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Originally Posted by wraggster

UK studio Just Add Water is the latest to pledge itself to the PlayStation Vita cause, announcing Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath for the system's launch.

JAW broke the news last night upon the Twitter, adding that the titles would support cross-platform play between Vita and PS3 using cloud saves.

Eurogamer caught up with JAW's unmistakably Scottish MD Stewart Gilray earlier today, and he told us: "PS Vita has allowed us to do something

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sega has confirmed that its veteran Virtua Tennis series will be out on court for the launch of PlayStation Vita.

For Virtua Tennis 4, Sega - like most publishers with Vita games in the works – promises to take advantage of the system's various clever hardware features.

The game will be playable via touch or standard control inputs, and you can turn yourself into a character using the camera – or play as one of the 22 famous tennis types included.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Rise of Isengard will be the third full expansion for Turbine MMO The Lord of the Rings Online.

The expansion arrives on 27th September.

Rise of Isengard takes you to the home of wizard Saruman, who betrays the goodies and joins Sauron. You'll go inside Saruman's iconic Orthanc tower. But the press release doesn't mention a battle with Saruman himself.

Two other new regions - the Gap of Rohan and Dunland - will also be added. Each will be stuffed with

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be released early 2012 on PS3 and Xbox 360, Square Enix has announced.

The date comes at the end of a new E3 video for the Final Fantasy XIII sequel.

The Final Fantasy XIII-2 video shows returning heroine Lightning meeting and fighting alongside a new hero. The battle scenes are spectacular.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 had carried a release date of Winter 2011. The game remains one of Square Enix's big hopes after a torrid financial

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Blacklight developer Zombie Studios is working on a Kinect game called Blackwater for release this autumn.

505 Games will publish and Pantierra produce.

Blackwater is a modern day shooter "unlike anything you've ever played before" and with an "unprecedented level of immersion". The press release calls Blackwater an FPX - a first-person eXperience.

Blackwater is inspired by the real-world PMC of the same name. Former members of Blackwater

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