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Originally Posted by wraggster

The better-late-than-never closed beta for Tribes Ascend will kick off on November 4.

Confirmation came from developer Hi-Rez Studios lead Todd Harris in the interview below, in which he admitted the beta is starting later than planned.

The delay, he explained, is down to the developer wanting to make a "few adjustments" based on feedback from previous Alpha testing, and the decided inclusion of the game's deeper character progression elements.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sega will be serving up Sonic goodness to PC gamers too with Sonic Generations.

A PC version of the mascot's tribute title has been rumored in the past, particularly when Sega listed PC as a platform in a Japanese earnings report.

Putting confirmation on it, PC digital distribution services Direct2Drive and Green Man Gaming have listed the title for pre-order for $29.99.

The new game will have both classic Sonic and the modern-day, green-eyed equivalent revisiting

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Bethesda has released a patch for id's latest shooter, RAGE, fixing a number of bugs and adding graphics engine settings "due to popular demand."
Legendary gaming pioneer John Carmack enraged a number of PC gaming faithful by saying: "We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games" and describing problems with video drivers "a real cluster !@#$."
"We knew that all older AMD drivers, and some Nvidia drivers would have problems with the game,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Silent Hill: Downpour has been officially delayed and will not now be released until Q1 2012.
The game had previously been down for a November release on both PS3 and Xbox 360.
It will now be released some time in Q1 2012.
Furthermore, Konami has retorted to claims of a delay to Metal Gear Solid HD Collection by insisting that the game was never given a concrete release date in the first place.
However, rightly or wrongly the SKU had been pegged for a Q4 2011 release –

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The biggest 20 games operators on Facebook are combating a steady drop in daily user retention, an analyst group has said.
IHS Screen Digest claims that, during the first three quarters of 2011, the likes of Zynga and PopCap noticed a downward trend in user engagement.
User engagement is a specific metric that measures the ratio of daily active users versus monthly active users.
If the ratio is in decline, as the new data suggests, it means that those who log on to Facebook games

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