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Originally Posted by wraggster

Having missed its proposed release date yesterday (October 4^th), Sony Online Entertainment has officially confirmed that Payday: The Heist has been delayed.
The game – which has been described as Left 4 Dead but with the zombies swapped for a bank heist – is a PS3 and PC exclusive.
“SOE and Overkill Software need a little more time to assemble the ideal squad and attack strategy for our highly anticipated adrenaline-pumping first person shooter, Payday: The Heist,” SOE’s executive director

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The digital release of Crysis on Xbox 360 has DRM? It’s the end of the world! EA are dead to me! I’m going to kill my cat!
Calm down, people.
The internet is currently up in arms amidst claims that the digital version of Crysis, which was released on Xbox 360 today, requires a Ubisoft-like always-on internet connection to play.
It was claimed that the game would not boot on a console not connected to the internet. After booting, the talk was that the game would re-authenticate

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Capcom legend Keiji Inafune has announced Kaio, an action-RPG for 3DS from his new studio Intercept.
Andriasang reports that Kaio - which translates as Sea King - has multiplayer support and a pirate setting, though the main character is a penguin. Its western name is King Of Pirates.
The game is being developed by Intercept in collaboration with Marvelous AQL, the newly formed company comprising Marvelous Entertainment, AQ Interactive and Liveware, and will be released in Japan next

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Yakuza: Of The End will be released in the west in March 2012 under the name Yakuza: Dead Souls.
The game is a spin-off from the main Yakuza series, a thirdperson shooter starring protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and cohorts as they try to survive in a zombie-infested Kabukicho.
Gary Knight, senior vice president of marketing at Sega, said: "We know how much people love Yakuza in the west and with Dead Souls being the latest and greatest in the franchise it's only right we bring it to them

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Microsoft has dated its first DLC for recent release Gears of War 3.
Called The Horde Command Pack includes three extra maps for use in the online multiplayer Horde Mode. Also included are four Fortification upgrades, three new MP characters and two new weapon skins.
It will cost 800 Microsoft Points and be released on Xbox Live on November 1^st.
Of course, those who shelled out 2,400 MS Points for the Gears of War 3 season pass will get the content – and the three additional DLC

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