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Originally Posted by wraggster

THQ has announced that Obsidian’s upcoming South Park RPG has been pushed back to next year.
The publisher revealed news of the delay during its earnings conference call earlier today.
The game is rumoured to be titled ‘The Stick of Truth’, and will include turn-based combat, classes, summons, weapon augmentation, and more.
Obsidian's South Park previously had a target window of 2012.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/south...to-2013/096121

Originally Posted by wraggster

Some of the world’s biggest casual games are coming to 3DS and DS, courtesy of UK publisher Licensed 4U.
The company has signed a deal with Big Fish Games to publish its titles, including 13 titles for 3DS this year.
Big Fish’s most popular brands include Hidden Expedition, Mystery Case Files and Jewel Quest, which is a regular in the DS Top 10.
More than 100m Mystery Case Files titles have been downloaded globally to date. The deal starts with Hidden Expedition Titanic on June

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 is out this Friday (May 18^th) and retailer Blockbuster has announced a new trade-in deal for the game.
Beginning this Friday and running through to Sunday May 20^th, customers will get an additional 50 per cent credit value for any games traded-in against the new release.
The offer is only valid for trade-ins made during the same transaction as the purchase. Games for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Vita, 3DS, DS, PS2 and PSP are all included in the offer.
The offer is

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Microsoft has unveiled a special edition of Halo 4 that will give players access to extra multiplayer content.
Central to the Halo 4 Limited Edition is the War Games Map Pack: nine multiplayer maps that will not be released on Xbox Live until after the game has been released.
It will also give fans early access to six character Specialisations, including some that owners of the standard edition will have to wait for. There will also be exclusive in-game skins for the Spartan-IV armour

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The next in line for THQ’s Saints Row series may already be in the works, if a Volition employee’s Linkedin info is to be believed.
Superannuation uncovered the mention of Saints Row 4 on the Linkedin profile of David Payne, an artist for Volition who has worked on sevral games in the franchise. Along with lead prop and weapon artist for the yet to be announced fourth effort, Payne’s credits also include work on Saints Row 2, Saints Row 3, and its standalone expansion Enter the Dominatrix.

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