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Originally Posted by wraggster

Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel launches in Europe on 29th March 2013, EA has announced.It goes live in the US on 26th March.The co-op third-person shooter, built using the Frostbite 2 engine from Battlefield maker DICE, is in development at Visceral Games.Meanwhile, EA announced the Overkill Edition of the game, which you're automatically upgraded to if you pre-order.It includes early access to three Overkillers Contracts, the TAH-9 side arm (the only fully automatic handgun in the game), the Double

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Version three of the successful paid Prison Architect alpha build is upon us like a sewage-drenched Andy Dufresne in the night.Burly new additions are fog of war and CCTV, plus a load of bug fixes and small changes.Fog of war affects your visibility of an area. Guards are your eyes, so if an area is well patrolled, it'll stay clearly visible. But fog of war creeps back over time, so if an area loses guard coverage, visibility will start to go.CCTV ties into fog of war; you can install cameras to

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Master Chief’s new stewards, Microsoft’s 343 Industries, has struck gold with its first Halo outing.
Halo 4 reviews landed online this morning, delivering near-universal praise for the Chief’s latest adventure and likely his last outing on Xbox 360. At the time of writing the game has an impressive 91 per cent on Metacritic.
“After soaking in the new game, I am beyond thrilled to be so in love with Halo again, more than I’ve been since Halo 2,” IGN wrote in its 9.8/10 review, in which

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA has announced that everyone who pre-orders a copy of Crysis 3 will get a downloadable copy of the first Crysis for free.
Pre-ordering the new shooter will get you a code which you can use to redeem the 2007 original as a digital download via PSN for PS3, Xbox Live for Xbox or Origin for PC.The press release says the offer will only be open "while supplies last at participating retailers",

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Originally Posted by wraggster

As previously announced, the trilogy will arrive first in US on Xbox 360 and PC on November 6. The EU date for those platforms has today been confirmed as November 9.And for PS3 gamers, the fun kicks off on December 4 in US and December 7 in Europe.
The box-set, which in the US will cost $59.99, marks the first time Mass Effect 1 (released on Xbox 360 in 2007) will be released on Sony's PlayStation system.
BioWare has previously confirmed that Mass Effect 1 will get a standalone release

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