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Originally Posted by wraggster

Valve has revealed full details of how Steam will be supported by the PS3 version of Portal 2.

The first title to support Steam on a console, Portal 2 offers cross-platform matchmaking, gameplay, friends, chat, and achievements, all powered by Steam. Steam on the PS3 also saves co-op game progress and single player saved games to the Steam Cloud, enabling players to pick up where they left off on any PlayStation3.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

NaturalMotion's American football iPhone game hits sales milestone

NaturalMotion's American football title Backbreaker has now seen five million downloads on the iOs platforms.
The news comes in the immediate wake of the Oxfordshire-based animation technology outfit's announcement that Backbreaker is to see a sequel on XBLA named Backbreaker Vengeance.

NaturalMotion, which has proved a technology company can make a huge success out of releasing its own games whilst

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A new Dragon Age II patch has gone live for Mac and PC users, BioWare has announced.

Available from the developer's official site now, the 1.02 update fixes a number of bugs, improves general performance and limits crashes.
BioWare also revealed that the update is on its way to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 too.
"The console version of this patch will be known as the 1.01 Title Update and is still undergoing final certification with Microsoft and Sony," wrote senior

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters carded best ever week one US sales for EA's 14-year-old golf franchise, the publisher has announced.

According to internal estimates, the latest entry in the annual series shifted approximately 225,000 units in the seven days following its 29th March launch – up 17 per cent on previous best Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08.
On top of that, week one console digital revenue was up by a whopping 200 per cent. Given theridiculously long list of add-ons

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Limbo, Shadow Complex and Castle Crashers are among the titles featuring in a one off Xbox Live Arcade sale later this week.

You'll be able to pick up all three, along with Trials HD and Monday Night Combat, for 600 Microsoft Points each at a 50 per cent saving. The deal is only good for 15th April, so mark your diaries.
Other highlights of the just-released Xbox Live April schedule include a date for EA platformer Fancy Pants, Games on Demand launches for Mafia II and Lost Planet

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