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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA has put out four new screenshots for its new SSX game - which used to be subtitled 'Deadly Decents' but isn't anymore.




They've got snow, snowboarders and snowboards - all the things you'd be totally shocked to see in screenshots of a snowboarding game. And they're really pretty.

EA recently released a new SSX developer diary that's well worth a watch.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Valve has revealed full details of how Steam will be supported by the PS3 version of Portal 2.

The first title to support Steam on a console, Portal 2 offers cross-platform matchmaking, gameplay, friends, chat, and achievements, all powered by Steam. Steam on the PS3 also saves co-op game progress and single player saved games to the Steam Cloud, enabling players to pick up where they left off on any PlayStation3.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

NaturalMotion's American football iPhone game hits sales milestone

NaturalMotion's American football title Backbreaker has now seen five million downloads on the iOs platforms.
The news comes in the immediate wake of the Oxfordshire-based animation technology outfit's announcement that Backbreaker is to see a sequel on XBLA named Backbreaker Vengeance.

NaturalMotion, which has proved a technology company can make a huge success out of releasing its own games whilst

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A new Dragon Age II patch has gone live for Mac and PC users, BioWare has announced.

Available from the developer's official site now, the 1.02 update fixes a number of bugs, improves general performance and limits crashes.
BioWare also revealed that the update is on its way to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 too.
"The console version of this patch will be known as the 1.01 Title Update and is still undergoing final certification with Microsoft and Sony," wrote senior

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters carded best ever week one US sales for EA's 14-year-old golf franchise, the publisher has announced.

According to internal estimates, the latest entry in the annual series shifted approximately 225,000 units in the seven days following its 29th March launch – up 17 per cent on previous best Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08.
On top of that, week one console digital revenue was up by a whopping 200 per cent. Given theridiculously long list of add-ons

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