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Digital Foundry | Uncharted beta gets big content boost
Video and analysis of both new maps.
Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta just received a significant, somewhat superb injection of bonus content. The final 1.04 release sees the addition of two new maps and the unlocking of every game mode. Yes, this means that Adventure Co-op is back.
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Feature | Smart Casual?
Meet Spil, the Dutch publisher with an audience larger than Nintendo's.
His games have been played by in excess of 200 million people, but he is neither famous nor revered. Such are the new economies of scale in the casual gaming boom that a Dutch designer in his early twenties can entertain an audience twice the size of that enjoyed by the best-selling video game of all time, and remain almost entirely anonymous.
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Bungie bids emotional farewell to Halo
"Halo is in great hands... yours."
Bungie has bid an emotional farewell to the Halo universe it created ten years ago.
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On top of the game.
Here's a question to ponder: will there ever be a FIFA release that feels absolutely complete? That's not to say that any FIFA game, at least in the recent PES-bashing era, has seemed like it's short-changed its audience. It's just that every single year EA Sports kicks out a new FIFA game and, over the last four years, the engine of every new entry in the series has benefited from a ton of tweaks and tucks which improve the in-game experience to the point that going back to the previous year's model seems almost unthinkable.
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Dust 514's "cover charge" revealed
Payment converted into in-game money.
You'll have to pay a one-off fee to play PlayStation 3-exclusive MMO shooter Dust 514, developer CCP has confirmed.
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BioShock: Rapture book release date
Out next week.
The first book to explore the world of BioShock launches next Tuesday, 19th July.
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BioWare has Mass Effect 3 "demo plans"
Single-player or multiplayer?
BioWare has plans to release a demo for Mass Effect 3, a new tweet by series overseer Casey Hudson has revealed.
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Mass Effect 3 delayed until Q1 2012
BioWare ensuring it "exceeds expectations".
Mass Effect 3 will be in your hands some time in the first quarter of 2012, not later this year as originally announced, says developer BioWare.
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Rein: PC gaming has "shot by" consoles
Tech "simulating future" of next-gen.
Epic's Mark Rein has talked up the importance of PC to the future of gaming, insisting: "We're at the stage in the life of the consoles where the PC has shot by them in terms of capabilities."
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Lovefilm on Super Monkey Ball 3D rentals
Why you can rent SMB but not Resi Evil.
Game rental service Lovefilm has issued a bizarre explanation of its decision to allow customers to rent Super Monkey Ball 3D – despite it preventing the reset of game save data.
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UK top 40: Zumba Fitness leads chart
UFC Personal Trainer begins ascent.
Zumba Fitness lands a fourth consecutive top spot on the UK all-formats top 40 today.
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Katamari Damacy creator making Glitch
Takahashi back in the game with an MMO.
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has returned to game development with Glitch, a massively multiplayer browser game.
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Limbo PSN, Steam release dates
Developer promises a "little extra secret".
Playdead Games has announced the release dates for the PlayStation Network and Steam versions of stunning downloadable game Limbo.
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Review | Dream Trigger 3D
Recurring dream.
"Doc, you gotta help me. I keep having this recurring dream. You see, I'm this spaceship. And I'm flying through the cosmos shooting malevolent scorpio and centaurus constellations. Just when I'm almost done it culminates with a fight against a giant enemy cancer."
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"No longer sees console as a priority."
Analysts have suggested the closure of Pure and Split/Second developer Black Rock had more to do with owner Disney's desire to get out of console game development than any deficiencies at the Brighton-based studio.
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Sony working to fix Welcome Back issues
Paying Plus subs can't access content.
Sony is working to fix a problem that prevents PlayStation Plus subscribers from downloading this month's content.
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Opinion | Beachside Burnout
The Team Bondi revelations shock few in the industry and that is a shameful thing.
Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz's widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial, is a weekly dissection of an issue weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.
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Feature | Pre-Owned Mercenary
Capcom takes aim at the second-hand market - or so the Internet wants to believe.
Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz's widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial, is a weekly dissection of an issue weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.
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Irrational influenced by Arkham Asylum
Levine inspired by Batman's structure.
Irrational Games is drawing influence from Rocksteady's superb action game Batman: Arkham Asylum as it creates BioShock Infinite.
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Friends in high places.
Surely there are few groups with a greater willingness to suspend their disbelief than the people who play video games. Whether we're pretending to be commandos in follow-the-leader first-person firework displays like Call of Duty or a petal floating on the wind in a game like Flower, we're always on the front lines of make-believe.
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We will fight them in the comments…
It's that time again! A few days after that time, really. Every month we feature what we felt were the three best reader-written reviews submitted in the last month, and instead of congratulating you all equally for your talent and unpaid efforts, we pick a winner and make the rest of you feel bad. It's the only way you'll learn.
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Mass Effect 3: exclusive Origin version
Digital Deluxe edition has special items.
EA will release a Mass Effect 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition exclusively on its download service Origin.
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Review | Download Games Roundup
Dead! Kirby! Hero! Laser! Proun!
It's the nearing the middle of summer, there are no games out, there's no football on. What the hell are you going to do? Sample the latest in the world of downloadable games, that's what.
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IndieCity invites devs to submit games
"Absolutely anything goes."
Indie developers can now submit games to IndieCity, a PC portal for selling indie games set up by Blitz Games.
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Xbox Resi Evil HD remakes have 1000Gs
Down as Games on Demand titles.
The downloadable Xbox 360 high definition remakes of Resident Evil: Code Veronica X and Resident Evil 4 each have 1000 achievement points.
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New Xenoblade Chronicles release date
Launches two weeks early.
Wii exclusive action role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles will launch two weeks early, Nintendo has announced.
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Limitless director on Uncharted movie
Take "more closely tied to the game".
Limitless and The Illusionist director Neil Burger has reportedly signed on to write and direct the Uncharted movie following David O. Russell's exit.
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SSFIV: AE PC patch coming soon
Will dragon punch bugs, etc.
A patch for the PC version of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition will launch by Monday, 11th July, Capcom has announced.
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Online modes and race director revealed.
Codemasters has revealed a suite of new features for F1 2011, the follow-up to its hugely successful official racer.
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Colour Blind Assist option for MW3
To help nearly one million COD players.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will include a Colour Blind Assist option, Sledgehammer Games has confirmed.
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