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Originally Posted by wraggster

Activision has confirmed a late August release date for the PS3 version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD.
"THPSHD is coming to PS3 (via PSN) on August 28th," according to a message on the game's official Twitter account. "We'll announce the PC date as soon as we know it."Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD soldapproximately 120,000 copies on Xbox Live Arcade in its first week of availability.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

There are few core game genres that have successfully excelled on iOS. Cave shooters are certainly one of them.
For those who are yet to experience ‘the Cave way’, it goes something like this: You fly a 2D ship horizontally or vertically along a level while shooting stuff. Oh, and it shoots back at you. With around a billion bullets.
Hence the name ‘Bullet Hell’, which is used by many to refer to the genre.
And the glorious thing about it is that a genre that relies on

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Wildly popular indie game reaches another milestone in just three months

Minecraft’s PC version has surpassed seven million sales worldwide.
That’s according to Danial Kaplan, business developer at Mojang, who tweeted: “More than 7 million minecraft (pc) copies sold!

“Thank you all Minecrafters around the world showing such dedication and support.”
The game’s PC version was quoted to have reached six million users in May, meaning it’s achieved

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Originally Posted by wraggster

First person shooter Borderlands 2 aims to be 'bigger, better and more badass' than its predecessor - but a slip up from developer Gearbox Software suggests it might be 'more sexist' too.
In an interview with Eurogamer, the game's lead developer, John Hemingway, talks about a user-friendly skill tree called Best Friends Forever, which will offer perks such as a decreased need for shooting accuracy.
The only problem? He also calls it the 'Girlfriend mode'.
He said: "I want

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Respective titles will boast 3D and puzzler play when launched on GREE's platform this autumn.
Mind Candy's online Moshi Monsters world has been entered by more than 65m children, which led the entertainment firm to expand into books, toys, and more recently mobile apps.
The latter was announced in May via a partnership with Japanese games giant GREE, but now they've revealed the two forthcoming mobile games will be called Moshi Monsters Village and Moshi Monsters: Lost Islands.

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