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World Cup producer on tackling quitters
Could incentivise people for staying course.
Update: Simon Humber has contacted Eurogamer to clarify the quotes below. "What I believe I said to Mr Minkley, when asked about quitting, was that there is another way to think about the problem," he wrote in an email.
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Review | Plants vs. Zombies
Biological warfare.
What if the games industry was one big party? Picture the scene. As you walk in you pass Blizzard and Activision, snogging in the hallway. Heading into the lounge you see Microsoft and Sony are the centre of attention. They're arguing about who's got the best new car, but neither will let anyone else have a go. Nintendo is looking out of the window, barely listening to the row, too busy making sure no one's standing too close to its Bugatti Veyron.
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Review | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Prism break.
What's the difference between a toy and a game, if there is one? Plot? Progression? Structure?
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No pad support for BioShock 2 PC
2K would need to redesign UI, apparently.
2K has delivered the rather unfortunate news that BioShock 2 PC will never support the Xbox 360 controller as a means of play.
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Platinum's Infinite Space RPG dated
DS game here in March.
PlatinumGames' space RPG Infinite Space will be released on 26th March.
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Interview | PopCap's John Vechey
On Facebook, iPad, Minkley's Meat Ceiling and more.
With more than 50 million copies sold worldwide, Bejeweled is PopCap's biggest-selling game. Then there's Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, Zuma, Bookworm... All success stories in their own right. The company's only been around for 10 years but from a foundation of three has grown into an operation of over 250 people, producing games that transcend traditional demographics and trends.
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Konami reveals Euro MGO tourney
Fight for prizes in teams of six.
Remember Metal Gear Online - the online component of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots? Konami's announced a new six-versus-six competition for it.
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UK charts: BioShock 2 unseats ME2
2K Games' first No. 1 since GTAIV.
2K Games' big-hitting sequel BioShock 2 has stamped to the top of the UK all-formats top 40.
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Digital Foundry | Halo: Reach
Pure alpha footage dissected.
Exciting times. Footage of Halo: Reach released alongside Microsoft's X10 event gives us our first look at the game actually running in real-time. No CG, no engine-sourced cinematics, it's all run-time, and it's clearly a hugely significant upgrade over the old Halo 3 engine, last seen in 2009's ODST.
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Square Enix admits FFXIII screen fakery
Identical PS3 and 360 shots were "altered".
Square Enix has admitted that some Final Fantasy XIII screenshots it released last week, which purported to show the PS3 and 360 versions of the game but were virtually identical, were "altered".
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Gas Powered's latest: Kings and Castles
A fantasy RTS for PC and consoles.
Strategy specialist Gas Powered Games has announced that work has started on its next big project - a fantasy RTS called Kings and Castles, or quite possibly Chris Taylor's Kings and Castles.
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MTV wants Rock Band bonuses back
Seeking refund on $150m paid to Harmonix.
MTV owner Viacom is going is asking Harmonix for a refund on some of the $150 million it has paid the Rock Band developer in bonuses, reports Gamasutra.
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MS won't release standalone 250GB 360
It's exclusive to bundles, says Greenberg.
Microsoft spokesperson Aaron Greenberg has said there are no plans to release the 250GB Xbox 360 outside of limited edition hardware bundles.
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Uncharted 2 to get new multiplayer DLC
Including maps based on the original game.
Naughty Dog is preparing a fresh batch of new downloadable content for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
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Review | Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Edgey-poos! Taking justice to the streets.
I can't decide which quote to open with. It's one of these three:
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Review | Yakuza 3
Even more like a dragon.
I was about two hours into the opening chapters of Yakuza 3 when I started to realise I was going to have to play a few rounds of golf if I wanted to get any further.
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Heavy Rain demo on PSN Store today
Plus: Flower price pressed right down.
A demo for Heavy Rain is the biggest attraction on the PlayStation Store today. Sony's huge PS3 exclusive was reviewed earlier and now awaits only its launch on 26th February. But can it do the numbers?
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Digital Foundry | Tech Analysis: Mass Effect 2
Adept.
There was always the sense that Mass Effect was a console game where the ambitions of the developer were held back significantly by the technology utilised. BioWare's use of Unreal Engine 3 was an inspired choice in creating the look and feel of its epic space opera, but in terms of the basic performance level the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect was legendarily disappointing.
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Minkley's Meat Ceiling to get "proper amount of attention"
PopCap boss Vechey makes promises.
PopCap has assured Eurogamer that surprise new project Johnny Minkley's Meat Ceiling is being given the 'correct' treatment at the company, having been added to the roster after a steak-related wager went awry.
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Interview | Final Fantasy XIII
Kitase and Toriyama on the Western reaction and going multiformat.
There's no launch quite like a Final Fantasy launch, and there's been no Final Fantasy launch quite like this one. The first ever multi-platform entry in the main series, the thirteenth game is also the first in this generation of hardware, arriving rather late after an epic development that, at its peak, involved a staff of 300 people.
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FFXIII Xbox 360 bundles revealed
Engraved hard drives! Avatar bits!
Final Fantasy XIII is coming to Europe on Xbox 360 as well, and to make sure you remember, Square Enix and Microsoft have teamed up to do two special console bundles.
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PopCap: iPad "will change gaming"
But not for three years, reckons publisher.
PopCap believes the iPad will need around three years and a hardware update before it will really impact the market.
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PC version of Alan Wake officially binned
Platform doesn't match game content.
The PC version of Alan Wake is officially no more.
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Half-Minute Hero no longer out today
Unique PSP game pulled at last minute.
Inventive PSP RPG Half-Minute Hero has slipped to next Friday.
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Review | Melty Blood: Actress Again
Only in Japan.
If I ever find myself in charge of naming a fighting game, I probably won't go with "Melty Blood". I'll probably opt for something sensible instead, like "Cul-de-sac Fisticuffs", or "Binge Drinking Brawler". And even if I'm brainstorming during a David Lynch marathon, I probably won't piece together "Hologram Summer Again, Tri Hermes Black Land" as a subtitle. As a fighter which has never seen a Western release, Actress Again's nonsensical full name is an indication of its very hardcore heritage.
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Review | BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Fighting fit.
Back when Guilty Gear X hit the PS2 in 2002, 2D fighting games like Capcom vs. SNK 2 were being overlooked in favour of flashy 3D numbers such as Dead or Alive 3 and Super Smash Bros. Melee. But those who did pick up this quirky curio discovered a fighter with personality in excess. Guilty Gear X had a rich anime presentation, heavy metal music, instant kill moves and a deranged doctor wielding a giant scalpel - all of which combined to set it apart from the output of Capcom and SNK.
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Review | Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Bad moon rising.
Rarely has a such a great series been dogged by such careless disregard. Passed around no fewer than four publishers for its first three incarnations, the fact the Fatal Frame series - known as Project Zero in Europe when it bothers to show up here - never gained more than a loyal cult following has been a perennial source of frustration for survival horror fans.
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You rule.
"Our job at Lionhead is to surprise and shock you," says Peter Molyneux, kicking off his presentation of Fable III at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco. Does he shock us? Not quite. Does he surprise us? Absolutely.
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Frogger Returns on WiiWare today
Plus: Mechs! Golf! Sonic & Knuckles.
The eternal Frogger returns on WiiWare today, quite literally, as Frogger Returns.
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BioShock 2! Monkey Ball! Darwinia+! Etc!
Attention may be focused on Heavy Rain reviews this week, but with Sony's ambitious adventure still two weeks out from release the highlight in shops is 2K's BioShock 2, recipient of an 8/10 review earlier this week. You can also check out our latest face-off if you're unsure which version to buy.
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