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                    Anomaly 2 announced by 11 bit studios
                
 
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                    Journey developer Kellee Santiago joins Ouya
                
 
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                    Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate region locking to be lifted in April patch
                
 
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                    Vampire MMO World of Darkness being played internally at Eve Online maker CCP
                
 
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                    Project Awakened: The origin story
                
 
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                    Oh! What a lovely Warface
                
 
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                    Sony exec says Gran Turismo 6 is a PS3 game
                
 
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                    PlayStation 4 interface shown off in HD screenshots
                
 
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                    The next FPS from Painkiller developer The Farm 51 is Deadfall Adventures
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag confirmed by Ubisoft, has 60 minutes exclusive gameplay on PS3
                
 
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                    Army of Two dev: we forget games are meant to be fun
                
 
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                    Eve Online: 500k subscribers and what CCP learnt along the way
                
 
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                    Real Racing 3 review
                
 
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                    Injured Smash Bros. creator fears impact on Wii U and 3DS development
                
 
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                    Why Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 isn't coming to Wii U
                
 
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                    Former Sony employee sues Nintendo over 3DS glasses-free 3D technology
                
 
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                    The Last of Us trailer spawns new gameplay footage
                
 
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                    Deus Ex: Human Defiance trademarked by Square-Enix
                
 
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                    Double Fine "optimistic" of regaining Stacking, Costume Quest rights
                
 
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                    Controversial zombie game The War Z returns to Steam
                
 
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                    Sony announces Zeus and Isaac Clarke for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
                
 
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                    Nexuiz Xbox 360 servers turned off as THQ asset sale looms
                
 
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                    EA Warhammer spin-off Wrath of Heroes shuts down next month
                
 
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                    The Button Affair is a stylish free spy spoof autorunner
                
 
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                    First images of Just Cause 3 teased - rumour
                
 
            
           
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                    Minimalist platformer Thomas Was Alone is coming to PS3 and Vita this spring
                
 
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                    Gears of War: Judgment getting two free maps and Execution Mode in early April
                
 
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                    Splinter Cell: Blacklist sneaks onto Wii U - rumour
                
 
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                    Uncharted 3 multiplayer goes free-to-play up to level 15
                
 
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                    Japanese weekly Wii U sales fall below Vita's for the first time
                
 
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                    Remember Me dated for June
                
 
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                    "A bone wall that sheds half-skeletons is just cool": Meet the man behind Torchlight 2's most ambitious mod
                
 
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                    EA putting micro-transactions "into all of our games"
                
 
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                    Microsoft prepping an EA partnership announcement for its next Xbox event - report
                
 
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                    Halo 4: Spartan Ops Season 1 review
                
 
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                    Wii Mini priced £79.99 at Amazon.co.uk
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Valve Greenlights a fifth set of games for Steam
                
 
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                    First details of pirate-themed Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
                
 
                - 
                    
                    How Lego City Undercover blows the franchise wide open - and could save the Wii U in the process
                
 
                - 
                    
                    This year's Assassin's Creed game will feature a new character, setting
                
 
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                    Momonga Pinball Adventures review
                
 
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                    Skullgirls to get a new character following record-setting Indiegogo campaign
                
 
            
           
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                    Gears of War: Judgment season pass announced, will cost 1600 MS Points
                
 
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                    The Sea Will Claim Everything dev launches Indiegogo for Ithaka of the Clouds
                
 
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                    Greenlit horror adventure Asylum creeps past its Kickstarter goal
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Runner2 out this week on Steam, XBLA and Wii U
                
 
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                    Every PS4 game will be available for download
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Need for Speed: Most Wanted's three new DLC packs arrive in a £20/2000 Microsoft Points bundle
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Halo 4, 3, Reach, Wars sale on Xbox Live today
                
 
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                    Arma 3's alpha to roll out next week, free version due the week after
                
 
                - 
                    
                    "Glorious entertainment": Science and games intersect at this year's Make Something Unreal competition
                
 
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                    Halo 4: Majestic Map Pack review
                
 
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                    Wii Mini out in the UK on 22nd March
                
 
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                    PlayStation Diablo 3 may not connect to Battle.net at all
                
 
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                    A year and a half after its announcement, BioShock Vita is still not in development
                
 
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                    Meanwhile on PC: AMD unveils next-gen hair simulation technology
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Telltale: "There may very well be more Walking Dead ... before season two"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still coming, Ubisoft boss promises
                
 
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                    Several staffers on Aliens: Colonial Marines spill the beans on what went wrong - report
                
 
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                    Spelunky-esque platforming roguelike 99 Levels to Hell out tomorrow
                
 
            
           
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                    Edmund McMillen details his upcoming "cat lady sim" Mew-Genics
                
 
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                    Mighty Switch Force 2 announced for 3DS
                
 
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                    Revengeance DLC will let you play as Jetstream Sam and a robot dog
                
 
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                    BioShock Infinite pre-orders on Steam come with free games, but only if enough people reserve it
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Blizzard mentions offline play for Diablo 3 on PlayStation
                
 
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                    Many tanks: Command & Conquer turns free-to-play
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ubisoft denies reports that Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel is quitting
                
 
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                    Footage of FlatOut dev's next-gen racing game
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft distances self from FBI raid on Xbox Durago leaker's house
                
 
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                    Tech Analysis: Killzone: Shadow Fall demo
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Not one but three more Need for Speed: Most Wanted DLCs coming
                
 
                - 
                    
                    BioWare on next-gen: "There will be a big leap, but it won't be as obvious"
                
 
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                    Dishonored's new story-based DLC The Other Side of the Coin spotted
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK chart: Crysis 3 beats Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
                
 
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                    Valve's Gabe Newell to receive BAFTA Fellowship snazzy award thing
                
 
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                    Sony patents way of identifying pirated software by measuring load times
                
 
            
           
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                    Neo Geo X review
                
 
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                    Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    Oddworld vs. PlayStation Vita
                
 
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                    Saturday Soapbox: Defining PlayStation 4's games
                
 
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                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Xbox 360 Games on Demand on sale next week for up to 85 per cent off
                
 
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                    Hell Yeah! developer Arkedo Studio disbands
                
 
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                    Microsoft to reveal its next console in April - rumour
                
 
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                    PS4 games to range from $0.99 to $60, according to Jack Tretton
                
 
            
           
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                    Disgaea Dimensions 2: A Brighter Darkness is due this autumn in Europe and North America
                
 
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                    Kojima says MGS: Ground Zeroes may be too risky to publish, sell
                
 
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                    Five analysts, one consensus: PlayStation 4 impressed
                
 
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                    PS4: PC-like architecture, 8GB RAM delight developers
                
 
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                    Sony offers free games after Ratchet & Clank: QForce Vita delay
                
 
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                    Rebooting Tomb Raider
                
 
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                    Retro City Rampage due on WiiWare next week
                
 
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                    Tomb Raider PC specs released, will be "extensively optimised"
                
 
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                    PlayStation 4 pre-orders are live at GAME, requires a £20 deposit
                
 
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                    Killzone: Shadow Fall gameplay demoed live on US TV
                
 
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                    BioWare announces Mass Effect 3: Citadel, the final single-player DLC
                
 
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                    Arma 3 to be Steam-exclusive, Bohemia Interactive announces
                
 
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                    Wii U LAN adapter announced for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
                
 
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                    Persona 4: Golden review
                
 
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                    Deus Ex movie director looking to District 9, Looper and Inception for inspiration
                
 
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                    The Witness may launch on PC and iOS alongside PS4
                
 
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                    Layoffs at EA Montreal and Los Angeles as gargantuan company manages console transition
                
 
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                    Every PlayStation 4 game, every developer announced so far
                
 
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                    Spelunky DLC adds eight new playable characters, 24 deathmatch arenas
                
 
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                    Point-and-click indie drama Richard & Alice is out today on GoG
                
 
            
           
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                    NeoGeo X Classics: Volume 1 will include 15 retro titles, due in April
                
 
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                    Legends of Grimrock 2 officially announced
                
 
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                    Man responsible for Durango leak raided by the FBI
                
 
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                    Killzone: Shadow Fall revealed
                
 
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                    Spec Analysis: PlayStation 4
                
 
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                    "A brilliant creator and an unusual thinker": Game designer Kenji Eno has died, aged 42
                
 
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                    Thoughts from New York: PlayStation 4 feels less visionary than its predecessor
                
 
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                    First screenshots of Diablo 3 on PlayStation released
                
 
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                    Year Walk review
                
 
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                    BioShock Infinite Season Pass announced
                
 
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                    The big interview: Sony's Shuhei Yoshida on PS4
                
 
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                    Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages headed to 3DS Virtual Console
                
 
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                    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt confirmed for PlayStation 4 in 2014
                
 
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                    PlayStation 4 does not require an internet connection
                
 
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                    Bungie shooter Destiny to get exclusive content on PlayStation
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sucker Punch announces inFamous: Second Son for PS4
                
 
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                    Sony tells Eurogamer: PlayStation 4 will not block used games
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony sounds uncertain about European PS4 launch timing
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Witness to debut exclusively on PS4
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Watch Dogs confirmed for PS4
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony announces PlayStation 4, shows DualShock 4 controller
                
 
                - 
                    
                    MotorStorm dev announces team-based PS4 racer Driveclub
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Media Molecule unveils PlayStation 4 project powered by Move
                
 
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                    Capcom reveals new fantasy IP Deep Down for PlayStation 4
                
 
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                    Still no sign of The Last Guardian
                
 
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                    Diablo 3 coming to PlayStation 4 as well as PS3
                
 
            
           
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                    Super House of Dead Ninjas remake is available now on Steam
                
 
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                    Blackwell Epiphany is coming to haunt your PC this autumn
                
 
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                    Anodyne promotes itself on The Pirate Bay, creators rake in over $12K
                
 
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                    The Banner Saga: Factions is out of beta
                
 
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                    DmC's Vergil's Downfall DLC dated for early March
                
 
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                    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition out on Mac on 22nd Feb
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3: Washington Edition spotted, due for release "very soon"
                
 
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                    Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mercury Steam's mission to be the next Naughty Dog
                
 
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                    Crysis 3, Skyrim's Hearthfire DLC on EU PlayStation Store this week
                
 
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                    PlayStation 4: everything we know so far
                
 
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                    Sony admits Vita is "a little behind the numbers we originally pictured"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Urban Trial Freestyle review
                
 
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                    First Murdered: Soul Suspect trailer released, out early 2014
                
 
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                    Another 37 HMV stores are to close, bringing the grand total to 103
                
 
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                    Nintendo releasing US 60Hz version of F-Zero on Wii U Virtual Console
                
 
                - 
                    
                    A brief history of console reveals
                
 
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                    Activision to "release fewer games based on license properties" in 2013
                
 
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                    PlayStation 4 out November, has Xbox Live-style subscription - report
                
 
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                    Skull & Roses review
                
 
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                    Back to Bed resembles a creepy, surrealistic nightmare take on ilomilo
                
 
            
           
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                    The Room to get a sequel this autumn
                
 
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                    The PS4 to feature cloud-based backwards compatibility - report
                
 
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                    Delver's Drop is a nifty-looking physics-based randomised dungeon crawler
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Riot is an upcoming game about social upheaval
                
 
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                    Aliens: Colonial Marines' demo looked much prettier than the final game
                
 
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                    Ubisoft is adding titles from other publishers onto UPlay
                
 
                - 
                    
                    BioShock Infinite gameplay trailer teases Elizabeth's role
                
 
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                    Supercomputing in consumer form: Nvidia's new GTX Titan graphics card
                
 
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                    Watch us play Metal Gear Rising from 5pm GMT
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian announces Tribal Towers
                
 
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                    Hotline Miami for Vita and PS3 this spring
                
 
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                    Microsoft warns of console bans after Gears of War: Judgment leaks a month before release
                
 
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                    BlizzCon 2013 announced for early November
                
 
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                    Replica Montreal subway map for Counter-Strike: GO attracts ire of Canadian authorities
                
 
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                    Currys PC World in London opens a Gaming Bunker
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington - Episode 1 review
                
 
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                    Crysis 3 review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    GAME lock-ins continue with Tomb Raider
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Face-Off: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
                
 
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                    Death Inc. Kickstarter prototype demo released to the public
                
 
                - 
                    
                    World of StarCraft MMO mod is now playable but needs your help
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Watch Dogs Wii U release touted by retailers
                
 
                - 
                    
                    275 weeks and 4000 songs later, Rock Band DLC will end
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack out next week, details revealed
                
 
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                    Ubisoft "hurt" seeing Rayman Legends Wii U fans upset at delay, extends new olive branch
                
 
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                    Far Cry 3 outpost reset, master difficulty coming
                
 
            
           
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                    Stranger's Wrath HD Vita patch pulled, but don't panic
                
 
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                    Sony considering £300 PS4 UK price, claims The Times
                
 
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                    Serious Sam Double D XXL review
                
 
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                    It's a boring out-of-court settlement between Zynga and EA
                
 
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                    Ghostbusters review
                
 
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                    PC players working to make Aliens: Colonial Marines look better
                
 
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                    A video of Obsidian's Aliens RPG appears
                
 
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                    UK chart: Aliens: Colonial Marines enjoys biggest launch of 2013
                
 
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                    Witcher 3 dev says Skyrim's story and quests were "generic"
                
 
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                    Face-Off: Dead Space 3
                
 
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                    Resident Evil 1.5 fan project releases playable build
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Final Fantasy X HD re-emerges for Vita
                
 
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                    Crysis 3 developer Crytek on why it's impossible for next-gen consoles to match the power of gaming PCs
                
 
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                    Sony announces PlayStation Vita price-drop in Japan
                
 
            
           
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                    Destiny: Bungie unveils its shared-world shooter
                
 
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                    Destiny requires an internet connection to work
                
 
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                    The Last of Us preview: Naughty Dog moves into Uncharted territory
                
 
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                    Face-Off: Aliens: Colonial Marines
                
 
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                    HTC 8X review
                
 
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                    Sinistar retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Saturday Soapbox: Loving the science, but don't forget the art
                
 
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                    Chivalry mod lowers gravity, terrifies everyone
                
 
            
           
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                    Castlevania: Mirror of Fate will get a demo later this month
                
 
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                    Behold Beercade, an arcade cabinet that rewards the winner with beer
                
 
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                    Watch Dogs out this Christmas "for all home consoles" - report
                
 
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                    Angry Birds Trilogy sells over one million units, despite costing £30
                
 
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                    GameStick available for pre-order, due this April
                
 
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                    Footage leaks of cancelled Star Wars fighting game
                
 
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                    The Naughty Dog difference
                
 
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                    Wii U sold around 55K during January in the US
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3's wacky Tyranny of King Washington DLC features superpowers, hallucinogens and an alternate history storyline
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Kickstarted game Takedown signed by publisher 505
                
 
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                    Sony patents an EyePad gaming tablet for use with a console
                
 
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                    Steam on Linux released with a sale
                
 
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                    Europa Universalis 4 preview:  The whole world in your hands?
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3 patch kills save-wipe bug, readies your game for Tyranny
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Early Dreamfall Chapters gameplay footage released
                
 
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                    Sega Mega Drive, Saturn, Dreamcast-themed netbooks!
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Unreal Engine 4 superhero game Project Awakened takes to Kickstarter
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Among the Sleep dev's free game The Plan is pretty darned beautiful
                
 
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                    Spaceteam review
                
 
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                    Infinity Blade is free for a week
                
 
            
           
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                    Limbo dev shows off pet project 140
                
 
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                    First gameplay footage of Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles REvealed
                
 
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                    Anomaly dev offers 50 per cent off pre-orders on its unannounced game
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Grid 2 preview: Storytelling returns to the racing genre
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D announced for 3DS
                
 
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                    New Mario & Luigi RPG and Mario Golf for 3DS
                
 
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                    European Fire Emblem: Awakening release date 19th April
                
 
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                    3DS Animal Crossing: New Leaf for Europe and US in June
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Moneybags Wargaming acquires Gas Powered Games
                
 
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                    Sega UK denies that Aliens: Colonial Marines has been cancelled on Wii U
                
 
                - 
                    
                    System Shock 2 was originally known as Junction Point
                
 
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                    "Coloured boxes, perfectly arranged": a lifelong game collector heads to eBay
                
 
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                    System Shock 2 back from the dead and available on GOG.com now
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Valve's noted hardware team member Jeri Ellsworth "fired"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Skyrim's Dragonborn DLC finally available on PlayStation 3 today
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Take-Two takes THQ's WWE wrestling licence
                
 
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                    Wii U's Most Wanted: Criterion returns to Nintendo hardware with enhanced Need for Speed
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Eurogamer takes comedian Dara O'Briain on a space adventure all of his own
                
 
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                    GameHorizon conference sessions to be streamed online
                
 
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                    The History of Nintendo: 1889-1980 review
                
 
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                    Deadly Premonition had "no economic success," according to Swery
                
 
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                    NG:DEV.TEAM's latest Dreamcast and Neo Geo shmup NEO XYX gets a new trailer
                
 
            
           
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                    The Last of Us delayed until June
                
 
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                    After more than three years Brütal Legend comes to PC
                
 
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                    DmC's free Bloody Palace add-on available next week on Xbox 360 and PS3
                
 
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                    Resident Evil: Revelations Wii U won't support Wiimote controls
                
 
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                    David Cage: "I actually have probably my next three games in mind"
                
 
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                    See the new Slender in action here from 5pm GMT
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Another 164 Blockbuster stores are closing down
                
 
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                    Creator of original Xbox slams Microsoft's current Xbox strategy
                
 
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                    Fumito Ueda issues The Last Guardian statement ahead of Sony's PlayStation 4 event
                
 
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                    WildStar preview: Happy hunting?
                
 
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                    Meet the new Wii U exclusive that proves the console's future is bright
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sega: Gearbox developed Aliens: Colonial Marines, other studios just "helped"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    How Notch funding Age of Wonders 3 came about
                
 
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                    EA: "We should've done better" with Medal of Honor: Warfighter
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Bungie teases a Destiny announcement on Sunday
                
 
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                    BioWare announces Mass Effect version of Risk board game
                
 
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                    Cliff Bleszinski says "horror doesn't fly" in the full-priced retail market
                
 
                - 
                    
                    EA: "Next-gen consoles will most likely not be backwards compatible"
                
 
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                    Several indie devs rally together against publisher Lace Mamba
                
 
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                    Lego FTL set exists, but needs more votes to be produced
                
 
            
           
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                    Man arrested for stealing 19 games by stuffing them down his pants
                
 
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                    Watch us play Aliens: Colonial Marines from 5pm GMT
                
 
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                    Black Ops 2's Revolution DLC dated for PS3 and PC this month
                
 
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                    The 90's Arcade Racer to be published by Nicalis, coming to Wii U
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pokémon Rumble U announced for Wii U eShop
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Amazon.co.uk ships some Scribblenauts Unlimited copies despite delay
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Professional World of Tanks league arrives
                
 
                - 
                    
                    300 jobs lost as HMV quits Republic of Ireland
                
 
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                    Aliens: Colonial Marines "primary development" outsourced to Section 8 developer TimeGate Studios - report
                
 
                - 
                    
                    God of War: Ascension preview: Kratos' combat evolved
                
 
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                    Pixel People review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Warner says a new Batman Arkham game will be out this year
                
 
                - 
                    
                    BAFTA 2013 video game nominations revealed
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Kinect sales equal the original Xbox, higher than GameCube
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Aliens: Colonial Marines review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Free Kentucky Route Zero spin-off Limits & Demonstrations is available now
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Prison Architect acquires over $1 million in pre-orders
                
 
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                    thatgamecompany's next game will be multiplatform
                
 
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                    Gas Powered Games cancels the Wildman Kickstarter with four days left to go
                
 
            
           
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                    11 minutes of Tomb Raider footage surfaces
                
 
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                    Will The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt look better on PC than next-gen consoles?
                
 
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                    Pre-orders for Slender: The Arrival are half-off, come with instant beta access
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pro artists design their own Mass Effect, Dragon Age characters
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Games without demos sell better on Xbox 360
                
 
                - 
                    
                    EA has no intention of patching the Dead Space 3 loot exploit
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wizards of the Coast declares that it is open to licensing Planescape
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Antichamber review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Codemasters' games to be distributed by Namco Bandai in Europe from now on
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The future of RPGs according to Obsidian's Urquhart and BioWare's Muzyka
                
 
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                    Time Surfer review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    LittleBigPlanet dev teases a new game ahead of Sony's PlayStation 4 event
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Impire preview: The devil's in the details
                
 
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                    Axl Rose's case dismissed against Guitar Hero publisher Activision
                
 
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                    Ubisoft promises Wii U-exclusive Rayman Legends demo after fans vent anger at delay
                
 
                - 
                    
                    InXile reveals 15-minute Wasteland 2 gameplay video
                
 
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                    UK chart: Dead Space 3 top but launch sales down 26% on DS2
                
 
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                    Rayman Legends dev "p*ssed" at Ubisoft for delay after completing Wii U version, blames "men in ties"
                
 
            
           
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                    Alien retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    Saturday Soapbox: The lost art of keeping a secret
                
 
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                    Brett Ratner to produce a Farmville animated series
                
 
            
           
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                    iD releases the Rage toolkit on Steam
                
 
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                    Kingdoms of Amalur dev's Impossible Studios shuttered by Epic
                
 
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                    Daylight is an Unreal 4 engine randomly generated horror game from the Blacklight dev
                
 
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                    Square Enix reveals Murdered: Soul Suspect via ARG
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wii U exclusives Bayonetta 2 and Wonderful 101 unlikely to jump ship and go multiplatform
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Administrator Deloitte confirms 66 HMV store closures
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony: PS3 still has "a long life" and Vita needs "more attractive software"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Far Cry 3 sales hit 4.5 million as Ubisoft revenues soar
                
 
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                    Watch us play Dead Space 3 live from 3.30pm GMT
                
 
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                    Wildfire Worlds: Eurogamer takes on a power station
                
 
                - 
                    
                    KOTOR2 dev wants to pitch Disney a new Star Wars game
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft mulled Sega buyout before deciding company "didn't have enough muscle to stop Sony"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Dreamfall Chapters Kickstarter drive has begun
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Face-Off: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
                
 
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                    Flower developer thatgamecompany was bankrupt when Journey shipped
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Activision casts doubt on 2013 release for Bungie's Destiny
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wreck-It Ralph movie review
                
 
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                    Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate's multiplayer servers will be region-locked
                
 
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                    Wikipad resurfaces with a seven inch screen for $249
                
 
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                    Ex-LittleBigPlanet devs show off Death, Inc. gameplay
                
 
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                    Ex-LittleBigPlanet devs form Kickstarter for RTS/god game Death, Inc
                
 
            
           
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                    Capcom Arcade Cabinet's full line-up revealed
                
 
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                    The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct debuts its first official trailer
                
 
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                    The Vanishing of Ethan Carter won't contain any combat
                
 
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                    Aliens: Colonial Marines' Bug Hunt DLC set for March
                
 
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                    Wii U-exclusive Rayman Legends to go multiplatform
                
 
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                    Ouya: "There will be a new Ouya every year"
                
 
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                    Nintendo blocks Miiverse friend requests for gamers aged 12 and under
                
 
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                    Preposterous Saw and Kirk Douglas-themed GTA hacks are sold in African game shops
                
 
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                    LittleBigPlanet 3 in development at Sonic Racing dev Sumo Digital - report
                
 
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                    This is my $550,000 30-year video game collection
                
 
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                    Wide Sky review
                
 
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                    Triumph has been working on a new Overlord experience
                
 
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                    Sony aiming at ~$400 for PlayStation 4 - report
                
 
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                    Demo showdown: Crysis 3 multiplayer beta
                
 
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                    See Borderlands 2 played on Nvidia's Project Shield
                
 
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                    The Showdown Effect preview: The last action hero
                
 
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                    Former Batman to co-star in the Need for Speed movie
                
 
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                    Ouya will be the first - and possibly only - console to receive Double Fine Adventure
                
 
            
           
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                    Wii U-exclusive Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge to go multiplatform
                
 
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                    J.J. Abrams and Gabe Newell want to collaborate on movies, games
                
 
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                    Thirty Flights of Loving dev shows off upcoming cyberpunk game Quadrilateral Cowboy
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington episodes 2 and 3 dated for March, April
                
 
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                    North Korean propaganda film featuring Call of Duty footage has been pulled from YouTube
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington DLC release date
                
 
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                    Bulletstorm lead announces The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
                
 
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                    Dark Age of Camelot maker unveils new MMO Camelot Unchained, which sounds very similar indeed
                
 
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                    Dead Space 3 and Black Ops 2 each £59.99 on EU PlayStation Store this week
                
 
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                    Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar review
                
 
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                    Buffy and Mass Effect actor Robin Sachs dies aged 61
                
 
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                    Dead Space 3 item exploit negates use of micro-transactions
                
 
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                    Screenshots of next-gen RPG The Witcher 3
                
 
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                    God of War: Ascension bundle introduces white super duper slim PS3
                
 
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                    NCSoft's sci-fi MMO WildStar will launch in 2013
                
 
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                    Fast & Furious star named as new Agent 47 in Hitman film reboot
                
 
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                    DayZ Standalone: the first and extended gameplay video footage
                
 
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                    Dungeonland review
                
 
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                    Overlord dev bringing Age of Wonders back this year
                
 
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                    New HD Mario Kart screenshots revealed
                
 
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                    SoulCalibur 5 sales aren't as strong as SoulCalibur 4's
                
 
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                    Proteus review
                
 
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                    Nintendo determined to prevent dedicated gaming consoles from dying out as threat from next-gen and mobile looms
                
 
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                    Activision offered Axl Rose his own game
                
 
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                    Beyond Tron: Christopher Brookmyre interview
                
 
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                    Zynga is shuttering half of its Q4 releases following their disappointing performance
                
 
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                    Redbox Instant coming to Xbox 360
                
 
            
           
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                    Borderlands 2 sold nearly six million units to date
                
 
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                    Borderlands 2: Add-On Content Pack collects $40 worth of DLC for $30
                
 
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                    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's Online Multiplayer & Wallace DLC delayed after 2.5 years
                
 
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                    Ouya coming to retail in June for $100
                
 
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                    Fantasy MMO Tera goes free-to-play with rousing new trailer
                
 
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                    Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC out next month, has franchise's "darkest chapters"
                
 
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                    Sony launches PlayStation Vita sale to celebrate console's first birthday
                
 
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                    iD Software co-founder Tom Hall launches Kickstarter for spiritual successor to Commander Keen
                
 
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                    Dead Island's whopping five million sales proves new IP can succeed at the end of a console lifecycle, publisher says
                
 
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                    Dead Space 3 review
                
 
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                    Prepare your pennies for new Skylanders game, Skylanders Swap Force
                
 
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                    Square Enix struggling to make money from its console games
                
 
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                    Scribblenauts Unlimited delayed in Europe just three days before release
                
 
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                    Sniper Elite V2 on Wii U official
                
 
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                    Rockstar slams Grand Theft Auto 5 delay "conspiracies" as "nonsense"
                
 
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                    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt announced for 2014
                
 
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                    Capcom reduces Devil May Cry sales target by 800k
                
 
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                    Sony ends relationship with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale developer SuperBot
                
 
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                    Four-player co-op action RPG Hammerwatch throws down the Gauntlet on Steam Greenlight
                
 
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                    Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed races onto 3DS this week in Europe
                
 
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                    Revengeance to get VR Missions DLC on PS3 and Xbox 360 in Europe
                
 
            
           
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                    American McGee's Akaneiro: Demon Hunters squeaks past its Kickstarter goal
                
 
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                    The Halo trilogy, Fez and Dyad outed on the Steam database
                
 
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                    PS3 Skyrim DLC arrives in a fortnight's time, Dragonborn first
                
 
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                    All Skyrim DLC coming to PS3 in February
                
 
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                    First in-game images of Shadowrun Returns surface
                
 
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                    This is the LA Noire blooper reel
                
 
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                    Notch talks about the $101 million he earned in 2012
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed dev cut a "huge" co-op mode
                
 
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                    Wii U GamePad Android knock-off review
                
 
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                    Borderlands 2 writer responds to allegations of racism
                
 
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                    Might & Magic: Duel of Champions review
                
 
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                    Facebook's 10-game plan to win core gamers in 2013
                
 
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                    Kickstarted arty turn-based viking RPG The Banner Saga now due mid-2013
                
 
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                    HMV to close up to 100 stores - report
                
 
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                    UK chart: Ni No Kuni conjures up first place victory
                
 
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                    Splinter Cell returns to the shadows with Blacklist
                
 
            
           
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                    PlayStation 3 12GB Super Slim review
                
 
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                    Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    It's time to ignore Dead Space 3's micro-transactions
                
 
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                    Tame the wild west with Kevin Costner's Tatanka Hunting Simulator 2013
                
 
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                    Crimes & Punishments, the New Adventure of Sherlock Holmes announced
                
 
            
           
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                    Frozen Synapse: Tactics announced for PS3 and Vita
                
 
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                    Double Fine is selling its Amnesia Fortnight prototypes in a Special Edition Box Set
                
 
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                    PlayStation 4 to launch in Japan and North America this year, but not reach Europe until early 2014 - report
                
 
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                    Minecraft maker Mojang: "There are simply no good ways to forecast how much money we are going to make"
                
 
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                    Hitman HD Trilogy review
                
 
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                    Mass Effect 3 DLC leaked in new patch data
                
 
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                    Pocket-sized Android games console GameStick funded six times over
                
 
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                    It's a Gladiator-inspired God of War: Ascension live action video
                
 
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                    The amazing Brian Blessed voicing War of the Roses DLC
                
 
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                    Hitman HD Trilogy live video stream
                
 
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                    Dead Space 3 launches with 11 DLC packs for speeding loot collection, kitting out character
                
 
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                    Ex-HMV staff hijack company Twitter account as 190 employees are laid off
                
 
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                    Temple Run 2 is the fastest-spreading mobile game ever
                
 
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                    Omerta: City of Gangsters review
                
 
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                    Next PlayStation believed to be set for February 20th reveal
                
 
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                    Indie Royale release the Evolved Bundle
                
 
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                    NyxQuest developer announces isometric voodoo roguelike Full Mojo Rampage