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  Capcom cancels Resident Evil Revelations blood pool stunt following Woolwich attack

  "Thank you for your understanding." 55

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  Resident Evil: Revelations review

  Reanimated? 61

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  40 minutes of Fast & Furious: Showdown you'll never get back

  "It kinda looks like an iOS, iPhone game." 81

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  Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN announced by Arc System Works

  Unreal Engine fighting game drops sprites. 21

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  Turns out Kevin Conroy is working on Batman: Arkham Origins after all

  UPDATE: Ezio actor as Batman, Booker DeWitt as Joker. 77

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  Putty Squad remake out this summer

  For pretty much everything. 23

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  Wii U to miss out on 15 EA games using Frostbite Engine 3

  UPDATE: EA currently has "no games in development for the Wii U." 294

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  Secrets of the Wii U GamePad

  Digital Foundry on how the controller was reverse-engineered - and exactly how it works. 91

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  Wii U goes mobile

  Take your console on the road for under £20. Plus: Digital Foundry explores the possibilities of a fully battery powered console. 71

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  Inside Watch Dogs, Ubisoft's new open world

  New details including next-gen wind, and how others players can infiltrate your single-player game. 88

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  ShopTo refuses to sell upcoming Activision games in row over Call of Duty: Ghosts

  A tale of broken street dates and contracts. 158

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  Asda drops Wii U price to just £149/£199

  UPDATE: Amazon UK, Base.com follow suit. 334

May 2013

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  Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: Dat G-Rank - Rockin' the Wroggi set

  Choosing the right threads is paramount in Capcom's savage world. 23

• World of Warcraft subscriptions drop 1.3 million in three months

  Skylanders: Giants is the best-selling game in the west... if you count the figurines. 55

• Capcom's annual results are in, "focusing on the overhaul of overseas development companies"

  "Capcom will restructure its development organisations." 36

• Will Wright's next game to be "built around the player's life"

  Sims creator says his heroes are Miyamoto and Molyneux. 28

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  ShopTo refuses to sell upcoming Activision games in row over Call of Duty: Ghosts

  A tale of broken street dates and contracts. 158

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  Splinter Cell: Blacklist preview: The king of multiplayer returns

  Spies vs. Mercs comes back fitter, meaner and quite possibly better than before. 20

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• GAME plans to open 18 new shops by July

  In preparation of success rather than as a declaration of it. 71

• Wii U's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is being developed by Ubisoft Shanghai

  And right now there are no further platforms to announce. 13

• UK charts: Dead Island: Riptide remains in top spot

  Vita horror Soul Sacrifice debuts in 26th. 29

• Nintendo seeks to convert iOS games onto Wii U - report

  If you can't beat 'em, port 'em. 58

• Eternal Darkness "spiritual successor" Shadow of the Eternals announced

  UPDATE: The crowdfunding page is up along with nine minutes of gameplay 84

• Road Redemption adds Oculus Rift and XBLA stretch goals

  But will it be funded in time? 11

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  Asda drops Wii U price to just £149/£199

  UPDATE: Amazon UK, Base.com follow suit. 334

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  Aliens: Colonial Marines class action lawsuit targets Sega and Gearbox

  UPDATE: Sega and Gearbox respond, call the lawsuit "without merit." 169

• Warner Bros. and 5th Cell targeted by Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat lawsuit

  UPDATE: Nyan Cat creator speaks out, says WB "disrespected and snubbed" them, so it had to come to this. 51

• Nintendo's Game & Wario finally gets Wii U release date

  You can stop Mona about the wait. 33

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  Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and "next gen platforms"

  Out 5th November 2013. 86

• Lovefilm Instant PlayStation 3 app finally gets HD streaming

  Improved search functions also included in new update. 55

• Paper-craft point-and-click Tengami confirmed for Wii U

  Stylish iOS pop-up-book puzzler hitting the eShop in early 2014. 5

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

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  Group responsible for first Wii mod chip claims to have hacked Wii U to play copied games

  UPDATE: Nintendo "aware" of hack attempt but believes Wii U is still secure. 75

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  Watch Dogs includes 60 minutes of PS3-exclusive content

  UPDATE: Ubisoft confirms for PlayStation 4, too. 82

Monday, 29 April 2013

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  Watch Dogs release date named, new gameplay trailer

  Four special editions hounded out. 81

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  Batman voice actor won't return for Arkham Origins

  Perhaps he's Alfred up with the series. 69

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  Call of Duty: Ghosts built on a “new next-gen engine”

  PC and Wii U versions spotted on Spanish shop's website. 55

• UK chart: Dead Island: Riptide scores top spot despite selling less than half the original

  Star Trek, Dragon's Dogma, LEGO City also find the top 10. 29

Saturday, 27 April 2013

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  Saturday Soapbox: Taking the Direct approach

  Is the decision to abandon its E3 conference cause for an unhappy Nintendo day? 141

Friday, 26 April 2013

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  Wii U Virtual Console goes live in Europe tomorrow

  And here's the launch line-up. 133

• Wii U spring system update now live

  Coming down the warp pipe today. 37

• Business as usual at Respawn as EA layoffs hit hard

  "These are hard but essential changes." 17

• Scribblenauts DC superheroes game in development - report

  Inkcredible. 6

Thursday, 25 April 2013

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  Nintendo ditches E3 press conference in favour of behind-closed-doors events

  With no new hardware to announce and Nintendo Direct established. 136

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  EA Partners, publisher of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, Crysis and more, is shutting down

  Fuse and Respawn's game safe though. 36

• Rayman Legends release date brought forward to August

  Free Wii U Challenges app launches today. 26

• Nintendo launches web-based Miiverse for PC and smartphones

  But not yet compatible with 3DS. 23

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

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  Iwata takes over Nintendo of America CEO role

  His body is Reggie. 40

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  Nintendo makes surprise profit despite lower than expected Wii U sales

  Currency exchange gains push results into the black. 94

• Batman: Arkham Origins includes multiplayer mode - report

  Pow! Biff! Sock! Blap! 73

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

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  Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington - Part 3 review

  Bear in mind. 28

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  What happens when Spark, Team Ninja and Keiji Inafune collide?

  Yaiba's development trio boast a shaky track record, but they're combining to make an outlandish, over-the-top slasher. 18

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  Raymond: Splinter Cell popularity held back by its complexity

  "Splinter Cell still really is a thinking game." 136

Monday, 22 April 2013

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  UK chart: Injustice: Gods Among Us topples BioShock Infinite

  While Fire Emblem re-awakens 3DS sales. 29

• Rayman Legends Challenges app released on Wii U this week

  Ubisoft's free peace-offering for fans arrives. 24

• Professional translator offers to localise Mother 3 for Nintendo pro bono

  I can show you what it's like. 25

Friday, 19 April 2013

• GAME now selling digital copies of Wii U and 3DS games

  Currently offers extra trade-in value against digital releases. 38

• Nintendo apologises about lack of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate stock

  UPDATE: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for Wii U stock has been replenished. 70

• BioShock Infinite bests Tomb Raider as March's top-selling in the US

  UPDATE: BioShock Infinite sold 878,000 units on console during the month. 65

Thursday, 18 April 2013

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  Driving ambition: pCARS, crowdfunding and the FSA

  Slightly Mad Studios' initiative was meant to redefine the player-developer relationship, but now Britain's City watchdog is on its case. Tristan Donovan investigates. 143

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

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  European Commission slaps another delay on UK games industry tax breaks

  "Not clear whether the taxpayer should be subsidising this activity." 135

• Platinum Games president rates its sales as a "C or even a D."

  "We have to think a lot about what resonates with consumers globally and find that secret sauce." 109

• SNES classic Earthbound headed to Wii U VC, system update due next week

  New Pikmin 3 gameplay shown but still no European release date. 43

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

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  Criterion boss: "After over a decade of making racing games it's time to make something new"

  "I am proud of all of the Burnout games. When it feels right we will make another one." 84

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  Ron Gilbert reveals his vision for a new Monkey Island game

  "If I made another..." 61

• Screenshots of Prince of Persia prototype, created by Silent Hill: Shattered Memories dev Climax

  Climax was in talks with Ubisoft in 2012, but they fell through. 35

• Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier announces Coaster Crazy Deluxe for Wii U

  UPDATE: Braben: "The fact we do lots of games in parallel shouldn't upset people." 46

• Respawn registers trademark for Titan

  Presumably nothing to do with Blizzard. 15

Monday, 15 April 2013

• Hilco cutting three staff roles across most HMV stores - report

  Security guards, cashiers and supervisors in danger. 31

• UK chart: BioShock Infinite soars to its third week on top

  Plenty of prophets. 44

• QUBE for Wii U revealed

  "Quite possibly" for Vita, too. 7

• Cloudberry Kingdom confirmed for PS3, Vita, Wi U, XBLA and Steam this spring

  Procedurally generated platformer picked up by Ubisoft. 12

• Injustice: Gods Among Us Wii U delayed a week in the UK

  But not in North America. It's an injustice alright. 15

• Little Inferno launches on Mac today

  Tomorrow Corporation working on Linux version and older iPhone support. 5

Friday, 12 April 2013

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  Nintendo shutting down Wii channels and online services

  RIP Friend messaging, Forecast Channel, Everybody Votes Channel. 91

Thursday, 11 April 2013

• Ex-Inside Xbox members launch new project Thank You For Playing

  Game on. 44

• Castle of Illusion remake teased for this summer

  Mysterious avant-garde trailer surfaces. 46

• Disney Infinity trailer shows off Toy Box mode

  Worlds are colliding. 27