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Originally Posted by wraggster

Amazon has already discounted Konami's PS3 release of No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise to $29.99, suplexing $10 off the retail price. For some reason, the retailer chose to forgo its usual credit offers, discounting the game directly. Heroes' Paradisehasn't even been released yet -- that happens tomorrow.

As even more incentive to buy the game today, Amazon is also throwing in some exclusive pre-order DLC items, in the form of the "Cross Saver" beam katana and the "Moto

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Originally Posted by wraggster

There's no longer a financial barrier blocking your access to Lego Universe. The block-rocking MMO's free-to-play trial offer has opened, allowing players to experience a chunk of the game, including one "property area" to build as you see fit, and two "adventure zones."

If you decide you like the interconnecting world of Lego Universe, you can upgrade to the $10 monthly membership at any time, and open up the rest of the world, comprising five "property worlds"

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Kalypso has finalised the Tropico 4 release dates as 26th August on PC and mid-September on Xbox 360.
Tropico 4 folds in Twitter and Facebook support. It also enables you to elect ministers into key positions to ensure controversial decisions get the green light.
Tropico casts you as El Presidente, the nice or nasty dictator of the eponymous island paradise.
A Tropico 4 demo is available to try now.

Originally Posted by wraggster

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow developer MercurySteam has recounted the lessons learnt from making the Konami-published action game, and promised: "the following game will be better."
Speaking during a keynote talk at GCD Europe 2011, MercurySteam co-owner Enric Alvarez discussed the challenges the Spanish studio faced rebooting the much-loved franchise.
"Of course, there were a lot of things with Castlevania we would have loved to have done better. But I'm convinced the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Darkfall developer Aventurine has shared the first details about what to expect from the PVP-focused MMO after its huge overhaul - from whence it will be known as Darkfall 2.0.
In brief, everything will change. Skills will be tied to equipment and advancement will be done faster if a character specialises on one role.
Combat will become more tactical, spells redesigned and the world and dungeons and monsters within them all completely reworked. Dungeons will have dynamic elements like

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