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Originally Posted by wraggster

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has shared some surprising statistics about free to play title Team Fortress 2, revealing that its conversion of people playing for free to those spending real money is way above the average.
"When we talk to partners who do free-to-play, a lot of people see about a 2 to 3 percent conversion rate of the people in their audience who actually buy something," Newell said at a recentWTIA TechNW panel.
"With Team Fortress 2, which looks more like

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Originally Posted by wraggster

We've got our hands on a huge batch of new screenshots for Super Mario 3D Land.
The screens show off a variety of colourful environments and characters, and give us our first in-game look at Boomerang Mario.

The screens also show Mario fighting Bowser and a new underground level. Have a look see.

For more on Super Mario 3D Land, check out CVG's previous coverage here.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

They laughed at you when you bought that suit of chainmail. They looked at you quizzically when you started stockpiling gas and canned beans in the garage. They showed concern over your decision to turn that spare bedroom into a Max Brooks shrine -- actually, that's kinda creepy. We agree with them on that one.

You're convinced the zombie apocalypse is going down, and you've probably already played Konami's Zombie Apocalypse game. You know, as part of your training. A sequel, Zombie

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Originally Posted by wraggster

L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 15th in North America (and November 18th elsewhere), just a week after the game debuts on PC. And like the PC game, The Complete Editioncomes packed with every piece of DLC released thus far. [Update: We've confirmed with Rockstar that this will retail for $49.99.]

The bonus cases stacked

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Originally Posted by wraggster

You can now count time travel and resurrection among the miracles made possible through DLC. Microsoft and Epic Games have announced "RAAM's Shadow," an add-on campaign for Gears of War 3 that precedes the events of the first game and brings back a few familiar, snarling faces.

Due on Dec. 13, "RAAM's Shadow" sees Zeta Squad attempting to evacuate Illima City in the wake of

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