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HMV exclusive.
Those who pre-order the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 versions of Def Jam Rapstar with HMV will get British rapper Bashy’s “Kidulthood 2 Adulthood” free as exclusive download.
The track will also be available to buy on the game’s 26th November release.
You can also get your grubby mitts on the track by picking up a voucher from HMV when bought in store.
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Judged harsher than it should be, says exec.
EA’s admitted Danger Close and DICE’s recently released Medal of Honor reboot “didn’t meet our quality expectations”.
However, the gargantuan game maker denied the Afghanistan shooter was a failure, and promised gamers next time it’ll make “something they appreciate more”.
“I’m not going to comment on the sales because EA has an earnings report going out and we will unveil sales in that meeting,” Patrick Soderlund, the executive in charge of EA’s driving and shooting games, told Eurogamer.
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EA does a COD with alternating dev strategy.
EA’s vision for the Need for Speed franchise involves alternating the developers behind every November release in a similar way Infinity Ward and Treyarch alternate development of Call of Duty games.
This November’s game, Hot Pursuit, was created by Criterion. November 2011’s game, unannounced at this stage but confirmed to be in EA’s plan, will be created by Need for Speed: Undercover developer EA Black Box in Canada.
EA also plans to make a franchise out of side series Need for Speed: Shift designed to compete with the likes of Forza and Gran Turismo in the authentic simulation racing genre.
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Redundancies due to restructuring as the company moves towards digital games.Japan-based developer and publisher Namco Bandai will cut 90 jobs at its US office. The news follows an announcement of plans to combine its mobile and online game businesses.
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Relocation of indie games leads many to question the recent update to the Xbox Live Marketplace.Microsoft’s update to the Xbox 360 dashboard moves the category of Xbox Live Indie Games from the game store section to the “Specialty Shops” area of the Marketplace in the US.
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Try before you buy. Again.
WiiWare demos will once again be available to download from the Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo’s announced.
Every WiiWare demo featured on the Wii Shop Channel will be available for a limited time only, and the line-up will be constantly refreshed there’s a dedicated list on wiiware.Nintendo.co.uk as well as on the Wii Shop Channel itself.
Kicking things off from Friday 5th November are four WiiWare demos: Furry Legends (Gamelion), Jett Rocket (Shin’en Multimedia), ThruSpace (Nintendo) and Zombie Panic in Wonderland (Akaoni Studio).
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Korean dev pillaging licence.
Capcom’s rock hard side-scrolling platform game Ghosts ‘n Goblins is heading online.
Korean developer Seed9 is doing the honours, according to 1up’s translation of 4Gamer.
The side-scrolling format will remain, as will the mechanic whereby armour drops off the hero with every hit you take.
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Social game company LOLApps has games blocked following data leak controversy.Following recent reports of Facebook apps leaking user information to thirdparty companies, the social network has placed a six-month ban on certain developers’ titles.
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FMV FTW!
Infamous early nineties CD-ROM game The 7th Guest will pop up on the App store in December, original creator Trilobyte Games has announced.
The iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad port will be the original in its entirety with reworked touch screen controls and a revamped UI, according to Touch Arcade.
What is 7th Guest? It was one of the first CD-ROM games and, along with the seminal Myst, helped usher in a new era of videogames packed with full motion video.