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Sony hides free PS3s and PSPs in Dublin
Some people have all the luck.
Today and tomorrow Sony Computer Entertainment Ireland is giving away free PlayStation 3s and PlayStation Portables on the streets of Dublin city centre. But there's a catch.
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Shift 2: Unleashed Limited Edition treats
Three cars, 40 career events.
Yes! A Lamborghini! That's one of three treats given to people ordering the new Limited Edition of Shift 2: Unleashed.
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iOS Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 out
Finish him for four quid.
An iPhone, iPad and iPod touch port of cult classic arcade fighting game Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is out now on the App Store.
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iPhone Football Manager 2011 released
Costs £7 - four times as much as ChampMan.
Football Manager 2011 has arrived on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
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Back to the Future: The Game dated
Great Scott!
The first chapter in Telltale Games' Back to the Future will launch on PC and Mac on Wednesday 22nd December.
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Free PES 2011 DLC out on Tuesday
Irish nation team kit updated.
New downloadable content for PES 2011 will release on Tuesday 21st December 2011.
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PS3 Mass Effect 2 uses ME3 engine
"This really is the true, best version."
The new, PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 will look better than the original on Xbox 360 - that's because BioWare's using the Mass Effect 3 engine to power it.
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Europe getting "ultimate" Deathsmiles
Deluxe Edition packs in extras.
The "ultimate" version of mental Japanese shmup Deathsmiles will launch in Europe early 2011, publisher Rising Star Games has said.
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Interview | The Conduit 2: The long road back
High Voltage on finding an audience for a Wii FPS.
When High Voltage Software first showed off its self-funded FPS The Conduit back in 2008, both core game-starved Wii owners and press intrigued by how a low-profile tie-in factory was eeking such impressive visuals from Nintendo's humble console immediately sat up and took notice.
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High Voltage compares The Conduit to GTA
"Nobody knows anything about GTA 1, 2."
The developer behind Wii-exclusive first-person shooter series The Conduit has compared its difficult beginnings to the journey taken by gargantuan sandbox series Grand Theft Auto.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution delayed
Squeenix talks "harsh feedback" to key title.
Hotly anticipated science-fiction role-playing game Deus Ex: Human Revolution is delayed, Square Enix has announced.
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UK games may get pricier next year
VAT's not very nice.
British shops may charge more for games after next month's VAT rise to 20 per cent.
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Broken Sword 2 Remastered out now
Costs four quid from the App Store.
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror – Remastered is out now on the App Store.
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"We have listened."
Poor Xbox Live Arcade game Hydrophobia could be in for a revamp after its creators teased a Monday announcement.
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What happened to Xbox 360 faceplates?
"We killed that one pretty quickly" - MS.
Have you noticed that Microsoft no longer sells faceplates for Xbox 360? Yes well apparently "nobody" bought them.
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Review | Bodycount
Abacus not included.
Bodycount approaches the FPS genre a little differently to the real world shooters we've been bombarded with of late. In fact, says game director Andy Wilson, there's been a deliberate decision to move away from what has become a familiar formula.
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Treyarch answers Black Ops PS3 mob
"We're doing everything we can."
Yesterday, PS3 owners complained vociferously of a second-rate online Call of Duty: Black Ops experience. Today, Treyarch admits there's a problem and pledges to do something about it.
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Study looks at console user habits
360 leads for online play, Wii for streaming.
New research has shown that Xbox 360 owners spend a significantly higher proportion of their console time playing games online than PlayStation 3 or Wii owners do.
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Why did Gears of War miss the VGAs?
Cliff Bleszinski: "It's a war out there."
Epic Games' hotly anticipated Spike Video Game Awards Gears of War announcement failed to show. Why?
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MotorStorm: Apocalypse out spring 2011
Skyline track "sets benchmark for 3D gaming".
Sony's PlayStation 3 exclusive arcade racer MotorStorm Apocalypse will launch spring 2011, games director Matt Southern revealed on the EU PlayStation Blog. A demo will release some time next year.
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THQ has 8-10 year plan for inSANE
Del Toro wants to "try some crazy sh*t".
Guillermo del Toro's planned inSANE trilogy will take between eight and ten years to build, publisher THQ has revealed.
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Acti's negative rep not based in "reality"
Publisher defends studio closures.
It's been open season on Activision of late, what with a string of studio closures and a steady stream of gamer-baiting soundbites from CEO/industry boogeyman Bobby Kotick.
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Infinity Blade started life as Kinect game
Future Xbox 360 version not ruled out.
iOS sword orgy Infinity Blade was first conceived as a Kinect title, the game's developer has admitted.
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This changes everything.
Sid Meier's Civilization 5 is due a massive update today, publisher 2K has announced.
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AC: Brotherhood scrapes into Japan charts
Level-5's Ni No Kuni makes solid start.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has crept into the weekly Japanese sales chart at number 10.
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Xbox Live gets Gray Matter demo
Check out Jane Jensen's comeback effort.
A demo for forthcoming point and click adventure Gray Matter has just arrived on Xbox Live.
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Lara Croft gets App Store release
Guardian of Light ported to iOS.
Digital Tomb Raider spin-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be available later today on the App Store, developer Crystal Dynamics has announced.
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New cars available for limited time.
Gran Turismo 5 developer Polyphony Digital is getting in the Christmas spirit and offering free DLC for the game over the festive period.
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Sackboy, Lara DLC head PS Store update
Plus, download Prototype for £31.99.
Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, new Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light DLC and PSP platformer Prinny 2 are among the highlights of the latest PlayStation Store update.
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Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic
Better off Jedi.
It's early November and EA has taken over an imposing nightclub in London's not-so-stately pleasure dome, the O2, for a showcase of its typically bulging 2011 slate. It's the usual round of presentations, interviews and hands-on slots in 20-minute chunks – but one game is getting special treatment, an entire working day all to itself.
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