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Originally Posted by wraggster

Boxed version of download game due autumn; Time between digital and retail releases will be shorter, says Telltale
Prehistoric monsters will be competing with some of the biggest names in games this Q4.
Telltale Games – which specialises in episodic digital downloads – confirmed to MCV that it is planning to release a retail version of its upcoming Jurassic Park title and Back To The Future: The Game.
The games are due for release in the autumn, alongside the likes of Modern

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Xbox Live Arcade game reaches new milestone following release of boxed SKU
Motorcycle stunts game Trials HD has been downloaded over 2 million times on XBLA, developer RedLynx has revealed.
This figure includes full game purchases and paid DLC over Xbox Live Arcade.
Trials HD also hit shelves earlier this month in the form of Microsoft's Xbox Live Hits Collection, which also included two other XBLA games – Limbo and Splosion Man.
"It's been a little more than a year

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Originally Posted by wraggster

GameStop encourages customers who pre-ordered more than a year ago to verify their reservation with their local store. 'Provided the customer has a receipt, we will honor even those pre-orders taken long ago. At this time, we expect that all pre-order customers will receive Duke's Big Package at time of purchase, regardless of when the reservation was made.'"
If you have an especially old order, though, you might want to visit the store with your original punchcard, or a daguerreotype

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Microsoft will finally reveal the Star Wars Kinect game everyone's been waiting for since its reveal last year.


Star Wars for Kinect was at the top of our list of most anticipated Kinect games, more because of the principle of it than the slightly dodgy-looking 'gameplay' video Microsoft released last year, but the game's been in hiding ever since.

According to Spike TV's Geoff Keighley, however, Microsoft plans to show it off at its E3 press conference on

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The games on show at E3 2011 are some of the best in living memory. So you really owe it to yourself to vote in CVG's inaugural E3 2011 Awards... in the Most Anticipated Title category.


Shortly before the show, we'll work out which of these 60 special E3 game previews have enjoyed the most page views, Facebook 'Likes', ReTweets and poll votes (see below) and crown our first victor at the Los Angeles event. Show your favourites the love!

Game: Halo 4 / Halo HD

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