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A Game of Thrones: Genesis is PC exclusive
RTS tie-in set centuries before the books.
Forthcoming fantasy tie-in A Game of Thrones: Genesis is a PC exclusive, developer Cyanide Entertainment has announced.
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PSP on top, but all systems well down.
Hardware sales are in a horrid state in Japan this week, with almost all systems suffering sizable slumps.
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Xbox disc errors unrelated to firmware
Tied to recent software update, MS says.
Those hoping the upcoming new Xbox 360 firmware will bork your console and thus qualify you for a shiny new one could be out of luck.
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Sony admits, fixes PSN password exploit
Seybold: "There was no hack involved."
Sony has admitted a URL exploit was behind its decision to take the PlayStation Network password reset page offline earlier today.
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Awesomenauts announced for PSN, XBLA
Swords & Soldiers dev returns.
The studio behind ace WiiWare/PSN side-scrolling RTS Swords & Soldiers has announced its next project – 2D multiplayer brawler Awesomenauts.
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Angry Birds claims 200 million downloads
Rovio has plenty to crow about.
Smartphone phenomenon Angry Birds has notched up its 200 millionth download, according to developer Rovio.
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Adoptive parent "shocked at insensitivity".
A US news station has accused Valve of insensitivity over orphan jokes in Portal 2's script.
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AC: Revelations characters detailed
Plus, multiplayer classes revealed.
Ubisoft has revealed a few of the characters you'll be meeting in Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
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Dark Souls, Ridge Racer hit Eurogamer Expo
Namco Bandai to turn out in force.
This year's Eurogamer Expo will be the biggest yet, with our doors open for longer than ever before.
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Final Fantasy Tactics dated for iOS
War Of The Lions coming soon.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War Of The Lions arrives on the iPhone in late June or early July, publisher Square Enix has announced.
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PlatinumGames better sticking to one IP?
"They are an excellent studio," says Sega.
PlatinumGames makes great games, but they don't sell as many copies as they should - Vanquish hasn't broken one million sales.
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Action sequel runs out of juice.
A sequel to 2009 actioner Wet has been abandoned, according to the resumé of a former Behaviour Interactive employee.
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Gears of War 3 sets Xbox pre-order record
Will probably sell well.
Third-person shooter Gears of War 3 has been pre-ordered more than one million times – and hit the milestone faster than any previous Xbox exclusive.
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Review | SBK 2011
Bike king?
The 2011 Superbike World Championship is under way, and it's shaping up to be a classic. Last year's champion, Max Biaggi, put down the fastest lap times at Phillip Island and Monza, but was denied a first-place finish on both occasions. He also suffered an embarrassing disqualification at Donington Park after he failed to pull in for a jump start, and this helped Carlos Checa edge out a lead over his former MotoGP team-mate. However, rivalry is the mother of epic racing and it will be interesting to see how this season progresses.
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Guild Wars 2 beta this year - NCsoft
And a full release in 2012.
The Guild Wars 2 beta will begin in the second half of 2011, NCsoft has announced.
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How to get your replacement Xbox 360
Discs unreadable? Then you're in luck.
Microsoft has confirmed reports that some Xbox 360 consoles are not compatible with its new Xbox 360 firmware upgrade, and advised those affected to get in touch.
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Review | Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts
Passion play?
The latest expansion to the scorched New Vegas landscape is almost the exact opposite of the previous offering. Dead Money was a narrative-driven adventure that took place in a boxed-off pocket universe, carefully set aside from the open spaces of the Mojave Wasteland. Honest Hearts inverts that equation, adding a decently sized free-roaming annex to the Mojave map, but spinning a story that feels thin and underdeveloped.
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Digital Foundry | Some 360s incompatible with new dash?
Why MS is giving away replacement consoles.
According to news from Kotaku, the new Xbox 360 firmware upgrade arriving imminently is incompatible with "a very small number" of consoles, and will prevent certain games from running on the console. The good news is that the platform holder will replace these machines with a brand new Xbox 360 S with 250GB hard drive.
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2K launches Duke Nudem website
NSFW. Not safe for anything, really.
2K Games has launched a promotional website for upcoming first-person shooter Duke Nukem Forever called Duke Nudem.
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Review | No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise
Touchdown!
At the halfway point of No More Heroes, a boss pontificates to Travis Touchdown on the nature of being an assassin. "Seeking meaning in everything is a bad habit," Travis deadpans, before suplexing the peg-legged mentalist into submission and dumping her body in a sandhole.
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Ex-Gizmondo boss goes back to jail again
Robbery! Blackmail! Threats! Etc.!
Naughty former Gizmondo boss Stefan Eriksson has been sent back to prison by a Swedish court.
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L.A. Noire sees Take-Two shares soar
Murder on the trading floor.
Dark detective title L.A. Noire has already made a killing for Rockstar financial overlords Take-Two Interactive.
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Mortal Kombat Skarlet DLC revealed
Out "in the next few weeks".
Mysterious red ninja Skarlet will be sold as downloadable content for Mortal Kombat "in the next few weeks", NetherRealm has announced.
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Final Fantasy Type-0 information
Summons, air ships, towns.
Japanese magazine Jump has spilled details on Final Fantasy Type-0 – the PlayStation Portable game that was once Final Fantasy Agito XIII.
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At least 26 characters, 10% complete.
The developer behind upcoming fighting game Soulcalibur V wants it to have at least 26 characters.
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Hole In The Wall Kinect incoming?
Ratings board outs Microsoft title.
Microsoft is readying a take on 'human Tetris' game show Hole In The Wall for Xbox 360, judging by Germany's game classification board.
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BioShock 2: Minerva's Den gets PC date
Better late than never, right?
BioShock 2's Minerva's Den DLC expansion finally arrives on PC from 31st May.
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Skip ME3 sidequests, get "minimal" ending
BioWare details Mass Effect 3 endgame.
Dodge Mass Effect 3's myriad sidequests and you'll be punished with an unsatisfying endgame, developer BioWare has revealed.
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Atari to offload Champions Online studio
Cryptic Studios a "discontinued operation".
Atari is to shed Champions Online and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios.
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THQ insists it now rivals EA, Activision
"When we can compete, we win."
Once considered a second tier publisher, THQ now sees itself as a major player following the success of its Homefront FPS, so says CEO Brian Farrell.
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