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Move protoype had trackball, thumbstick
Original design only did everything.
An early prototype for Sony's Move controller featured a thumbstick and a trackball, among other bells and whistles.
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Oddworld collection heading to Steam
Oddbox gathers all four adventures.
All four Oddworld games will soon see a PC release in the Oddbox pack, developer Oddworld Inhabitants has announced.
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Nintendo employees get £11k bonus
They're coining it in.
It's a good time to work for Nintendo of Japan. Apparently, employees have just received a ¥1.45 million (about £11,000) bonus – way above industry average.
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New console Black Ops patch detailed
Aims to shut down glitchers, fix controls.
The next patch for the console version of Call of Duty: Black Ops patch takes aim at glitchers ruining everyone's fun in multiplayer.
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Cataclysm! Bejeweled! Cave Story!
Can you hear that? That's the sound of the world's most popular fantasy MMO cracking in half. That's the sound of impending doom. That's the sound of the Cataclysm.
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UK game industry hits back at Panorama
"Playing games is a hobby."
Games industry trade association TIGA has responded to Panorama's investigation into video game addiction.
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Super-fast broadband planned for UK
"Will give gamers what they want."
The government plans to provide every community in the UK with access to super-fast broadband by 2015.
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Feature | Just one more go...
Eurogamer quizzes Panorama on addiction special.
How addictive are videogames? Last week flagship BBC investigative series Panorama announced plans to turn its lens on this controversial and sensitive issue, to coincide with the launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. The games industry winced at this news and, let's be honest, prepared for the worst.
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Lara Croft in her first adventure.
Crystal Dynamics' long-rumoured Tomb Raider reboot is official.
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Feature | Are pre-owned sales killing gaming?
A look at both sides of the argument.
"Parasitic." "Abusive." "A huge issue." "A critical situation." "Extremely painful." "Thievery."
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New PlayStation Phone videos emerge
Time for an announcement, Sony?
The PlayStation Phone is all but confirmed after two new videos emerged showcasing the unannounced gadget.
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Review | Mobile Games Roundup
Bejeweled! Potter! Speed! Golf! Birds!
When Activision's Bobby Kotick comes out and says that his company doesn't view the App Store as a big opportunity for dedicated games, that's by no means a bad thing.
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£300 Gran Turismo 5 driving wheel outed
Thrustmaster T500RS has H.E.A.R.T.
Peripheral maker Thrustmaster is crafting a new official steering wheel for Gran Turismo 5 – and it's rumoured to cost over £300.
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Killzone 3 split-screen co-op sighted
Are you surprised?
A screenshot of Killzone 3 showing what appears to be split-screen co-op has floated to the internet's surface.
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Darkstalkers 4, CVS3 "a ways off"
Resources, resources, resources.
Fighting game fans hoping for new games in the Darkstalkers and Capcom vs. SNK series are in for a long wait, Capcom said.
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UK chart: Black Ops back on top
Turismo elbowed, Jackson leaps.
The world's fastest ever selling videogame, Call of Duty: Black Ops, has risen once more to the top of the UK all-formats top 40 chart.
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Dead Space 2 demo for Christmas?
Scary and stocking.
You may well be in for a treat this Christmas - EA has dropped an exaggerated hint that a Dead Space 2 demo is on its way.
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MS: PlayStation Home "a nice chat room"
And "not an awful lot more".
Sony's free virtual world PlayStation Home has come in for more stick – this time from console rival Microsoft.
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Murder Your Maker video emerges.
Prototype 2 looks like a dead cert for a Spike Video Game Awards reveal after flashes of footage of the original game popped up on viral website Murderyourmaker.com.
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Red Faction Syfy film in May 2011
Pushed back from Mars.
The Red Faction movie made by television network Syfy has been elbowed back a bit to May.
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MS denies engineering Kinect shortages
"It's absolutely not a strategy."
Microsoft has denied engineering Kinect shortages to stimulate demand.
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Review | I'm just browsing
A roundup of free, browser-based MMOs.
While there's inevitably more chaff than wheat to be found in the fields of browser-based free MMORPGs, there are occasional rare treasures to be unearthed. Armed only with an addiction to anything vaguely resembling a Skinner-box, John Bedford set out to explore the world of free online gaming and unearth the best and worst of this indie gaming scene.
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Over a year after the release of the Xbox 360 version of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, developer Terminal Reality has fixed a bug that prevented players from collecting four Achievements.
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Review | Download Games Roundup
Flowers! Pirates! Rats! Impossible! Saga!
Everyone likes super secret access to new games don't they? Especially ones that looks as tempting as ilomilo. Apparently not due for general release on XBLA and Windows Phone 7 until January, it gives developer Southend Interactive the kind of headline-grabbing pre-awareness that a lot of downloadable titles could do with.
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Feature | EuroLAN #2 coverage
Coverage from EuroLAN #2
Last weekend EuroGamer took over Varndean College in Brighton for our second EuroLAN event. Around 90 players fragged it out over the weekend, with prizes including AMD Athlons, motherboards, webcams, games, and even a pair of funky Elsa Revelator 3D glasses up for grabs.
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Half of Xbox Live subs are Gold
Are you one of them?
Half of Microsoft's 25 million Xbox Live members are Gold subscribers.
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Feature | Blowing the Candles
Xbox 360 is five - and this is one console that grew up quickly.
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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Ghost Trick gets free Flash demo
Check out Capcom's new DS adventure.
Is spooky DS adventure Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective on your radar? It should be – it looks ace – and there's now a playable demo online to prove it.
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THQ moving away from kids' games
Plans greater focus on its own IP.
THQ is planning to move focus away from licensed kids' games and onto its own IPs, CEO Brian Farrell has announced.
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Less is more!
EA has revealed that it plans to release around 40 per cent fewer games next year.
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