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Originally Posted by wraggster

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will feature ranked dedicated PC servers, according to Treyarch's tech director.

In a brief tweet (even for tweeting standards), Cesar Stastny of Treyarch wrote: "Confirmed: Ranked Dedicated Servers for #BlackOps2."

The Call of Duty series has gone back and forth on the server issue, seemingly dependent on what developer in Activision's arsenal was in

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Good news: the restructured Sega has not canceled the western release ofAnarchy Reigns. However, Sega has delayed the release of Platinum's brawler again. Once set for July 2012 (which was a delay), then "to be confirmed," Sega has now given the game a Q1 2013 window in a brief message on Twitter. This game was supposed to be released in fall 2011.

If you have access to a PS3 and a Japanese PlayStation

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The British Board of Film Classification notes the BioShock Ultimate Rapture Edition as headed for a UK release.
The pack will include Bioshock, Bioshock 2, and all of the latter’s DLC, Eurogamer reports.
Without an official announcement from 2K Games, we’re left to guess on platform/pricing/release info; or if the offering will even reach other major territories outside the UK.
Bioshock Infinite, the franchise’s latest chapter, is slated to launch in February 2013.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

As far as video games go, it doesn't get much simpler than Pong -- two paddles, one ball, no complications. A classic, to be sure, but definitely not the flashiest game when pitted against the averagesmartphone title -- maybe that's why Atari is asking indie developers to jazz it up. Yes, the Pong Indie Developer Challenge is in full swing, and Atari has pared down some 90-odd submissions to mere 15. Not

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Steam has a pair of deals worth checking out right now for Napoleon: Total Warand SOL: Exodus. First up, Napoleon: Total War is free to play from now until Sunday at 1PM Pacific time. If you like what you play, the game is currently half-off for $10, which is a lot of strategy for something so little -- much like Napoleon.

Also half-off today only is SOL: Exodus. The indie flight sim may not by

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