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Originally Posted by wraggster

An intensive live event designed to engage and excite Call of Duty fans will make them forget all about EA’s rival Battlefield.

That’s presumably the intention of publisher Activision, which announced the COD XP event last week. XP is billed as “the ultimate, fully-immerse live experience” by Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg.

Taking place in September, it will feature several world reveals relating to new game Modern Warfare 3, host an Xbox 360-backed $1m tournament

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Originally Posted by wraggster

You guys are still doing speed-runs? Psh, speed-runs are so 2005. These days, it's all about low-score runs; baffling attempts at calculated badness, wherein highly-skilled gamers do everything they can to do as little as possible.

No one does better at doing poorly than YouTube power-gamer NotEntirelySure, who recently completed the lowest-scoring no-death game of Super Mario Bros. ever, finishing the entire game with a trifling

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA has posted a list of the digital retailers expected to carry Battlefield 3, and it appears one high-profile service hasn't made the cut. We'll give you a hint: It's recently been involved in a small-scale scandal with EA, and it rhymes with "Scream."

Steam, which recently removed (and reinstalled) a bevy of EA games from its site due to supposed contractual infringement, is not listed among Battlefield 3's digital retailers. EA's new digital service, Origin, is mentioned

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Bungie has written an emotional thanks to fans of Halo, in which the studio promises that it doesn't feel "a sense of loss or sadness" about the franchise's transition into the hands of 343 Industries.

The company posted the note on Bungie.net to celebrate Halo Day on Friday in the US - and used it to remind fans of its view that the real owners of the franchise are the Halo community.

And as if to reiterate its future-looking perspective, it decided to place

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Rockstar may be set to reveal the first GTA V release details this summer, according to Official Xbox Magazine US.

The publisher hasn't confirmed a single detail surrounding any new GTA, but crafty online domain registrations and deleted Tweets from actors have lifted the lid on the games possible existence.

Now OXM US reports in its rumour section: "Time's up, says The Ball. Expect Grand Theft Auto V to be announced later this summer."

CVG

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