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Originally Posted by wraggster

Halo 4 updates could introduce clans and Theatre Mode campaign support, according to 343 Industries' Jessica O'Shea.
Writing in the latest Halo bulletin, she said (viaOXM): "Theater Mode in Campaign did not make the cut for launch for various reasons of scheduling, rendering issues and some significant engine changes."However, we are treating Title Updates very differently for Halo

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Michael "Shagg" Washington has failed in effort to sue to Take-Two regarding the alleged use of his likeness in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Washington, who as well as being a model was also a backing singer for US hip-hop group Cypress Hill, had argued that that San Andreas star CJ was fashioned on him, The Hollywood Reporterstates.
So upset was he that he moved to sue Take-Two for a massive $250m in damages. His case hinged on a meeting in 2003 in which his discussed his

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Originally Posted by wraggster

RedLynx's next mobile game, Nutty Fluffies, launches on both iOS and Android today. Nutty Fluffies is about a bunch of amusement park prize animals letting loose after the park closes and taking the coasters for a ride.

It's the latest in RedLynx's line of physics-based racers, tasking players with managing a speeding rollercoaster and keeping it from being flipped upside down and ripping the stuffing out of those adorable plushies. You wouldn't let that happen, would you?

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Were Minecraft a multiplayer FPS it would probably be Ace of Spades, a game coming to Steam in December.Ace of Spades not only has a cutesy voxelly world like Minecraft, it has a build-anything-anywhere mantra too.So while your team of 16 fights the other team of 16, you can knock together a fortress or dig a tunnel or erect some walls. And then you can shoot the enemy's hard work to smithereens.Ace of Spades was indie-grown but since October had RuneScape house Jagex whipping it into shape. Looks

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Longest Journey creator Ragnar Tornquist is making a new Longest Journey game called Dreamfall Chapters.Ragnar Tornquist was until recently the man in charge of Funcom's inventive but struggling MMO The Secret World. He handed over the reins in September, later teasing that "of course I'm working on other ideas".Tornquist has established a new studio called Red Thread Games at which to make Dreamfall Chapters, but will also retain his creative director role on The Secret World.Tornquist

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