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Originally Posted by wraggster

Bit.Trip Saga and Bit.Trip Complete launch for 3DS and Wii respectively on 13th September in the US, publisher Aksys has announced.

However, when Eurogamer checked in to find out when the titles will arrive in the UK, we were told they're yet to secure a European publisher. Sigh.

For the uninitiated, both titles see all six entries in the love it/loathe it Gaijin-developed Bit.Trip download series stuffed onto a cart/disc and put on a store shelf for your convenience.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Earlier this week Microsoft proudly showed off NUads - a new set of features that will allow marketers to place interactive Kinect-friendly advertising on the Xbox 360 dashboard.

Though arguably the announcement wasn't aimed at them, gamers didn't respond to the news with a great deal of enthusiasm, to put it mildly.

Duly, Eurogamer asked Xbox senior product manager David Dennis why Microsoft decided to go public with the initiative and risk the wrath of its core audience,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Battlefield 3's co-op campaign will feature support for two players over 10 different maps, developer DICE has confirmed via PSM3 magazine.

Sure, it's a slim morsel of news, but the first real details the studio has let slip about the feature.

Eurogamer's Martin Robinson took a close look at the keenly-anticipated shooter's standard multiplayer mode in his Battlefield 3 hands-on preview earlier this week.

“It strikes a middle ground that’s likely to offend

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The concluding episode of Telltale's Back To The Future series is available for download on Mac and PC today, the developer has confirmed.

Subtitled Outatime, it sees Marty McFly attempting to set right the complications caused by his various time jumping misadventures and return to his own version of 1986.

Telltale has roped in the movie's original star Michael J. Fox for a quick cameo, with him voicing two separate, undisclosed characters.

No word yet

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Mortal Kombat's missing fighter Skarlet has turned up on PlayStation 3, just in time for the weekend.

Sony has tweeted that Skarlet is now finally available from the PS Store, following previous fan outcry at her delay.

The bikini-clad brawler was absent from this week's update in Europe, despite making her US appearance on Tuesday as planned.

Fan upset was intensified by "incorrect" pricing for the game's Klassic Skin Pack, which was originally

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