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Originally Posted by wraggster

Platform licenced by BBC Worldwide to develop The Eternity Clock for PS3, Vita and PC

The upcoming Doctor Who game being developed for PS3, Vita and PC has licensed Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 to power the title, the studio has revealed.
The platformer, entitled Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, is being developed by independent studio Supermassive Games in collaboration with BBC Worldwide.

Based on the well known TV show, the game also features Matt Smith as the doctor

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Over 750,000 registered for MMO's closed beta

Funcom has announced its new MMO, The Secret World, is to launch on June 19, 2012.
The game had been originally anticipated for an April release, but Funcom has decided to give the developers more time for "even more polish".

With writer/director Ragnar Tørnquist of The Longest Journey at the helm, The Secret World promises subscribers a unique story, and quests that take them into the real world to find clues

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Breakdown shows The Witcher 2 sold 1.1m, The Witcher sold 400k

CD Projekt Red revealed the 2011 sales figures for its Witcher franchise totaled over 1.5 million.
The Witcher 2, released for PC last year, sold over 1.1 million copies, and its predecessor, The Witcher, launched in 2007, sold over 400 thousand.

"We were all incredibly surprised by the number of copies sold," said Adam Badowski, head of the CD Projekt RED studio. "The Witcher 2 has garnered

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Finnish studio Rovio has announced Angry Birds Space, a brand new game in its all-conquering franchise.
On its website, the developer calls Angry Birds Space "a completely new game with innovative new gameplay, but with some of the familiar Angry Birds elements that fans already know and love - plus some surprises."
The game will launch for smartphones and at retail on March 22, with Rovio promising more details early next month.

http://www.edge-online.com/news/angr...pace-announced

Originally Posted by wraggster

Retro City Rampage will be released for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, developer Brian Provinciano has confirmed.
The top-down, open-world game is a parody of classic games and their mechanics. Its release for Sony platforms is a surprise given that it was initially a WiiWare exclusive, and was later announced for Xbox Live Arcade.
In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Provinciano stops short of explaining how the game came to be released on Sony platforms, but does take a minute to enthuse

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