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FIFA 11 reinvents player authenticity

Such was the praise heaped on last year’s version that FIFA 11 has got its work cut out trying to better it – but if nothing else EA can be assured of another storming chart success this autumn when the new title hits retail. Its headline improvement is the reinvention …

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Telltale scores Jurassic Park licence

Telltale Games, the developer that delivered episodic chunks of Sam & Max, has according to reports snapped up the Jurassic Park licence. The Californian studio said it will develop a new series of episodic Jurassic Park games, having sealed an agreement with licence holder NBC Universal. According to a GameInformer …

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Big names back UK games conference

IGN, Screen Digest and renamed trade body UKIE are already backing the return of the London Games Conference in November. With a theme of ‘Survival And Profit In A Changing Industry’ LGC 2010 will focus on shifts in revenues, platforms and distribution methods for game content. The event will take …

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Max Payne 3 slips

Rockstar Games may be celebrating the success of Red Dead Redemption but its next sequel, Max Payne 3, will not be released before October 31st, parent Take-Two has confirmed tonight. The third game in Rockstar’s series will now debut as part of the publisher’s 2011 financial year – it was …

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Max Payne 3 slips

Rockstar Games may be celebrating the success of Red Dead Redemption but its next sequel, Max Payne 3, will not be released before October 31st, parent Take-Two has confirmed tonight. The third game in Rockstar’s series will now debut as part of the publisher’s 2011 financial year – it was …

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Red Dead Redemption sells in 5m worldwide

Stock shortages? Take-Two this evening said it has sold 5m units of Red Dead Redemption into retail less than a month after the game’s launch. The massive ship number was revealed as part of its second quarter results. Sales of the game were not included in the second quarter results …

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