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Lara Croft download game to be £10
July/August release looking likely.
Crystal Dynamics has told Eurogamer that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will cost roughly a tenner.
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UK charts: FIFA denies Alan Wake win
Skate 3, Lost Planet 2 finish high.
EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup has beaten off three big-name newcomers to top the UK all-formats chart for a third week.
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Mortal Online to launch next month
Hardcore MMO ready to go live.
Swedish developer StarVault has announced a launch date for its MMO Mortal Online. The game will go live on 9th June.
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LEGO Universe subscriptions priced
Preorders open, due "autumn 2010".
LEGO has opened preorders for its LEGO Universe MMO, and revealed the price of the game and its subscription plan.
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MTV: Green Day should outsell Beatles
"Higher awareness" among demographic.
MTV Games boss Scott Guthrie has indicated that he expects Green Day: Rock Band to sell more than The Beatles: Rock Band.
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Guitar Hero 6 drops playable stars
Series goes back to basics.
Guitar Hero 6 will not feature playable celebrity likenesses.
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EVE Tyrannis expansion delayed
EVE Gate next week, planets in June.
CCP has pushed back the launch of the Tyrannis free expansion to EVE Online by one week, to 26th May.
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Helghast heading to Lost Planet 2
Exclusive skins next month. Vid inside.
Capcom has revealed that PlayStation 3 owners playing Lost Planet 2 will soon be able to download Helghast skins for the game for free.
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Treyarch reveals COD: Black Ops details
"It's time," says developer.
Developer Treyarch believes Call of Duty: Black Ops will finally put the studio on level pegging with IP pace-setter Infinity Ward.
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Heart association teaming with Nintendo
Announcement due this afternoon.
Nintendo and the American Heart Association plan to make a joint announcement at a press conference in New York today.
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Digital Foundry | Tech Interview: Split/Second
Digital Foundry gets technical with tech director David Jefferies.
Next week Eurogamer runs its review of Disney's Split/Second: Velocity, a brand new racing game from Brighton's Black Rock studio, the developer responsible for the superb Pure.
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Microsoft quick to hide evidence.
Update: Microsoft has responded: "We've made no official announcement but please stay tuned," a spokesperson said.
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"Gird your loins," apparently.
British developer Firefly has announced castle-building game Stronghold 3, the, er, sixth game in the long-running series.
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Taliban hammer.
Some people love music, others love comic books. Some people love more than one thing, and how they fit it all in their heads I will never know. Me, I love listening to people talk. Sometimes a game sneaks its way into the middle of that and I'll play it, but great conversations can make me love an ostensibly dull game and poor dialogue can ruin what might otherwise be a great experience.
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Review | Download Games Roundup
Pinch! Beat! Metal! Turtles!
It's hard to wax lyrical about the plethora of downloadable titles currently available without banging on about the iPad and whether it lives up to the insane levels of hype. But. Must. Resist. Our take on the launch line-up will be explored at length in a special roundup soon.
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Nintendo "pleased" with VC pricing
Has "no plans" to change it.
Nintendo has told Eurogamer it has "no plans" to re-assess the price of a Virtual Console game on Wii, despite them being as expensive as newly developed titles on the (now well-established) WiiWare channel.
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Bowling details Resurgence DLC maps
Confirms price as 1200 MS Points.
Robert Bowling has revealed the five Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence DLC maps to be Vacant, Strike, Carnival, Trailer Park and Fuel.
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How to opt in for WOW Cataclysm beta
Linked Battle.net, WOW accounts required.
Blizzard has posted a note on the US World of Warcraft site reminding players that the beta test for the Cataclysm expansion will be starting soon, and informing them how to opt in to be considered for it.
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Report: Raven working on Call of Duty
Bond and X-Men games on hold?
Reports have emerged that Raven Software has been parachuted in by owners Activision to work on the Call of Duty franchise.
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NPDs: Nintendo tops US hardware chart
Splinter Cell tops software listing.
Nintendo's DS and Wii consoles continued to outsell their rivals in the US during April, but game sales were down 11 per cent year on year and hardware sales down a whopping 20 per cent.
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Namco Bandai signs Power Rangers IP
Disney no longer part of the picture.
Namco Bandai has struck a long-term deal with Saban Brands to make Power Rangers videogames again.
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Gears 3 to feature "light" RPG elements
"The future of shooters are RPGs."
Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski has said that Gears of War 3 will include minor RPG elements.
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Castlevania iPhone game coming soon
RPG meets Dr. Mario-style puzzle.
Konami has announced a Castlevania puzzle game for iPhone and iPod Touch. There's no mention of iPad.
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But European date still iffy.
Rat puzzling game Puzzle Quest 2 has been given a 22nd June release date in the US on Nintendo DS.
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Acti nabs COD: Space Warfare domain
Plus: Future Warfare, Secret Warfare.
Activision has registered a handful of Call of Duty domains using names that may or may not signal the future of the IP.
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BioWare man: FFXIII is "not an RPG"
SWTOR writer courts controversy.
Final Fantasy XIII is not a true RPG by BioWare's definition, according to Star Wars: The Old Republic writing director Daniel Erickson.
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Review | Pocket Legends
Is this the first true iPhone MMO?
My hands hurt. They hurt in a way they haven't for years, not since my long days in Azeroth circa 2006-2008. Oh Lord, it's happened again. I have Warcraft Claw. This time, though, it's my phone's fault. I never knew my index finger could kill so many skeletons.
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Shotgurn.
We're sure you would agree with Bulletstorm's assertion that it's "time to break out the awesome". Clearly there is a gap in the market for a demented shooter where you're constantly sliding around on your knees blasting mutant jerks in the nuts and quipping like Duke Nukem with an irony bypass.
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Bit.Trip Runner in Friday Wii update
Plus: Chronos Twins on DSiWare.
Colourful and quirky platformer Bit.Trip Runner appears on WiiWare tomorrow.
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Sony: PSP "a disappointment" last year
Company "looking into future platforms".
Sony CFO Bill Glaser has called PSP sales "a little bit of a disappointment" for the huge electronics company.
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