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Originally Posted by wraggster

Myth #1: games are expensive. Sure, the ones you buy in boxes are, but the ones you can buy via Xbox Live, aren't. 1200 MS points works out at just over £10. Myth #2: XBLA games are all throw-away retro nonsense. No. Most are full, new games, and some are even AAA. So here are the 20 best, boldest, maddest and value-packed games on XBLA, and you can download most in a few minutes...
1. Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Price: 1200 Released: Feb 2012 Size: 1.33GB
Alan Wake's

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Phatansy Star Online 2 will dive headlong into its open beta phase from June 21, Sega has confirmed.
Earlier closed versions of the game will be taken offline in preparation for the launch of the open beta.41,500 simultaneous connected players were tallied this past saturday, setting a new record for the game according to Producer, Satoshi Sakai, via Siliconera.
The open beta will allow

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Originally Posted by wraggster

It feels unfair to begin a preview of PES 13 by comparing it to its nearest and dearest rival, but not doing so would ignore the proverbial elephant in the room. It would be an understatement to say that over the last few years, Konami’s football game franchise has had a considerable amount of its thunder stolen by EA’s FIFA series. To put it bluntly, it’s been booted firmly into second place.
It’s tempting to chalk this up to funding and cast FIFA as the footie sim corollary to Man City,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has received a patch, one that addresses issues with the game's online matchmaking system and AI, as well as various other fixes, according to a post at Capcom Unity. The post didn't elaborate onhow exactly the matchmaking system has been changed, just that "matchmaking from invites" has been improved, as have ally and enemy AI behaviors.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

You know how heroin addicts can go to methadone clinics to stave off cravings? Well, Zynga's new iOS app is kinda like that, but for Reno grannies that blow their Social Security benefits on the one armed bandit.

Zynga Slots is now available for free on the App Store, touting various improvements over real-world slots, such as the fact that losing your life's savings is dramatically less probable.

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