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Originally Posted by wraggster

Epic Games has admitted that Mojang's indie virtual world Minecraftin part inspired Fortnite, the game the company unveiled at the Spike VGA on Saturday.
Little was revealed at the award ceremony. The game has two phases - exploring and fort-building during the day, and fending off an advancing horde of undead by night - with Epic's design director Cliff Bleszinski saying the studio had "decided to switch things up a bit and do something different and fun." In a series of tweets

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Originally Posted by wraggster

UPDATE: Crytek: "We don't comment on rumours and speculation."ORIGINAL STORY: Crytek's Kinect-exclusive action title Ryse, announced at E3 this year, is now a next-gen project, judging by the LinkedIn profile of a former developer.According to the CV of one of the game's senior level designers, who has now left the company, it's an "X-Box Next Gen" project."Pushing boundaries of next generation gaming, RYSE is an original AAA IP from Crytek slated to deliver an Epic first-person

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Originally Posted by wraggster

New PC racing simulator V1 Championship is promising one top player a year-long £100,000 apprenticeship competing in the 2012 Renault Clio Cup.Developed over the last four years, the sim subjects aspiring racers to a host of different measurements designed to assess driving ability, including physiological and psychometric tests to gauge style and attitude.All those who shell out £39.50 for the sim gain automatic entry into the competition, with the 10 best performers given the opportunity to

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A new Duke Nukem Forever DLC expansion goes live on 13th December, developer Gearbox has announced.Titled The Doctor Who Cloned Me, it adds a new single player campaign that sees Duke taking on Dr Proton in Area 51. Take a look at the screens below for more.The expansion features brand new weapons, new enemy types and bosses, additional Achievements and various new interactive items.You'll also get four new multiplayer maps:

• Sky High: The alien-infested corporate offices of Pooty, Inc.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The fate of two of the big name titles missing from yesterday's US November top 10 has been revealed.NPD analyst Anita Frazier told Eurogamer that Michel Ancel's well-reviewed platformer Rayman Origins sold just over 50,000 copies during its first four weeks on sale.She didn't reveal where it placed on the chart, though, for some context, Super Mario 3D Land managed 625,000 and didn't make the top 10.Sales of Origins were similarly underwhelming on this side of the Atlantic too, where the game failed to make the UK top 40

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