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Green Ubisoft ditching paper manuals
Digital replacements in effect this year.
Publishing giant Ubisoft has taken a pioneering step towards a greener future by abolishing paper game manuals.
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Jetpacks arrive in Battlefield Heroes
New map and mode on offer too.
A trio of new add-ons have been released for free-to-play combat effort Battlefield Heroes.
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Next-gen iPhone appears on internet?
Apple engineer said to have left it in a bar.
The first images of the fourth-generation iPhone have appeared on the internet.
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MMO Dofus has 30 million users
And 3.5 million paying subscribers.
Attractive turn-based cartoon MMO Dofus has a whopping 30 million "registered players".
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Review | After Burner Climax
Mile high club.
After Burner Climax is a hyper-realistic recreation of how it feels to fly a jet fighter plane in every eight-year-old boy's imagination. Forget the multitudinous dials, switches and levers that clutter studious flight simulators; SEGA AM2's latest is a celebration of the economical. You have a machine gun, an unlimited supply of missiles and a plane that barrel rolls in perfect, elegant tumbles at the snap of a single analogue stick.
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Championship Manager for PSP Minis
Bite-sized adaptation out "very soon".
In case you hadn't heard, Beautiful Game Studios is working on a PSP Minis adaptation of Championship Manager.
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Cute Diablo-alike from makers of Dofus.
Ankama Games, the creator of the turn-based MMO Dofus, has revealed more about its brand new hackandslash game, Slage.
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Age of Conan expansion bundled in shops
Original game included in Deep Silver's box.
Funcom is teaming up with publisher Deep Silver to release a retail version of Rise of the Godslayer, the first expansion pack for its Age of Conan MMO.
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Review | Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online
Clubbing together.
For all the stick that EA Sports takes for clinging to formula in its annual updates, when it chooses to innovate it does so in big, bold strokes. Few, for example, would have expected the next iteration of its Tiger Woods franchise to be a massively multiplayer online browser game, nor would you expect a game from such a notoriously corporate publisher to allow casual players to enjoy themselves without ever putting a coin in the EA coffers. Yet here it is: Tiger Woods, online and (mostly) free.
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UK charts: Splinter Cell Conviction is top
Episodes from Liberty City up there too.
Ubisoft's new Splinter Cell: Conviction game has topped the UK all-formats chart. The game is only available on Xbox 360 for the moment, with the PC release due at the end of April.
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Frontier still "working hard" on Outsider
"Watch this space," says Braben.
LostWinds developer Frontier Developments has promised that ambitious "next-gen" game The Outsider hasn't been thrown in the bin.
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Activision can't shake No Doubt
Freedom of speech plea denied.
Activision's having a hard time getting rid of pop rockers No Doubt, who are suing the publisher for their portrayal in Band Hero.
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Telltale: Lost most requested adaptation
Hitchiker's is popular, too.
Episodic adventure maker Telltale Games has revealed that what fans want most is an adaptation of television's Lost.
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PS Move fighting game gets a name
New title set to knock your Lights Out.
Sony has announced the official title for the PlayStation Move fighting game unveiled at this year's Game Developers Conference.
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MS: PSN and Xbox Live not comparable
TDG research ignores activity/pricing.
Microsoft has said research showing that a higher percentage of US PS3 owners have their consoles hooked up to the internet than Xbox 360 is misleading because it does not reflect pricing or the way services are used.
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Natal game River Rush revealed
Man reckons it will help kids lose weight.
Hollywood screenwriter James Gunn has been playtesting Project Natal - and putting his thoughts about it on the internet.
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Ghost Recon beta won't use code
Just need Splinter Cell disc to download.
Splinter Cell: Conviction Xbox 360 owners will be able to download the Ghost Recon: Future Soldier beta without having to input a code.
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MGS Peace Walker uncut in the West
"Necessary" scene cut in Japan - Kojima.
According to Andriasang, Hideo Kojima has tweeted that an "abolutely necessary" scene has been cut from the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker in Japan. The Western versions, however, remain uncut.
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Blacklight: Tango Down has co-op
Earn XP and "grow" in Black Ops.
Ignition's and Zombie's new downloadable shooter Blacklight: Tango Down will feature a co-op mode called Black Ops.
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IW situation is an "opportunity" for devs
Acti COO talks through COD situation.
Activision COO Thomas Tippl has said that far from discouraging talent from joining Infinity Ward, the changes at the Modern Warfare studio recently have created a void into which many developers would be happy to jump.
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First Doctor Who episode dated
Plus: first footage inside.
The BBC has announced that the first episode of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will be released for download on 5th June.
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MS investigates sweatshop allegations
Chinese workers said to be suffering.
Microsoft has pledged to launch "a complete and thorough investigation" into working conditions at one of its Chinese manufacturing plants.
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BC Rearmed team forms new studio
Former GRIN staffers now Might and Delight.
The team that made much-loved downloadable side-scroller Bionic Commando Rearmed has formed a new studio called Might and Delight.
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Free adventure series set for June.
The BBC has this morning revealed plans to make four episodes of the new Doctor Who television series "interactive" and playable for free on PC and Mac.
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Red Dead Redemption has difficulty levels
First time ever in a R* openworld game.
Rockstar has revealed that Red Dead Redemption features three difficulty levels.
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Review | 3D Dot Game Heroes
Link exchange.
The two-dimensional RPG kingdom of Dotnia has seen better times. Stories of an ancient Hero's miraculous exploits have long since passed into myth, and as a result nobody can be bothered tripping along to check out his magical sword in a nearby forest. The king, desperate to boost the flagging economy, therefore declares that everything must be upgraded to 3D to save the day.
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Feature | Killing the Goose
As Infinity Ward sheds staff, battle lines are drawn - will IP or creative talent prove more valuable?
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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Four new modes in Halo: Reach beta
Headhunter! Invasion! Stockpile! Etc.
Bungie has revealed to 1UP four new modes that will feature in Halo: Reach's multiplayer beta when it launches on 3rd May. The modes are Headhunter, Stockpile, Generator Defence and Invasion.
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Review | Monster Hunter Tri
Tri force.
Monster Hunter is, fittingly, quite the behemoth - a massive game in terms of both content and, elsewhere, popularity. To extend that analogy, it's also a game which has always tended to either consume people entirely, or frighten them off before they've really had a chance to engage with it.
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Review | Football Manager Handheld 2010
Good first touch.
With each passing year the Football Manager series raises the bar, every annual release proving more complex than its predecessor. The ability to micromanage every facet of your team has ultimately been the factor that's made the PC series so compelling. But such impressive depth also runs the risk of making handheld ports feel increasingly watered-down. So while Football Manager Handheld 2010 on iPhone and iPod Touch is undoubtedly an entertaining management experience, it's hard to escape the limitations of the format.
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