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    Enslaved to get story DLC, demo

    No plans for multiplayer, says dev.

    Ninja Theory has revealed plans to make only story-based additions to Enslaved after launch this autumn.

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    WOW Cataclysm out in 2010 "if ready"

    "If not, then we'll hold on to it." - Pearce.

    Blizzard co-founder and product development boss Frank Pearce has sent out a reminder that the widely-believed late 2010 release for third World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm isn't set in stone.

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    HL2 art director doing Prodigies game

    Based on 3D animated film due in 2011.

    Half-Life 2 art director Viktor Antonov will direct a videogame sequel to upcoming 3D animated film The Prodigies.

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    EA sells off Mass Effect movie rights

    Doctors Ray and Greg to exec produce.

    A big screen adaptation of hit RPG series Mass Effect is in the works at Legendary Pictures.

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    Report: MS to "shake up" Xbox division

    Management changes very soon, says WSJ.

    Microsoft plans to "shake up the management" of its Entertainment & Devices division - of which the Xbox business is one part - according to a report.

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    Digital Foundry | Tech Analysis: Alan Wake

    Midnight feast.

    As console exclusives for PS3 and Xbox 360 become rarer, the attention from media and gamers on first-party software has become more intense. Multiformat software does and will continue to break new technological barriers (Bad Company 2 anyone?), but the focus is on the exclusives to see the consoles pushing back the boundaries, unencumbered by the need to accommodate the limitations of a competing platform.

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    Review | Killzone 3

    Ol' red-eyes is back.

    "This is a story of David versus Goliath, but this time Goliath has brought thousands of troops and a thermo-nuclear arsenal."

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    Sony formally reveals Killzone 3

    Confirms leaks, doesn't mention date.

    Sony's lifted the lid on PS3 shooter Killzone 3.

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    Splatterhouse

    Frikkin' goresome.

    15 seconds. 15 seconds. That's the amount of time spent between putting the Splatterhouse disk into your console and hearing your first squealing, crashing power chord.

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    Review | Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom

    It takes two.

    Barcelona is a city of cpalm trees and distressed concrete; a city where hardcore religious mania has delivered on some top-quality joke architecture.

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    Review | Trauma Team

    Medical miracle.

    Uniquely, the Trauma Center franchise almost has an entire genre to itself. Seemingly content that Atlus has the 'surgery sim cum fantastical bioterrorist soap opera' sewn up, few developers have attempted to impinge on its territory, with DS title Lifestyle: Hospital Affairs about the only notable rival.

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    Halo: Reach dated for September

    Beta three times the size of Halo 3's.

    Bungie has announced that Halo: Reach will be released worldwide on 14th September (15th September in Japan).

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    Gears 3 has flying-kicks from cover

    Plus a score-based Arcade mode.

    In Gears of War 3 you'll be able to perform flying-kick take-downs directly from cover, and there'll be a new Arcade mode with a HUD that tracks score, multipliers and your teammate's location.

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    Full Galaxy 2 soundtrack on YouTube

    The next best thing to playing it.

    Super Mario Galaxy 2's composer Mahito Yokota - or someone purporting to be him - has uploaded the entire soundtrack for the game to a YouTube playlist. (Thanks, Kotaku).

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    UK charts: Red Dead Redemption is top

    Split/Second, Prince of Persia appear.

    Rockstar's celebrated Western, Red Dead: Redemption, has galloped to the top of the UK all-formats chart.

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    EQII jumps on $25 mount bandwagon

    After the WOW horse, the 'Quest cat.

    Sony Online Entertainment has taken one look at the mountain of cash raked in by Blizzard's $25 World of Warcraft mount and decided it would like a slice of the action.

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    J Allard no longer at MS, says report

    Unhappy at Courier canning, apparently.

    Rumours are swirling that J Allard, best-known for his involvement in the development of Xbox, has left Microsoft.

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    Experimental Uncharted 2 MP playlists

    "The Lab" kicking off this weekend.

    Naughty Dog has announced plans to run a custom Uncharted 2 multiplayer playlist next weekend to "mix things up and maybe, possibly lead to updates or additions to the existing playlists in competitive matchmaking".

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    Zombie Cow game too sexy for Live?

    Privates probably won't get MS approval.

    Microsoft has warned it's unlikely to approve the Xbox Live release of Privates, the new offering from British developer Zombie Cow.

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    RDR dev wants "emotional response"

    Says it's easier to do grown-up games now.

    Infamous Grand Theft Auto radio DJ and regular Rockstar contributor Lazlow Jones has said he hopes the "really gritty western" atmosphere of Red Dead Redemption "evokes an emotional response" from players distinct from GTA's satire.

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    Star Trek Online plans new faction, UGC

    Diplomacy, minigames, raised level cap, more.

    Star Trek Online executive producer Craig Zinkievich has laid out update plans for the immediate future of the space MMO, and they include minigames, diplomacy gameplay, a raised level cap, ship interiors, weekly content, a new faction and user-generated content.

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    Killzone 3 detailed in US magazine scans

    Ice levels, jetpacks, rockets, 3D glasses...

    Scans from the latest issue of GamePro have outed Killzone 3, the inevitable PS3-exclusive first-person shooter sequel from Guerrilla Games, and revealed that it features jetpacks, ice levels and a 3D mode.

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    Feature | Facebook's Triumph

    Zynga's commitment to Facebook clears the path to the next stage in the platform's evolution.

    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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    Google pays tribute to Pac-Man

    30-year-old game in playable logo.

    Google's celebrating the 30th birthday of Pac-Man (tomorrow) with a playable version of the game for its logo.

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    Review | Terminator Salvation

    I know now why you cry.

    I was in Canada last week, so unlike a lot of people in Europe faced with the possibility of buying the multi-format Terminator Salvation game this weekend, I've had the opportunity to see the film it's based on. I quite like it! John Connor listening to his mum's tapes is a bit Norman Bates, and the only quotable dialogue is the dialogue quoted from Terminators 1 and 2, but director McG appears to have mastered glossy, FX-heavy set-pieces, if not deed polls. Sadly the same cannot be said for GRIN with the videogame adaptation.

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    Mega Drive oldies coming to PC

    Golden Axe! Ecco! Vectorman! Comix!

    SEGA has announced that classic Mega Drive games are going to make an appearance on PC.

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    Review | Download Games Roundup

    Run! Block! Flip! Sam! More Sam!

    A bumper roundup this week, as we sprint through a brace of releases on every platform from iPhone to PC, and every genre from block-puzzler to FPS. There are some classic games too, although in true download fashion, they might not be the ones you expect. But hey, we need predictability as much as we need a hole in the physical media of our heads. Read on!

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    Blur has integral Facebook support

    Challenge friends, share in-game shots.

    Activision has revealed that Blur will integrally support social networking Godzilla, Facebook, and on all three platforms: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

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    Fable III confirmed for PC

    Plus: Collector's Edition revealed.

    Microsoft has finally confirmed Fable III for PC, and revealed the snazzy Collector's Edition of the game.

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    FIFA World Cup makes Japan chart

    Sony's PS3 is best-selling console.

    EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup has made a fleeting appearance in the Japanese software chart this week.

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