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3The city is now his only limit.
3Valve's in-game store, Mann Co., has reached its first "Manniversary" and as a result the TF2 and Half-Life developer has announced a major update and sale. The store has earned two million dollars for community item-creators, the company says, "selling their digital creations through the Mann Co. Store". More >
Following the furore over CCP's introduction of a shop into EVE Online, the company has gone one step further to winning back the hearts (and wallets) of its fans. Players whose EVE accounts lapsed around the time of the incident have been offered, by email, a reduced subscription offer of $4.95 for 30 days. The news follows CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson's letter of apology to the EVE community last week. More >
We speak to mission design director Falco Poiker about the pressures and profits of building a game a year.
1Slightly Mad Studios, the team responsible for Need For Speed Shift and it sequel, has announced its latest project, C.A.R.S. An acronym for Community Assisted Racing Simulation, the game is being developed via the "crowd- sourcing meets crowd-funding platform" WMD (World of Mass Development). More >
Ofcom is investigating ITV's use of footage taken from Arma 2 in its documentary on the IRA, Exposure - Gaddafi and the IRA. ITV blamed "human error" for the inclusion of the Arma 2 footage, described during the programme as real IRA film from 1988. More >
Bethesda has released a PC patch for id's FPS Rage which fixes a number of driver-related bugs and adds new advanced graphics settings. Updates include VSync, Texture Cache and Anisotropic Filter options. The full, extensive list of changes can be viewed on the Steam website More >
2With the multiplayer beta ending this weekend - though not before PC players are granted access to the 64-player Caspian Border map - attention naturally turns to Battlefield 3's singleplayer. A logical time, then, for EA to release the below screenshots showing the campaign ahead of the game's release on October 25. More >
3Religious satire meets Robotron: 2084 in Ed McMillen’s savagely witty Rogue-like.
Download service Green Man Gaming has removed Electronic Arts games from sale in all regions except for the UK. In a blog post, GMG's community manager explains: "Bad news folks, we very unfortunately have to pull down EA products from sale in all regions except for the UK. "We're currently in talks with EA to see if this can be changed, however I can't give any kind of guarantees aside from saying as soon as I know something I will let you know too." More >
DICE, Swedish developer of the upcoming Battlefield 3, has confirmed that PC players of the eagerly-awaited shooter's multiplayer beta will be able to play on a second map, Caspian Border, this weekend. More >
Hilmar Pétersson issues heartfelt apology to Eve Online players and focuses on "restoring trust and moving forward."
Id walks the line between sticking to what it's best at and being stuck in its ways.
7Cyanide, developer of A Game Of Thrones: Genesis, the PC strategy game released last month, has confirmed that its console and PC RPG based on George R R Martin's novels that will be released next year. Kotaku reports that the game's story will pick up from where Genesis left off, will follow the first season of HBO's TV show and star two new characters, though familiar faces will feature during the course of the game. More >
Ubisoft has confirmed a March 6, 2012 launch date for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. More >
DICE, Swedish developer of Battlefield 3, has told PC gamers they face Origin account bans should they play the game on unofficial servers - resulting in any other EA games linked to their profile being rendered unplayable. Battlefield 3's server files were leaked last week, allowing users to create their own unofficial game servers with different properties to those in the beta. One, for example, increases the maximum player count on Operation Métro, the beta's sole multiplayer map, from 32 to over 100. More >
2EA's football juggernaut shoots straight to number one after the third-biggest launch of all time; Team Ico collection debuts in seventh.
A post on Dead Island's Facebook page reveals that the game's first DLC expansion, Bloodbath Arena, has been delayed because developer Techland is still busy with the game itself. More >
As part of an extensive three-month marketing campaign to promote the upcoming Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Activision is partnering with the influential, and often reactionary, parenting website Mumsnet. More >
Eric Ruth, creator of 8bit-style demakes of the likes of Halo, Left4Dead and DJ Hero, has released Team Fortress Arcade, which reimagines Valve's FPS as a side-scrolling brawler with guns. The game features the nine character classes from the original, is a free download from the source link below, and features local fourplayer co-op. More >