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Company of Heroes Online heading West
Free-to-play game in US/Canada this year.
THQ has announced that Company of Heroes Online is heading to the US. Evidently the publisher found success in South Korean and Chinese markets.
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Review | Pure Football
Soccer and see.
Pure Football has a theory. The theory goes that somewhere out there in the wild, gated communities of Esher there exists a sub-culture of professional football players who, rather than accepting defeat after matches, send each other text messages that say things like, "We wuz robbed. Rematch on Sunday. No referee."
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Goes all-in this September.
Ubisoft's given RTS game R.U.S.E. a 17th September release date. That's on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, according to the publisher's latest schedule.
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Shogun 2: Total War confirmed, detailed
Narrative! Hero units! Cherry blossoms!
SEGA has confirmed the rumours and unveiled Shogun 2: Total War. The game will be released exclusively on PC in 2011.
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DDO Update 5 dated, brings airships
Also guild levelling and circus adventure.
Turbine has revealed details of Update 5 to its resurgent MMO, Dungeons & Dragons Online.
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Dr Who Adventures live in the UK
Early release for City of the Daleks.
The BBC has released the first episode of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games. City of the Daleks was due for release on Saturday but is already available for download for PC if you live in the UK.
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MS didn't think Halo was a good name
Bungie "hated" Combat Evolved subtitle.
Bungie has revealed that Microsoft's marketing department originally didn't like the name Halo, and insisted on tagging the Combat Evolved subtitle - which Bungie "hated" - to the first release in the legendary sci-fi series.
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Sony UK not bundling HDMI with PS3
Despite US bundles showing up with cable.
Sony has told Eurogamer that it does not plan to start bundling an HDMI cable with PlayStation 3 hardware packages.
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SEGA doing Sonic racing game for Natal?
Report: Sonic Free Riders for XBLA.
SEGA is working on a Project Natal racing game based on Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Review | DarkStar One: Broken Alliance
Elitist.
There's a little bit of my heart invested in DarkStar One. First time around, when it was released on PC in 2006, I'd just acquired a new computer, and DarkStar was one of the games I bought to test its mettle.
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Third batch of DLC coming for Alan Wake
Plus: New details of The Signal. Spoiler alert.
Remedy's Matias Myllyrinne has said that not one, not two but three batches of downloadable content are on the way for Alan Wake.
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Project Ten Dollar "improves experience"
EA UK boss denies it's about second-hand.
Electronic Arts' UK general manager Keith Ramsdale has claimed that 'Project Ten Dollar' is about enhancing the value of EA games, and not an attempt to upset second-hand sales and illegal downloads.
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DSi price drop confirmed for UK
Trade cost going down from 18th June.
Nintendo is lowering the UK trade price of the DSi by an unspecified amount on 18th June. How much the handheld sells for will be determined by individual retailers.
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Green Day: RB demo on PSN Store
Plus: Oddworld! Minigolf! Lost Planet 2 DLC!
There's a demo of Green Day: Rock Band on the PlayStation Store today. You might like it: it's like Rock Band but with Green Day.
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Activision hosting indie competition
Fresh talent sought by Bobby and co.
Activision has announced what is apparently the first third-party Independent Games Competition for small-time developers in North America.
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New NBA game to "evolve" basketball
In a way we haven't seen for "a decade".
Peter Moore believes NBA Elite 11 will "profoundly evolve" the basketball genre in a way that hasn't been seen for "a decade". The game, incidentally, arrives on PS3 and Xbox 360 this October.
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Plans for Europe due later today.
With just a couple of weeks to go until the new 3DS is unveiled at E3, Nintendo has dropped the price of previous iterations in Japan.
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Feature | The EGTV Show: The Videogames Election - Episode 2
The Age-Ratings Debate.
Today Eurogamer TV airs the second part of our special documentary series on the UK videogames industry.
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Rare receives birthday makeover
New logo, "new identity".
Ye olde British developer Rare has had a makeover ahead of its 25th anniversary this summer.
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Digital Foundry | Direct feed: Wired's iPad edition
The saviour of print journalism?
US technology magazine Wired has released a brand new digital edition for iPad owners and we have video of the first edition.
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To host tournaments online.
Richard Branson's mega-corporation Virgin is returning to videogames. The company will allow PS3 and 360 gamers to compete against each other online for real-life prizes.
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Review | Espgaluda II
Caving in.
If you're unaccustomed to the turbulent world of PC upgrades, the idea of your system not being man enough to run a game is probably entirely foreign to you. Outside of the N64's fateful Expansion Pak, consoles are generally designed to run every game released.
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DC Universe dated for November
Simultaneous on PC and PS3.
Sony Online Entertainment has revealed that its superhero MMO, DC Universe Online, will release this November.
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Snoopy Flying Ace on XBLA tomorrow
Cartoon online dogfights for 16 people.
Microsoft has readied Snoopy Flying Ace as tomorrow's Xbox Live Arcade offering.
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Ubisoft to re-open R.U.S.E. beta?
"It's something we've been thinking about."
Ubisoft's toying with the idea of re-opening the R.U.S.E. multiplayer PC beta test.
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Eufloria coming to PSN next year
Will feature improvements on the original.
Eufloria, the pretty indie offering which has already been a hit on PC, is heading to PlayStation Network.
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SOE reveals Star Wars: Clone Wars MMO
Free-to-play, for kids, out this autumn.
Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it's working on Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, a kids-focused, free-to-play, cartoon virtual world based on the Clone Wars TV shows and movie.
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The First Templar coming to PC, 360
Tropico creators unveil action adventure.
Haemimont Games, the studio best known for producing the Tropico series, has unveiled its next offering.
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Review | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Gears of Wand.
They grow up so fast. Once upon a time it was all magic beans and '10 points to Gryffindor!' Now it's lairy teens shooting bad wizards in the face. Scream it to the skies, muggle population: Harry Potter just went third-person shooter.
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Cage's next project called Horizon?
Sci-fi game about a couple, says report.
Heavy Rain creator David Cage's next project may be titled Horizon and focus on the a twentysomething couple in a science-fiction world.
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