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Kaos: FPS devs need to take more risks
Innovation is "up to the little guys".
The FPS genre needs more developers willing to take risks and break new ground, so says Homefront developer Kaos Studios.
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Miyamoto plots global Mii domination
Aims to set "world standard for avatars".
Nintendo talisman Shigeru Miyamoto has big plans for the company's Mii avatars, according to comments made during a new interview.
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United Front Games lays off staff
True Crime dev still "open for business".
United Front Games, the Canadian studio behind the recently canned True Crime: Hong Kong, has confirmed a number of redundancies.
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New Crysis 2 demo announced for 360
Still no PS3 date though.
Forthcoming FPS sequel Crysis 2 gets a new Xbox 360 multiplayer demo next week, publisher EA has announced.
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Why Portal 2 doesn't support PS Move
Valve speaks.
Last week Valve's brain-bending first-person puzzler Portal 2 had PlayStation Move support. It was a story that set the internet alight – Valve superstar writer Chet Faliszek had told the German PlayStation Blog Portal 2 would have "complete PlayStation Move support", although the feature "isn't fully integrated yet".
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Feature | Game of the Week: Bulletstorm
We're with stupid.
And we're back. The games business enjoyed one of its occasional spasms of quality this week, unburdening itself of a modest shedload of excellent games for many tastes on many platforms.
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Microsoft's 2011 Xbox 360 line-up
To spring and beyond.
Microsoft has pumped out a press release trumpeting a "blockbuster line-up" for this spring and beyond.
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US PSP price drop: Sony Europe responds
American tag trimmed to $130.
Sony will lower the American price of a PSP-3000 by forty dollars to $129.99 on 27th February.
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Review | Nintendo 3DS: Launch Title Lowdown
Mario! Zelda! Monkeys! Cars! Etc.
There's just one month to go now until Nintendo releases its shiny new handheld and everyone in the world throws their 3D specs in a bin. Yes, as of 25th March, we'll all be able to enjoy glorious, glasses-free, three-dimensional gaming with the Nintendo 3DS.
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First Thief 4 screenshot found?
What can we deduce?
Hold your horses, for the first screenshot of Thief 4 may have been found.
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Alien Breed trilogy boxed for Xbox 360
Will shops beat download price?
Team17 brought Alien Breed back to life as a downloadable series in 2009. Two years and two games later, the Alien Breed trilogy is being boxed for shops as a complete series on Xbox 360.
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Mythos open beta dates announced
Diablo-alike hack-and-slash MMO.
The open beta for hack-and-slash MMO Mythos will begin on 12th April.
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Chime sales make $96,000 for charity
OneBigGame keeps only $4000.
How much money did charity publisher OneBigGame actually donate from the proceeds of XBLA game Chime? Around $96,000, OBG has announced.
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Dragon Age II signs Florence + Machine
Part-one of soundtrack only £2.
Grammy Award winner Florence + The Machine are on the Dragon Age II soundtrack.
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David Braben slams PS3 hackers
"Right now it is Sony that is hurting."
PS3 hackers who cling to misguided 'I own the console so I can do what I like' arguments are hurting game developers and buyers and publishers - the lot.
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What's on the slab?
L.A. Noire pre-order bonuses are diverse - a handful of shops all jostle for your heavy, money-dripping purse.
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Victory: Command & Conquer back on top
New game announcement "later this year".
The leaked news that EA has created a new developer responsible for breathing new life into the Command & Conquer series is now official, and it comes with a pledge to fans: C&C will be top RTS dog once again.
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Check us out on mobile/tablet app.
Hey! Do you sometimes leave the house? This is ill advised! There's all sorts of crap out there! Fortunately, you can now leave the house in relative safety by anchoring your physical existence to Eurogamer.net in a new and exciting way: we've wormed our way onto Pulse, a free news application for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
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Ex-Bizarre devs form Lucid Games
Talking to publishers about projects.
From the ashes of Liverpool developer Bizarre Creations' closure emerges a new studio: Lucid Games.
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Review | Gray Matter
University challenge.
Regardless of the specific sleights and shuffles, the secret to every great illusion is always the same: hide the effort. It's here that Gray Matter – a game that's as much concerned with magic as it is science, and equally obsessed with imagination and memory – really struggles.
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Ono: Street Fighter III scared off gamers
SFIV intended as a "happy class reunion".
Street Fighter III closed off Capcom's brawling franchise to all but the most experienced players, leading to a more inclusive revamp for the fourth entry in the series, producer Yoshinori Ono has revealed.
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ToeJam creator releases Facebook app
Teases return to classic SEGA franchise.
The twisted mind behind bonkers SEGA Mega Drive classic ToeJam and Earl has just launched his latest effort - a free Facebook app called Deko-Deko Mail.
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Patapon 3 release date announced
PSP rhythm action saga returns in April.
Patapon 3, the latest entry in Sony's out-there PSP rhythm action series, marches into US stores on 17th April, the publisher has announced.
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WP7 gets Sonic, Angry Birds, more
"Six weeks of hits" announced.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Episode 1, tower defense classic Plants vs Zombies and ubiquitous feather-flinger Angry Birds are among the grandstanding titles heading to Windows Phone 7 this Spring in a big new games push just announced by Microsoft.
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Plus, PC date finally confirmed.
A fresh set of Fable III downloadable content, titled Traitor's Keep, hits Xbox Live next week, publisher Microsoft has announced.
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Halo: Reach Defiant map pack dated
New maps will set you back 800 Points.
Halo: Reach's new Defiant map pack launches on Xbox Live from 15th March, Microsoft has announced.
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Gears of War 3 beta maps revealed
Facebook vote to determine map fate.
At a hands-on event in San Francisco yesterday Epic Games revealed and detailed the maps you'll be playing in the Gears of War 3 beta, set to launch this spring.
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Review | Gears of War 3 Beta
Fenix nights.
How do you follow a game like Gears 2? What do you need to dream up in order to compete with a weighty thrill-ride that pitched its players headfirst into frantic Brumack warfare, before sending them wriggling through the shifting guts of a giant city-sinking worm?
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Sony hiring for new anti-piracy program
Better late than never?
Sony is looking to bolster its defences against hackers by putting together a new anti-piracy team, recent job listings suggest.
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Relentless tells its side of the story.
For Relentless Software, the book has all but closed on Buzz! - a quiz series voiced by Jason Donovan and recognised by its bespoke four-button controllers. What Sony poured champagne over during the glory days of PS2 simply failed to bubble on PS3.
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