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Originally Posted by wraggster

Though it's been quite a while since we've heard anything regarding Mass Effect 3's once-rumored multiplayer functionality, Eurogamer and CVG are both citing anonymous sources who claim the title will have a standalone four-player cooperative mode. The mode will feature a handful of missions which won't interact with the main storyline, and are designed to have a high replay value. Considering we spent around 40 hours mining for Element Zero in Mass Effect 2, we don't think our attention is going

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA CEO John Riccitiello is throwing down the gloves now. In the latest in EA and Activision's spat over the imminent clash of Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3, the EA boss has stated that he wants Call of Duty to "rot from the core".

Pulling no punches then, EA.

Riccitiello's chat with Industry Gamers started off rather civil. "The honest truth is I think Modern Warfare is going to be a really good game," he said. "I think that in a weird

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Chocolatier chipmaker AMD has released new Catalyst 11.6 drivers for the firm's range of graphics cards, adding game-specific performance increases and nifty new feature called Steady Video.
The updated driver suite includes better support for the chipmaker's APUs, hot on the heels of the appearance of the firm's new A-series of 'Llano' APUs.
The drivers also bring boosted performance to a number of PC games such as 5 per cent performance boost for Far Cry 2. Windows 7-related multi-GPU

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The team responsible for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is planning to modify a handful of original Xbox controllers to be 360-compatible so that a select few can experience the game exactly as it was back in 2001.

343 Industries' Frank O'Connor revealed in a NeoGAF post that his team is "trying to get some OG Dukes rebuilt with 360 guts for Halo Fest."

He added that 343 hopes to have "about" six custom pads made "by people who have been doing

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Just about one week before Call of Duty: Black Ops' Escalation DLC was announced, the add-on was leaked by a promo flier from European retailer GAME. If the image recently posted to Xbox360Achievements is legit, the game's third map pack has suffered a similar fate. A purported Gamestop flyer shows off five of the next bundle's maps, a list which includes Hangar 18, Silo, Hazard, Drive-In and an unnamed Zombie mode map.

The only familiar name in the lineup is Silo, which was mentioned

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