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Starcraft II sells 3 million

Real time strategy behemoth Starcraft II has sold 3 million copies worldwide in its first month of release. That’s a lot of zerg rushes. Blizzard claims that the game is the bestselling PC game of 2010 and the fastest selling RTS of all time. With 3 million sales and plenty of rave reviews; it’s hard to dispute that. “We appreciate all the... [Read more of this]

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Zombies successfully storm Parliament

The undead have given the government something to think about when the Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality (CURE) staged a political protest outside the Houses of Parliament yesterday afternoon, with the event supported by Capcom. Leader of the CURE party, Harry Cole was joined by a crowed of over 50 undead, demanding that zombies receive the same... [Read more of this]

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Xbox Live Gold price rising at the start of November

Do you hear that banging noise, just echoing in the distance? It’s an interesting phenomenon, but it could possibly be explained by the combination of heads and fists hitting desks as Microsoft announce that they are raising the price of Xbox Live. The news dropped today when it appeared on Major Nelson’s blog that the price for Xbox Live Gold subscriptions... [Read more of this]

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Rising Star Games competition

Things that you win always taste sweeter (or meatier if you’re a savoury person) than things that you spend your money on. Recognising this, Rising Star Games are giving away a copy of Pang: Magical Michael on the Nintendo DS to one lucky winner every week for five weeks. All you have to do is identify the landmark in this trailer and send your guess... [Read more of this]

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Blacklight: Tango Down patch released

A patch for Ignition Entertainment’s Blacklight: Tango Down was released earlier today, which hopefully addresses several problems that players have been encountering with the game. Spawn camp victims are getting a bit of relief with the spawn invincibility timer now giving players a few more vital seconds to establish their surroundings and not get... [Read more of this]

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Rockstar’s final warning: The ban hammer comes down tomorrow

Dirty cheaters beware, those of you playing around with hacks on Red Dead Redemption have until tomorrow to delete your hacked save game file, or face your Gamertag or PSN ID getting banned from the game permanently. If you are a guilty party and don’t fancy a dance with the ban hammer, you must delete all hacked game saves in single and multiplayer.... [Read more of this]

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Torchlight 2 trailer shows co-op

With Gamescom well into the swing of existence, a trailer for Torchlight 2, the sequel to Runic Games hit action RPG, has been shown off and released online for us all to bulge our eyes at. The original game was released in October last year and received a lot of praise from reviews, but the main piece of criticism that stuck out from player and journalist... [Read more of this]

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