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Originally Posted by wraggster

PlayStation 3 car combat revival Twisted Metal has been pushed back from its planned October launch to "early 2012", Eat Sleep Play co-founder David Jaffe has announced.
According to a post from the big man over on thePlayStation Blog, publisher Sony has graciously given the developer "the extra time needed to polish our demented baby until it shines."
"There's a great, classic industry saying by legendary Nintendo designer – and personal hero – Shigeru Miyamoto,"

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Rocksteady has confirmed to Eurogamer that the full range of Batman: Arkham City skins being divvied up between retailers as pre-order bonuses will become available to all later on as DLC.
"The offer that we're making out with retailers for gamers is, this is an early access opportunity for you," Rocksteady's marketing manager Dax Ginn told us in London yesterday. "Absolutely down the track [the skins] will be available more broadly."
Six Batman skins were detailed

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Dragon Age 2 Legacy DLC shows BioWare is listening to fan feedback, the developer has said.
Fantasy role-playing game Dragon Age 2, which launched earlier this year, polarized fans, and was seen as a move away from the more tactical, old school RPG trappings of the first game.
Legacy, though, "goes a long way towards demonstrating that we are listening, that we are aware of the weaknesses of DA2, and that we will continue to address them," lead designer Mike Laidlaw wrote

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Indie sensation Minecraft has just reached another astonishing sales milestone.
"Minecraft just sold its third million copy!" Tweeted creator Markus "Notch" Persson.
The news follows last month's revelation that Minecraft had passed the ten million registered user mark.
Tiny Swedish developer Mojang is estimated to have generated around £35 million in revenue off the back of the PC game.
Minecraft finally leaves beta and in November, when it will officially

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Eric Chahi's eye-catching god simulation From Dust has broken publisher Ubisoft's day one digital download sales record.
The Xbox 360 game broke record digital sales after launching on 27th July.
It had the highest first day sales of any Xbox Live Arcade game that Ubisoft has ever released, with sales approximately 45 per cent higher than Ubisoft's previous best-selling XBLA release - a game the French publisher failed to disclose. Was it Beyond Good & Evil HD, or perhaps Scott Pilgrim

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