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PlayStation 2 ships over 150 million
Life in the old dog yet.
The 10 years and 11-month-old PlayStation 2 has shot through the 150 million units shipped mark, Sony has announced.
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Two weeks before launch.
Just days after Crytek's upcoming first-person shooter Crysis 2 leaked online, reports are coming in that Guerrilla Games' upcoming first-person shooter has also leaked online.
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Crytek, EA slam PC Crysis 2 leak
"Piracy continues to damage PC dev community."
Publishing giant Electronic Arts and German developer Crytek suffered a blow over the weekend after a near final version of the hotly anticipated first-person shooter Crysis 2 was leaked online.
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Feature | The Show Goes On
Activision's dramatic slashing of non-performing IP makes some business sense - but the long-term impact looks grim.
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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PopCap: why Bejeweled 3 wasn't online
Plus, updates on iOS version.
Online leaderboards and multiplayer modes were left out of Bejeweled 3 due to "priorities and deadlines", developer PopCap has explained.
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Double Dragon resurrected for iOS
Classic arcade beat 'em up returns.
Vintage side-scrolling brawler Double Dragon returns to the fray next month with a new iPhone outing.
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US gaming festival to cross the pond?
The organiser of the bi-annual US Penny Arcade Expo – or PAX as it's better known - has issued a survey to gauge interest in a UK event.
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New Dead Space 2 MP suits this weekend
But you'll have to frag a dev for one.
PlayStation 3 Dead Space 2 users are getting the chance to pick up two new multiplayer suits this weekend. However, getting your hands on them won't be easy.
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Heart of the Swarm "unlikely" for 2011
Blizzard's StarCraft II team "pounding away".
Blizzard hopes action RPG Diablo III will launch this year, but when it comes to RTS StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, it's less enthusiastic.
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InFamous 2's Karma system revamped
See both sides of Cole's personality.
InFamous' Karma system has had a full makeover for the upcoming PlayStation 3 sequel, developer Sucker Punch has revealed.
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Blizzard hopes for 2011 Diablo III launch
Pardo: "That's our goal."
You'd get long odds, but much-anticipated action RPG sequel Diablo III might just see the light of day before the year is out, developer Blizzard has announced.
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EA: 7% of mobile gaming done on toilet
Loo would've thought it?
Here's something to bear in mind next time you ask a mate if you can borrow their grubby, smeary iPhone to make a quick call. Seven per cent of all mobile gaming time is enjoyed while the user is perched on the porcelain throne, so says a top EA exec.
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THQ promises extra support for Metro 2034
Due "more respectful push" than original.
Forthcoming FPS sequel Metro 2034 is going to get much more attention lavished on it than its 2010 predecessor, publisher THQ has pledged.
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Kotick: online COD fees not a priority
Making "spectacular" games is.
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has played down speculation that the publisher is looking to introduce online subscription fees for its Call of Duty franchise.
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Feature | Game(s) of the Week: Stacking and TDU2
Original rockers.
A funny thing – and I mean that in both senses of the word 'funny' – happened to me this week. I got plagiarised by a weird website (posting to another website) which is run buy a guy who was Dana Carvey's double in Wayne's World. (He has also written and directed an awesome movie called The Suitcase. "IT HAS ITS OWN BAGGAGE")
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Final Fantasy 1, 2 coming to PSN
Eight quid each.
UPDATE: Square Enix has told Eurogamer that these PSN releases are digital versions of the PSP versions that were released on UMD in 2008.
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Sony: NGP and PSP will coexist
Demand for PSP still high, claims Yoshida.
Sony's forthcoming NGP device will coexist with the PSP, not replace it, so says Sony chief Shuhei Yoshida.
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I ZX Spectrum you'll want more.
Old ZX Spectrum game Jet Set Willy flops onto the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (HD version) next week, Elite Systems has announced.
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Sony to search PS3 hacker's computer
GeoHot's hard drive exposed.
A US judge has ordered PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz to turn over his hard drive to Sony for inspection.
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Want to play a superhero MMO but concerned you can't create an eagle-man? Worry no more, citizen - the City of Heroes Animal Pack is nearly here!
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Duke Nukem Forever Balls of Steel Ed
Duke bust! Poker chips! Dice! Certificate!
UPDATE: 2K Games has made the Duke Nukem Forever Balls of Steel Edition! official.
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DiRT 3 dev unconvinced by Kinect
Controller will always be best for racers.
Using traditional controllers will always be the "primary" way to play racing games.
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Interview | DiRT 3: “The Americanisation might have gone too far.”
Codemasters on bringing the rally back.
It's been three years since Codemasters launched DiRT 2. Back then, rallying was a different beast. Influence from the X-Games and the popularity of Ken Block YouTube videos put the development team on a path to radical commentary and gnarly menu screens.
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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure announced
"This has gone way beyond Spyro."
Activision has decided to resurrect its 20 million-selling platforming adventure game series Spyro the Dragon with the help of toys and augmented reality.
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Review | Download Games Roundup
Blob! Explodemon! Digger! Nyan! Run!
At what point does a knowing tribute just descend into a brazen rip-off? We see a lot of titles in the download and mobile scene that sail perilously close to the wind, at times, but there's a big difference between being 'inspired' by the mechanics of another game, and just lifting them wholesale.
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Fray: simultaneous turn-based strategy
Wait for others no longer.
Small French studio Brain Candy is making a PC and Mac game called Fray.
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Review reviewers: Metacritic responds
Who watches the Watchmen?
Kinectimals developer David Braben ruffled a few feathers this week when he suggested that game reviewers should be subjected to a Metacritic-like system to judge which of them are the most reliable.
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC details
Looks better, has 3D, uses multi-monitors.
On PC, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood supports multi-monitor displays and stereoscopic 3D output.
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"The brand lost its relevance."
As the dust settles on Activision's decision to put an end to its world-famous peripheral-based music franchise Guitar Hero and the difficult work of sacking those who helped create it begins, one question remains: where did it all go wrong?
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Plus "very good chance" of Cave Story 2.
PC and WiiWare indie darling Cave Story will be re-imagined for 3DS.
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