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Originally Posted by wraggster

A set of new Gamescom screens for Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witchprovides the perfect reason to check in on the "Ninostarter" pre-order campaign.

With 12 days left, enough fans have pre-ordered the special "Wizard's Edition" to unlock one bonus item, a set of five prints. The second item is a gold "Wizard's Coin," which has 24% of its allotted pre-order numbers. You

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf was never coming to consoles this year, according to Adam Badowski, managing director at developer CD Projekt Red. Back in May, retail listings for the game, popularly believed to be deceased, popped up on a Danish retail site and Blockbuster.dk.

"It's not true; that's a mistake. It's not even rumor, it's a mistake," Badowski told

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Originally Posted by wraggster

There was a time when Lego really was just blocks. When we were young each of the little plastic people (who flew rockets made out of castle walls) were only present to add scale to our mismatched creations. Their sociopathic fixed smiles did nothing to add personality to the world. So it's hard to imagine a story built around them. Cue Lego City Undercover.
Earlier Lego games sidestepped this problem, with movie and film tie-ins offering instant context to their charming humour and gameplay.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Developer Bohemia Interactive feared a fan backlash when it announced plans to launch a standalone DayZ game.
DayZ is a free fan-made zombie mod for the PC game ARMA II and has been a huge success, helping the three-year old ARMA II sit atop the Steam charts for several weeks earlier in the summer. It has been downloaded over 1m times.
The title was created by Dean Hall, who now works for ARMA II developer Bohemia Interactive, and he is being tasked with creating a paid-for standalone

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Square Enix sure has been busy strengthening its place in the Western market as today’s Game Of The Day shows.

The company, famous for its catalogue of Japanese role playing games, has taken charge of some big western titles like Hitman, Deus Ex and Tomb Raider after merging with Eidos in 2009.

Set in Hong Kong, players control Wei Shen, a Chinese-American police officer having to investigate the dark and seedy world of China’s Triads. It’s almost ironic seeing that

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