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Originally Posted by wraggster

The growth of the digital games market may typically be seen as the biggest threat to retail, but is the cramped Q4 release schedule in reality a bigger burden?
Speaking to investors following its Q3 financial report yesterday, GameStop president Tony Bartel highlighted the major role the chain has played in encouraging adoption of Activision’s digital service Call of Duty: Elite.
"In the case of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, we worked closely with Activision, Sony and Microsoft

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A new World War II shooter Enemy Front will hit shelves next year, publisher City Interactive has announced.
It’s City’s first game from veteran games designer Stuart Black since he joined earlier this year after leaving Codemasters. The FPS will be developed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC using Crytek’s CryEngine 3 engine.
City Interactive has seen success with similar products in the past. Its Sniper: Ghost Warrior game was one of the surprise hits of last year, breaking into the GfK

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Iron Brigade, known outside Europe as Trenched, will be released on Xbox Live Arcade on November 30.
The European release of Double Fine's mech tower defence game was held up due to a trademark dispute, with a Portuguese designer claiming that, under the name Trenched, the game would violate his trademark for a war-themed board game called Trench.
A post on Double Fine's website, apparently from studio head Tim Schafer, reads: "Sorry, but we had to wait for this whole Greek debt

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Multiple users have reported running into disc read errors while attempting to play the Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 3.
In a forum thread on Xbox.com that spans 14 pages, a number of gamers have complained of consoles either failing to recognise and boot up the title, or an "unable to read from disk" message popping up at various stages during gameplay.Some of them have continued

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Originally Posted by wraggster

F1 2011 is a PlayStation Vita launch game, Codemasters has announced.It releases alongside the Sony handheld on 22nd February 2012. A gameplay video is below.The Vita version contains all the official teams, drivers and circuits from the home console and PC version. You can play a full season, including practice and qualifying sessions, enter a Grand Prix or try Time Trial mode.Codemasters said its Challenge mode was perfect for portable play. Here, you complete objectives including checkpoint,

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