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Check out Nintendo's new web-based advert for the 3DS:


It's a bit of all-right, actually ...

Gears of War's rumoured Kinect outing will never see the light of day, according to the developer's design ...

Quantic Dream, creators of Heavy Rain and Fahrenheit have released the first signs of their next game, in the form of a seven-minute tech demo Kara. The video, which runs in real-time on a regular PS3, focusses on an android being constructed and tested, before beginning to display human emotions to the surprise of her creator.
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Inside Mobile Apps apparently states that Microsoft will be phasing out its 'Microsoft Points' system by the end of the year, instead replacing it with real-world currency much like the Sony's PlayStation Network and Apple's App Store.
This move will effect Xbox Live, Windows Phone and the Zune Marketplace as developers with upcoming downloadable content are briefed to plan ahead for the change.
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For quite some time now 2K Marin have been working on XCOM, a technically-not-even-in-name-only reboot of classic strategy series X-COM. This reboot, a squad-based shooter set in the 1950's with essentially no connection to the series beyond the "bad aliens are attacking" premise, has drawn a lot of flak from fans of the series, with many accusing 2K of tacking the X-Com name onto an unrelated game.
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When was the last time that you felt pure and genuine elation when you finished a game, or a particular part of a game? When was the last time that you saw an ending or credits screen and thought to yourself that you had finally bested a game and made a genuine achievement?
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You may have heard of the upcoming Playstation 3 game revealed a few days ago, The Last of Us. Since the teaser trailer on the 3^rd, the game has been officially announced as a new project from Uncharted developer, Naughty Dog.
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Nintendo have confirmed that the controversial analogue stick add-on for the 3DS will come bundled with Resident Evil Revelations when it launches on 27^th January next year.

The announcement sheds light on the game's increased price tag (set at $50 in the US), and also confirms the attachment's release in the UK under the name ‘Circle Pad Pro’.

The rather clunky-looking add-on, initally called the 3DS SlidePad in Japan, requires one AAA battery to function (thereby not impacting on the 3DS’s already shaky battery life) and has set our far-Eastern cousins back ¥1350 (about £11).
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If you're too young to remember the heyday of Britsoft in the 1980's then this isn't likely to make much sense to you (also, get off my lawn and stop playing that damn music so loud), but this should be big news for any Spectrum owners out there. Codemasters are teasing the return of Dizzy, the boxing-glove-wearing egg who was once one of the biggest icons of not just Codemasters but the British game industry as a whole.
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