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Originally Posted by wraggster

While games arrived on Google's social network, Google+, back in August, support from social gaming titan Zynga was limited, with only Zynga Poker available on the service. That has now changed with the launch of CityVille, the most successful social game on Facebook.

While Gamasutra notes that there are still only 18 games on Google+, the importance of the launch of CityVille to the service's chance of success as a games platform cannot be underestimated.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

While Just Cause 2 developer Avalanche Studios' top-down shooter was released on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network two weeks ago, publisher Sega has remained tight-lipped about the PC version's release date. Until now: Renegade Ops will be available from Steam on October 14.
To make up for it, PC buyers will be able to choose a fifth playable character: Half-Life protagonist Gordon Freeman. Naturally, he'll be driving the Half-Life 2 buggy, and his special ability sees him unleash the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Jonathan Blow, the independent developer of lauded time-shifting puzzler Braid, has admitted that his upcoming open-world puzzlerThe Witness is unlikely to appear on the current generation of consoles.
In an interview, one of the most outspoken independents in the industry tells us that porting The Witness to the ageing Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 would be too arduous a task given their RAM limitations.
"We like 360 and PS3, but their specifications are over five years old now, and

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Thatgamecompany's Flower follow-up, the online adventureJourney, never had a concrete release date, though the initial fact sheet said it would be released this year. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, co-founder Jenova Chen reveals that Journey will now be released next spring.
"For the past few months, we kept getting asked about Journey's release date," he writes. "Yes, we haven't said anything about our release in a while, mainly because we really couldn't tell. And we don't

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Originally Posted by wraggster

During a Tokyo press conference earlier today, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada admitted that the overwhelmingly critical response to the PC release of Final Fantasy XIV means that "the Final Fantasybrand has been greatly damaged."
Last December, the publisher delayed the planned March release of Final Fantasy XIV for PS3 while it ironed out the PC version's numerous kinks. Producer Hiromichi Tanaka stood down and was replaced by Naoki Yoshida, and the game's free trial period was extended

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