQ's high-profile financial troubles might have resulted in the closure of studios and the cancellation of an unknown number of titles, but for one game on its books, money, it seems, is no object.
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Trials Evolution Preview: Inching Towards Perfection
Vive la Evolution.
My head is spinning. RedLynx has built upon Trials Evolution's predecessors so comprehensively that it's now scraping the heavens. Trials has been expanded in every way possible - local multiplayer joins online multiplayer joins an extensive reworking of leaderboards - and it will continue to expand well after it's finally released, its creation mode promising to churn out more and more content until the servers are switched off.
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God of War PSP dev hiring for "next generation home console"
Has Ready at Dawn's 3rd person new IP shifted to PS4?
More next-gen talk, this time from the developer of the God of War PlayStation Portable games.
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Footage from F.E.A.R. dev's canned steampunk Batman game leaks
Gotham by Gaslight pitched to THQ in 2010 - report.
Footage of what purports to be a cancelled steampunk Batman game that was in development at F.E.A.R. developer Day 1 Studios has found its way onto the web.
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Lionhead job ad suggests next-gen activity
Microsoft studio wants DirectX 11, Unreal experts.
It looks like Fable developer Lionhead is the latest studio to ramp up its next gen plans.
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Epic to show off Unreal Engine 4 next week
First glimpse at what next gen will look like?
Epic Games shows off the latest version of its Unreal Engine at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next week, the company has announced.
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Shank developer announces Mark of the Ninja
Stylish stealth platformer is XBLA exclusive.
Shank developer Klei Entertainment has just announced Mark of the Ninja - a stylish 2D stealth platformer due on Xbox Live Arcade this summer.
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PopCap: Don't be afraid of free-to-play
"Wouldn't joining the party be a better use of your time than complaining about it?"
Naysaying gamers suspicious of the free-to-play model should leave their preconceptions at the door and give the system a chance, so says a senior exec at casual gaming powerhouse PopCap.
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Street Fighter edition of Monopoly incoming
Does M Bison pay tax?
An official Street Fighter edition of Monopoly is on its way, board game company USAopoly has announced.
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Bethesda hiring for next-gen project
Elder Scrolls 6? Fallout 4?
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and Fallout 3 developer Bethesda Game Studios is currently staffing up for a next-gen project.
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Facebook gaming boom is over - study
Active user numbers fall, development costs rise.
The Facebook gaming boom is on the wane, according to a new report from industry analyst IHS Screen Digest.
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First Medal of Honor: Warfighter details
Hardcore mode, co-op confirmed, Bin Laden mission ruled out.
Forthcoming FPS sequel Medal of Honor: Warfighter features a new one-shot-kill hardcore mode as well as some kind of co-operative play.
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Steve Kordek, inventor of pinball gaming, dies aged 100
Wizard's six decade career remembered.
Steve Kordek, the man credited with inventing pinball gaming, has died aged 100.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic update 1.2 previewed
Endgame crafting, companion dances incoming.
Endgame crafting and new companion dances are among the headline tweaks coming in the next major Star Wars: the Old Republic update, developer BioWare has announced.
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Review | App of the Day: Virus Wars
Patients are a virtue.
In the hugely competitive world of mobile games, which have to work that little bit extra hard to capture our attention while they're squeezed onto platforms bulging with new releases and valued at throwaway prices, Virus Wars is yet another worthy and addictive distraction from endless work emails, Twitter notifications and text messages.
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