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Originally Posted by wraggster

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier's "Arctic Strike" DLC pack will not launch on July 3 as originally planned. Ubisoft sent out a missive today, citing "polish" as the reason for the hold-up.

"We decided to take a small amount of extra time to further polish the content," an Ubisoft representative told Joystiq. "The pack is planned for release

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Blizzard will attend Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, and bring its latest wares to the show. From August 15 to 19, Blizzard will showcase new content forStarcraft 2 and World of Warcraft.

Attendees will be able to sample the new Terran, Zerg and Protoss units coming to multiplayer in StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, which is slated to launch sometime this year. Blizzard will also

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Who can afford to blindly purchase games they think may be good? Not in this economy, buster – free demos are a necessity. Today, a demo for Civilization V: Gods & Kings is available for download on Steam.

Gods & Kings launched earlier this month – we enjoyed it – and is currently available as a $29.99 expansion. Of course, you must already own Civilization Vto play.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Cold Stream, the massive, much-anticipated and acceptably murderous DLC pack for Left 4 Dead 2, is set to launch on PC, Mac and Xbox 360 on July 24. Cold Stream includes a fan-made campaign, and ports of Left 4 Dead's Death Toll, Dead Air, Blood Harvest and Crash Course levels.

Cold Stream first entered beta in March 2011 and is still open for PC and Mac on Steam, making this launch more of an official,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Yu Suzuki, the man behind the Shenmue series, is working on a new title calledGan! Gan! Pirates. Gan! Gan! Pirates is a mobile, social, arcade-style shooter with touch controls taking the place of bright orange, plastic guns, Andriasangtranslates from a Famitsu feature.

Suzuki's new title is free-to-play and features co-op and competitive play; it's set to launch on iOS and Android in September.

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