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Originally Posted by wraggster

An ITV documentary aired last night in UK reportedly used footage from PC war sim Arma II as evidence of the IRA’s procurement of weapons from Colonel Gaddafi.
The film, called 'Exposure – Gaddafi and the IRA' supposedly showed a scene of IRA militants gunning down a helicopter using vehicle-mounted weaponry.
However, the clip was actually sourced from a fan-made Arma II video.
Marek Spanel, the CEO of Arma II developer Bohemia, toldGamasutra that he knew nothing of the ITV’s

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Virgin Gaming has teamed up with EA for the most lucrative tournament so far.
The firms are offering $1.6m to the winner of the Battlefield 3 Worldwide Conquest Tournament, which kicks off from next year. It will culminate in a live grand finale.
You can read more about it at www.Battlefieldmillions.com, and it sees EA offer a tournament rival to Call of Duty Elite, which also has a competitive gaming element with real life prizes.
“We’re always looking to raise the bar for

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Originally Posted by wraggster

With its Xperia Play exclusivity deal expired, Minecraft will be available for all Android devices when developer Mojang releases it on the Android Market this Thursday.

While the Xperia Play version - which we recently playtested - made use of the handset's d-pad and buttons, the full release of Minecraft: Pocket Edition uses touchscreen controls, as shown in the below video.

The hugely successful game, which has sold more than three million copies on PC, is also headed

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Originally Posted by wraggster

While games arrived on Google's social network, Google+, back in August, support from social gaming titan Zynga was limited, with only Zynga Poker available on the service. That has now changed with the launch of CityVille, the most successful social game on Facebook.

While Gamasutra notes that there are still only 18 games on Google+, the importance of the launch of CityVille to the service's chance of success as a games platform cannot be underestimated.

Within 24 hours

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Originally Posted by wraggster

While Just Cause 2 developer Avalanche Studios' top-down shooter was released on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network two weeks ago, publisher Sega has remained tight-lipped about the PC version's release date. Until now: Renegade Ops will be available from Steam on October 14.
To make up for it, PC buyers will be able to choose a fifth playable character: Half-Life protagonist Gordon Freeman. Naturally, he'll be driving the Half-Life 2 buggy, and his special ability sees him unleash the

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