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UK game dev tax breaks on "hiatus"
Issue off the table for three or four years.
UK game development suffered another blow today after the government said much sought after tax breaks could be years away.
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Riccitiello's EA not afraid of risks
"It's very easy to sequel a product."
Other companies making sports games wait for new consoles before they take risks - but EA doesn't, not any more, head honcho John Riccitiello has boasted.
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Ace Attorney Investigations 2 details
Miles is in prison.
In Ace Attorney Investigations 2 eccentric prosecutor Miles Edgeworth is in prison.
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Sony has pulled a U-turn on its decision to include stereoscopic 3D in upcoming PS3 exclusive LittleBigPlanet 2.
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Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma in SSFIV
Arcade Edition only for now...
The heavily rumoured addition of Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma to Super Street Fighter IV has been confirmed – for the Japanese-only Arcade Edition.
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Sony puts PS2 in telly and sells it
Bravia-o.
Sony has constructed a Bravia television that has a built-in PlayStation 2. It can be yours right now for £199.
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Rock Band 3 pause scoring exploit fixed
Title update addresses community complaints.
Up for sale developer Harmonix has made good on its promise to continue to support Rock Band 3 with a title update that fixes a number of problems gamers have complained about.
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Due out autumn 2011.
The developer behind downloadable hits The Maw, 'Splosion Man and Comic Jumper has announced its next game: Ms. Splosion Man.
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Tower offence.
Hands up who likes tower defence games?
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Army of Two, BFBC2 for Games on Demand
Plus, December XBLA line-up detailed.
Co-operative EA shooter Army of Two: The 40th Day and acclaimed EA FPS Battlefield: Bad Company 2 take top billing on Xbox Live this month, with both titles heading to the Games on Demand service.
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Retro Studios talks Donkey Kong pressure
Departure of key Metroid Prime devs "hard".
Retro Studios has revealed how it dealt with the twin pressures of being new custodians of Nintendo's treasured Donkey Kong Country series and seeing key members of the Metroid Prime team leave before development started.
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Gameloft wanders into Uncharted territory
Shadow Guardian looks rather familiar...
The first trailer has just popped up for Shadow Guardian – a new iOS adventure developed by Gameloft – and it's left us with a serious case of deja vu.
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Judge loses cool at 360 hacker trial
Roasted prosecutors drop their case.
A first-of-its-kind court case brought against an alleged Xbox 360 modder has been dismissed after the judge gave prosecutors a 30 minute dressing-down.
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Ubisoft assaults Jacko DS pirates
Switches classic tunes for vuvuzela barrage.
Ubisoft has instituted a novel measure to combat freeloaders looking to pirate the DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience: it's figured out a way to make hacked ROMs play a vuvuzela chorus over the classic Jacko tunes.
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Dead Nation voice chat patch incoming
You can pick each other's brains soon.
Somewhat bewilderingly, there's no voice chat option in PlayStation Network's multiplayer top-down zombie blaster, Dead Nation. Happily, that's set to change soon.
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Steaks claim to Tofu Boy, admits spamming.
Super Meat Boy's developer has launched a twin-pronged retort to animal rights group PETA's recent Super Tofu Boy spoof.
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Who will prevail?
It's that famous time of the month that we recently invented again! Yes, today we crown the latest Reader Review of the Month - for November 2010.
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Rock Band Reloaded hits App Store
Rock-it in your pocket.
A new Rock Band title has just launched for the iPhone and iPad.
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Review | Diablo III
Deck the hells.
The other night in the pub, my (otherwise quite bright) editor suggested that there was something festive, something Christmassy, about Diablo, Blizzard's famously bloody series of fantasy-horror action RPGs.
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More new BioWare game info teased
VGA host keeps things cryptic.
A little more information has seeped out about the new BioWare title due to be announced at the Spike VGA event next week, courtesy of awards host Geoff Keighley.
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Third VGA zombie teaser spotted
Case for Prototype 2 gathers strength.
The third in a series of teaser images for a zombie-related videogame set to be unveiled at the Spike Video Game Awards has hit the internet.
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Are you the best FIFA player on PS3?
Prove it in new World Cup competition.
England won't host the 2018 World Cup, but that doesn't mean you need to be rubbish at FIFA 11.
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Can Wii slow Parkinson's disease?
Doctor gets funding to find out.
Not all videogames are bad and violence inducing - some can alleviate symptoms of one of the world's worst diseases: Parkinson's.
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UK shops promise to freeze game prices
Despite incoming VAT rise.
UK shops have promised gamers they will freeze the price of videogames despite the incoming VAT hike.
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Take-Two won't annualise GTA, Red Dead
Threatens quality and burns out gamers.
Mega publisher Take-Two has promised gamers it won't release new titles in the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead series every year.
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Thor's Thor to be Thor in SEGA's Thor
Well Loki Loki, Loki's playing Loki, too.
Chris "Captain Kirk" Hemsworth will reprise his role as Thor in SEGA's movie tie-in game. The publisher has also signed scrawny-faced British actor Tom Hiddleston to reprise his role as tricksy Norse god Loki.
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Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime unveiled
Follow-up to Ghostbusters: The Videogame.
Atari and Sony plan to release a follow-up to last year's million-selling Ghostbusters: The Videogame in the spring of next year, according to a new report.
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Def Jam Rapstar does an X-Factor
Recording contract up for grabs.
Music label Atlantic Records will offer a recording contract to the winner of Def Jam Rapstar's search for Britain's best rapper.
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Kirby's Epic Yarn gets EU release date
Kirby your Enthusiasm?
Wii-exclusive platformer Kirby's Epic Yarn will be released in Europe on 25th February 2011, Nintendo's announced.
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Christmas Angry Birds swoops in
Aptly describes shopping season.
Cherished iPhone game Angry Birds has had a festive makeover. Quick! Act surprised.
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