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    Michael Bay directs Need For Speed: The Run ad

    EA teams up with Transformers director.

    Famed Hollywood explosion fetishist Michael Bay has directed a TV advertisement for forthcoming racer Need For Speed: The Run, EA has revealed.

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  2. The first Grand Theft Auto 5 details revealed

    The first Grand Theft Auto 5 details revealed

    Was that Tommy Vercetti, Niko Bellic, Carl Johnson?

    Grand Theft Auto 5 we now know features the Los Santos (Los Angeles) and Vinewood (Hollywood) areas.

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  3. EU PlayStation Store update 2nd November

    PlayStation 3 gamers can at last download bank holdup shooter Payday: The Heist today.

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    Invites to test Valve game Dota 2 will be sent in "increasing volumes" this week.

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  5. Jelly Pops Review

    Review | Jelly Pops Review

    Intestinal fortitude.

    Video games have quite a wish list at the moment. We need faster broadband, new hardware and publishers willing to try the big money risks, for starters. Mainly, though, we need a name for a genre that is steadily taking over handheld gaming. Canabalt, Tiny Wings, Jetpack Joyride. Race-'em-ups, distance runners, marathon games? What are we going to call these things?

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  6. Games industry votes Apple as biggest influence

    Games industry votes Apple as biggest influence

    Sorry Nintendo, sorry Miyamoto, sorry PS1.

    Apple has had a bigger impact on video games than Nintendo or PlayStation 1.

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  7. Enslaved Xbox Live Games on Demand price £24.99

    Action adventure romp Enslaved is now available on Xbox Live Games on Demand.

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  8. Final Fantasy 13-2 has a bonus for Final Fantasy 13 players

    Final Fantasy 13-2 has a bonus for Final Fantasy 13 players

    "Almost no difference" between PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

    Final Fantasy 13-2 does not allow you to import your Final Fantasy 13 save data, but it will reward those who played the game.

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  9. Sonic Generations Review

    Review | Sonic Generations Review

    Blue in the face.

    20 years after the release of Sonic the Hedgehog, perhaps the most interesting thing Sega could have done would have been not to celebrate his anniversary, because goodness knows we have been invited to do so on enough occasions already. It could even be argued that in those 20 years Sonic has been subject to more rose-tinted compilations than enjoyable sequels.

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  10. PS3, 360 worldwide sales now 2 million apart

    PS3, 360 worldwide sales now 2 million apart

    Sony's new financial report not rosy.

    Worldwide PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sales are now only two million units apart.

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    Premier Manager 2012 PSN release date

    Out next week. PC version late November.

    Premier Manager 2012 launches on PlayStation Network next Wednesday, 9th November.

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  12. Dark Souls worldwide sales: 1.5 million shipped

    Dark Souls worldwide sales: 1.5 million shipped

    Impressive enough for a third game?

    More than 1.5 million copies of Dark Souls have been shipped to shops around the world, publisher Namco Bandai has announced.

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  13. Seth Killian defends Street Fighter x Tekken's gems

    Interview | Seth Killian defends Street Fighter x Tekken's gems

    "There is no insta-win button."

    When Capcom's Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono unveiled Street Fighter x Tekken's new gem feature at New York Comic-Con, the internet erupted. Gems, Ono said, would enable a weaker player to close the gap with a good player.

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  14. Saints Row: The Third PC extras detailed

    Saints Row: The Third PC extras detailed

    Volition wants to make amends for SR2 port.

    The PC version of Saints Row: The Third brings with it a handful of exclusive extras, developer Volition has revealed.

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  15. Free Gears of War 3 DLC incoming

    Free Gears of War 3 DLC incoming

    Versus Booster Map Pack out later this month.

    A new complimentary DLC pack is on its way to Gears of War 3 later this month, developer Epic has announced.

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  16. Silicon Knights confirms job lay-offs

    Silicon Knights confirms job lay-offs

    Blames cancelled Activision project.

    Too Human developer Silicon Knights has confirmed reports of a drastic set of redundancies at the studio.

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  17. BBC debate: Games aren't art yet, but that's okay

    BBC debate: Games aren't art yet, but that's okay

    Former UK arts chief talks it over with Charlie Higson.

    Video games can't currently be considered art, but that doesn't mean they're not a valid form of entertainment, so says author, broadcaster and general UK arts guru Ekow Eshun.

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  18. Gears 3 Horde Command DLC "temporarily delayed"

    Gears 3 Horde Command DLC "temporarily delayed"

    UPDATE: It's now ready to download.

    UPDATE: The Horde Command Pack is now ready for download, according to a Tweet from Epic exec Mark Rein.

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    PSN maintenance scheduled this Thursday

    Teatime gaming cancelled, make other plans.

    Sony has scheduled a bout of PlayStation Network maintenance for this Thursday.

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  20. EA denies spying on Battlefield 3 Origin users

    EA denies spying on Battlefield 3 Origin users

    German gamers claim service breaks privacy laws.

    EA has refuted claims from German gamers that download service Origin - required to play Battlefield 3 on PC - spies on users' computer activity and could potentially break the country's privacy laws.

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  21. Nintendo: Wii wasn't intended as a casual console

    Nintendo: Wii wasn't intended as a casual console

    Failed to "gain adequate consumer understanding."

    It was never Nintendo's intention that the Wii and DS be tagged as consoles primarily for casual gamers, the platform holder has explained.

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  22. Eurogamer.net Podcast #88

    Eurogamer.net Podcast #88

    BlizzCon! Sonic! The internet versus the physical world!

    Hello and welcome to episode 88 of the Eurogamer.net Podcast. We guarantee it will leave flaming tyre-tracks on the tarmac of your mind.

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  23. BioWare: Mass Effect 1, 2 "just a preamble" to Mass Effect 3

    BioWare: Mass Effect 1, 2 "just a preamble" to Mass Effect 3

    Developer working hard to create a "proper conclusion".

    Mass Effect 1 and 2 were just a "preamble" to Mass Effect 3, developer BioWare has said.

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  24. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception UK price roundup

    The excellent Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception launches tomorrow, Wednesday, across the UK.

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  25. DmC is in a parallel dimension to past games

    DmC is in a parallel dimension to past games

    It's a different version of Dante.

    DmC: Devil May Cry plays out in a parallel dimension to past entries in Capcom's action franchise.

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  26. Uncharted 3: Naughty Dog's version of Google Fridays

    Uncharted 3: Naughty Dog's version of Google Fridays

    "Top secret" plan for next project in place.

    Uncharted 3 developer Naughty Dog has its own version of the famous Google Fridays.

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  27. Doom 3 source code ready for release

    Doom 3 source code ready for release

    Carmack: It's "packaged and tested".

    Rage developer id Software has classic shooter Doom 3's source code ready for release, co-founder John Carmack has revealed.

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  28. Dragon's Dogma Preview

    After all the talk of Monster Hunter and Demon's Souls, all the footage of giant beasts being tackled in majestic battles, it's quite a surprise to sit through the first couple of hours of Dragon's Dogma and realise what this actually is: an extremely traditional, noticeably Western roleplaying game.

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    Fusion: Genesis release date, price

    What's on Xbox Live this month?

    Fusion: Genesis, the debut game by ex-Rare staffers Starfire Studios, will be released on 9th November via Xbox Live Arcade. The sci-fi twin-stick shooter will cost 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80).

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    Review | Resident Evil: Code Veronica HD

    Polishing the CV.

    Code Veronica is the lost Resident Evil, a game caught in the awkward evolutionary transition between the series' shuffling, B-movie beginnings on PlayStation and its transformation into the most important action game of the past decade with the fourth core entry in the series.

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