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Review | Download Games Roundup
Ares! Alt! Shift! Domination! Trine!
When Sony finally took the wraps off the ludicrously powerful Next Generation Portable, it obviously wanted to show off its capacity to run full-blown console epics. By the looks of things, it should be able to do that extremely well.
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FFXIII-2: Keep your FFXIII save handy
Could a surprise be in store?
Square Enix has told Final Fantasy XIII fans it's probably a good idea to keep hold of their save files if they plan to play direct sequel Final Fantasy XIII-2 – there could be a surprise in store for them if they do.
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Conduit 2 release date delayed again
Wii-exclusive shooter pushed back.
Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit 2 has been delayed once again, SEGA has announced.
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Why Nintendo 3DS gives Coins for walking
At "forefront of active gaming" - Fils-Aime.
The Nintendo 3DS will use a built-in pedometer to record how far you walk and reward your strides with Game Coins.
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"This is never easy news."
GAME has announced the closure of 19 of its stores - but failed to say which ones.
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Nintendo not bothered by NGP threat
3DS and NGP appeal to different types of people.
Sony's recently announced Next Generation Portable and Nintendo's rival handheld the 3DS appeal to very different types of people.
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Where's cheapest to buy Dead Space 2?
Oh where to plasma money.
Dead Space 2 lands in the UK today - but where's cheapest to buy it?
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Darkspore release date revealed
March to glory.
Maxis PC game Darkspore will release on 29th March, a new trailer has revealed.
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EA spreads the love.
A PC demo of upcoming sci-fi shooter Crysis 2 will release, EA has announced.
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MS: Kinect sets astonishing sales record
Fastest-selling consumer electronics device ever.
Kinect is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history.
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Review | Mario Sports Mix
Extreme Peach Volleyball.
Sometimes it's comforting when you know exactly what to expect from a videogame. Mario Sports Mix has all the Mario sports hallmarks: Mushroom, Flower and Star trophies, infuriating random items, courts that make absolutely no sense (basketball on a sandy beach? Ice hockey on the lawn of Princess Peach's castle?), a wide cast of Nintendo characters with superficially differing abilities and special moves... The woiks. It's also got a tiny touch of Square Enix in the form of unlockable characters like Moogle and Cactaur, which you can steadfastly ignore if you're still a bit upset with Square over splitting with Nintendo in the nineties.
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Simultaneous global 2011 launch for NGP?
Sony: That's going to be "difficult".
European gamers hoping to get their paws on Sony's NGP handheld before the year is out might want to measure their excitement. A simultaneous worldwide 2011 launch is not a foregone conclusion, according to Sony top brass.
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Sony Bend to develop Uncharted NGP
Resistance: Retribution team is in charge.
The new Uncharted game in development for Sony's freshly-announced NGP handheld is being put together by Sony Bend Studio, rather than franchise creator Naughty Dog.
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Kinect helps Microsoft to record growth
Plus, Xbox Live membership up 30%.
Eight million Kinect sales in the peripheral's first two months on sale helped Microsoft post a very healthy set of financial figures for the last quarter, with revenue in its entertainment division up 55 per cent year-on-year
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Nintendo not planning a 3DS Lite
There's no fat left to trim, apparently.
Whereas the DS's ugly-duckling launch model was replaced by the sleek DS Lite a year after birth, Nintendo insists it has no immediate plans to follow a similar route with its impending successor.
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Sony wins Geohot restraining order
Its lawsuit shows "likelihood of success".
Sony has won a temporary restraining order against the hackers responsible for the widely-publicised PlayStation 3 security breach earlier this month.
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NGP "unlikely to hit the mass market"
Analysts cool on Sony's new handheld.
The NGP lacks mass market appeal, according to a top industry analyst, and may fail to resonate with the mobile gaming generation, predicts another.
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Hefty Black Ops update for Xbox 360
New features detailed, bugs fixed.
Following the extensive PlayStation 3 update earlier this week, it's now the turn of the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops to get patched up.
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Nihilistic Software behind Resistance NGP
Brand new game, not a port, says Insomniac.
The new Resistance title confirmed for Sony's just-announced NGP system is being developed by Nihilistic Software, not franchise creator Insomniac Games.
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Activision stamps on Sierra fan portal
Free Space Quest "not authorised".
Activision lawyers have pounced on a website offering free access to classic Sierra On-Line adventure games, demanding its immediate closure.
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Review | Shift 2: Unleashed
"Our opposite is Gran Turismo."
Once every 18 months or so, fate dictates that I get to sit down in a small room at EA's Guildford headquarters to talk about the latest Need for Speed game with producer Jesse Abney. He's friendly, quick-witted and throws around phrases like, "At heart, we're a phototropic species, right?" so I tend to enjoy these meetings.
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Sony: 3D not right for portable devices
Looked at it for NGP, decided against it.
Sony is pushing stereoscopic 3D hard – in televisions and in games on the PlayStation 3 – but the feature is absent from the recently announced Next Generation Portable.
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Max Anarchy is Anarchy Reigns in Europe
It's MadWorld reincarnated for PS3, 360.
SEGA and PlatinumGames (Vanquish, MadWorld, Bayonetta) have announced an autumn 2011 release date for Anarchy Reigns.
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Mass Effect 2 PS3 save bug patched
BioWare delivering "ASAP" to Sony.
BioWare has fixed the PS3 Mass Effect 2 bug that was corrupting save files and throwing away hours of gamers' time.
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Interview | Andrew House talks Sony NGP price, 3G version, more
PlayStation's European boss on his next handheld.
It's a couple of hours after today's momentous PlayStation Meeting, the Tokyo event at which Sony unveiled its lavishly-specced successor to PSP, codenamed Next Generation Portable, or NGP.
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Sentinel, Hsien-Ko confirmed for MVC3
Exclusive gameplay videos inside.
Darkstalkers' Hsien-Ko and robotic Marvel villain Sentinel have joined Marvel vs. Capcom 3's bulging roster.
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Source: NGP battery life is 4-5 hours
"They'll make a loss."
The recently announced PSP2, codenamed Next Generation Portable, has a battery life of between four and five hours, Eurogamer has been told by a source.
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Brink, Rage, Hunted release dates
Bethesda lines 2011 up.
Bethesda has dated three massive games: Brink, Hunted and Rage.
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Sony: Why the NGP isn't a phone
"We've elected not to complicate the proposition."
Sony's Next Generation Portable does many things – including 3G – but it is not a phone.
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PS3 firmware v3.56 beats Jailbreak?
By George - this is Hotz property.
Has Sony's imminent PS3 firmware update stopped George "Geohot" Hotz's jailbreak from working?
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