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Originally Posted by wraggster

Resident Evil pre-order numbers are through the roof, Capcom says.
The firm believes Operation Raccoon City can defy the depressed market and attract a wider audience than just the core Resident Evil fan.
“Our pre-order figures have given us a huge amount of confidence that the title will perform well despite the current conditions at UK retail,” said UK product manager Karl Reader.
“Consumers are buying brands they can trust. The Resident Evil brand is synonymous with high

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Alex Seropian recently left Disney Interactive to form his own mobile studio, Industrial Toys, but prior to that Seropian was a co-founder at Bungie. Now that Bungie has handed the hit Halo franchise over to Microsoft, some are wondering if the Redmond giant can do the series justice. Seropian recently told GameSpot that he believes the series is in good hands.
"I don't think I can be anything other than hopeful that it will be great. We'll see. Halo is one of the crown jewels in the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

German online game developer Bigpoint has confirmed that it will show off a browser MMOG based on A Game Of Thrones at GDC next week.
First revealed in a USA Today report in November, the game is based on George RR Martin novels and is being developed in Unity by Norwegian studio Artplant, which previously worked on Battlestar Galactica Online for Bigpoint.
Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz said: "We intend to build a game that resonates immediately with [A Game Of Thrones'] diehard community

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Cel-shaded action-adventure Gravity Rush will be released for PS Vita on June 13.
Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Sony's Rebecca Maschke confirms that the game, directed by Siren designer Keiichiro Toyama and known in Japan as Gravity Daze, will be released simultaneously at retail and as a download from PlayStation Store.

http://www.edge-online.com/news/gravity-rush-out-june

Originally Posted by wraggster

UK classifieds website rolls onto iOS.
Gumtree is an outlet to give almost anything exposure, with cars, jobs, and properties among the things promoted on the website by businesses and consumers alike.
The firm claims to have over one million ads live at any one time and decided the next step to further its business was via mobile, iOS in particular.
Users will be able to search for items, contact sellers and create favourites via the app, which is free for iPhone and iPod Touch.

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