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Originally Posted by wraggster

Hothead Games is working on an interactive version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for iPhone and iPad, available this fall. This isn't an adaptation of the beloved series by Douglas Adams, mind you, but of the guide itself. Meaning, attorneys from Megadodo Publications -- the established publisher of the original guide -- should be sending a cease and desist letter through an

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Market research firm the NPD Group has announced that it intends to track videogame spend in several countries in Europe with a view to providing a European version of its game industry report. At present, the Total Consumer Spend Service report covers estimated new and used retail, subscription, microtransaction and rental sales for the US. The European report will initially cover the UK, France and Germany and NPD will begin tracking the territories in the fourth quarter of this year. "The

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A multiplayer beta of this year's entry into the Assassin's Creed series will arrive on PlayStation Network, as a timed exclusive, on September 3, Ubisoft has announced. The beta, which will run until September 11, offers players a choice of nine characters, with four game types playable on three maps. Inevitably, there's a catch: only subscribers to PlayStation Plus, or members of Ubisoft's new Uplay service, are eligible.

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/assassi...psn-next-month

Originally Posted by wraggster

Ubisoft will release a demo for Driver San Francisco tomorrow on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The demo is single-player and involves three missions. The first, Team Colours, requires use of the headline Shift ability to hop out of your body and between drivers to finish first and second in a race.
The second, Escapist, demands you escape the police with a VIP passenger on board.
The third and final mission, Prove It, has stunts and tricks and a cop chase.
Eurogamer previewed Driver San Francisco

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Beta testing for free-to-play browser MMO Transformers Universe will begin "very soon", creator Jagex has informed Eurogamer.
The game's executive producer Kris Jones shared that and more during a long chat about the head-turning new IP.
"It's very soon," said Jones of the beta. "It's not going to be far away.
"We're launching this in 2012, so it goes without saying that the beta will be soon."
A team of 55 people are making Transformers

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