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Originally Posted by wraggster

Zombie survival role-playing game Project Zomboid has been forced offline after a particularly damaging pirated version of the game hit the internet.

Pirates have made a version of the game that auto-downloads Project Zomboid from developer The Indie Stone's server whenever the player clicks an "update" button.

"These 'auto updating' versions of the game could screw us completely," said the developer on the Project Zomboid website.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Fan fury over a free Legend of Zelda soundtrack has forced Nintendo to extend the offer in the US.

Many gamers have been unable to claim the free gift through Nintendo's website, stock of which was being distributed on a first come, first serve basis.

Citing "strong demand and technical issues", Nintendo has now extended the offer, promising the CD to all who register Ocarina of Time 3D by midnight tonight, Pacific Time.

But European Zelda fans

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Valve is making a free-to-play game, according to a new report.

Valve marketing boss Doug Lombardi replied "yes" when French game website Barre De Vie asked him whether the Portal 2 maker planned to create a micro-transaction game.

Valve's digital distribution model Steam last week announced the support of in-game transactions, setting the service up for F2P games.

One of the first is Global Agenda, a massively multiplayer RPG. Another is superhero

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Originally Posted by wraggster

On console, Battlefield 3 produces a 720p resolution at 30 frames per second.

The specs were confirmed by developer DICE following the first console demonstration of Battlefield 3 on US chat show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where PlayStation 3 code was shown.

DICE rendering architect Johan Andersson fielded questions about the demo on Twitter. He answered queries of why the frame-rate and resolution weren't higher, and why the console version of Battlefield 3 looked

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Halo HD remake supports Kinect, Microsoft has confirmed.

Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer confirmed Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will support Kinect in a GameSpot interview.

"Core focus for us in our press briefing this year with Kinect actually came from two sides," he said.

"As a first-party, we believe Kinect will be important to all genres of games, be it racing games with Forza, combat games like Ryse, even games like

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