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EA invites you to "live out your wildest commuter fantasies". Tom's not sure they want to know what he thinks about on the tube. (Zoo Keeper, mostly.)
EA is hoping to get our motors running, again, with an announcement that the next instalment in the Burnout series will go on show at this year's E3.
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Shadow Warrior source code released
3D Realms offers fellow developer types the chance to muck about with its old days ninja-'em-up.
Calling all programmers: the source code for quirky oriental-themed first-person shooter Shadow Warrior is now available on developer 3D Realms' website.
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Why bother with an expensive "PC" or "mobile phone" when you can import a £200 games console to send text messages.
Volksport has come up with a new script which allows you to access Internet Relay Chat (IRC) via the PSP.
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Japan gets another DS colour as white and black models boost hardware sales.
Nintendo has announced the next edition of the DS hardware - a purple version of the console, emblazoned with a silhouette of mascot character Pikachu and the logo of the company's PokePark theme park in Nagoya.
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Of the musical kind, thanks to some rising stars from the Academy of Contemporary Music.
Digital Jesters has announced that TrackMania Sunrise will feature a soundtrack by artists so painfully cool you haven't even heard of them yet.
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Have a go at both single and multiplayer modes of Mad Doc's new RTS.
A new demo for forthcoming RTS Empire Earth 2 is now available at 3D Gamers.
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Action Replay MAX DUO for DS, GBA
Datel's latest "all-in-one game enhancer" hits the shelves this week.
Action Replay MAX DUO goes on sale THIS WEEK, according to manufacturers DATEL.
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Black & White 2 in black and white
Lionhead rules out online play - at least for now - and says the turtle won't be popping his head out again. Also: a release date estimate.
Lionhead Studios has revealed that Black & White 2 will only offer solo play to begin with, but that a multiplayer add-on could follow. The UK developer also said that the game should in be shops by the end of the year.
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Or rather, Freedom Force, with Digital Jesters' new multiplayer web game. Which is free, by the way.
Digital Jesters has launched a new online game to promote the forthcoming release of Freedom Force VS The Third Reich. It's here.
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Predictable.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory has gone on sale, and, er, to celebrate, Ubisoft has also released a patch for the game.
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Try out a level of the Marvel mutants' new N-Gage adventure.
Nokia is offering N-Gage owners the chance to sample a level from new "mutant action adventure RPG" X-Men Legends.
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Retail sources say a follow-up to Four Swords will indeed make an appearance on the new handheld.
Way back in October of last year,we reported that a follow-up to GBA title Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures was in development for the Nintendo DS.
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Try your hand at blatting johnny foreigner on both land and sea with Pyro Studios' latest offering.
A demo for Commandos developer Pyro Studios' new strategy game is now available at Gamer's Hell.
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Europe set to get an extra 250,000 copies of World of Warcraft. And a new free trial offer too.
A further 250,000 copies of hit MMORPG World of Warcraft will be available in Europe from April 15, according to Blizzard Entertainment.
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Ubisoft confirms that the classic turn-based strategy series is due to return in early 2006.
More than 20 years after the first Might and Magic game appeared on PC, the series is set to return with a new title from Ubisoft.
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WoW addon announcement 'a hoax'
Blizzard denies ownership of recent press release but tells Warcraft fans to "keep checking the webpage". Hmm.
Blizzard Entertainment, creator of popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, has denounced a recent press release regarding a planned expansion pack as "fake".
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And Toby Gard wants to take it back to the tomb, apparently. Because putting Lara in Paris is "like putting Batman in California".
The next instalment in the Tomb Raider series will be subtitled Legend, with project lead Toby Gard aiming to modernise Lara Croft's image but find a way back to the tomb raiding action of earlier instalments, according to a preview in a US magazine.
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PSP may be delayed to September
As US launch reports begin to filter through, Europe's PSP future looks uncertain.
Senior sources at two key publishers have indicated that the delay to Sony's PlayStation Portable launch in Europe may be even more severe than previously believed - with a September date now rumoured to be under consideration.
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MMORPG dispute ends in tragedy
Shanghai man stabs fellow gamer to death following argument over item ownership.
A man has been stabbed to death in Shanghai following a row over the sale of a virtual weapon.
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The event formerly known as Game Stars is off following massive disinterest from everyone who matters.
UK games show Game Zone Live has been called off after key companies including Sony, Microsoft and Electronic Arts refused to show any interest in it whatsover.
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Space Invaders creator back for DS
Space Invaders Revolution is being developed by the man who invented the original, more than 200 years ago now. Roughly.
Rising Star Games has revealed that Tomohiro Nishikado, otherwise known as the man who created Space Invaders, is developing a new title based around his little babies for the Nintendo DS.
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Warner Bros.' forthcoming family film about penguins due out in game form.
Warner Bros. and Midway have signed a publishing deal to develop a game based on Happy Feet, a family film about a tap-dancing penguin who can't sing. Games will appear on console, handheld and PC platforms.
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Rebelstar Tactical Command revealed
Some kind of combat-strategy-RPG combo platter for GBA.
Namco has unveiled Rebelstar Tactical Command, a "turn-based strategy and combat game with role-playing elements" for the GBA.
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British high streets awash with Giz
(Sorry. Our inner 12-year-old is still enjoying it.) Tiger Telematics' handheld now available in shops other than the one named after it.
The Gizmondo will be available in selected high street and online shops from this weekend.
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Republic Commands Ash's attention
Irish rock act Ash will release a Star Wars: Republic Commando tainted EP online next month to celebrate their involvement in the game. See a video inside.
Irish rockers Ash have teamed up with LucasArts to give their next EP a Star Wars: Republic Commando flavour to celebrate the band's involvement with the game.
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Konami's PSP FPS due out this summer. Assuming the actual handheld makes it out in time.
Konami's PlayStation Portable shooter Coded Arms will be released in Europe this summer in addition to the USA, according to the European arm of the Japanese publisher.
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More backing for SCi's Eidos bid
Merrill Lynch adds its shares to SCi's pile as Elevation's bid founders.
Over a quarter of Eidos' shareholders have now made irrevocable undertakings to accept the offer for the company from rival British publisher SCi, leaving the competing offer from US firm Elevation Partners in serious difficulty.
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Simply Games offers Bungie's latest at a bargain price.
Our chums at Simply Games have reacted to the announcement of Bungie's Multiplayer Map Pack expansion for Halo 2 by offering it for a quid less than the asking price. You can pre-order yours now for £13.98 delivered, here.
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To form... Collarbone? No. US developers join together to form biggest indie in the whole of America.
US development studios Backbone Entertainment and The Collective are merging to form the largest independent developer in North America.
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Notorious: Die to Drive gets a new name and some proper actors.
If you can remember all the way back to May last year, you may recall Tom's post-E3 preview of Ubisoft's new combat racer, Notorious: Die to Drive.
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