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Originally Posted by wraggster

Zynga has released the sequel to its monstrously popular Facebook game FarmVille.
"We recognise that there are players who have moved on fromFarmVille," said Zynga vice president of games Tim LeTourneau.
"We wanted to embrace what three years of technology has brought and reinvent FarmVille as if we were making it fresh today."
Farmville 2 is built entirely with 3D technology, and Zynga has implemented interactive and more-lifelike animations.
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Originally Posted by wraggster

Rovio will bring a new and exclusive Angry Birds Roost experience to the Nokia Lumia range.
A first for Rovio and the Windows Phone platform, Angry Birds Roost will offer fans an exclusive 'Bird Cam' feature, which lets users take a picture on their phone, add their favourite Angry Birdscharacter to the pic, then share on Facebook, Twitter, MMS or email.
There will be access to hundreds of walkthrough videos, news, ringtones and Angry Birds wallpapers, as well as wide Live Tiles for

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Originally Posted by wraggster

With 16 days to go, Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse just crept past its Kickstarter target of $400,000. UK studio Revolution Software launched the campaign for the adventure series' fifth entry in August, and in less than half its allowed time The Serpent's Curse is now officially funded. One step closer to breaking that curse, we hope.

Revolution also announced recently that the game is coming

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Double Fine's Middle Manager of Justice is now available on the App Store, and at a cost of $0.00 it shouldn't significantly impact your outlay. Yes, that was our attempt at being Scott Adams.

Double Fine's iOS debut throws you into the over-referenced world of superhero management. As a middle manager at Justice Corp. it's up to you to train your super-powered lackeys, upgrade their super-equipment, all while keeping the super-paperwork in check. With the game being super-free-to-play,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

We first saw Guardians of Middle-earth in action back at E3 this year, and it was quite impressive even then. Monolith has taken the PC-centric gameplay of the emerging MOBA (or DotA, or LoL, or even action RTS, whatever you like to call it) genre, and translated it over to a console and a controller. But since that first play at E3, I've gotten a few more chances to play the game at Comic-Con and PAX. GOME

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