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Originally Posted by wraggster

For the second time in under six months, Bethesda Softworks has had to go on defense and shut down rumors of DOOM 4's cancellation. The latest volley came from AllGamesBeta, which reported a rumor that development of the game had ended and showed what are allegedly screenshots of the game.

"DOOM 4 isn't cancelled," Bethesda's VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines told

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Two American gamers who were the lucky winners of EA’s Mass Effect 3: Space Edition contest have found themselves in a spot of legal bother.
Kotaku reports that video makers Michael Davis and Miguel Droz stumbled across a downed Mass Effect 3 weather balloon in the Arizona desert. Upon realising exactly what they had found, they decided to raffle the highly sought after title.
They intended to charge $5 a ticket, with 30 per cent of the proceeds going to games charity Child’s Play

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Square Enix has confirmed that it is to publish Quantum Conundrum, the upcoming puzzler from Kim Swift of Portal fame, in Europe.
Announced last year, Quantum Conundrum casts players as a child dropped on the doorstep of a mad inventor uncle's mansion, tasking them with solving a succession of physics-based puzzles using the Interdimensional Shift Device.
Developed by Redmond, Washington based Airtight Games,Quantum Conundrum will be released in Europe this summer for Xbox Live Arcade,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sega has confirmed that an HD remake of Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio is on the way for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC.
To help while away the hours until its release this summer, Sega is running a competition which will result in their own graffiti design featuring in the final game. Winners will also receive the world's first solar-powered Bluetooth sound system. For more, follow the source link below.
Source: Sega

http://www.edge-online.com/news/sega...t-radio-remake

Originally Posted by wraggster

As any citizen of Winterfell will tell you, there's nothing better to pass the time on a cold winter's night than to curl up with a good book. It should come as no surprise, then, that those who pre-order the upcoming Game of Thrones RPGwill also receive a hardbound art book. Entitled Game of Thrones: Visuals from the RPG, the book doles out "sixty-four full color pages of sketches, renders, photos, and screenshots

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