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                    Mutant Mudds coming to Wii U in Q1 2013
                
 
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                    Steam Greenlight's third batch of accepted games includes Primordia and Waking Mars
                
 
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                    Vagrant Story director's upcoming RPG Crimson Shroud dated for December on the 3DS eShop
                
 
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                    MOMA Mia! Plans for beefy video game collection next year
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PC Far Cry 3 problems negated by setting Uplay to offline
                
 
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                    PlanetSide 2 review
                
 
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                    Nintendo on Wii U hopes, fears and why hardcore fans are its secret weapon
                
 
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                    Wii U has 1.24GHz CPU, 550MHz graphics core - report
                
 
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                    Sony's break apart pad idea returns, this time with Move bobbles
                
 
                - 
                    
                    You can buy Mass Effect and Mirror's Edge museum-grade fine art
                
 
                - 
                    
                    THQ president gives $1000 to the Humble THQ Bundle. Total payments near $2m
                
 
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                    GAME targets PC gamers, becomes first UK shop to make Steam Wallet Codes available to buy in-store
                
 
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                    Xbox Live Gold access free this weekend everywhere except Europe
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Yes you can remake TimeSplitters as a CryEngine mod, says Crytek
                
 
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                    Hideo Kojima doesn't like being thought of as "the Metal Gear guy"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ron Gilbert wishes he owned Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion
                
 
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                    Scrolls: from building blocks to building decks
                
 
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                    The UK Wii U eShop digital launch line-up in full
                
 
            
           
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                    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth already in development for PS3 and Vita
                
 
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                    Troubled Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City studio releases The Bowling Dead on iOS
                
 
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                    Pier Solar HD reaches its Kickstarter goal, gets Japanese translation
                
 
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                    Sony sells 525,000 PS3s in the US during the week of Black Friday
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pay what you want for Metro 2033, Darksiders, Red Faction: Armageddon and Company of Heroes
                
 
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                    Surface with Windows 8 Pro priced at $899 for the 64GB version
                
 
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                    Some of the biggest Dungeon Keeper fans assemble to create War for the Overworld
                
 
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                    Halo 4 Crimson map pack, Extraction game mode out 10th December for 800 MS Points
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Barkley 2 scores a slam dunk on Kickstarter in less than a day
                
 
                - 
                    
                    See how Grand Theft Auto: Vice City looks on iOS and Android
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden sequel announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rage: The Scorchers DLC outed by Trophies leak
                
 
                - 
                    
                    New Company of Heroes 2 trailer goes boom
                
 
                - 
                    
                    New dev Black Tusk Studios working on Microsoft's "next big entertainment franchise"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Deathstroke a playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us
                
 
                - 
                    
                    How does the Wii U launch line-up compare to the SNES, N64 and GameCube's?
                
 
                - 
                    
                    An interview with comedian Dara O Briain
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Riven iPad a couple of weeks from submission
                
 
                - 
                    
                    App of the Day: Dream of Pixels
                
 
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                    Buy OTT gaming guff to help charity GamesAid this Christmas
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Splash Damage's new game Dirty Bomb shows off a war-torn London Bridge
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Battlefield 3: Aftermath review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rare sticking with Kinect for its new project
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Two generations of XCOM: Gollop and Solomon on this year's remake
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wii U price round-up: where's cheapest?
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Would you like co-op in the next Assassin's Creed?
                
 
                - 
                    
                    DayZ standalone may slip from 2012 "if needed"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Jailed ArmA 3 devs send letter from prison as Czech protests escalate
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Some Halo 4 players unable to connect to servers, 343 investigating
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Waiting for the end of the world: City of Heroes retrospective
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Be sure to download the "critical" day one patch for Far Cry 3 on PC
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo not interested in emulating Xbox Live, Iwata says
                
 
            
           
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                    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth coming to consoles
                
 
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                    Teslagrad is a 2D steampunk puzzle/platformer in the vein of Braid
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Notch, Ron Gilbert, Kellee Santiago and more judge the world's first global online game jam
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Battlefield 3: Aftermath out today on EU PlayStation Store
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Failing Kung-fu Superstar Kickstarter proves hardcore gamers' "hatred" for motion control
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Oculus Rift Kickstarter dev kits delayed from December to March
                
 
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                    Ridge Racers
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Viewtiful Joe 2 review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    TrackMania Sunrise review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth 2
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Shadow Hearts: From The New World review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    FlatOut 2 review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Eurogamer Is Five Years Old!
                
 
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                    UEFA Champs League 2006-2007 dev diary
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Eurogamer's QuakeCon 2007 coverage
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Games Convention 2007: The line-up
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Join the GT Academy
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Green Day signs for Rock Band
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft trumpets 40 million Windows 8 sales in first month
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Konami confirms Metal Gear Solid 4: 25th Anniversary Edition is PS3 exclusive after New Zealand shop lists it for Xbox 360
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mario, Layton offered free to 3DS XL owners
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Don't mod PlanetSide 2 in any way or you will be banned
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Treyarch vows to fix Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 leaderboard resets
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mass Effect 3: Omega review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition out today on PC but delayed on Android, Mac, iPad
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Bungie releases first Destiny concept art as story details leak
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rumoured Wii U game Yoshi's Land listed by retailer
                
 
                - 
                    
                    As Grand Theft Auto game sales increase, Take-Two boss says annualised IP "eventually hits the wall"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Square Enix: another mistake like Final Fantasy 14 could destroy the company
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Higher than expected Dishonored sales mean Bethesda has a new franchise
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Chivalry: Medieval Warfare review
                
 
            
           
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                    Wadjet Eye's latest sci-fi yarn Primordia gets a playable demo
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Tattooist sues THQ for replicating UFC fighter's ink without permission
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft sold over 750,000 Xbox 360s in the US during the week of Black Friday
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ace Combat Assault Horizon PC version confirmed
                
 
                - 
                    
                    ArenaNet holds frank Reddit debate on Guild Wars 2 loot-grind
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Kinect support for Garry's Mod imminent, brilliant, funny
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials out 11th December
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo Wii Mini leaked by retailer
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Doom 3 BFG Edition source code poured onto internet
                
 
                - 
                    
                    App of the Day: Neuroshima Hex
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ratchet & Clank: QForce review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Xbox co-creator reckons it's harder for consoles to ignore the Apple experience
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Xbox 360 mandatory system update goes live
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Defending the Wii U specs, Reggie's stark message to Sony and Microsoft
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Half-Life writer wants Guillermo del Toro to direct film version
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Oliver twins defend Dizzy Returns £350k Kickstarter
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Dragon's Dogma hard mode and speedrun mode out next week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Walking Dead creator reckons Activision FPS “could be a worthwhile experience”
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Square Enix reckons Japanese game industry is "gradually pushing back", hails Kojima's Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Classic Mario levels to be offered as free NSMB2 DLC
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Grand Theft Auto 5 PC fan petition reaches 45k votes
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ex-Free Radical devs reveal why publishers turned down TimeSplitters 4
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Syberia 3 officially announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Katamari and Canabalt creators collaborate on new game over Kickstarter
                
 
            
           
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                    Teleglitch is a spiffy sci-fi top top-down shooter/roguelike
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Max Payne 3's Painful Memories DLC due next week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Halo 4 map packs release date leaked - rumour
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Hotline Miami sequel announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Seth Killian's uphill fight with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Wii U sold 400K units in its first week in the US
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight voting ends, prototypes chosen
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Tomb Raider story will last you 12-15 hours, dev says
                
 
                - 
                    
                    This Week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Battlefield 3 patch addresses input lag and audio stability on PS3
                
 
                - 
                    
                    GOG adds Windows 8 support, 90 per cent of titles compatible
                
 
                - 
                    
                    These 25 people hope to be crowned the first ever Final Fantasy super fan
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Gearbox explains why Borderlands isn't on Wii U
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 gameplay video holds its breath
                
 
                - 
                    
                    App of the Day: Borderlands Legends HD
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Star Wars: The Old Republic re-review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Elite: Dangerous dev diary shows multiplayer gameplay as Kickstarter pushes past £500k mark
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Kickstarter RPG Shadowrun Returns delayed, needs more time to spend your money
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Reggie: third-party games “look dramatically better” on Wii U
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sci-fi god game Maia edges past Kickstarter goal
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Out next month in US, Nintendo TVii coming to European Wii U sometime in 2013
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK chart: COD Black Ops 2 holds off Hitman: Absolution
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mojang makes bespoke Minecraft for the scrumptious Raspberry Pi
                
 
                - 
                    
                    BioShock Infinite has no multiplayer, creator confirms
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nano Assault Neo review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    GoldenEye Reloaded, 007 Legends dev Eurocom hit by job losses
                
 
            
           
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                    Google Nexus 4 review
                
 
            
           
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                    Face-Off: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on Wii U
                
 
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                    Face-Off: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Saturday Soapbox: It just worked?
                
 
            
           
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                    Why are we stuck with games being released on a Friday?
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition gameplay trailer shows off improved Infinity Engine
                
 
                - 
                    
                    3DS game Resident Evil: Revelations listed for PS3, Xbox 360 release
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Tiny Invaders dev Hogrocket closes down
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Borderlands 2: Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wii U midnight launch plans detailed, two free games for first 100 customers
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Three years after sales ban, Japan finally blocks import of R4 cartridges
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ubisoft in talks with Valve to get Assassin's Creed 3 and Far Cry 3 on Steam in the UK
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Oliver twins announce Dizzy Returns Kickstarter two decades after the last original Dizzy game
                
 
            
           
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                    Out this week in US, Scribblenauts Unlimited is now delayed until 2013 in Europe
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Hitman franchise future split over two teams like Call of Duty, dev says
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Capcom reconfirms no plans for Dragon's Dogma PC after Twitter gaffe
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo Wii U review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Angry Birds Star Wars HD: an intellectual analysis
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Former Rare developer and designer of the Conker series Chris Seavor returns to games with Parashoot Stan
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Disney's Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    THQ clarifies Wii U "horrible, slow" CPU claim, but developer concern remains
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Double Fine developing Brazen, a Monster Hunter-style game inspired by stop-motion movies
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Steam Greenlight: Is it working?
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Influential credit rating agency downgrades Sony to “junk”
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Revert DLC dated for December
                
 
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                    Wii U GamePad is 3D capable in Assassin's Creed 3
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Xbox 360, Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 and Smartglass: Microsoft Studios now "multiformat" says Harrison
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Xbox 360 title update fixes escort drone and Dragonfire glitches
                
 
            
           
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                    Xbox set-top box out before Christmas 2013, according to a new report
                
 
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                    Czech president appeals to Greek leader over jailed ArmA 3 devs
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Peter Molyneux launches Kickstarter for Project Godus, a “reinvention” of the god game genre
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Steam Autumn Sale is now live
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Face-Off: Mass Effect 3 Special Edition on Wii U
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Back on track: the UK racing scene revival
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City iOS and Android release date
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Miiverse is a cross between Twitter, Facebook and Gamefaqs
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PlayStation All-Stars, Walking Dead, Lego LOTR headline huge PS Store update
                
 
                - 
                    
                    DICE: “we don't want to become a Battlefield factory”
                
 
                - 
                    
                    This is how Nintendo is advertising Nintendo Land in the UK
                
 
                - 
                    
                    3D Space Harrier heading for 3DS
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Stealth Bastard Deluxe Steam release date announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wii U profitable with just one game sale, Nintendo reveals
                
 
                - 
                    
                    THQ in talks with a potential financial sponsor but threat of liquidation remains
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Portal 2 PC finally gets split-screen co-op
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Dear Esther parody Dear Esteban is really quite funny
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Book of Unwritten Tales prequel The Critter Chronicles set to launch next month
                
 
            
           
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                    Metro: Last Light developer calls the Wii U CPU "horrible, slow"
                
 
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                    Quest For Glory successor Hero-U barely squeaks past its Kickstarter goal
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Resistance Collection coming to North America in early December
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rayman Legends demo available at Wii U launch
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Blizzard swoops on Heroes of Warcraft domain
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Lego The Lord of the Rings review
                
 
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                    Wii U Premium owners must spend £62.50 for £5 eShop voucher
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Deus Ex: Human Revolution suit in Hitman Absolution DLC
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Face-Off: Hitman Absolution
                
 
                - 
                    
                    YouTube Shining Force 3 content suddenly targeted for copyright infringement
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Black Ops 2's pre-order bonus map Nuketown 2025 pulled from most multiplayer modes
                
 
            
           
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                    Vote on Double Fine's next game ideas
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ratchet & Clank: QForce delayed until January on Vita
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Star Citizen boldly goes where no crowdsourced game has gone before
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Indie Royale presents the Stuffing Bundle
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Adverts and the new Xbox 360 dashboard
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Grand Theft Auto 5 Wii U "up for consideration", Rockstar boss says
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 Karaoke app will charge you by the hour
                
 
                - 
                    
                    $5 card game Uncharted: Fight for Fortune announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Strike Suit Zero out 24th January 2013
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Natural Selection 2 review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK chart: oh my COD
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wii U user able to access "mock-up menu" with unannounced games
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK chart: Halo 4 top but sales lower than Halo 3, Reach
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mass Effect 3: Omega DLC will not be available for Wii U
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Square Enix backtracks on Hitman: Absolution online pass
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PS Vita firmware 2.0 speeds up web browser, makes it a "small app"
                
 
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                    Nintendo Network ID confined to single Wii U console
                
 
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                    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PS3 patch released
                
 
            
           
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                    Hitman: Absolution review
                
 
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                    Hitman: Blood Money retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    Seaman creator's airport-simulator/puzzler Aero Porter coming to the 3DS eShop this month
                
 
                - 
                    
                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Saturday Soapbox: Death of the MMORPG
                
 
            
           
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                    Man allegedly steals an MMO's source code, creates a clone, then blackmails the original's creators
                
 
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                    After 70 days awaiting trial, jailed ArmA 3 devs refused bail
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ubisoft details huge Assassin's Creed 3 patch
                
 
                - 
                    
                    COD: Black Ops 2 earns more money in 24 hours than Black Ops 1, maybe Modern Warfare 3
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Video game version of Talisman board game out on PC in two weeks
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    How Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage is a yet another medley of Borderlands 2 madness
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo launches Pokédex iOS, first paid-for App Store download
                
 
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                    The creators of Hotline Miami on inspiration, storytelling and upcoming DLC
                
 
                - 
                    
                    YouTube Wii app arrives in US, just 48 hours from Wii U launch
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Black Ops 2: Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3?
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PlayStation 3 hits 70 million units shipped worldwide mark six years after launch
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Michael Jackson tune trouble halts GTA: Vice City PC sales
                
 
                - 
                    
                    A Hat in Time channels Wind Waker's aesthetic for a PC and Mac platformer
                
 
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                    Sinister director to helm Deus Ex: Human Revolution movie
                
 
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                    Shin Megami Tensei 4 story and characters revealed
                
 
            
           
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                    GameStop: Wii U software pre-orders more than double those of the Wii's
                
 
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                    Borderlands 2's Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage DLC confirmed
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Gone Home transports players back to 1995
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Cave Story creator's vertical-scrolling shmup Guxt coming to 3DS
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC to add Gravity Rush's Kat and Starhawk's Emmett
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PS3 owners upset at broken DLC codes as Activision battles online issues
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Croydon fraudster jailed for selling fake Nintendo games
                
 
                - 
                    
                    A man riding a dragon in new Skyrim Dragonborn DLC screenshots
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Bethesda compiles video of people better at Dishonored
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Gabe Newell named as next AIAS Hall of Famer
                
 
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                    UK Xbox 360 gamers get Kinect title Wreckateer free for 48 hours
                
 
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                    The next Call of Duty is a Modern Warfare game - report
                
 
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                    EA Gothenburg is now Ghost, working on Need for Speed
                
 
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                    Xbox Live 10 Year Anniversary console offer not coming to the UK
                
 
                - 
                    
                    First Dragon Age 3 screenshot revealed as BioWare art and animation director praises Frostbite 2
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Brilliant role-player Bastion now available on iPhone
                
 
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                    F1 Race Stars review
                
 
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                    Guild Wars 2 players upset at the apparent arrival of an end-game armour grind
                
 
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                    Basic 8GB Wii U has just 3GB space after system installs
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Dark Knight Rises' Bane cast as Sam Fisher in new Splinter Cell movie
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Motorola Razr I review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Walking Dead season one concludes next week on all platforms
                
 
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                    Spin the Bottle for Wii U uses no TV, "makes the players look at each other"
                
 
            
           
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                    EA Origin accounts are being hijacked
                
 
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                    Little Inferno's gameplay trailer debuts just ahead of its Wii U launch
                
 
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                    Nintendo defends the Wii U price based on consumer demand
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Futuristic arcade racer Distance speeds past its goal in the nick of time
                
 
                - 
                    
                    New Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer showcases protagonists
                
 
                - 
                    
                    COD Black Ops: Declassified costs £45 on EU PlayStation Store
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Animal Crossing 3DS sells 721k in Japanese opening week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PC disc 2 is, for some, Mass Effect 2
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rockstar opens up on decision to keep GTA5 this-gen
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The cult of TotalBiscuit
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Assassin's Creed 3 multiplayer events start today
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Assassin's Creed 3 PC "will be less buggy than the console versions" at launch
                
 
                - 
                    
                    TimeSplitters 4 fan interest "doesn't look that convincing"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PES 2013 on Wii looks uncannily like PES 2012
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Beyond Good & Evil 2 development delayed by Rayman
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Fallblox review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Super Meat Boy / Mario Galaxy crossover is a great proof of concept
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Some Xbox 360 copies of Lego The Lord of The Rings contain only the demo disc
                
 
            
           
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                    Jet Set Radio HD coming to Vita, iOS and Android this month
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Lone Survivor is coming to PS3 and Vita
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony wields banhammer against PS3 hackers
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PlayStation Plus hits Vita next week alongside 2.00 system software update
                
 
                - 
                    
                    StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm release date revealed by Battle.net
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The next Sleeping Dogs story DLC will add a new island
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wonderbook: Book of Spells review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft re-selling Kinect Sports 2 mini-games at £2 a pop
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rainbow 6: Patriots may now be next-gen game, Ubisoft CEO says
                
 
                - 
                    
                    How Nadeo plans to make ShootMania the number one eSports FPS
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ubisoft boss criticises Wii U price: "I can't say I'm happy"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Star Citizen test footage shows space ships in formation, cockpit view
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Paper Mario: Sticker Star review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Windows boss leaves Microsoft following Surface, Windows 8 launches
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Play as Dante's twin brother in DmC's post launch DLC Vergil's Downfall
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Now Kung Fu Superstar gets Oculus Rift support
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Halo 4 makes $220m in a day, beating Harry Potter and The Avengers movies
                
 
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                    Skyrim Dragonborn DLC confirmed, out 4th December
                
 
            
           
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                    Ditching Far Cry, piracy, gameplay and just about breaking even: Crytek on the ups and downs of the Crysis series
                
 
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                    Crytek plots "much more radical" future Crysis, but it won't be called Crysis 4
                
 
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                    Rocksmith review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo uncages limited edition Pikachu 3DS XL release date
                
 
                - 
                    
                    DirectX 11.1 exclusive to Windows 8, Microsoft confirms
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Kairo review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    New Grand Theft Auto 5 screens show off world "five times bigger" than Red Dead Redemption
                
 
                - 
                    
                    319 GAME stores open midnight tonight for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
                
 
                - 
                    
                    GAME claims it's “in good shape” and will make £20m this year
                
 
                - 
                    
                    What will get you banned from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
                
 
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                    Wii U allows 12 user accounts per system, eShop downloads playable by all
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wii U lacks system-wide achievements, dev says
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Exhibition auctions off spectacular game art for SpecialEffect charity
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Original Doom 3 returns to Steam
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Molyneux appeals for donations as Curiosity server woes continue
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Blizzard slams lawsuit over player security and sale of Battle.net Authenticators
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Gabe Newell confirms Valve working on Source 2
                
 
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                    Zone of the Enders HD Collection review
                
 
            
           
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                    Freedom Fighters retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    Natural Selection 2 earns $1 million in its first week
                
 
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                    iPad mini review
                
 
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                    Happy Action Theater used in school for special needs students
                
 
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                    Saturday Soapbox: Hollow Worlds - Looking for "Look At"
                
 
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                    Reclaiming Halo's spark
                
 
            
           
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                    2010's Sega Mega Drive RPG Pier Solar coming to Xbox 360, PC and Mac in HD
                
 
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                    Dreamfall Chapters will be a single-player adventure game for PC and Mac
                
 
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                    Halo 4 review
                
 
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                    UK shop Simply Games promises to break Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 street date
                
 
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                    22Cans reckons it has a solution to Curiosity server and coins woe
                
 
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                    Karateka review
                
 
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                    Frontier releases first images of Elite: Dangerous
                
 
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                    Meet Certain Affinity, the Halo 4 developer you've never heard of
                
 
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                    The rise of Sackboy, the mascot PlayStation has been searching for
                
 
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                    BioWare Mythic renames itself Mythic again
                
 
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                    Navy SEALs punished for helping with Medal of Honor
                
 
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                    Silicon Knights ordered to recall and destroy all unsold copies of Too Human, X-Men Destiny, more
                
 
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                    Editor's Blog: New Editorial Policies
                
 
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                    When Vikings Attack review
                
 
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                    BioWare calls for your feedback as it embarks on “entirely new” Mass Effect game
                
 
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                    Man mods Wind Waker's pronouns to make Link a female role model
                
 
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                    Johann Sebastian Joust and other quirky multiplayer games bundled as Sportsfriends
                
 
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                    Borderlands 2 coming to Mac this month
                
 
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                    Loads of Grand Theft Auto 5 details emerge
                
 
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                    Grand Theft Auto 5 to feature three protagonists
                
 
            
           
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                    Dark Souls' director reveals the pendant's true purpose
                
 
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                    Avid WoW player wins state Senate election after hilarious anti-gaming smear campaign
                
 
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                    F2P SWTOR retroactively rewards old players, slows newcomers' XP gain
                
 
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                    New 9 minute Elder Scrolls Online video is packed with new gameplay
                
 
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                    Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story developer Yasumi Matsuno exits Level-5
                
 
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                    Anarchy Reigns Day One Edition includes Bayonetta as a playable character
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation bug corrupting saves, users report
                
 
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                    Aliens vs. Predator 1999 remade as a Crysis 2 mod
                
 
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                    Returning to the stars: Strike Suit Zero and the new space phenomenon
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3 ending analysis
                
 
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                    Grand Theft Auto 5 protagonist is a retired East Coast gangster - report
                
 
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                    Was Gabe Newell right to declare Windows 8 a catastrophe?
                
 
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                    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 in-game live streaming is to YouTube
                
 
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                    From Grand Theft Auto to a side-scrolling platformer: UK indie unveils Firefly: The Adventures of Switch
                
 
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                    Silent Hill Downpour PS3 patch improves frame rate, fixes broken save system
                
 
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                    Bethesda “close” on new Skyrim content for PS3 and PC
                
 
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                    EA boots out FIFA 13 invisible ball bug
                
 
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                    Origin gets in-built Twitch streaming as EA continues to improve games platform
                
 
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                    Blizzard: Diablo 3 expansion in the works
                
 
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                    Abduction is an upcoming CryEngine 3 stealth game
                
 
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                    Capcom can no longer sell Tatsunoko vs. Capcom due to rights lapse
                
 
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                    Strike Suit Zero gets Oculus Rift support
                
 
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                    Jordan Mechner's Karateka remake is coming to XBLA this week
                
 
            
           
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                    Diablo 3 has sold over 10 million copies
                
 
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                    Play Halo 4 for six hours every day this month and receive £5.10
                
 
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                    Miasmata is an open-world horror game where you're being stalked by one persistent monster
                
 
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                    Ever wondered what the author of The Witcher books thinks about the games?
                
 
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                    Sir, You Are Being Hunted reaches its Kickstarter goal
                
 
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                    Back to Omega: Aria and Nyreen, Mass Effect's first female turian, star in 4 hour DLC
                
 
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                    Metal Gear Solid 4 25th Anniversary Edition revealed
                
 
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                    Digital Foundry vs. Halo 4
                
 
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                    LittleBigPlanet Karting review
                
 
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                    Peeling back the layers of Dishonored with Harvey Smith and Raph Colantonio
                
 
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                    Xbox SmartGlass free app launches on iOS, Android
                
 
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                    What is Uncharted: Fight for Fortune?
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed Anthology costs £119.99, out this month
                
 
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                    Bungie's Destiny “still quite like Halo”
                
 
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                    Steam Linux beta begins, list of games grows
                
 
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                    Molyneux battling Curiosity bugs, "overwhelmed" servers
                
 
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                    Pid review
                
 
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                    New Borderlands 2 patch protects against Xbox 360 save-corrupting "virus"
                
 
            
           
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                    You, me and the cube
                
 
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                    Hitman: Blood Money review
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3 sales estimated at over 3.5 million units
                
 
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                    Microsoft making Xbox Surface - report
                
 
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                    Molyneux's Curiosity app launches, £50,000 DLC not yet available
                
 
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                    Elite: Dangerous screenshots and video are coming, Braben says
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation review
                
 
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                    Kinect could police who watches films at home
                
 
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                    "Don't waste your time on girlie games" - Master Chief delivers bizarre on-stage presentation at launch of Xbox in Israel
                
 
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                    GT5 update ups maximum RPM of HSV-010 to 10300 rpm
                
 
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                    Acer Iconia Tab A700 review
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed Anthology includes five games, DLC
                
 
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                    Persona 4 Arena won't release in Europe this year
                
 
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                    Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter from series creator David Braben
                
 
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                    Capcom: Resident Evil 6 has been successful "to some degree"
                
 
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                    Text-Based Multiplayer Shooter is exactly what it sounds like
                
 
            
           
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                    Metro: Last Light and Company of Heroes 2 due in March
                
 
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                    New Solatorobo game in the works at CyberConnect2
                
 
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                    First-person horror game Outlast detailed at last
                
 
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                    Face-Off: Need for Speed: Most Wanted
                
 
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                    Hotline Miami update allows gamepad support
                
 
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                    Battlefield 1942 free for PC on Origin
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3 review
                
 
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                    Two years with Vlambeer: the inside story on gaming's greatest new studio
                
 
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                    Apple sells three million iPads in three days
                
 
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                    XCOM creator Julian Gollop "surprised and puzzled" by calls for Chaos remake
                
 
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                    292 GAME stores open midnight tonight for Halo 4 launch
                
 
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                    Dragon's Dogma taught Capcom new tricks that give Devil May Cry the feel of 60 frames per second, publisher claims
                
 
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                    UK chart: Assassin's Creed 3 top, second biggest launch of the year
                
 
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                    Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 leaks onto internet a week ahead of release
                
 
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                    Command & Conquer beta to start first half of 2013
                
 
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                    Skylanders Giants review
                
 
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                    Unirally retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    Lost and Found: Blitz
                
 
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                    Fifth Gen iPod Touch review
                
 
            
           
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                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Saturday Soapbox: Vita signs of life
                
 
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                    Sci-fi god game Maia launches on Kickstarter
                
 
            
           
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                    Mothhead demo is creepy, beautiful, and worth 10 minutes of your time
                
 
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                    State of Decay shows off its stealth gameplay
                
 
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                    Descent being remade by modder in Unreal Engine 3
                
 
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                    iPhone 5 review
                
 
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                    First-person "tweedpunk" survival game Sir, You Are Being Hunted takes to Kickstarter
                
 
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                    X-COM creator Julian Gollop has announced a sequel to Chaos
                
 
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                    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition release date moved... forward!
                
 
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                    Dust 514 to remain in closed beta until 2013
                
 
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                    PlayStation 3 may finally launch in China
                
 
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                    Assassin's Creed 3 lead designer helps old boss out by pushing Strike Suit Zero Kickstarter past funding goal
                
 
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                    Cypress Hill's Shagg loses $250m Grand Theft Auto lawsuit
                
 
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                    Football Manager Classic won't be separated from core FM games
                
 
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                    Rewriting Tomb Raider
                
 
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                    Stadium returns for TrackMania 2, while ShootMania is given a final release date
                
 
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                    Nintendo of America launches first Wii U commercial
                
 
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                    XCOM: Enemy Unknown patch makes easy difficulty easier, fixes broken SHIVs
                
 
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                    Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point review
                
 
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                    Tekken Tag Tournament 2 sells 840,000
                
 
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                    Microsoft developing own smartphone - report
                
 
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                    Pulp Fiction co-writer signs on for Castle Wolfenstein movie
                
 
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                    Silent Hill: Book of Memories review
                
 
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                    Grand Theft Auto 5 images reveal in-game locations
                
 
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                    First Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Nuketown 2025 map gameplay
                
 
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                    Steam on GNU/Linux: Do non-free DRM games defeat the point?
                
 
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                    The next PixelJunk is a PC game
                
 
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                    Mass Effect Trilogy dated for PS3 next month
                
 
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                    Sine Mora headed to PC next week
                
 
            
           
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                    Face-Off: Medal of Honor: Warfighter
                
 
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                    Curt Schilling is sued by the state of Rhode Island
                
 
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                    Halo 4: King of the Hill Fueled by Mountain Dew is an actual app
                
 
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                    Pre-order Crysis 3, get Crysis free
                
 
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                    Portal 2 In Motion DLC due next week on PlayStation 3
                
 
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                    Dreamfall Chapters: a new Longest Journey game by Ragnar Tornquist
                
 
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                    SI: There's a new Football Manager Handheld coming before Christmas
                
 
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                    Prison Architect alpha 3 released with fog of war
                
 
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                    Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel release date announced
                
 
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                    How the Sex Pistols, Fight Club and James Dean made the new Dante
                
 
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                    Minecraft-style FPS Ace of Spades due December
                
 
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                    EA responds to FIFA 13 bug complaints aired on BBC's Watchdog last night
                
 
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                    A dip in PlayStation sales but also a dip in Sony's losses
                
 
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                    Sony ad compares PlayStation Vita to a woman with four breasts
                
 
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                    SCEE releases Halloween trailers for Puppeteer, LittleBigPlanet Karting, Sly Cooper 4 and Until Dawn
                
 
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                    Ex-Ubisoft and Naughty Dog staff's first-person horror game Outlast gets an extended trailer
                
 
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                    Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut due in March