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Blizzard aiming for 2011 Diablo 3 launch
But not ready to commit.
Blizzard is "working hard" to get Diablo 3 out this year.
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Feature | What Devs Want from the Next Gen
Obsidian! Team Meat! Epic! Eric Chahi!
The next generation is coming. Microsoft is reportedly readying an E3 2012 announcement for its next Xbox. There are whispers Sony may announce the PlayStation 4 next year, too. And Crysis developer Crytek is rumoured to be creating TimeSplitters 4 using DirectX 11 as a visual benchmark. In short, the future is around the corner.
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Modern Warfare 3 Wii confirmed
Nobody will be "left out of the excitement".
A Wii version of Modern Warfare 3 launches alongside the already-announced PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version, publisher Activision has confirmed.
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Microsoft: If Halo falters, so does Xbox
Spencer piles on the pressure for 343.
The fate of the Xbox 360 runs parallel to that of the Halo franchise, so says Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer.
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Japan chart: 3DS plummets pre price drop
Rhythm Heaven Wii retains software lead.
Japanese sales of the 3DS have fallen off a cliff following the announcement that the struggling portable will get a hefty price cut next week.
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Cut The Rope: Experiments announced
Mystery iOS sequel out tomorrow.
Cut The Rope: Experiments, a follow-up to the smash hit iOS physics puzzler, drops into the gaping mouths of hungry App Store patrons tomorrow.
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Mortal Kombat 9, Lego Pirates.
Mortal Kombat 9 and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean have done well for Time Warner.
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DICE: no plans to annualise Battlefield
That would "eventually kill the franchise"
Battlefield developer DICE has no plans to follow Call of Duty's lead and annualise its FPS series, according to executive producer Patrick Bach.
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Minecraft convention Minecon announced
In Vegas on November 18th, 19th.
There will be an official convention for indie PC sensation Minecraft in Las Vegas on 18th and 19th November.
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Breathe fire, eat sheep.
You've got to feel sorry for new IP: we bleat for it all the time, then Capcom whips the covers off its first-ever open world game, a titan-slaying adventure of breathtaking scope. And then people say "Monster Hunter meets Demon's Souls, innit."
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Fruit Ninja dev reveals next game
It's called Machine Gun Jetpack.
Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick Studios has announced its next project - an iPhone and iPad game named Machine Gun Jetpack.
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How Microsoft polices Xbox Live
"We focus on the really bad stuff."
The Xbox Live Enforcement team is "moving into a realm where we're applying more automation to the process" of policing gamers.
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Will you wait for a Wii U price cut?
Nintendo worried you may.
Nintendo is worried that gamers may refrain from buying a Wii U at launch because they expect a price drop.
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2K makes Borderlands 2 official
New characters, skills and weapons.
2K Games has announced Borderlands 2, due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 during the publisher's next fiscal year, which begins on 1st April 2012.
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EU PlayStation Store update 3rd August
Back to the Future! Ubisoft sale!
Telltale's episodic adaptation of Back to the Future concludes this week with the release of Part 5, free for series owners.
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Why Steam keeps installing DirectX
Valve blames Microsoft.
Valve has explained why Steam installs DirectX every time you install a different game - even an old one from years ago.
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August EU PlayStation Plus content
Various Assassin's Creed deals.
Sony has outlined the bare-bones August content for PlayStation Plus subscribers.
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MS: Halo Kinect features "will be cool"
But no "need to be hyper-excited" by them.
Microsoft has stressed that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's mysterious Kinect features are "cool", but gamers shouldn't get too excited by them.
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Form is temporary, class is permanent.
Once upon a time, before EA Sports hired the Top Men who masterminded FIFA's revival in the late 2000s, our football-gaming lives were all about Pro Evolution Soccer, and the arrival of each new instalment was the equivalent of what cracking the seal on the tomb of Tutankhamen would have been to archaeologists - except we got to do it annually. Twice annually, if we had chipped PS2s and imported versions of Japanese sister-series Winning Eleven, which of course we did.
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Miyamoto: Thunderbirds inspired Star Fox
Wanted Gerry Anderson TV series.
Nintendo's sci-fi shooter Star Fox was partly inspired by British puppet TV series Thunderbirds.
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Final Fantasy Tactics iPhone is £11
Remake out in UK tomorrow.
The iPhone port of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions costs £10.99 in the UK, Square Enix has confirmed.
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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria?
No it's not April.
Are those pesky panderan panda-people finally coming to World of Warcraft?
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Epic keeping track of Gears 3 leakers
Promises "repercussions" to video sharers.
Epic is keeping track of those who shared videos of Gears of War 3 ahead of release - and promised "repercussions".
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Tomb Raider developer downplays QTEs
Not Crystal Dynamics' "primary tool".
The creative director of the Tomb Raider reboot has downplayed the importance of quick-time events in the game.
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Red Faction: Armageddon DLC out today
Volition franchise says its farewells.
A new DLC pack for Red Faction: Armageddon lands on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live today, in what could be a last hurrah for THQ's long-running series.
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3DS boosts Namco Bandai software sales
Tales, One Piece, Ridge Racer numbers in.
Namco Bandai has reported a solid year-on-year boost in game sales, with Nintendo's 3DS affording the publisher a healthy slice of new business.
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Port Royale 3 announced for PC, consoles
Piracy encouraged.
Dormant RTS series Port Royale gets a third installment next year on PC and "next generation consoles", publisher Kalypso Media has announced.
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Catherine sets Atlus sales record
Quirky adventure is its biggest launch ever.
Oddball adventure Catherine is the most successful launch in Atlus' history, the publisher has announced.
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Xbox creator: games have defeated Apple
Gaming is "highest calling" of any device.
Apple hasn't conquered the established console gaming industry, as some might have you believe, rather it's gaming itself that has defeated the iPhone pioneer, according to Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley.
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Dragon Age 2 response surprised BioWare
But fan passion is "better than apathy".
BioWare has admitted surprise at just how polarised fan response was to its recent RPG sequel Dragon Age II.
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