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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sledgehammer Games' general manager Glen Schofield believes its third-person Call Of Duty project will be cancelled.
The studio is currently working on Modern Warfare 3, but, speaking to C&VG, Schofield said that the game's time period could be too "niche" to make continuing a viable option.
"We'll probably cancel it. They gave us the choice of: do you want to work on Modern Warfare 3, or do you want to continue working on this? And we really liked that," Schofield

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sales of Future’s UK magazine portfolio have increased by a staggering 750 per cent since the release of Newsstand as part of Apple’s iOS5 last week.
AOP reports that the combined downloads of Future’s 50+ free and premium publications via the Apple store has passed the 2m mark in just four days.
It is not known how many of those customers also chose to subscribe to Future’s magazines.
“Future had sold more digital editions in the past four days through Apple’s Newsstand

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Sims has established itself as one of the most successful games franchises of all time, selling more than 140m units worldwide.While pets have previously featured in the simulation series, they could only be trained and doted upon.
The Sims 3: Pets allows players to actually live the life of a four legged friend. And rather than being another expansion, it’s a standalone game on consoles and PC.
“This next iteration in The Sims series truly has the most innovative features we’ve

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The first couple of videos of GTA III running on a tablet (apparently an iPad, though it's difficult to tell from the footage) have surfaced.
Virtual controls are the order of the day, with a contextual 'steal car' button popping up for convenient crime sprees.
The mobile version was announced last week in celebration of GTA III's ten year anniversary. Today, Rockstar clarified that it would eventually reach single core iOS devices as well.

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/first-f...a-iii-surfaces

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Capcom has officially confirmed long-rumoured plans to launch remastered versions of the first three Devil May Cry games for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Set for an “early 2012” release in North America for $39.99, theDevil May Cry HD Collection will bundle PS2 releases Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening Special Edition in one high definition package, with unspecified bonus content. Reports have suggested the game will launch in Europe on February 10.
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