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Originally Posted by wraggster

Celebrated movie studio offered workshop to Epic team on storytelling
Gears of War has never really been put on a pedestal with titles such as Half Life and Assassin's Creed when it comes to developing a story. While many are quite fond of the franchise, the reigning notion is that the game does more for third-person shooter mechanics than anything else. This has troubled series producer Rod Fergusson and creative lead Cliff Bleszinski for some time.
Of course, with the new push for

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Developer behind Star Trek working on sci-fi PC shooter for this winter
Digital Extremes, which is working on Star Trek for 2013, has unveiled another project under its banner. Warframe, a new PvE sci-fi shooter will be coming out late this year with the hope for a beta by fall. The new game will be a free-to-play shooter, one that Digital Extremes hopes will create an 'evolving world' for gamers to shape and play in.
"We've heard for years now that PC gaming is dead. It isn't dead;

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA has revealed what it is describing as “its most extensive global pre-order incentive in the history of the FIFA franchise”.
The company has announced that the FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition will be available for just one day – September 28^th, the day that FIFA 13 will be released in Europe.
The SKU will include 24 FIFA Ultimate Team Gold Packs, each of which includes 12 cards. Being Gold they will contain players with a rating of 75 or over and one rare item.
That’s not where the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Minecraft developer Mojang has revealed that its next game, Scrolls, is close to entering the closed alpha stage.
“We are rapidly approaching the closed alpha of Scrolls,” the game’s official blog stated. “Although this alpha version will be far from a feature complete version of the game, it will include multiplayer matches, single player matches vs AI and the Deck Builder, where you can build your decks out of the 100+ scrolls that currently exist in the game.
“As we get closer to

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The recently confirmed Journey Collector’s Edition for PS3 will not be released in Europe, developer Thatgamecompany has confirmed.
“The Journey PS3 Collector's Edition isn't coming out in Europe,” the studio said on its Twitter feed. “We wish Europeans could get it, but there's nothing we can do. The best thing for you to do is bug @PlayStationEU.
The only reason offered by the developer was that “there are a lot of localisation costs in Europe, so it would be very hard to not lose

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