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Originally Posted by wraggster

It looks like the rumours are true – Ubisoft will tonight reveal Splinter Cell: Black list.
New screens from Gamekyo – which can be seen below – reveal at least one of the game’s locations to be the Iraqi town of Mirawa.
Also note that series’ protagonist Sam Fisher is wearing a brand new stealth suit and that the screen suggest a predominantly outdoor, well-lit setting, in stark contrast to the dark corridors that have typified previous outings.
Ubisoft will likely reveal

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A multiformat massively multiplayer game is the first of a series of experimental games that will lead up to a final full game release from the new Guildford-based studio in around three years' time.
The game is set in a white room, inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey, with a mysterious black cube hanging in it. The question it sets is, what’s inside? Made up of millions of smaller cubes, players will be able to tap them to break them - and here’s the kicker - there’s only one cube in

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Valve insists the game will be free-to-play, not pay-to-win
Valve has announced that its upcoming title, Dota 2, will be free-to-play. The company has also opened the Dota Store in preparation for the game's full launch, which allows players to purchase cosmetic items for their Dota experience. In the announcement for the in-game store and the game's official FAQ, Valve is insistent that players will not have to pay-to-win. Heroes are free and other items will be cosmetic.
"All

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Puzzle/platformer selling more than 2,000 copies a day

Hit indie game Fez has garnered more than 100,000 downloads on XBLA, developer Polytron has revealed.
Created by Canadian developer Phil Fish, the puzzle/platformer took five years to make, and was released on April 13th this year.

This means the title has been downloaded on average more than 2,000 times a day.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...XBLA-downloads

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Namco Bandai Games has today revealed further details about the PC version of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.
The critically acclaimed action role-playing game, developed by FromSoftware, will be available for purchase in Europe and Australasia at retailers and through Steam and Microsoft Marketplace from August 24th.
The exclusive European retail version of the title will include a 150-page art book featuring art from the new Artorias of the Abyssgame content. Along with this fans

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