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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA is to further focus on bringing its major console franchises on iPhone and iPad, the publisher has revealed.

A new promotional video from EA Interactive unveiled and demonstrated new iOS editions of FIFA, Need For Speed and Madden, as well as the first mobile adaptation of Battlefield.

This Winter's Battlefield 3 has been publicly deemed EA's 2011 answer to Call of Duty. The iOS version, briefly shown running on an iPad, is referred to only as 'Battlefield' and mentioned

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sony has confirmed that PS3-exclusive racer Motorstorm Apocalypse has been cancelled in Japan, having previously delayed it indefinitely following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.

No direct reasoning was given for the decision, Andriasang reports, but it seems highly likely that the title, which prominently featured catastrophic natural disasters, was deemed inappropriate for the region.

Determined players can still pick up a copy from other regions, but the title

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Lead game designer on the Gears of War team, Lee Perry, has denied rumours that the studio is working on a Kinect-powered spin-off to the series, but maintains that it could be an option in future.

Speaking to Eurogamer at E3 yesterday, Perry said that whilst the Gears team was considering its options, rumours of work having already started on a motion-controlled project were untrue.

"There's definitely interest in terms of looking at [motion controls] in terms

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Originally Posted by wraggster

CCP chooses Sony for its open online platform
Xbox Live is too closed for the developer of PS3 exclusive Dust 514.
Speaking to Eurogamer during an E3 presentation, CCP CTO Halldor Fannar said: “Let’s just say that with Sony at least they have policies that allow us to build the game the way we want.”
“That is one of the reasons why we’ve gone with PSN.”
When asked if the title could potentially head to Xbox 360, he replied with a smirk and a “no comment.”

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Originally Posted by wraggster

During the annual Nintendo developer roundtable, Shigeru Miyamoto casually let it drop that Metroid Prime/Donkey Kong Country Returns developer Retro Studio is helping Nintendo out with the 3DS Mario Kart game -- which, incidentally, runs at 60 frames per second.

According to Miyamoto, Retro is collaborating on tracks, among other things. And then he joked that he wanted to call it "Super

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