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Originally Posted by wraggster

Every Electronic Arts game over the past two years has included an Online Pass, but the upcoming Syndicate reboot will buck this trend.
This is because the publisher wants more players to enjoy the online multiplayer modes – the sort of feature EA usually locks with a one-time code included in new copies of its games. Second-hand users would have to purchase an Online Pass.
"We want as little resistance or barriers to entry as possible," EA Partners executive producer Jeff

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Originally Posted by wraggster

One of video gaming's earliest hits has returned as an iOS game. Sea Wolf, a 1976 arcade game by Midway, has been updated for release on the App Store by Coastal Amusements, based on its own arcade revival. In the transition, the graphics for the submarine combat simulator have been subject to obvious improvements, but the awesome periscope interface has been sacrificed to portability.

That said, the full

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The iOS version of Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, which came out in Japan in December 2010, is finally coming out worldwide. Capcom gave the DS version a year to sell (or not), but the English-language version of the game has already appeared on the New Zealand App Store, typically the first sign of a worldwide release over the course of the next day.

Like the Japanese release, this version of Ghost Trick

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Originally Posted by wraggster

No, "Le Mans" isn't French for "The Dudes" -- it's the name of a city located in northwestern France that has played host to the annual "24 Hours of Lemans" endurance race since 1923. The awesome thing about Le Mans (the race, not the city) is that manufacturers build beautiful, incredibly fast vehicles specifically to handle the event's unique challenges, and those prototypes are the focus of the lastest DLC pack for Forza Motorsport 4.

Well, by "focus"

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Capcom has announced a social game based on its massively popular action series Monster Hunter.
Andriasang reports that the game, Minna To Monhan Card Master(Monster Hunter With Everyone Card Master) is a card battle game, developed by Gloops, and will be released on February 21 on the Mobage network.
The publisher's expansion into social games is being spearheaded by Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono. In November, he explained: "Capcom has decided to look at the social game

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