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Tesco has a pop at GAME over 3DS furore
"You could say this is game, set and match."
Yesterday Eurogamer brought you the news that staff at GAME were told to head over to supermarket Tesco last Thursday to buy as many Nintendo 3DS console bundles as they could – so they could sell them in-store as pre-owned.
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Digital Foundry | Source: Xbox new disc format gains 1GB
Big space upgrade for game developers.
A highly placed development source has confirmed to Digital Foundry that the new disc format being beta tested in a new dashboard upgrade adds 1GB to the storage of Xbox 360 game discs.
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XBL update: Kinectimals demo incoming
Stacking DLC dated, Comic Jumper on sale.
A demo for Frontier's cute motion-controlled pet sim Kinectimals hits Xbox Live next month, Microsoft has announced.
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Fez dev: PC and PSN "would make sense"
But WiiWare can "f*** off".
Any PC or PlayStation 3 users who've checked out the delightful trailer for forthcoming Xbox Live Arcade platformer Fez have justifiable cause to feel more than a little jealous.
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3DS claims record-breaking US sales
Fastest selling Nintendo portable ever.
The 3DS racked up the highest ever day-one US sales total of any Nintendo handheld, the platform holder has claimed.
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Job listing outs new Redwood project.
EA's Redwood Shores HQ is working on an as yet unannounced MMO title, according to a new job listing.
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Microsoft preparing "updated disc format"
Sends out call for US beta testers.
Microsoft is currently recruiting US-based beta testers for a forthcoming Xbox 360 system update.
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GAME staff told to buy 3DS from Tesco
Console sold at same price as mint.
Eurogamer has uncovered evidence that staff at GAME were told to buy Nintendo 3DS consoles and games from supermarket rival Tesco on launch night to sell them in-store as pre-owned.
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Sony delays PlayStation Rewards scheme
April launch cancelled, not rescheduled.
Sony has cancelled the planned April launch of its PlayStation Rewards scheme, which has been in beta for the past few months.
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L.A. Noire selected by Tribeca film fest
Rockstar invents "new realm of storytelling".
Rockstar's forthcoming crime epic L.A. Noire is the first video game ever to secure a slot at Robert De Niro's prestigious Tribeca Film Festival.
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Angry Birds dev lays into Xbox Live
Slow content approval system criticised.
Angry Birds developer Rovio has criticised Microsoft for its antiquated Xbox Live content approval system.
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Death Rally gets App Store date
Alan Wake dev's latest revs its engines.
Death Rally, Finnish developer Remedy's first effort since shipping Alan Wake, arrives on the App Store on 31st March.
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Atari readies new Warlords remake
Arcade classic heading for PSN/XBLA.
Ancient coin-op classic Warlords is the latest Atari property to get the remake treatment, with a fresh take due on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this summer.
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Trion: Rift now "a water-tight ship"
"As of today," says EP Hartman.
After an authentication security-hole scare, Trion Worlds now considers MMO Rift to be "a water-tight ship".
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Is Nintendo 3DS a UK record breaker?
Shops break sales silence.
Last week, analysts and shops predicted opening weekend 3DS sales could be as massive as 200,000 units. Their estimates were made off the back of a Nintendo-flaunted pre-order count of 140,000 3DS consoles.
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Turns at 60 pages a second.
A novel based on id Software's upcoming first-person shooter Rage is in the works.
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Crysis 2's DirectX 11 patch in doubt
UPDATE: EA issues statement.
UPDATE: EA has issued Eurogamer with a statement on the matter, adding further confusion to the status of DirectX 11 support for Crysis 2.
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There is a football referee sim game
And it's coming soon.
Ever fancied being called a w***er by thousands of people? Ever dreamed of being berated by petulant, overpaid professional sports stars? Ever gawped at Pierluigi Collina's shiny, bald, Skeletor head and thought, you're my hero?
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Nintendo 3DS gets it.
Put down your iPad 2s (unless you're using one to read this) and pay attention, for the latest episode in the great Eurogamer.net podcast saga is here!
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Heavy Fire Afghanistan coming to Kinect
Motion control gets its hardcore FPS.
According to Microsoft, 2011 is the year Kinect goes hardcore – but we had no idea it meant this.
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Treyarch hiring for new Call of Duty
It is inevitable.
Call of Duty: Black Ops maker Treyarch is hiring for staff to work on a new game – and it sounds like another COD.
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Hogrocket's Ben Ward on Bizarre closure
"Business is business."
US publishing giant Activision angered many gamers when it closed one of the UK's most respected developers: Bizarre Creations.
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Nazi shooter Reich to be "reworked"
UTV Ignition Hitler nail on the head.
Reich - the Nazi sci-fi shooter fronted by a nearly-naked lady spattered by blood and pulling her skimpy top aside - really does exist, publisher UTV Ignition has insisted.
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Bungie: Activision is "hands-off"
"They are the publishers."
Gamers concerned that Halo creator Bungie's 10-year publishing deal with Activision may affect its hotly anticipated new game need not – and that's because Kotick's crew are "hands-off".
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Take-Two casting-call outs GTA character
GTAV caught red handed?
A private Take-Two casting call is advertising for an actor to portray James Pedeaston - a character from Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Grand Theft Auto V set in Hollywood?
Report ignites the rumour bomb.
Grand Theft Auto V may be set in Hollywood, according to an idiosyncratic report on VG247.
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Grand Theft Auto V leak a "typo"
Is stuntman telling the truth?
Imagine typing the name of a game wrong on your CV! That's what renowned stuntman Declan Mulvey claimed happened when he seemed to inadvertently leak the existence of Grand Theft Auto V.
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Grand Theft Auto V cast leaked?
Hollywood casting for Take-Two's Rush.
Grand Theft Auto V may be codenamed Rush, according to a Hollywood casting call - and these may be some of the game's star characters.
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Are these Grand Theft Auto V domains?
"Boobstop", "pregnantandalone", etc.
Another 100 website addresses tenuously linked to Rockstar and Grand Theft Auto V have been found.
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Take-Two retains Housers, coy on GTA V
Also thinking about M-rated Wii content.
Take-Two has announced "a new incentive compensation programme" based on profit sharing for the Rockstar Games label, and "long-term employment agreements" for key team-members including Sam and Dan Houser and GTA producer Leslie Benzies.
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