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Review | 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Emergency exits.
The visual novel should be the ideal gateway drug for non-gamers. Particularly on DS, it seems a natural step up from a Kindle, and a couple of paces behind chat-heavy graphic adventures like the Ace Attorney series and CiNG's Hotel Dusk or Last Window.
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Final Fantasy Agito XIII renamed Type-0
Out this summer.
Final Fantasy Agito XIII has a new name: Final Fantasy Type-0.
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Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Yep, you read that right.
The 3DS Kingdom Hearts game has an official name: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
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Cannon Fodder 3 for PC, 360 announced
Hare cut; unknown dev recruited.
UPDATE: Codemasters has told Eurogamer it has no plans to publish GFI's recently-announced Cannon Fodder 3 in Europe and is not attached to the project. A statement is expected shortly.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 announced
For PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Square Enix has just announced Final Fantasy XIII-2.
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No open Dawn of War II Retribution beta
Three-tiered invite process dated within.
There will be no open registration for the multiplayer Dawn of War II: Retribution beta whatsoever, THQ has announced.
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Portal 2 PS3, Steam cross-platform play
PS3 version unlocks free Steam copy.
The PlayStation 3 version of Valve's upcoming first-person puzzler Portal 2 features cross-platform play and chat with the Steam PC and Mac versions.
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Nintendo: Why the 3DS is region-locked
It's "tailored" for different countries.
Nintendo has told Eurogamer there is a "possibility" 3DS games from one region won't work when played by a 3DS from another region.
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Bejeweled Blitz XBLA release date
Jasper little bit longer to wait.
Puzzle perfectionist PopCap plans to put Bejeweled Blitz on Xbox Live Arcade very soon.
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RuneScape referendum restores content
Historic - hope they had the Cameron.
Gigantic old browser MMO RuneScape has witnessed an unprecedented act: a referendum to reinstate Free Trade and Wilderness to the game.
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Love to help improve MineCraft graphics
Totally Swede.
Markus "Notch" Persson has enlisted the help of an unlikely source to help improve the charmingly basic graphics of MineCraft.
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EVE Online drops old CPU support
There's no space for it.
Tomorrow, around 1040 people will discover that space game EVE Online no longer works for them.
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Inside Tactics Ogre's Premium Edition
50% per cent off Vagrant Story PSN.
PlayStation Portable strategy RPG Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together includes a copy of the game, a 44-page hardback artbook The World of Tactics Ogre, an exclusive mini soundtrack CD and a 50 per cent off PSN voucher for cult Square JRPG Vagrant Story.
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Top Spin 4 US release date revealed
UK date announcement tomorrow.
PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 tennis simulation Top Spin 4 will launch in the US on 15th March, 2K Sports has announced.
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Apple boss takes leave of absence
Steve Jobs to focus on his health.
Apple boss Steve Jobs has taken a medical leave of absence to focus on his health.
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Infinity Ward blames MW2 hacks on PS3
Future games won't rely on console security.
Frustrated by Modern Warfare 2 hacks? Infinity Ward feels your pain. But don't blame the developer. Blame Sony and the PlayStation 3's compromised security.
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Source: Official Kinect for Windows soon
SDK, driver support "in the coming months".
Microsoft will reveal an official Kinect software development kit (SDK) and driver support for Windows-based PCs soon, a new report has claimed.
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Microsoft: Xbox isn't a gaming console
CEO Steve Ballmer insists so.
For over five years millions of gamers have enjoyed the Xbox 360 as a games console. But, according to the man who runs Microsoft, it's not a games console at all.
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Homefront dev defends 10-hour days
Kaos working to the bone, is part of the job.
The boss of Homefront developer Kaos Studios has defended crunch – the act of working 10-hour days seven days a week to get a game ready for launch.
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Sony: Expect PlanetSide Next Q1/Q2
Plus: The Agency, Free Realms PS3 launches.
Sony Online Entertainment has offered Eurogamer updates on the launches of three new MMOs: The Agency, Free Realms on PS3 and PlanetSide Next, a working title.
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Review | Mobile Games Roundup
MaXplosion! Bunnies! Mice! Puzzle! Scarlett!
Do you think price should come into it when we're reviewing mobile and download games, or do you think a game should always be judged on its own merits solely? It's an issue that never goes away, and few people ever seem to agree one way or the other.
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Yes really.
Breaking: the 3DS is compatible with the DSi and DSi XL power cable.
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Jonathan Ross hints at Metroid 3DS
Is Metroid Dread alive?
Goateed telly personality Jonathan Ross has hinted that a Metroid 3DS game is in the works.
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iPad 2, iPhone 5 have multi-core power?
Rumoured specs show serious grunt.
Reports abound that the next generation of iPhone and iPad hardware will run (nay, sprint) on multi-core processors and feature screen resolutions higher than many desktop monitors.
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UK charts: DC Universe swoops in
As COD: Black Ops regains lead.
Activision's rip-roaring shooter success Call of Duty: Black Ops has manoeuvred back to the top of the UK all-formats chart.
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Feature | Second Coming
Rumours swirl about the PSP2's unveiling - but what form will it take, and where does this leave the 'PS Phone'?
Late last year, when rumours began to swirl around the 'PlayStation Phone' which Sony Ericsson reportedly had in development, I voiced some confusion over what, exactly, Sony was planning on doing with the portable and mobile end of its console development strategy.
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Akuma, Taskmaster confirmed for MVC3
Need to be unlocked.
Akuma and Taskmaster have joined three-on-three fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3's roster.
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Moore: Sports games treated unfairly
Boxing still alive, says EA Sports president.
Gamers who criticise sports titles for a lack of creativity are misguided, EA Sports president Peter Moore has said.
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PS3 Mass Effect 2 demo code is old
Final game "noticeably better" - BioWare.
Six of one, half-a-dozen of the other: that's how Eurogamer compared the PS3 demo performance of Mass Effect 2 to the existing full Xbox 360 game.
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Mortal Kombat web series due - report
Filming said to begin next month.
A 10-episode web series based on gory fighting game series Mortal Kombat is in the works, the wonderfully-named website Bloody Disgusting reports.
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