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Reader Review of the Month - July
Duke, rally, wrestling, words.
You guys don't know how good you have it. In the dark days of summer, while us professional reviewers are opening dispiriting jiffy bags full of so-so movie licences and impenetrable Japanese strategy RPGs, you readers can choose to write reviews of whatever you damn well fancy.
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PS Minis game levels up.
High-speed arcade puzzle game Cubixx HD launches on the PlayStation Network on 17th August, developer Laughing Jackal has announced.
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Review | Mobile Games Roundup
Zombies! Robots! Salons! Silent! Track!
One of the more insane conversations I've had recently was with someone who was predicting the "brutal" crash of the mobile gaming industry in about two years.
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Brick and pals now NPCs.
New Borderlands 2 details have emerged from US magazine Game Informer (via Gematsu).
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UK Top 40: Zumba Fitness sales rise
Nears record number of weeks on top.
Dance yourself slim game Zumba Fitness has won an eighth consecutive week at number one.
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The numbers game.
A few years back, when DICE was sitting down and putting together its plans for domination of the first-person shooter genre - plans that may well come to fruition later this year - it peered into the future and asked: what's the one feature that all first-person shooter games will have?
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DC Universe MegaServers go live
Play in a world with more players.
Sony today begins its conversion of the servers running PC and PlayStation 3 MMO DC Universe into four MegaServers.
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Metroid series hits 25th Anniversary
It's been Aran the block.
Veteran Nintendo series Metroid celebrated its 25th Anniversary over the weekend.
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Kim Jong-il grabs $6m from gold farming
South Korean MMOs hacked.
Kim Jong-il is in part funded by gold farmers, according to a new report.
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World's first PS3 jailbreak raid
South African cops arrest a man.
South African authorities have arrested a man following the world's first PlayStation 3 jailbreak raid.
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Digital Foundry | Digital Foundry vs. Unlimited Detail
The devil's in the detail.
Without a doubt, the technology story of the week is Euclideon's Unlimited Detail demo: an apparently revolutionary approach to graphics rendering that sees the end of polygons, replaced by billions upon billions of "atoms" that allow for an infinite level of detail in any given game scene. In short, Euclideon appears to have come up with a new approach to voxel rendering that seemingly has much potential.
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Harmonix: independence is "terrific"
Rock Band dev details flurry of activity.
Harmonix's split from Viacom earlier this year has rejuvenated the studio and inspired a flurry of creativity, the developer has told Eurogamer.
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Interview | Bungie bids Halo farewell
Eric Osborne looks back at 10 years of Master Chief.
It's a big year for Bungie. Not only does it celebrate its 20th birthday but, with the impending release of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, it's also formally signing off custodianship of Master Chief to 343 Industries.
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Sony announces Summer of Arcade rival
Meet PlayStation Network Play.
Sony has just announced a rival to Microsoft's Summer of Arcade promotion, called PlayStation Network Play.
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Bethesda lawyers threaten Notch
Allegedly infringes Elder Scrolls trademark.
Bethesda has accused Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson of infringing an Elder Scrolls trademark.
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Epic working on "new unannounced IP"
Recruitment call reveals new project.
Gears of War developer Epic is in development on a "new unannounced IP", according to a recent job listing.
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Twisted Metal delayed until 2012
Jaffe: more "tuning and polish" needed.
PlayStation 3 car combat revival Twisted Metal has been pushed back from its planned October launch to "early 2012", Eat Sleep Play co-founder David Jaffe has announced.
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Bastion PC release date announced
XBLA hit on Steam later this month.
Xbox Live Summer of Arcade highlight Bastion launches on PC from 16th August, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive has announced.
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Sony games offline tomorrow morning
PSN network maintenance from 5.30am.
Planning to enjoy a little Killzone 3 multiplayer over breakfast tomorrow morning? Tough. All online play for SCEE-published games will be unavailable between 5.30am and 10.30am due to PSN "network maintenance".
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Peter Moore climbs the ladder at EA
It's "switching from defense to offense".
Former Sega of America boss and Microsoft VP Peter Moore's stock is rising over at EA, with the publisher announcing today that he's leaving his role as EA Sports president to become the company's chief operating officer.
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How Legacy hints at Dragon Age's future
BioWare discusses "hot-button items".
The Dragon Age 2 Legacy DLC shows BioWare is listening to fan feedback, the developer has said.
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Bastion soundtrack available now
Downloadable today, on CD soon.
The soundtrack to Xbox Live Arcade action role-player Bastion is now available to download.
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Brink free to play this weekend
Steam users celebrate QuakeCon.
Bethesda has made the Steam version of Splash Damage first-person shooter Brink free to play for the weekend.
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Notch levels up.
Indie sensation Minecraft has just reached another astonishing sales milestone.
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Review | Download Games Roundup
Panic! Zombies! More Zombies! Picross! Shrines!
There's so much depressing gaming news at the moment you'd think the entire market was collapsing. If it's not a developer going bust, it's another year-on-year decline in the retail sector, or deepening losses leading to redundancies. It's pretty grim reading.
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Jersey Shore joins Xbox avatar store
Abs some of this.
Xbox owners can now dress their avatars in clothing inspired by hit MTV reality show Jersey Shore.
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Ono on Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat
"It's easier said than done."
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono has explained why Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are unlikely bedfellows.
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From Dust breaks Ubisoft sales record
PSN version "available soon".
Eric Chahi's eye-catching god simulation From Dust has broken publisher Ubisoft's day one digital download sales record.
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Criterion hiring for open world racer
And work on "new platforms".
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit developer Criterion Games is looking for staff to work on an open world racing game.
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Maroon 5's Adam Levine sues Activision
Over 2009 game Band Hero.
Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine is suing Activision over 2009 music game Band Hero.
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