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Langdell loses his Edge trademarks
Must write to people he pursued to say so.
"Nuisance litigator" Timothy Langdell has been stripped of his 'edge', 'cutting edge' and 'gamer's edge' trademarks after a legal battle with EA.
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Call of Duty DS dev "down but not out"
Studio boss blames "mess" of an industry.
Call of Duty: Black Ops DS developer n-Space "is down, but definitely not out" after the rug was pulled from under it by a "licensor" that had a change of heart.
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Two new MVC3 fighters confirmed
Sir Arthur and Nathan Spencer get involved.
Capcom has confirmed two new fighters for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Sir Arthur and Nathan Spencer.
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The Darkness 2 still on the cards
Legal wranglings standing in the way.
A sequel to the The Darkness is still being planned, comic book publisher Top Cow has revealed, but legal issues are currently impeding progress.
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Prinny 2 heading to western PSPs
Of pants and penguins.
The sequel to PSP platformer Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? has been pegged for release early next year, Sony has confirmed.
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NBA Jam dev calls out hateful gamers
Why can't you be nice to each other?
The biggest problem facing the games industry today is mean-spirited, ill-informed gamers spewing bile on internet message boards, according to NBA Jam's creative director Trey Smith.
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New Xbox dashboard updates unveiled
Redesigned avatars, better voice chat.
Microsoft has revealed what else the incoming Xbox 360 dashboard update will do, besides adding Zune and Kinect functionality.
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No Minerva's Den for PC BioShock 2
Protector Trials scrapped too.
PC BioShock 2 users will not get to play the recent Minerva's Den DLC expansion, or the Protector Trials pack, 2K Marin has announced.
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Harmonix: Rock Band can go on and on
Plus, dev hints at Amplitude sequel.
There are plenty of new places to take the Rock Band franchise in the next five years, developer Harmonix has insisted.
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Nintendo: piracy not behind poor sales
Good games sell well, apparently.
Nintendo has refused to attribute low sales of Wii and DS games solely to piracy.
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Bulletstorm dev denies Duke Nukem nod
But Bleszinski has had big influence.
Pulp sci-fi, muscle-bound alpha males, bad language, outrageous violence – on the face of it, it would seem Epic's forthcoming FPS Bulletstorm and the Duke Nukem series have a lot in common. Not so, insists developer People Can Fly.
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More Capcom arcade classics for Wii
1942, Ghosts 'n' Goblins, more incoming.
Capcom has announced another batch of classic arcade titles for the Wii's Virtual Console service.
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Harmonix: Prepare for "good hair envy".
A selection of Bon Jovi's biggest hits are heading to Rock Band 3 as post-launch DLC, developer Harmonix has revealed.
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Lovefilm app heading to PlayStation 3?
Pulled video points to autumn launch.
It looks as though popular film rental service Lovefilm is heading to PlayStation 3.
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Enslaved, Castlevania make top 10.
FIFA 11 has spent a second week at the top of the UK all-formats chart. Rival football game Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 had to settle for a debut in second.
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Vote for Mega Man Legends 3 heroine
Capcom wants your help with development.
Capcom is inviting its fans to help develop Mega Man Legends 3 by submitting ideas for gameplay, bosses, characters and other elements.
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Disney "hugely supportive" of Epic Mickey
"Most serious Wii title in history of mankind."
Junction Point's Warren Spector has lavished praise on Disney for the quality of support he has received putting together ambitious Wii-exclusive title Epic Mickey.
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MS helping with Gears 3 "server farm"
No host advantage here, says Bleszinksi.
Gears of War 3 will have dedicated online servers - something Halo and Call of Duty have been without for years on console. How? Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski said Microsoft was "helping us out".
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How the Wii Vitality Sensor works
Infrared! Photodetector! Hemoglobin!
Nintendo's Wii Vitality Sensor works by using an infrared light and a photodetector to measure the concentration of hemoglobin in a fingertip.
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Gearbox: PC distributors should play nice
Frustrated that Steam, GfW Live don't talk.
Gearbox Software has called on gamers to tell PC distribution services like Steam and Games for Windows Live to co-operate with one another so people can play together.
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3DS price fair because you don't need TV
Iwata explains why it costs more than Wii.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said that the 3DS handheld represents good value for money because it's a self-contained gaming device that you don't need extra kit to play.
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Old X-Men game for PSN and XBLA
Has drop-in/out online co-op.
The old arcade X-Men game is being ported to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
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Duke Forever demo for "everybody"
Gearbox wants to "surprise" you.
Gearbox Software won't limit the Duke Nukem Forever demo to the Game of the Year Edition of Borderlands - everybody will get it.
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Reach campaign matchmaking next week
Level cap may be lifted in a "month or two".
Bungie has said that the Campaign Matchmaking playlist for Halo: Reach is scheduled to go live on "approximately 10/19" (19th October in old money) pending final testing and review.
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Review | Prof. Kawashima's Body and Brain Exercises
Fit or miss?
An extra Kinect game is lining up for the Japanese launch alongside Sports, Dance Masters and Sonic Free Riders on 20th November. It's a new Brain Age game from Namco Bandai. This strikes me as an unlikely pairing. Kawashima's Brain Training is Japan's most popular DS brand; what's this new iteration doing launching with a new peripheral for (and there's no denying it) Japan's least popular console?
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Digital Foundry | Face-Off: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Complete analysis of Ninja Theory's Unreal adventure.
A couple of weeks back, Namco Bandai released its Enslaved: Odyssey to the West demo, effectively giving away the entirety of the game's first level. As an introduction to the basic building blocks of the gameplay, a sampling of the artistic style and a chance to get to know the two main characters, it's absolutely fine. As a showcase for the meat and drink of the full game though, you ain't seen nothing yet. Enslaved opens up massively from the second chapter onwards.
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Feature | Breaking Up
Splitting the Xbox division from Microsoft is a controversial idea, but some of the reasoning behind it is sound.
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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Demo out next week.
LucasArts' action game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II will be released in the UK on 29th October, Activision's announced.
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Review | LEGO Universe
New build.
Nobody could accuse NetDevil of being unambitious. Three-and-a-half years in development, LEGO Universe is an attempt to graft the framework of a full MMORPG onto a plastic chassis designed to appeal to kids.
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Interview | Capcom talks Marvel vs. Capcom 3
"Deadpool is immortal. No one can beat him."
And all of a sudden there are more fighting games than we know what to do with. Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Dead or Alive: Dimensions, King of Fighters, BlazBlue, and now, after a decade's hiatus, a new Marvel vs. Capcom game.
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