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Originally Posted by wraggster

Following speculation earlier this week, SEGA has officially taken the lid off a Shinobi revival destined for 3DS this September.

Developed by Gryptonite Games, it's a 2.5D platformer that tells the story of Jiro Musashi, the leader of the Oboro clan and father of Joe Musashi, the protagonist of the first Shinobi game.

You'll need to get the hang of a brand new combo system, master melee, ranged and acrobatic attacks, and also use ninja magic to get Jiro out of tight

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Limited copies of Forza Motorsport 4 will include a special car pack when the racer launches on Xbox 360 later this year, publisher Microsoft has announced.

The first production run of discs come with the following additional vehicles:

Ford Mustang GT Coupe 1965
Koenigsegg Agera 2011
Lexus SC300 1997
RUF RGT-8 2011
Tesla Roadster Sport 2011
Further exclusive vehicles are also being offered with pre-orders. Details of which outlets

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Bungie has banned "several dozen" Halo: Reach players who "habitually" idle or exhibit "AFK behaviour" (go away from their console) while playing Firefight Matchmaking.

Those in the firing line are invited to contest the credit reset. But doing so needlessly could land you a credit ban.

"So far we have issued extended credit bans for several dozen accounts," wrote Bungie "Fungineer" Jeremiah on the game's forum. "We

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The upcoming Witcher 2 patch 1.1 has been delayed.

"The good news is that the patch is ready," read an update on The Witcher website. "The bad news is that we have encountered some problems with the server infrastructure, making downloading DLC impossible.

"We want to apologise to our fans for not meeting our target of delivering the patch last night."

Patch 1.1 aims to fix a number of bugs as well as boost game performance by

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Square Enix has nailed down the European release dates for Dungeon Siege 3's demo on PC, Xbox and PS3.


If you want to play the June 17-released game before it's out you'll need to have a good PC. That version (via Steam) will arrive on June 7. But PS3 and Xbox versions won't pop up on Xbox Live and PSN until two weeks later on June 22. There's no word on exactly what the demo will contain.

On the game's plot, Square says: "In Dungeon Siege III, players

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