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Nintendo announces Solatorobo for DS
Namco RPG heading West.
Nintendo is teaming up with Namco Bandai to release DS RPG Solatorobo: Red the Hunter in Europe.
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3DS to sell 11.6 million in 2011 – report
New handheld tracking below DS pace.
At its current pace, Nintendo's 3DS will sell 11.6 million units globally by the end of the year, according to a new report.
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Black Ops: Escalation DLC confirmed
Five new maps incoming.
The rumoured Escalation DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been confirmed.
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Brink release date brought forward
Bethesda shooter moves up a week.
Forthcoming Bethesda FPS Brink hits the shelves a week earlier than initially planned, the publisher has announced.
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Agrees to "permanent injunction".
Bad news, soap opera fans - the GeoHotz versus Sony legal confrontation has come to a close, with the alleged hacker consenting to a "permanent injunction".
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Next Fallout Vegas DLC Honest Hearts?
Trailer vanishes but leaves footprint.
Further evidence that the next add-on for Fallout: New Vegas will be called Honest Hearts has appeared.
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Bizarre staff recall Activision closure
"Everybody was absolutely gutted."
In a brand new episode of Eurogamer Asks, the three studios formed from Bizarre Creations' ashes have talked to Eurogamer TV about their experience of Activision's controversial cull.
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TF2 community raises $430,000 for Japan
"Nice work, everyone!" - Valve.
Valve has thanked the Team Fortress 2 community for raising an incredible $430,543.65 for the Japanese disaster relief fund.
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Review | Mobile Games Roundup
Max! Bob! Frogs! Monkeys! Other monkeys!
Please charge your glasses for the arrival of Xperia Play. It might not be the most awesomely powerful smartphone ever seen, but it has the one thing I've been hankering after ever since I started covering the sector back in 2008: buttons.
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BioWare: Mass Effect MMO "makes sense"
Would be "amazing" to "live there".
A Mass Effect MMO is not only a possibility, teased BioWare series overlord Casey Hudson - it "makes sense".
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UK top 40: Zumba Fitness triumphs
Crysis 2 knocked off perch.
A strong second week has propelled Wii and Xbox 360 title Zumba Fitness to the top of the UK all-formats charts.
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Review | Patapon 3
The rhythm of war.
Don't play Patapon if you suffer from insomnia. It's even more difficult to sleep at 4am with a tiny monocular army's chants of PON PON PATA PON reverberating around your head. Your every input in Patapon 3 is echoed and embellished by a chorus of little voices, cheering and yelling and marching perfectly in rhythm, and the insistent beat drives on and on long after you flick the PSP power switch for the twelfth time, and try to drift off.
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Digital Foundry | Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3: Round 30
SHIFT 2, LEGO Clone Wars, Top Spin 4, Red Faction: Battlegrounds, MotoGP 10/11.
Welcome to the latest skirmish in the ongoing Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3 Face-Off series, Digital Foundry's continuing analysis of cross-platform development on our two favourite consoles.
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Feature | Game of the Week: Revenge of the Titans
Defending tower defence.
To say that there's literally nothing out this week would be unfair to Tecmo Koei and the Dynasty Warriors series' loyal following: look out for Simon Parkin's review of Dynasty Warriors 7 – yes, seven – next week.
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Feature | No Silver Lining
Cloud gaming continues to fascinate - but the economic arguments don't add up.
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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PSP maintains lead over 3DS in Japan
Nintendo continues to struggle.
The PSP is holding on to its lead over the 3DS at the top of the weekly Japanese sales charts.
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New Red Dead Redemption DLC next week
Pre-order incentives now available to all.
Various in-game extras offered as pre-order incentives for Red Dead Redemption are available to all as of next week, developer Rockstar Games has announced.
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Sony CEO: DS is a "babysitting tool"
Wii and 360 are "running out of steam".
The Nintendo DS is nothing more than a kids-only "babysitting tool", reckons Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton.
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Nintendo struggles to find US dev partners
Bemoans "business for business' sake" focus.
The Nintendo producer responsible for liaising with the platform holder's US-based studios has admitted that it's been tough finding suitable Western developers to partner with.
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Sony announces EyePet & Friends
Go ape.
Sony's oddball PlayStation 3 petting sim returns "later this year" with EyePet & Friends, the platform holder has announced.
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Disgaea 4 gets Autumn Europe release
PS3 RPG sequel is heading West.
Disgaea 4, the latest entry in Nippon Ichi's much-loved strategy RPG series, arrives in Europe this Autumn, the developer has announced.
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Resistance 3 demo is PS Plus exclusive
Multiplayer sampler due soon.
Forthcoming FPS sequel Resistance 3 is getting a multiplayer demo, however, it will be exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers, Sony has revealed.
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Sony cuts Euro PSP price, snubs UK
Blames unfavourable exchange rates.
Sony has cut the price of its PSP handheld across Europe today, but left out the UK.
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Open SOCOM event in London tonight
Developer Zipper heads to Shoreditch.
There's a SOCOM: Special Forces event happening in London this very evening.
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Buy Dungeon Siege III, get DS1, DS2 free
Square details Steam-only offer.
Pre-purchase a PC copy of forthcoming action RPG Dungeon Siege III via Steam and you'll get the first two games in the series for free, publisher Square Enix has announced.
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First Dungeon Siege III co-op details
Friends can vote on story outcome.
In Dungeon Siege III, co-op group members are allowed to vote on the outcome of key story decisions.
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Funcom "tinkers" on new Longest Journey
Continuation "absolutely" possible - Tornquist.
Before MMOs - before The Secret World, before Age of Conan and before Anarchy Online - Funcom was known for superb PC adventure game The Longest Journey.
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DOWII Dark Angels free for US CE only
European Collectors pay for DLC.
The downloadable Dark Angels add-on for Dawn of War II: Retribution was supposed to be a free bonus for Collector's Edition buyers.
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Review | Xperia Play
The Eurogamer verdict.
Video games and mobile phones have, until very recently, enjoyed a rather dysfunctional relationship. Basic Java-based efforts played on woefully ill-suited numerical keypads were the order of the day not so long ago, and even when industry veteran Nokia attempted to remedy the latter issue with its gaming-centric N-Gage, the general public was curiously apathetic.
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Mass Effect 3 details - no multiplayer
Expanded RPG elements, weapon mods.
There will be no multiplayer in Mass Effect 3, BioWare has apparently revealed.
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