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Review | Revenge of the Titans
Colour clash.
It's the best of times and the worst of times for tower defence games. While it's a fine thing to have no shortage of choice, the App Store, Kongregate et al being flooded with clones of clones of clones of clones risks diluting the raw appeal of building a bunch of big guns and watching them automatically decimate a marching army of morons.
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Interview | PlayStation Home: What's new?
"You'll be pleasantly surprised."
The Game Developers Conference is perhaps where PlayStation Home's heart is. After all it was there, in 2007, that Phil Harrison unveiled Sony's vision of a networked virtual world for PlayStation 3.
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Minecraft earns £20 million in revenue
Notch: "I try not to look at it."
The creator of indie phenomenon Minecraft has revealed how much cash the world-building game has netted his tiny development studio Mojang.
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Official StarCraft II mods released
Left 2 Die, Starjeweled, Aiur Chef out now.
Three of the four official StarCraft II custom mods announced by Blizzard last year are now done, dusted and ready to download.
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Mystery concept art teases new Valve IP?
New photos fuel rumour mill.
A set of photos of concept art pinned up at Valve HQ has set tongues wagging that the Half Life developer has a new IP in the works.
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Capcom: Slant Six not as lazy as expected
Resi producer stereotypes Western devs.
The Japanese Capcom producer supervising Slant Six's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has admitted to believing Western developers are workshy – a preconception that the SOCOM team has happily debunked.
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Rugby World Cup 2011 announced
HB Studios developing for PS3, Xbox 360.
Rugby World Cup 2011 is on its way to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, publisher 505 Games has announced.
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Virtua Tennis 4 demos are PS3 exclusive
SEGA serves up another 360 snub.
PlayStation 3 users are getting two exclusive Virtua Tennis 4 demos, publisher SEGA has announced.
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Bizarre talks negative Activision influence
Plus, bosses discussed buying studio back.
Former Bizarre Creations senior staff have revealed how the now-defunct studio changed for the worse while under Activision ownership.
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Epic rules out Infinity Blade on Android
"Google needs to be a little more evil."
Unreal-powered iOS hit Infinity Blade won't be appearing on Android devices any time soon, publisher Epic has confirmed.
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Get a glimpse of cancelled Rare sequel.
Concept art for a planned sequel to Rare's Xbox 360 action adventure Kameo: Elements of Power has found its way onto the web, offering a tantalising glimpse at what might have been.
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Sniper Elite V2 announced for 2012
Rebellion developing, 505 publishing.
505 Games and British developer Rebellion have announced Sniper Elite V2, due for release next year.
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PlayStation Plus April and May content
This is "the biggest month yet" - Sony.
Sony is billing April as its "biggest" PlayStation Plus month yet.
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Feature | Curate or Filter?
Separating the wheat from the chafe.
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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City of Heroes Issue 20 brings raids
And the most powerful abilities yet.
Through Issue 20 - out now and free - original superhero MMO City of Heroes has finally welcomed raids to its spandex mix of action.
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Review | Download Games Roundup
Oozi! Rush! Earth! Moon! Race!
It is really a year since the first Download Games Roundup? Already? If I'd known you were coming, I'd have baked you a cake.
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Section 8: Prejudice release date
A retail shooter in download disguise?
Beefy downloadable multiplayer shooter Section 8: Prejudice will be released first on Xbox Live Arcade on 20th April.
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Stacking add-on Lost Hobo King today
Gaze upon Camelfoot.
The Lost Hobo King add-on for delectable download game Stacking will be released today on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, THQ has announced.
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The Sims 3 Generations release date
Fourth PC/Mac expansion for June.
Another expansion pack has been announced for The Sims 3 on PC and Mac. It's called The Sims 3 Generations and will be released on 3rd June.
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DC Universe Heads or Tails patch out
P-p-p-p-pick up a Penguin.
The Heads or Tails patch was applied to DC Universe Online on PC and PS3 overnight.
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Sonic Generations for 20th anniversary?
Or are we telling Tails?
Sonic turns 20 years old this year, and SEGA teased that celebrations will start as soon as tomorrow.
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One Direction become Pokemon face
Adverts to invade televisions on Monday.
Rag-tag X-Factor boy band One Direction have become the face of Pokemon Black and White.
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Review | The Sims Medieval
Knightlife.
Here's the best thing I have to say about The Sims Medieval, and it's coming at you right this second like a fat child scudding down a water slide. The Sims Medieval is like nothing else I've ever played. It's not even like The Sims.
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EA announces NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
Plus, full NBA sim due in Autumn 2012.
An updated take on last year's NBA Jam reboot is being readied for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, publisher EA has announced.
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New Mass Effect novel announced
Deception due out later this year.
A fourth Mass Effect novel is on its way to bookshops, publisher Del Rey has announced.
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EA planned Dead Space 2 Wii port?
CV also shows scrapped Simpsons sequel.
A Wii version of EA survival horror sequel Dead Space 2 was at one point in time in existence, according to newly unearthed developer CVs.
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Sony Online: NGP "perfect" for MMOs
Plus, predicts consoles will embrace F2P.
Sony's forthcoming NGP handheld will be a perfect fit for MMOs, so says Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley.
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Buy Dragon Age II, get ME2 free
BioWare says thanks for 1 million sales.
Any gamer who buys – or has already bought – Dragon Age II can claim a free PC download of Mass Effect 2, developer BioWare has announced.
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PopCap launches "experimental" label
Unpleasant Horse first out of the gate.
PopCap, the casual games powerhouse behind the likes of Peggle and Bejeweled, has announced a new off-shoot called 4th And Battery which will focus on some of its more out-there ideas.
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Plus, new patch adds custom games.
A new set of DLC is on its way to PlayStation 3 shooter Killzone 3, developer Guerilla Games has announced.
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