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Originally Posted by wraggster

Zenmiax Online Studios has released an announcement trailer forThe Elder Scrolls Online, its upcoming MMORPG set in the same universe as Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim.
There's no gameplay footage, but the voiceover talks of an encroaching darkness and unlikely alliances forged between ancient enemies.
"Salvation cannot come from one hero alone," the histrionic narrator declares, "but from many."

http://www.edge-online.com/news/elde...ailer-released

Originally Posted by wraggster

US Studio developing 'new music-based motion gaming' title

Rock Band developer Harmonix is the latest studio to be openly working next-gen consoles, according to a job listing.
As unearthed by superannuation, the US company is looking for developers to work on a new ‘music-based motion gaming IP’.

The title will also feature environments that "encourage and reward player exploration", as well as combat encounters.
The studio is currently known to be

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Originally Posted by wraggster

THQ has announced Saints Row: The Third - Enter The Dominatrix, a standalone expansion for its 2011 crime caper to be released at a budget price this autumn.
In a press release, the publisher reveals that the expansion adds one major feature: superpowers.
THQ's core games boss Danny Bilson said: "Faster than a speeding cyber jetbike, more powerful than a roided-out Luchadore, able to leap flying aircraft carriers in a single bound. - that's the power you'll find inside the Dominatrix.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Weekly userbase increases by 100,000 in just under a month

We R Interactive’s Facebook football lifestyle sim I Am Playr has surpassed one million monthly active users, the developer has claimed.
Released in October last year, the company said that the Unity-powered game had increased its weekly user-count by 100,000 in the last month alone.

I Am Playr is a first-person football simulator which allows users to play matches and also work on their player's fitness through

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Publishing giant claims notice of closure was 'sent in error'

Rock Band for iOS has not been dropped by EA despite users receiving a service cancellation message, the publisher has said.
Customers had reported that upon starting the game, they received a message stating the title was set to shut down on May 31st, and would no longer be playable.

But a statement from the company sent to Cnethas now claimed that the message was sent out in error, and the game will carry

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