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Originally Posted by wraggster

Here are some hurriedly-snapped shots of the new multiplayer characters that will come with the upcoming General RAAM DLC pack for Gears of War 3.

Titled RAAM's Shadow and set for release on December 13 for 1,200 Microsoft Points, it'll feature three hours of gameplay, plus six new multiplayer characters, the 'Chocolate Weapon Set' and an additional 250 Gamerscore.
Those six characters, we now know via these shots, are Alicia Valera, General RAAM, Michael Barrick, Minh Young Kim,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

We love getting maps in game boxes. Unfortunately, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim doesn't come with one. So here's how you can make your own.

The folks on GameBanshee (thanks Kotaku) have gone to the trouble of annotating every last area and landmark on a high-res map of Skyrim.
That's not all. They've also prepared an enormous 9-page PDF version that's set up to be printed out as a 3x3 poster on your wall.

Then, if you're really nerd...we mean hardcore, all you need to

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sega has ported the first Sonic game on Game Boy Advance over to Android.
Sonic Advance has just released on the Android Market in Japan for 415 Yen (about £3.50/$5.30) in all its colourful glory.
GBA-owning Sonic fans will remember Sonic Adventure as a breath of fresh air during the early years of the mascot's seeming downturn since his crossover to 3D in 1999.
It was one of the first games since his 3D debut in which Sega revisited his old-school 2D mechanics and reminded us

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Rockstar is fitting Max Payne 3 with familiar shooter mechanics cover, and over-the-shoulder zoom aiming."We've introduced a left trigger, over the shoulder aiming feature that most games have, where you can sort of zoom in a bit closer and aim more precisely on your target at the expense of your ability to move around quickly," art director Rob Nelson told GameSpot."So we added that, and we've added a cover mechanic, but those are ancillary additions to the core of the game, which

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Gears of War 3 maps bundled with the "Horde Command Pack" are now available for free. The "Booster Map Pack" includes new arenas Azura, Blood Drive and Rustlong, along with tweaked favorites BulletmarchMulletbarchBulletmarsh and Clocktower.

The pack strictly offers the maps from the Horde Command Pack and does not include the updated Horde fortifications, playable

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