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Originally Posted by wraggster

As if fantasy football wasn't enough of a workplace distraction, Codemasters has recently announced F1 Online: The Game, which is, as you may have guessed, a free-to-play, browser-based Formula 1 racing game/management simulator.

Set to launch sometime in Q1 2012, F1 Online allows players to race as their favorite real-world teams, or as a fictional team of their own creation. Full-scale

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Publisher Majesco has revealed that Zumba Fitness has cleared three million sales worldwide.
The exercise title has been top of the UK chartfor eight weeks running now, and was also the seventh best-selling game in the US last month.

Majesco put out the first Zumba Fitness 2 screens today. Set for release on Wii this November and "a second platform in early 2012", the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Valve has announced the sequel to its classic online shooter Counter Strike, which will be playable for the first time in Europe at the Eurogamer Expo in September.
The sequel, full title, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, will be playable for the first time in North America at Pax Prime and in Europe at the Eurogamer Expo.
"Counter-Strike took the gaming industry by surprise when the unlikely MOD became the most played online PC action game in the world almost immediately after

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Wesley Snipes' iOS game Julius Styles: The International is real and is out now.
The iPhone and iPad isometric 3D action puzzle game costs £1.99 from the App Store.
Julius Styles is interesting because Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes helped Finnish studio Lapland make the game from behind bars.
He even found the time to issue a statement for the official press release.
"Evolving from the military special ops, security specialist backgrounds of characters I've played in

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Originally Posted by wraggster

FortressCraft has made more money than any other Xbox Live Indie Game, developer ProjectorGames has announced.
As of today, FortressCraft has sold 400,823 copies for a total of 96,197,520 Microsoft Points. That's $1.2 million or £824,092.
FortressCraft costs 240 Microsoft Points (£2.06).
FortressCraft has 84 per cent trial to purchase conversion rate.
The US is the highest buying region with 253,212 purchases and 269,773 trials. The UK is the second highest with 73,618

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