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Originally Posted by wraggster

Just in time for the Fourth of July fireworks, Subatomic Studios is bringing its hit iOS tower defense title Fieldrunners to Android -- and it'll be a buck on day one. The Cambridge, Mass. based developer has announced that the $2.99 price for its game will be cut to $.99 on Thursday, June 30, which is when it arrives on the Android Market. From July 1 on, it's full price.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

We here at Joystiq never play the console superiority game; play on what you like, man. But, when it comes to Shift 2 Unleashed, it would appear the PC is the superior platform -- at least, in a getting things for free kind of way.

EA has announced that the Legends and Speedhunters packs, both $10 pieces of DLC on consoles, will be released free of charge on the PC. Beginning June 30, PC players can download both packs for free from EA's new digital distribution hub, Origin.com.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Peter Molyneux has spoken in detail about his experiences working on Fable III, admitting disappointment at the end result and implying that the development process at Lionhead Studios will change significantly as a result.

Speaking to Gamasutra, Molyneux was asked how he felt about Fable III failing to reach the critical and commercial goals (of 5 million units sold) he had originally set out for it. The veteran designer began by lamenting the short development period, which at less

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Mortal Kombat Kenshi downloadable content launches on 5th July, Warner Bros. has announced.

That's a Tuesday, and relates to the DLC's Xbox Live launch. In Europe on the PlayStation Network it goes a day later, on Wednesday 6th July.

At least, that's what we hope. The Mortal Kombat Skarlet DLC was mysteriously absent from the European PlayStation Store following its US launch.

Kenshi is a blind swordsman who made his debut in Mortal Kombat: Deadly

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Originally Posted by wraggster

BioWare co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka have discussed the "very, very broad" possibilities for the future of the Mass Effect franchise.

In fact, the studio is already hammering out the details for continuing the franchise, the pair told Forbes.

"Certainly the setting has really resonated with people, the type of aliens in the world, the type of people that inhabit space," Zeschuk said in an interview, adding that unsurprisingly, the main

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