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Civilization 5: Gods & Kings expansion announced
Out this spring.
2K Games has announced Civilization 5: Gods & Kings, an expansion out this spring.
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Prototype dev: gamers thought Alex Mercer "was a d**k"
Hopes Prototype 2's James Heller will be likeable.
Prototype fans thought protagonist Alex Mercer "was a dick," developer Radical Entertainment has said.
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Bethesda knew Skyrim could run into "a bad memory situation" on PS3
UPDATE: Bethesda clarifies Howard's comments. Team "coded solutions they felt would work".
UPDATE: Bethesda has contacted Eurogamer to clarify Todd Howard's comments on the performance of the PlayStation 3 version of Skyrim.
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Guild Wars 2 WVW server battles take 2 weeks, maps support 300+ players
All characters adjusted automatically to level 80.
Guild Wars 2 world vs. world battles consist of three entire servers fighting against each other in battles that last two weeks, and rage on maps that support more than 300 players.
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Review | The Jak and Daxter Trilogy Review
Jak-knifed juggernaut.
In many ways, the Jak and Daxter series serves as a chronicle of the declining platformer. Naughty Dog's PlayStation 2 trilogy starts off with an innocent collect-a-thon about a boy and his furry friend saving the world, but quickly shifts to a darker tone with an industrial setting, plenty of gunplay and an over-world that shows a much stronger likeness to Grand Theft Auto than the Precursor Legacy. The grim, later Jak games relegated most of their platforming to isolated tombs, ruins and ancient temples, signifying the genre becoming something of a relic.
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Sony working to fix PS Vita pre-order discount code errors
UPDATE: New emails to be sent out tomorrow afternoon.
UPDATE: Sony's James Gallagher has tweeted to say new Vita pre-order discount emails will be sent out tomorrow afternoon.
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Journey release date announced
Out next month.
PlayStation Network game Journey launches on 14th March in Europe, Sony has announced.
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Feature | Strange Tales From The Studio
Investigating some of the odder roles in games development.
We all know the drill. New game gets announced, studio bigwig witters on about the big vision, there's a bunch of stats for the trainspotters and then months later - bang! - a finished game. But what happens in the meantime is still vague, mysterious and messy. Rarely does anyone think of the men and women on the game development frontline who quietly toil away to produce the magic that eventually emerges on a diet of little more than Pepsi and pizza.
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Bit.Trip Complete, Bit.Trip Saga release dates revealed
CommanderVideo collection coming in March.
Wii and 3DS Bit.Trip compilations Complete and Saga both launch in the UK on 16th March, publisher Rising Star Games has confirmed.
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Final Fantasy 13-2 Sazh DLC release date, price details
New sidestory, skimpy costumes incoming.
A fresh episode of Final Fantasy 13-2 story arrives on 28th February for Xbox 360 players and a day later on PlayStation 3, Square Enix has announced.
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Sony details "one price" Vita/PS3 cross-play content
MotorStorm! Hustle Kings! WipEout! UMVC3!
Sony has detailed its "one price" Vita/PS3 cross-play offers.
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Peter Moore on EA's Origin: "I would ask give us 18 months to two years"
"It got off to a rocky start for all the wrong reasons."
Don't stand Origin directly next to Steam yet, EA's Peter Moore has asked - "give us 18 months to two years".
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BioWare details Mass Effect 3 upgrades guide
Time for some calibrations.
BioWare has posted a helpful guide on how to "maximise" Mass Effect 3's upgradable powers.
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Review | App of the Day: Paper Monsters
The fold and the beautiful.
If Art Attack's Neil Buchanan ever made a platform game, it might look something like Paper Monsters: a simple side-scrolling affair set in a bright, homemade world.
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PS3 firmware update 4.11 today
"Minor" improvements probably unrelated to children.
A mandatory firmware update rolls out today for PlayStation 3, Sony has announced.
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Countdown to Eurogamer Expo 2012 begins!
New headline sponsor announced, tickets on sale shortly.
It's that time of year again! With a mere two hundred and twenty four days to go until this year's Eurogamer Expo, it's time for us to start talking about what we're getting up to from 27th-30th September 2012 at London's Earls Court.
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Brian Fargo using Kickstarter for Wasteland sequel
Needs at least $1 million.
Veteran game designer Brian Fargo is using Kickstarter to raise cash for a Wasteland sequel.
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BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend Premium Edition announced
Sketch cards! Music! Manga! £60!
Arc System Works has announced the BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend Premium Edition.
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Bethesda on Skyrim's viewable Morrowind, Cyrodiil: "maybe we'll use it one day"
"The reason they are there..."
In Skyrim, you can see neighbouring Elder Scrolls regions - and previous game settings - Morrowind and Cyrodiil because a believable horizon demanded it, Bethesda has explained.
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LA Noire: Complete Edition gets DirectX 11 support
Now criminally good looking.
L.A. Noire PC version The Complete Edition now supports DirectX 11, courtesy of a fresh title update from publisher Rockstar.
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Double Fine Adventure is DRM free, has English voiceover
Confirmed platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android.
UPDATE: Double Fine will make the DRM-free version of its adventure game an "option to backers on release".
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Xbox 360 system update fixes colour problems
Back to black.
An Xbox 360 system update has rolled out to fix the colour problems caused by the recent dashboard update.
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Review | Everybody's Golf Vita Review
A good walk improved.
As predictable as a new Ridge Racer, an iteration of Everybody's Golf accompanies the launch of new Sony hardware with solid dependability. Not that 'iteration' is really the right term here. Even Sony and developer Clap Hanz acknowledge the lack of innovation with this new release in the series by not bothering to add anything to the vanilla title.
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Maxis GDC announcement sparks SimCity talk
EA to livestream "Game Changers" event next month.
EA has promised an announcement from Maxis next month - and sparked speculation that a brand new SimCity game is in the works.
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BioWare explains why PC Mass Effect 3 doesn't support gamepads
"Definitely not we don't give a damn."
There's no BioWare masterplan behind Mass Effect 3 not supporting gamepads on PC - the team was overstretched and couldn't spare the time and effort required.
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Notch downplays Psychonauts 2 funding offer
"I have NO idea if this is actually going to happen."
Minecraft maker Notch has downplayed his potential funding of Psychonauts 2.
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Assassin's Creed 3 release date announced
Out in October. Has been in development for 3 years.
Assassin's Creed 3 launches on Tuesday, 30th October 2012, Ubisoft has announced.
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Assassin's Creed creative director jumps ship
Alexandre Amancio joins marketing firm.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations' creative director Alexandre Amancio has left Ubisoft.
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Assassin's Creed 3 location Egypt?
We wouldn't be in denial.
Assassin's Creed 3 is rumoured to be set in Egypt, according to a new report printed in PSM3 magazine.
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Assassin's Creed 3, Splinter Cell: Retribution coming this year?
UPDATE: Ubisoft says report "inaccurate" but "we're thrilled and kind of amused".
UPDATE: Ubisoft's unverified list of 2012 release dates is "inaccurate", the publisher has told Eurogamer.
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