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Originally Posted by wraggster

Deadly Premonition's Xbox Live Games on Demand price has been amended, Rising Star Games has informed Eurogamer.

The cult survival horror game now correctly costs £14.99 to download.

Rising Star Games last week advised fans, via Eurogamer, not to buy Deadly Premonition at the erroneous price of £19.99.

In a statement issued today to Eurogamer, Rising Star Games was happy to confirm that the problem has been resolved.

"We've had some

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Castle building strategy game Stronghold 3 will be published by new company 7Sixty this autumn.

7Sixty is an affiliate of SouthPeak Games. The latter will work as a distributor, with 7Sixty fronting projects in the traditional publisher role.

Less traditional, however, will be 7Sixty's requirement that every game have "digital scope" as well as a physical on-shop-shelves presence.

Stronghold 3 will be 7Sixty's first release.

Stronghold

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Weatherman Rain will be available to download for Mortal Kombat 9 on 19th July - next Tuesday.

The purple ninja that controls rain and lightning will cost either 400 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Marketplace or £3.19 on PlayStation Network.

Rain will be able to encapsulate fighters in bubbles of water, call down lightning bolts, disappear and reappear in puddles of water and produce a nifty array of kicks.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...c-release-date

Originally Posted by wraggster

Microsoft has admitted losing its way with Halo following the release of Halo 3 in September 2007.

Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach both lacked one vital ingredient: "Playing Master Chief," said Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer to OXM.

"We kind of lost our way a little bit, I'll say. And that's why I wanted to make sure that at the unveiling of Halo 4, you knew you were playing Master Chief, that John was back - because Master Chief is the John Wayne

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The website www.ModernWarfare3.com redirects visitors to the official Battlefield 3 website, www.battlefield.com.

Who is responsible? An anonymous owner who registered www.ModernWarfare3.com with Domains by Proxy - a US service that keeps buyers private.

Before ModernWarfare3.com pointed elsewhere, the site contained an anti-Call of Duty video and defamatory text claiming Battlefield 3 would be the superior game, according to Kotaku.

Is such a tactic

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