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Prince of Persia gets pre-order goodies
Comic book, in-game skins, bonus DVD.
Ubisoft has announced a Prince of Persia pre-order edition that will sell exclusively through Play.com.
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FM 2009 "has a chance" at Christmas No.1
Jacobson talks up WOW rivalry.
Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson reckons Football Manager 2009 is in with a shot at the UK Christmas number one slot after entering the UK All-Formats list at three this week behind record-breaker and festive rival World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
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Review | A Kingdom for Keflings
Gently does it.
Back when Xbox Live Arcade launched, it was the relentless action of Geometry Wars that set the tone - simple, frantic, addictive. The game chosen to launch with New Xbox Experience couldn't be more different. A Kingdom for Keflings is gentle and peaceful, and takes its time to reach a quietly compelling destination.
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Gears 2 matchmaking fix "top priority"
Epic hopes to have a solution soon.
Epic has made fixing Gears of War 2's skill-based matchmaking its top priority, and hopes to have a solution soon.
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EA commentless on Boom Blox 2 sighting
Top secret studio spills beans.
EA has refused to comment on "rumour and speculation" that a sequel to brilliant Wii puzzle game Boom Blox is in the works.
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NinjaBee making A Kingdom for Keflings
XBLA specialist notches up another.
NinjaBee has whipped the wrappers off yet another Xbox Live Arcade outing called A Kingdom for Keflings.
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What you can do with GTA's vid editor
Embedded videos made with the game.
With Grand Theft Auto IV due out for the PC on 3rd December in Europe (yes, it's a Wednesday), Rockstar has released four videos to show off what you can do with the video editor included with the game.
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Sony Pictures pulls NXE Netflix content
Hundreds of films temporarily axed.
Netflix has pulled all content by Sony-owned Columbia Pictures from the on-demand New Xbox Experience film streaming service.
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SSFIIT HD Remix gets XBLA date
Punch your friends next week.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will be released on 26th November via Xbox Live Arcade.
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Sony responds to lacklustre LBP sales
"Sackboy hasn't even hit his stride yet."
Sony UK has told Eurogamer that the company is "pleased" with sales for LittleBigPlanet, and believes "Sackboy hasn't even hit his stride yet".
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It'll improve stability, or something.
That's according to the US PlayStation blog. Apparently firmware update 5.02, as it's snappily titled, "improves system software stability during the use of some features, including the PlayStation Store".
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Bruiser & Scratch for WiiWare in Dec
Block-pushing cat-and-dog puzzler.
Steel Penny Games has announced that its upcoming WiiWare puzzle game, Bruiser & Scratch, will be released next month.
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Rare LBP download up for grabs
Design a level and win a crown.
Creatively-minded LittleBigPlanet players have been given the chance to win a rare Prize Crown via Sony's latest LittleBigChallenge.
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Developers sue Brash Entertainment
Dying publisher didn't pay its bills.
Brash Entertainment, the now-defunct publisher of movie-licensed games, is being sued by two developers seeking compensation for unpaid work, reports GamesIndustry.biz.
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World at War loses out in Live chart
Top in the UK, fourth on Xbox 360.
Call of Duty: World at War may blasted its way to the top of the UK charts this week, but the same cannot be said for Xbox Live, where its first-week performance leaves it trailing Gears of War 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and Halo 3.
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How to put Avatars in old XBLA games
Microsoft explains the update process.
Avatars arrive with the new Xbox 360 front-end today, and Microsoft has explained how to add them to older Xbox Live Arcade games that support them.
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Last week was eighth-biggest ever.
Britons are buying loads of videogames in the run-up to Christmas, according to shopwatchers Chart-Track. In fact, last week was the eighth-biggest sales week ever in the UK.
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Review | Left 4 Dead
It's braining men.
My favourite moment in Left 4 Dead? I'm playing Versus mode, and we've reached the apex of the Blood Harvest campaign in a desperate farmhouse siege against overwhelming odds. I'm part of the overwhelming odds, playing the corpulent blob that is the Boomer. I wobble up to a window and look inside, to see Louis firing away desperately at the horde around him. I just watch, smiling, waiting for him to turn in my direction. Only when he does, when he realises that I'm standing there, do I spray him with my zombie-attracting vomit, prompting another wave of infected to crowd in and hammer him to death.
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RPG may not arrive next year.
Update: JoWooD has explained to Eurogamer that Arcania: A Gothic Tale (Gothic 4) has yet to be given a date, and revoked the "late 2009" line a spokesperson from the publisher had recently given us.
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Suicide game developer tackles Telegraph
Rejects outcry against Flash title.
Dave Lasala, creator of controversial Flash game Billy Suicide, has hit back at organisations campaigning for its removal from the internet.
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SEGA mute on OutRun Online Arcade
"No comment" on OFLC classification.
SEGA has declined to comment on speculation that a brand new OutRun game is in development.
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UK charts: World at War calls the shots
Banjo, Mirror's Edge, Wii Music struggle.
Call of Duty: World at War has charged to the top of the UK all-formats chart this week, becoming the third fastest-selling game ever in the region.
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New Spore patch offers free limbs
Celebrates Creepy & Cute Parts Pack.
EA is giving away free limbs for Spore with a brand new patch.
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National Geographic gets into videogames
Creates studio to make educational IP.
The conservation boffins at National Geographic have created a studio to make videogames based on topics covered in the popular magazine and on the telly show.
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LOTRO and EQ2 expansions out today
Mines of Moria and Shadow Odyssey.
It's a festival of MMO expansions today: fantasy role-playing stalwarts Lord of the Rings Online and EverQuest II have both released their latest instalments.
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DX10, dungeons in next Conan update
No rest for the wicked Funcom.
Having got new player-versus-player systems, a crafting overhaul and mid-level zone Ymir's Pass out of the door in the space of a month, Age of Conan's hard-working game director Craig Morrison has set out what players can expect to see next from the troubled Funcom MMO.
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Square Enix working on new action game
It'll be made in the new LA studio.
Square Enix is setting up a new development team in Los Angeles, with a view to making an "action-oriented original IP game".
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Champions and Star Trek MMOs for PS3?
Cryptic looking for coder to port engine.
MMO developer Cryptic studios is advertising for a PS3 programmer, suggesting it's looking to port its in-development Star Trek Online and Champions Online to the console.
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All NXE preview sign-ups get it early
If you applied properly, you're in.
Microsoft has revealed that if you signed up for the New Xbox Experience preview programme but didn't get in, you're in anyway.
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Active PSN accounts total 14 million
Plus: PS3 sales on the up, says Sony.
Sony exec John Koller says 14 million people now have active PlayStation Network accounts.
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