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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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    Four more head for Respawn

    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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    Bank Holiday weekend plans!

    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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    Report: Treyarch's game is COD: Vietnam

    Trailer to reveal all overnight.

    Update: Turns out it's actually called Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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    New Call of Duty trailer this week

    Will premiere on GameTrailers this Saturday.

    The official announcement of the next game in the Call of Duty series is coming later this week.

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    Call of Duty 7 "currently in production"

    What price a late 2010 release?

    Call of Duty 7 is "currently in production" according to the LinkedIn profile of one of developer Treyarch's senior animators.

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    More COD, GH, Spidey, Shrek for 2010

    "Strong, innovative new titles," says Acti.

    Activision boss Mike Griffith has told analysts that in 2010 there will be more Call of Duty, more Guitar Hero, more Spider-Man and more Shrek thank goodness.

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    Activision unveils Call of Duty reshuffle

    Three more CODs? Plus IW shake-up.

    Activision has announced plans to expand the Call of Duty series into new genres, regions and digital formats and confirmed the departure of Jason West and Vince Zampella from Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward.

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    Treyarch using Cold War for Call of Duty 7?

    Source cites Vietnam, Cuba, Africa, Russia.

    Activision has been licensing Vietnam War-era music for Call of Duty 7, according to a "reliable source" on That Videogame Blog.

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    COD7 Vietnam rumours resurface

    Casting call hints at characters.

    Speculation that the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty 7 is set during the Vietnam War has resurfaced following an Activision call for motion capture and voice-over actors

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    Review | Iron Man 2

    Marks out of tin.

    There's a decent game lurking somewhere in Marvel's superhero, Iron Man. Maybe it's even a brilliant game. Sure, those palm-mounted laser cannons mean that he's going to enter most battles with his hands up, looking like he's dead set on capitulating, but he can fly, he can blast stuff into pieces, and he's made of bright, shining Metroid metal. Best of all, Iron Man's both weighty and lithe, capable of dropping out of the sky and busting open paving slabs before dancing out of the way of tracer fire and barrel-rolling into the distance.

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    Call of Duty: Black Ops named and dated

    Treyarch-developed sequel in November.

    Developer Treyarch has revealed the name and release date of this year's Call of Duty game.

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    Off-Road Velociraptor sequel halted

    Casual market biz model problems cited.

    Indie developer Flashbang Studios has announced that they've stopped development on the follow-up to their 2008 viral hit Off-Road Velicoraptor Safari.

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    Review | Download Games Roundup

    Hamsters! Balls! Cowboys! Frankenstein!

    Even the most promising selection of downloadable games can turn out to be right old duffers, and sadly we find ourselves in "buyer beware" mode this week. But that's all part of the fun of this exciting sector: the often complete absence of hype or pre-release info of any sort turns the selection process into a kind of digital lucky dip.

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