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    Castlevania dev teases 3D Contra pitch

    Go on Dave Cox. You know you want to.

    Fans of cult side-scrolling shoot-em-up Contra and the recently released reboot of Castlevania were given a boost today after Lords of Shadow producer Dave Cox teased that he's already tried to convince Konami to green light a 3D Contra game.

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    Force Unleashed maker on why he walked

    It wasn't "dissatisfaction" - Blackman.

    Haden Blackman, the man who created and then walked away from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, has made himself a new home: Fearless Studio.

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    ChampMan 11 the best on iPhone?

    Brand torch-carrier out today.

    Beautiful Game Studios' first specialised iPhone and iPod Touch Championship Manager game has been released.

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    First Halo: Reach map pack revealed

    Three new maps and new Achievements.

    Halo: Reach's first map pack will be released on 30th November, Bungie's announced.

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    Review | Rock Band 3

    MIDI life crisis.

    Here's a little insight into the world of games journalism for you. When previewing a game based on a presentation at a press event – especially if that game is a sequel – you can normally count the number of important pieces of information you need to convey on the fingers of one hand.

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    PS3 Castlevania save patch "incoming"

    Hours of game progress at stake.

    Konami has assured disgruntled owners of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow on PS3 that a patch to fix a worrying problem is "incoming".

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    EA will release Windows Phone 7 versions of Need for Speed: Undercover, Tetris, The Sims 3 and Monopoly when Microsoft's smart phone launches later this month.

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    Just Cause

    Para trippin'.

    Just Cause is the kind of game that makes even James Bond's more improbable antics look positively sane. Rather like our favourite cocktail-shaking military spy, the game's hero, Rico, comes equipped with all sorts of high-tech gadgets, can fire all manner of stupidly powerful weapons - but with sillier hair. But it all goes a bit crazy, as you soon find out.

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    Steam Borderlands buyers get DNF demo

    Gearbox spreads the love.

    Those who buy or have bought Borderlands through Valve's digital distribution service Steam will get a demo key for Gearbox's upcoming shooter Duke Nukem Forever.

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    EA has announced ambitious expansion plans for Dead Space developer Visceral Games.

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    Cave's XBLA Guwange in November

    Shmup extraordinarily not only for Japan.

    Cave's vertical scrolling shooter Guwange will be released worldwide on Xbox Live Arcade on 10th November.

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    Feature | Eurogamer Expo 2010 Top 10

    Including your game of the show.

    Every year at the Eurogamer Expo we invite you to tell us what you thought of the games you played, and without fail every year (so far anyway) you exhibit amazing taste in huge numbers. This year's Expo line-up was our strongest and most diverse yet, so we were excited to see what would follow in the footsteps of last year's winner, God of War III, or 2008's Mirror's Edge...

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    EA: MOH "exceeding" US shop forecasts

    "Off to a great commercial start."

    EA has trumpeted "great" day one sales for Medal of Honor in the US.

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    Fan-made Duke Nukem gets the go-ahead

    Duke Nukem: Next-Gen free for all.

    A fan made revision of 1996 PC shooter Duke Nukem 3D will be released after Duke Nukem license holder Gearbox Software gave the project approval.

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    SCII single-player bans explained

    Third-party hacks bad. Cheat codes good.

    Blizzard has attracted some ire in recent days as it came to light that players cheating in the single-player modes of StarCraft II had been banned alongside multiplayer miscreants in the recent cull.

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    Civ5 patch kills resource multiply bug

    Cries for Hotseat and Pitboss heard.

    Are you enjoying a Civilization V trade bug whereby your Resource inventory miraculously multiplies? Pity - it's going to be eliminated.

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    Black Ops may be "biggest game ever"

    UK shops see record pre-orders.

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the UK's best selling game ever, but retailer HMV has reason to believe new instalment Call of Duty: Black Ops will beat it.

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    First Crysis 2 beta only on Xbox 360

    No word on PC and PS3 testing.

    The first round of Crysis 2 closed multiplayer testing appears to be for Xbox 360 owners only.

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    Steam to offer trade-ins – analyst

    For a fee, says Michael Pachter.

    Valve's digital distribution service Steam will let gamers trade-in unwanted titles for a fee, according to an analyst.

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    SEGA to follow Nintendo's Mario model

    When it comes to releasing Sonic games.

    SEGA exec Alan Pritchard has revealed more about the company's plans to delist less-than-stellar Sonic games - suggesting the publisher may take a leaf out of an old rival's book.

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    GT5 delayed to "iron out kinks"

    Yamauchi: "It's inexcusable..."

    PlayStation 3 exclusive racer Gran Turismo 5 was delayed from 3rd November to "before Christmas" because the development team needed to iron out kinks, creator Kazunori Yamauchi has explained.

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    Review | Football Manager 2011

    That time of year again...

    You never quite know what to expect from the Football Manager series. One year you're eulogising about major advancements like the top down 2D engine, or more recently its 3D successor; the next you're forced to scour the game, piecing together myriad tweaks and small new additions. This year's version looks like it's going to sit somewhere in the middle.

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    Suda51 recruits Harvest Moon creator

    Little King's Story dev joins up too.

    Suda51 has enticed two top talents over to his Grasshopper Manufacture outfit.

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    EA dismisses poor MOH review scores

    "This is a marathon not a sprint."

    EA has defended shooter Medal of Honor after critics claimed "lukewarm" review scores led to a six per cent share drop in the company.

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    Axed Fable III Kinect content detailed

    Lionhead ditched food fights, statue making.

    Abandoned Kinect-enabled mini-games for Fable III saw you throwing tomatoes at passers-by and carving statues.

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    Atari revives Star Raiders

    More retro reboots on the way too.

    Decades-old shoot 'em up Star Raiders is set to get a modern makeover, publisher Atari has announced.

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    Laid-off EA dev: Old Republic "is a joke"

    David Jaffe responds: stop whining.

    A disgruntled EA employee about to fall victim to lay-offs has published a vicious diatribe against their employer, claiming, among other things, that forthcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a disaster.

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    Full Dance Central tracklist confirmed

    Cut a rug to Beastie Boys, Rihanna, M.I.A.

    Basement Jaxx, Beastie Boys, No Doubt and Nelly Furtado are among the headline acts populating the full tracklisting for Kinect's Dance Central, publisher MTV Games has confirmed.

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    Strategy guides heading to PSN

    PlayView service launches in Japan soon.

    Japanese gamers will soon be able to view strategy guides through PlayStation Network, Sony has announced.

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    Valve making DotA 2

    Sequel to RTS behemoth due in 2011.

    Valve has announced that it's working on a sequel to the hugely popular online RTS title, Defence of the Ancients.

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