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Originally Posted by wraggster

Gamers take Gears of War 3's graphics "for granted".

That's according to executive producer Rod Fergusson, who told Eurogamer in a new Gears of War 3 interview that developer Epic battles against gamers' memories of Gears 1.
"They take it [Gears of War 3's visuals] for granted," he said. "That was one of our biggest problems with Gears 1 to Gears 2. Your memory is far better than reality.
"With Gears 2 we were competing with the memory of Gears

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Cloud gaming service OnLive has unveiled new social features to help it compete with well established online gaming platforms such as Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
All games sessions will now be automatically recorded, allowing users to select and edit clips to share with friends. Sharing can also be done via the player's contact list from Google's email service, Gmail.
That contact list can also be used to automatically search for OnLive users which the player knows, further expanding

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The total number of registered users for browser-based massively multiplayer online game Battlestar Galactica has passed 1 million, according to publisher Bigpoint.
The free-to-play title, based on the now concluded revival of the '70s sci-fi show, achieved the milestone in just six weeks. As the company predicted, this has made it its most successful title since Bigpoint's founding in 2002.
"There is always a risk when you translate a well-known IP into another medium," said

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Help the royal couple prepare for their big day

Desperate to be a part of the royal wedding? Of course you are. And thanks to Miniclip.com, you can be.
The casual game developer has released Royal Wedding: William & Kate as a browser-based game that you can find here.
So what genre is it? Perhaps you’re thinking first-person adventure, RPG, or even turn-based strategy, but no. This is a hidden object game, complete with jaw-dropping illustration of the bride and

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Originally Posted by wraggster

'Potato Sack' offer will lead to early release if gamers play specific indie games

Developer Valve has teased fans with the prospect of an early release for the PC and Mac versions of Portal 2.
This will occur if enough fans put enough hours into a collection of indie games available through Steam. The 13 games, brought together in what is being called the 'Potato Sack' collection, can be purchased for £27.22.

Any gamers who already own some of titles, which includes

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