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SEGA explains Alpha Protocol DRM
One-off activation, countless installs.
The Uniloc DRM chosen to protect the PC version of Alpha Protocol does not require a constant internet connection and potentially allows for infinite game installations.
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Halo! XCOM! Bungie! Plus: pro tips on getting a job in the games industry.
Hello! Welcome back to the Eurogamer.net Podcast, this week brought to you at the slightly earlier time of [whenever this is] because a big-name publisher has stolen our Tuesday 3pm publication slot for its Gamers Day press embargo, and we don't want boring triple-A games busting the podcast off the homepage top slot. No sir.
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UK chart: 2010 FIFA World Cup is top
SSFIV in second, GOW Collection 10th.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa game has raced to the top of the UK all-formats chart. PS3 sales were greater than on Xbox 360 by one per cent (48 to 47).
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First XCOM details make contact
Weird weaponry, eerie missions.
The new first-person shooter interpretation of XCOM is built around a series of eerie and tense missions embarked on from an underground FBI base hub.
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Alan Wake! Doctor Who! Will Porter!
Woo! It's the Eurogamer.net Podcast Sweet 16 episode! Wherein we invite boys round without telling mum and stay up all night talking about our feelings!
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Peace Walker to get PS3 release?
Konami gauging interest.
Konami appears to be gauging interest in a PS3 version of PSP game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
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Game Room to get update this week
Pitfall, Super Breakout among titles expected.
Microsoft announced today that the oft-delayed updates to their Game Room classic game download service will begin this Wednesday, 5th May.
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Halo: Reach beta "not quite operational"
"Expect suboptimal performance."
The Halo: Reach beta that went live yesterday is "not quite fully operational", according to developer Bungie, but it should be a damn sight more operational than it was the other day when it was "getting hammered".
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Milestone hit in less than a month.
Apple has announced that a million iPads have now been sold, less than a month after the device's American release.
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"About 90%" of Gran Turismo 5 is done
That sounds familiar.
Gran Turismo 5 still isn't finished. In fact, Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has made it sound as though it's in the same state it was five months ago, if not longer.
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Ratings board lists EA's Project Red
New Syndicate game on the way?
An EA title called Project Red has shown up in the public database for Australia's OFLC ratings board.
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Starcraft II gets July release date
Download release to follow retail.
Blizzard has announced that Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty will be available in stores worldwide on 27th July.
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Ivy the Kiwi? getting US release
XSeed to publish Naka's puzzle-platformer.
Publisher XSeed Games has announced plans to publish Wii and Nintendo DS versions of puzzle platformer Ivy the Kiwi? in North America.
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Amazon shows EU ModNation bundles
PS3 and PSP pack-ins spotted.
Information posted on Amazon's German site points to new PS3 and PSP bundles packed with build-your-own-kart-racer ModNation Racers.
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Review | Blur
Now you see it.
As obvious as it is to say so, given its title, the first thing that hits you about Blur is how fast everything seems. As I hurtle around the first circuit in the opening stages of my hands-on with near-finished code, I'm experiencing sensory overload.
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Review | UFC Undisputed 2010
If it ain't Brock.
Although England has a history of international football tournament failure, here in the UK we're nonetheless renowned for our sporting patriotism - by which token UFC 2010 should make a good impression. Last year's game only had one English fighter, Michael Bisping, but for 2010 we're getting The Ultimate Fighter 9 winners Ross Pearson and James Wilks, as well as Dan "Dhalsim" Hardy - a Brit who survived an armbar and kimura submission attempt by legendary Welterweight Champion GSP. Other 2010 British additions include Terry Etim, Mostapha Al-turk and Andre Winner (unconfirmed), as well as James McSweeney for DLC. Get in.
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Digital Foundry | Crysis 2 tech demo analysed
The challenge of "nothing under 30FPS".
Can consoles run Crysis? That was the question Digital Foundry posed in December last year, pulling apart CryTek's own engine demos and pitting their in-house work against the shipping PC title.
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Telltale announces Puzzle Agent
Adventure game kicks off "Pilot Program".
Telltale Games has announced Puzzle Agent, its first adventure game based entirely on an original IP.
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Valve rolls out new L4D2 play mode
The Passing owners get to "Bleed Out".
Valve has released the first weekly "mutation" for Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing DLC, adding a new time-limited gameplay mode to the game.
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Toy Story 3 to support PlayStation Move
PS3 version also gets exclusive content.
Sony has announced that the upcoming Toy Story 3 game for the PS3 will support Sony's PlayStation Move.
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Portables top Japanese hardware charts
PSP edges out DS for top spot.
Japan's love affair with portable gaming systems continues as the PSP and Nintendo DS topped the regional sales charts for the week ending April 25.
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16 ex-IW staff now signed with company.
Four more former Infinity Ward employees have signed on with Respawn Entertainment, according to information found on their LinkedIn profiles.
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UFC 2010 gets exclusive PS3 content
Three new fighters, five new fights.
Sony has announced that the PlayStation 3 version of MMA fighter UFC Undisputed 2010 will include exclusive fighters and fights not available in other versions of the game.
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Super Street Fighter IV ships a million
Fighter fills shelves fast.
Capcom has announced it has already shipped one million units of Super Street Fighter IV to store shelves.
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Feature | Passed Around
Publishers hate the second-hand market, but it may be the only thing propping up high street retailers.
Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz' widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial is a weekly dissection of one of the issues 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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Feature | Getting It Wrong
The DS is the UK's most successful console. How did we all get it so wrong?
Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz' widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial is a weekly dissection of one of the issues 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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Halo! Blur! UFC! POP! Retro! Etc!
Good afternoon. Speaking as editor of Eurogamer - as a man who scowls at emails with the subject line "holiday request", and a man who regards the Christmas break as a prison of inactivity - I am not in favour of Bank Holidays.
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Feature | Gold Rush 2.0
Promises of a new wave of profit for iPad developers ignore the destructive downward pressure on iPhone game prices.
GamesIndustry.biz, the trade arm of the Eurogamer Network, recently completed the next step in its evolution toward greater support for the videogames business with the implementation of a full registration system.
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New COD features Cuba, Vietnam, Arctic
Witness "the birth" of special forces - GAME.
UK retailer GAME has revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops will head to Vietnam, Cuba and the Arctic.
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Co-op confirmed for COD: Black Ops
Treyarch "can't wait" for you to have a go.
The next instalment in the Call of Duty series will feature a co-op mode, according to a statement from developer Treyarch.
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