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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:11 BST

As his company’s name suggests, nothing can halt Relentless Studios co-founder Andrew Eades. Despite cancelling his Develop presentation, the battler found time to talk to Lewie Procter about the shape of things to come.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 14:18 BST

New Battlefield 3 multiplayer trailer goes epic – watch

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As if you needed any more Battlefield 3 in your boring life, EA’s released a short, minute-long video of the multiplayer.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 14:10 BST

Quick shots: Two lone screens of Dragon Age II’s Legacy DLC

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A couple new shots from the Legacy DLC for Dragon Age II popped up on the game’s official site. Each was mixed in with shots released during EA’s Summer Showcase, which took place at the beginning of the month. Legacy is due on PC, PSN and XBL on July 26.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 14:00 BST

Team Fortress 2 gets Soldier Victory Pack

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Valve’s now released a new content pack for the soldier class on Team Fortress 2. Known as Dr. Grordbort’s Victory Pack, it’ll include two new weapons, the Cow Mangler 5000 and the Righteous Bison, and a couple of hats. Everyone wins. There’s more details on it here.

While you’re at it, help us destroy the Eurogamer scum.

Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:56 BST

McMillen releasing Isaac on Steam because “past experiences have been amazing,” likes 3DS

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Team Meat’s Edmund McMillen has said he went with Steam for distribution of The Binding of Isaac because past experience with the service was “amazing.”

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:40 BST

Dead Island available for pre-order on Steam with bonuses

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Deep Silver has announced a pre-order exclusive for Dead Island on Steam, which is available for pre-purchase on the service starting today.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:32 BST

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record video is shocking

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Capcom has released a 42 second video for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, which shows off a, literally, shocking new weapon Frank West will be wielding against zombie miscreants. Watch the trailer below, courtesy of IGN. Dead Rising 2, releases for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in early October.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:44 BST

Bane featured in latest Arkham City digital comic

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Rumors of Bane being present in Batman: Arkham City have been making the rounds for a while now, and thanks to the latest issue of the Arkham City comic book series, the possibility is looking more likely.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:14 BST

Tales of Xillia gets 12 short gameplay snippet videos

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Namco Bandai’s launched more than two handfuls of short gameplay clips of Tales of Xillia. The videos show Jude, Milla, Leia, Rowen, Elise and Alvin. For those importing it, it’s out this September for PS3. Namco hasn’t announced a western release as yet.

Thanks, Andriasang.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:11 BST

Brighton Rock: Relentless’s Eades on life beyond consoles

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As his company’s name suggests, nothing can halt Relentless Studios co-founder Andrew Eades. Despite cancelling his Develop presentation, the battler found time to talk to Lewie Procter about the shape of things to come.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 12:46 BST

Activision dates X-Men Destiny, Spider-Man: Edge of Time for US

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Activision’s announced two more dates for the US following confirmation of an April 2012 launch for Prototype 2 in the country. Silicon Knights’ X-Men Destiny will release on September 27, while Beenox will launch Spider-Man: Edge of Time on October 4. As noted, Prototype 2 was confirmed for an April 24 release last night.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 12:03 BST

UPlay Passport to cost £8, 800 MS points in UK

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Ubisoft announced this morning that Uplay Passport will cost £7.99 or 800 MS points for those who’ve bought a second-hand Ubisoft game and want to access online components. The scheme will be free for those who bought titles first-hand from the publisher. Announced last week, it’ll begin rolling out with Driver: San Francisco in September.

Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 11:52 BST

Soul Calibur V gets colossal assets blowout ahead of ComicCon

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Eightwayrun‘s gone up with a ton of assets for Soul Calibur V ahead of showings at ComicCon. There’s 19 shots in game and six pieces of character art. The stuff confirms Ivy for a return, as well as introducing new character Zwei. Go hit the shots up at the link.

SCV’s out next year for PS3 and 360.

Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 11:53 BST

Rayman Origins gets ComicCon trailer

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Ubisoft’s released a minute-long trailer of Rayman Origins from ComicCon, pretty much showing off the awards it won at E3 as well as the “unofficial” awards. Ancel’s amazing-looking platformer is pretty much the reason why you haven’t seen BG&E2, but going by the E3 showing, that’s not as much as a bad thing as you think it is. Get it below.

Origins releases this November for PS3, Wii and 360.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 11:34 BST

BF3 gets leaked screens, 7-minute long alpha beta multiplay video

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We have to admit, this is properly amazing-looking.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 10:41 BST

Thursday shorts: Battlefield Heroes, Glitch, EVE Online, Twisted Metal

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Thursday, Thursday, it’s Thursday! Go celebrate it’s Thursday by reading these shorts and punching a man in the face. Don’t do that. Well, read the shorts, but don’t punch a man in the face. Punching a man in the face is wrong, m’kay?

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 10:10 BST

South Australia to sticker-over MA15+ games

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South Australian attorney-general John Rau has explained how he intends to wipe out the MA15+ ratings category for games in his home state: stickers.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 09:54 BST

RAGE dev diary talks the Wasteland, touches upon multiplayer

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IGN’s gone up with the latest dev diary for RAGE. The video sees key id devs Tim Willits, Kevin Cloud and Matt Hooper touch upon the game’s vast world, the Wasteland. Multiplay modes Combat Rally and Legend of the Wasteland are also briefly touched upon in the clip. You can get it below the break.

RAGE releases on October 4 in the US and October 7 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 09:54 BST

Kotick: Activision so “excited” for DJ Hero it “abandoned” Guitar Hero

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has admitted the company didn’t pay enough attention to Guitar Hero’s gradual demise, focussing instead on its misplaced “passion” for DJ Hero.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 09:21 BST

Split/Second 2 assets are likely its first and last showing

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Today’s episode of What Might Have Been comes courtesy of Split/Second 2, almost certainly lost forever in the closure of developer Black Rock Studios.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 09:18 BST

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 a disc-only release, says Capcom

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Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is a disc-only release, and will not be getting a digital launch for existing owners for MVC3, producer Ryota Niitsuma told Siliconera.

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