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Originally Posted by wraggster

There are 10 new levels available for Portal 2, but only if you have a Razer Hydra PC controller.

They controllers cost $140/€140. We're investigating a UK release date and price now.

Hydra is a motion-sensing controller that looks like two Wii nunchuks and has a separate ball sensor that perches on your desk. It's coloured moody black and surprise green.

In the US you can buy the Razyer Hydra controller on Steam. But here you can't.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The concept of pressing a button to lock onto an enemy or object is now regarded as something of a standard in video games.

But in 1998, Zelda: Ocarina of Time was the first game to offer the system.

How did this invention come about? At a theme park, according to the game's general director, Toru Osawa.

"We thought if we went there, we might get some ideas. We got our boss's approval, and Koizumi-san, Ikeda-san and I went. It sure was a hot summer!"

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Originally Posted by wraggster

WRC 2, the official 2011 FIA World Rally Championship game, will release in October, publisher Black Bean games has announced.

The game's being made by Italian racing specialist Milestone for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

WRC 2 packs all the proper real-life drivers and cars, plus has 90 stages, 15 locales and 25 different terrain and weather combinations. Let's reiterate that: 25 different terrain and weather combinations.

There are nine car categories, ranging

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The developer behind the Xbox Live versions of Banjo & Kazooie and Perfect Dark is making the Xbox 360 version of PC hit Minecraft.

Dundee-based developer 4J Studios, which also made the PlayStation 3 version of Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, "seem to have a very good mentality, and obviously are very talented," Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson said on Twitter.

Then, "I'm a big fan of their previous work, and they've

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Chalk up more serious support for PlayStation Vita - Sega's opening a brand new studio to work on a Vita exclusive based on "entirely new IP".

Gary Dunn, MD of Sega's European development, told Eurogamer that the new game "is not a racing game". But he wouldn't clarify anything else. The new studio doesn't even have a name yet.

"I'll tell you the story," began Dunn. "Sega Racing studio we closed three years ago. What people probably

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