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Originally Posted by wraggster

Ubisoft has released a patch to remove the always-on DRM from the PC version of From Dust.
According to the Steam notes, installing the patch will result in the title being playable offline, and move the game save file from Ubisoft's server to your PC.

From Dust was originally expected to require a one-off online activation but released with always-on DRM, a "misunderstanding"

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Announced for PS3 and Xbox 360 this morning, the original Crysis will be a downloadable game when it launches next month, and a bargain one at that.

Remastered for consoles with new lighting and effects, plus optimised Nanosuit controls, fine-tuned combat and full stereoscopic 3D support, it'll cost just £15.99 on PS3 and 1600 MS Points (about £13.71) on 360.

"We are extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish with Crysis," said Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Picking up the latest FIFA has pretty much become an involuntary reflex for many gamers, but it's still good to be reassured that the quality is there - and GamesMaster's new FIFA 12 review does so in spades.
The praise-filled review - the first to hit newsstands - awards the latest entry in the football simulation series an impressive 94%.

In its four-page review the mag says "the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

In a press release, Square Enix confirms that it has already shipped two million copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution since its launch last month. Its first DLC pack, The Missing Link, will be released next month

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/deus-ex...-units-shipped

Originally Posted by wraggster

The social gaming titan's latest game for Facebook, Adventure World, was revealed last week. Overnight, Zynga got in touch to confirm that the game, which takes no little inspiration from the Indiana Jones films, is now live on Facebook. This is the first game from Zynga's Boston studio, and it claims it's its "most feature-rich" work so far, with a world 40 times the size of FarmVille. "We call this genre social adventure," said Nabeel Hyatt, general manager of Zynga Boston,

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