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Free Monday Night Combat DLC arrives
Chug Spunky Cola Special tomorrow.
Eccentric Xbox Live Arcade shooter Monday Night Combat is getting a fresh batch of DLC tomorrow, and it won't cost you a penny.
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Inception game tie-in confirmed
Won't tell same story as the film.
As hinted at earlier this year, a videogame based on this summer's brain-frying blockbuster Inception is definitely in development, director Christopher Nolan has confirmed.
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Killzone 3 Collector's Edition detailed
Bumper Helghast Edition coming over too.
Killzone 3 customers with cash to splash will have two special editions to choose from when the game hits European shores next year.
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Game Dev Story 2 gets green light
Sim City-esque app coming first though.
A sequel to delightful iOS hit Game Dev Story is on its way, developer Kairosoft has announced, but you might have to wait a while.
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Digital Foundry | Gran Turismo Evolution
A video journey from GT1 to GT5.
In last week's Gran Turismo 5 tech analysis, Digital Foundry delved into its gaming archive and compared the new game to sections of gameplay from GT4. This got us thinking. Could we trace a tech lineage through all major versions of the game released to date, right from the franchise's beginnings in 1997?
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Black creator surfaces at City Interactive
He's making a WWII FPS for Sniper studio.
Stuart Black, the man behind classic PlayStation 2 FPS Black, has joined City Interactive following his departure from Codemasters last month.
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EA boss sees a future for music genre
Plus, clarifies Harmonix buy-out comments.
Rock Band 3 distributor EA doesn't believe the music genre is dead in the water, despite key franchises seeing dismal sales this year.
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Interview | NFS Shift 2: We won't add 1000 irrelevant cars
Lead designer Andy Tudor on creating a GT killer.
And all of a sudden the simulation racing genre is pretty competitive. Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 3 was released last year, Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 launched last week, and next spring will see the game EA hopes will trump them both: Slightly Mad Studios' Shift 2: Unleashed.
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Shift 2 dev slams Gran Turismo, Forza
Hits out at the "grind" and "irrelevant" cars.
As the battle of the simulation racers heats up, one developer has revealed exactly what he thinks of his rivals.
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Deus Ex: HR special edition detailed
Pre-orders get access to exclusive mission.
Deus Ex fans looking for a little extra when Human Revolution launches next year need look no further than the Augmented Edition, just announced by publisher Square Enix.
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New DLC announced for The Fight
Glass-jawed Move brawler gets patched too.
New DLC for Move scrapper The Fight: Lights Out is about to step into the ring, along with a bug-fixing title update.
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Kinect Brain Training Euro release date
Cortex your friends about this.
Kinect game Dr. Kawshima's Body and Brain Exercises will be released on 11th February 2011, Namco Bandai has announced.
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Review | Shift 2: Unleashed
Through the win-shield.
You're probably done with congratulating developers just for sticking an XP system in their game. And with good reason; applauding the insertion of statistical progression is like celebrating the creativity of whoever puts MSG in Pringles.
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Bad Company 2 Vietnam release date
Updated with console timings.
Update: EA has sent out a press release confirming the PS3 and Xbox 360 release date for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam as 21st December.
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Three downloadable Mix Packs revealed.
Activision's detailed three new downloadable mix packs for DJ Hero 2, one of which is out now.
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Sony: Over 4.1 million Moves sold
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Just hours after Microsoft announced 2.5 million sales of Kinect, rival Sony has announced 4.1 million sales of PlayStation Move.
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Rumour: Microsoft remaking Halo 1
Using the Halo: Reach engine.
Microsoft's Halo studio 343 Industries is remaking Halo: Combat Evolved using the Halo: Reach engine, Games Master magazine claims.
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16 Witcher 2 endings claim clarified
Relates to "states of the world".
Polish developer CD Projekt has clarified its claim that PC exclusive role-playing game The Witcher 2 has 16 endings.
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Review | BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Blaze of glory?
Despite being the most popular 2D fighter in Japanese arcades by a mile, it's fair to say that in the west, Arc System's fledgling BlazBlue series is still living in the shadow of Street Fighter. And although that's partly because last year's BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger was ported to console many months after Capcom had already asserted its dominance with Street Fighter IV, it's probably more down to the World Warrior's entrenched appeal and BlazBlue's more demanding design.
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Raft of improvements promised.
Black Bean Games has announced the next title in the SBK bike racing series.
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PC, 360 Bad Company 2 will lag today
DICE applying big patch for Vietnam.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 may lag on PC and Xbox 360 today not because of the snow but because DICE is applying a hefty patch.
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NSMB Wii does the business in Japan
Country's first quadruple platinum Wii game.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is Nintendo's motion-sensing console's first quadruple platinum selling game in Japan, fresh sales data has revealed.
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Pirates of the Burning Sea free-to-play
Yarr might as well try it.
Swashbuckling MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea is now free to play.
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Will EA buy Rock Band dev Harmonix?
Would be like catching "a falling knife".
As speculation intensifies over the possible buyer of Rock Band developer Harmonix, Electronic Arts has cast doubt over its suitability as owner.
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New APB: customising will cost you
MMO's key feature to be monetised.
Character and object customisation was a cornerstone of what APB offered, and new owner GamersFirst realises that - that's why you'll pay for it when the game reappears.
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WiiWare game Cave Story gets UK date
Platforming fun arrives next month.
A WiiWare remake of stunning platformer Cave Story will be released in the UK on 10th December.
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10 MVC3 fighters left to reveal
Reckons Famitsu.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3's already bulging roster is set to swell even further – according to Japanese magazine Famitsu there are still 10 characters left for Capcom to reveal.
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3DS "way cooler" than Kinect or Move
Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell says so.
Kinect and Move are hot this Christmas but they're not as snazzy as 3DS, reckons Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell.
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More Kinectimals plush toys inbound
THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Microsoft and Jakks Pacific have announced that the King Cheetah and Maltese Tiger WERE ONLY THE BEGINNING.
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Dead Rising 2: Case West out next month
New details revealed.
Controversial Xbox Live Arcade exclusive Dead Rising 2: Case West will release next month, Capcom's announced.
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