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Originally Posted by wraggster

Blizzard is aiming to release its StarCraft 2 DOTA mod at around the same time as Heart of the Swarm, the developer has revealed.
Speaking at a press conference at Gamescom earlier today, senior game designer Jonny Ebbert said that Blizzard DOTA will be out "near the launch" of the next chapter in the StarCraft 2 saga.
Heart of the Swarm is still without a firm date, though earlier this year a 2011 launch was deemed unlikely.
Ebbert declined to offer up any further details

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Blizzard has given its firmest indication to date that Diablo 3 is coming to consoles.
While lead designer Josh Mosqueira stopped short of confirming the port out right during a Gamescom press conference today, he stated that the developer "is very, very serious about bringing the Diablo 3 experience to the console."
He added that, as reported earlier this year, Blizzard is currently in the process of recruiting a team to handle a potential console version of the action RPG

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Last year's multiplayer take on the 2D Castlevania bloodline, Harmony of Despair, comes to PlayStation Network some time next month, Konami has announced.
It's the same game that launched on Xbox Live Arcade last summer, though PlayStation 3 users get the Beauty, Desire, Situation Dire map pack for free as an added purchase incentive.
The add-on includes the Pyramid of Ruin level and additional playable characters Julius Belmont and Yoko Belnades.
Despite the series' near-flawless

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Silent Hill HD Collection will also beheading to Xbox 360 as well as PS3, Konami has announced.
Both versions will be released "early 2012".
The Silent Hill HD Collection contains Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3. Both will be remastered with 720p visuals and new voice overs.
Trophies and Achievements are also stuffed in.
Konami announced the Silent Hill HD Collection as a PS3 exclusive in July.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...on-on-xbox-360

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Capcom and Ninja Theory have presented a united front and promised that, in the wake of a fan backlash, the upcoming Devil May Cry reboot will still "feel" and "work" like old Devil May Cry games.
Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of developer Ninja Theory (Heavenly Sword, Enslaved), said: "We've got our plan and we're not changing it."
Antoniades was speaking at a Gamescom 2011 session watched by Eurogamer today.
He went on to promise that DMC will "make

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