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Originally Posted by wraggster

Zenimax-owned Tokyo studio at early stages of production

Fabled Japanese developer Shinji Mikami is working on a survival horror project at his new studio Tango Gameworks.The game, codenamed Zwei, appears to be at early stages of production.
Heading up the project as executive director, Mikami’s team told Famitsu that the game will incorporate classic survival horror elements.In 2010, Bethesda Softworks parent company Zenimax Media acquired the Mikami’s Tokyo studio for an

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Encouraging start for next big MMO

As many as 300,000 customers filled servers on the Diablo 3 open beta over the weekend, a community manager at developer Blizzard Entertainment has claimed.
Micah Whiple revealed the promising numbers on his personal Twitter account, though did not reveal total user numbers.

Diablo 3, which has been in development at various stages across the past ten years, is due for release in North America and Europe on May 15th.
Debates

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Anonymous sources claim to have seen 'playable build' of secret game

Further indications have pointed to a TimeSplitters 4 project underway at the studio which built its reputation on the popular FPS series.
Alleged “trusted anonymous sources” have revealed to Official Xbox Magazine a playable build of the project, though the magazine claims in its latest issue there is “no guarantee” that the game will progress and be published.

The first three TimeSplitters

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Diablo 3's weekend beta went about as smoothly as a hamster in a ball rolling down an erupting volcano – which is to say it was completely normal for a high-profile beta test. Saturday saw a peak of 300,000 concurrent players, Blizzard community manager Micah Whipple (Bashiok) tweeted, reporting the full number of testers for the weekend was "a lot."

Testers reported login and server errors

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sony confirms that Uncharted 3 will get Game of the Year edition
Sony's console selling franchise Uncharted has been making some major headway, as the company today announced that lifetime sales for the IP are at 17,320,000 units. The sales figure, current as of April 12, includes all three games on the PS3 and the newly launched Golden Abyss on the Vita.
To celebrate, Naughty Dog will be launching a Game of the Year edition for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. The new version will come

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