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Ofcom slaps ITV over Arma 2 Gaddafi gaffe
A "significant breach of audience trust".
Broadcasting standards agency Ofcom has slammed ITV for mistakenly labelling a clip of video game Arma 2 as real-life footage of a Libya-funded IRA attack.
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Digital Foundry | Hacked PS3 games running on Vita via Remote Play
Battlefield 3, Batman, Mortal Kombat and more shown in vids.
YouTube videos have emerged showing hit PlayStation 3 titles running via Remote Play on the new PSVita handheld. Camera footage of titles such as Red Dead Redemption, Mortal Kombat, Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham Asylum has been recorded and uploaded, and there's absolutely no reason whatsoever to assume that the videos are anything but genuine.
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Ice White, Coral Pink 3DS price hiked
For separate, non-bundle launch.
The Ice White and Rose Pink 3DS flavours will be more expensive than the existing range of colours when they launch separately on 10th February.
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Twisted Metal demo, day one patch confirmed
Addresses key balance issues.
David Jaffe has confirmed plans to launch a Twisted Metal demo.
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HMV secures bank rescue package
High street retailer safe for now.
Beleaguered high street entertainment retailer HMV has managed to secure the backing of its banks and safeguard its short term future.
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Two new DoDonPachi titles coming from Cave
Blissful Death for iOS, Maximum for Windows Phone 7.
Shmup specialist Cave has lifted the lid on two new entries in its vintage DoDonPachi bullet hell franchise.
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Balloon Kid soars onto Nintendo eShop this week
Plus Double Bloobs, Maths, Hungry Caterpillar.
Ancient aerial Game Boy platformer Balloon Kid releases on the 3DS eShop this week, Nintendo has announced.
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UK Top 40: FIFA 12 highest-grossing sports video game ever
Scores fifth week at number one.
FIFA 12 has now made more money in the UK than any other sports video game ever.
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Blizzard investigating product placement in next MMO
Does that mean present-day or near-future setting?
A job posting for the role of franchise development producer on Blizzard's next MMO indicates that the developer is considering product placement and possibly in-game advertising for the game, codenamed Titan.
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Resident Evil 6 six-player co-op confirmed?
Xbox.com listing outs multiplayer info.
Resident Evil 6 will support six-player online co-op play, according to now-removed information on the game's official Xbox.com marketplace listing.
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Guild Wars 2 open beta begins in March
2012 release confirmed.
The Guild Wars 2 open beta launches in March, ArenaNet has announced.
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Syphon Filter 4 out winter 2012, UK mag claims
Set for reveal alongside God of War 4 in February.
PlayStation 3 exclusive Syphon Filter 4 launches winter 2012, UK magazine Play claims.
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Microsoft: Xbox 360 exclusives need "quality" not quantity
Bemoans Sony "selling old franchises with HD remakes".
Xbox 360-exclusive games need to have "quality and impact", Microsoft Studios exec Phil Spencer has insisted.
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Turkish indie announces PlayStation 3 exclusive Quadratum Mortis
PS Move game out on PSN this year.
Turkish developer Lamagama has announced a new PlayStation 3 exclusive.
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Diablo 3's senior game producer departs Blizzard
Parker pens his announcement.
Steve Parker, senior game producer of Diablo 3, announced on Twitter last Friday that he is no longer working for Blizzard.
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Review | Haunt Review
Trick or treat?
One of the worst side effects of the supposed battle between "hardcore" and "casual" is the need to make everything drab and serious. If a game isn't full of angst, gritted teeth, knotted muscle and grim-faced violence then it simply isn't a game. Nowhere is this more obvious than in horror gaming, as adolescent gore and po-faced melodrama have become the main signifiers of the genre.
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Digital Foundry | Tech Analysis: Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Where no handheld has gone before.
Given the task of translating the much-beloved Uncharted franchise to Sony's shiny new portable, Bend Studio - best known for the Syphon Filter games on PSP - has taken on a huge weight of responsibility from the original series creators at Naughty Dog. By entrusting the team with the engine that drives the three console games, alongside a degree of freedom over the back-story of its leading characters, Uncharted: Golden Abyss sets out to be a fully-fledged adventure that is both essential to fans of the series, as well as early Vita adopters looking to showcase their handheld's graphical prowess.
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Feature | Trends of 2012: Social Gaming
Will this be the year social gaming crosses over to the hardcore?
Over the next 12 months, social games will continue be successful. That much isn't particularly hard to predict - the phenomenal numbers of players that the likes of Zynga and Playfish can boast show few signs of dropping off, and if anything they'll swell even further throughout 2012. The real story of social gaming over the next year could be something much more compelling, though. This could well be the year that an area often scorned by traditional gamers finally crosses over to the core.
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Sonic CD races to the top of December PSN chart
Trine 2 manages a top 5 debut in the US.
Sega's Sonic CD re-release was the most downloaded title on the US PlayStation Network during December, Sony has announced.
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Controversial SOPA piracy bill shelved in the US
It won't be reconsidered until a compromise is reached.
The highly controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been shelved in the US.
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Feature | Is the PlayStation Vita worth £230?
Sony's handheld ripped to pieces and costed up.
What a difference six months makes. In June last year Sony boss Kaz Hirai proudly took to the stage at E3 to announce that the Vita would retail for $250 (or $299 for the 3G version) - a figure that was generally greeted with enthusiasm by both press and gamers alike. Meanwhile, the considerably less powerful 3DS was floundering at around the same price, just a few months after its launch.
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How to get the snake-skin Metal Gear Solid 3DS
Hideo-sly difficult.
Metal Gear developer Konami has announced how gamers can get their hands on the Metal Gear Solid-themed limited edition 3DS.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 gets Euro release
Eccentric JRPG sequel out next month.
High concept PlayStation 3 JRPG sequel Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 arrives in Europe on 24th February, publisher Nippon Ichi has announced.
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Minecraft could be the first 360 game to see constant updates
But they'll never be as regular as on PC, says dev.
The studio behind the Xbox Live Arcade port of PC phenomenon Minecraft believes it will be the first game on the system to see "constant updates".
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Digital Foundry | Final Fantasy 13-2 Demo Analysis
Lessons learned on Xbox 360?
Few cross-platform games of recent times have disappointed as much as Square-Enix's Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy 13 which underwhelmed with sub-HD visuals, awful video quality and an inconsistent performance level. We expected better from the publisher and it looks as though the new sequel - just weeks away from release - is set to address a bulk of these issues.
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BioWare details incoming SWTOR features
Guild Bank, Legacy system, new PvP warzone.
BioWare has showcased a handful of new features coming soon to Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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Big changes to Diablo 3 detailed, more to come
"No one will remember if the game is late."
If you played the Diablo 3 beta, admired its polish and reckoned the game couldn't be far from release, think again: game director and arch-tinkerer Jay Wilson has unveiled extensive changes to the game's systems, some minor, some major - and promised that even bigger revisions are on the way.
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Feature | Resident Evil 6 Trailer: Blow By Blow
Three heroes, three gameplay styles?
Last night, Capcom gave gamers a first taster of Resident Evil 6, showing off a decent amount of gameplay amongst the explosions.
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Microsoft acknowledges colour issues with Xbox 360 update
Says it's working on a fix.
Microsoft has acknowledged a problem with colour output in video playback following the recent Xbox 360 dashboard update.
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Resident Evil 6 logo leaked - report
Claims November release date.
Shots of what purport to be promotional displays for Resident Evil 6 have found their way onto the internet.
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