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UFC Personal Trainer begins ascent.
Zumba Fitness lands a fourth consecutive top spot on the UK all-formats top 40 today.
Competition remains wilted due to a barren summer release schedule.
Rally game DiRT 3 is second, film tie-in Transformers: Dark of the Moon third and pseudo film tie-in Lego Pirates of the Caribbean fourth.
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Takahashi back in the game with an MMO.
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has returned to game development with Glitch, a massively multiplayer browser game.
Glitch, from Tiny Speck, takes place inside the minds of 11 Giants, according to the official website. “You choose how to grow and shape the world: building and developing, learning new skills, collaborating or competing with everyone else in one persistent world.”
Announcing the collaboration, Tiny Speck revealed Takahashi has already left Tokyo to join the development team in Vancouver, Canada.
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Digital distribution war levels up.
EA’s digital distribution war with Steam took another twist over the weekend with the revelation that upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 3 will probably not be sold on Valve’s digital platform.
Steam was not listed among Battlefield 3’s digital retailers on EA’s Battlefield 3 website (noticed by Joystiq, since pulled).
However, Battlefield 3 was listed for EA’s own Origin service, as well as Direct2Drive and GamersGate.
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*ATTENTION – SPOILERS WITHIN*
I have a confession to make. When I play games, I like to be the good guy. I like to be the hero. Why? Because even though I know games are fantasy, I tend to play them according to my own moral code… -
It’s safe to say that most people were taken aback by the change-up of core mechanics in Ubisoft’s latest game in the long-enduring Driver franchise. After the lukewarm reception for the most recent title in the series, developer Ubisoft Reflections realised it needed to do something drastic to stan…
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It’s safe to say that most people were taken aback by the change-up of core mechanics in Ubisoft’s latest game in the long-enduring Driver franchise. After the lukewarm reception for the most recent title in the series, developer Ubisoft Reflections realised it needed to do something drastic to stan…
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You may remember that we ran a series of videos over E3 where the GamesRadar UK team sat around a table and discussed the biggest news events of the previous day. The format was simple – five topics, with one minute each to discuss them. It had a bell and everything. Well, by popular demand, these videos (and the bell) are returning every Monday to get you up to speed for the week! So, to kick us off, today’s topics are: Cliffy B says everyone will buy a Wii U, Sega to release limited edition £154.99 Metal Sonic statues in UK, Sony has a surprise coming this Friday, Marvel vs Capcom 3 has a potential announcement at ComicCon and Iwata wants more adult-oriented Wii U games.
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Batman: Arkham City’s Riddler trailer shows he isn’t playing games anymore (Batman: Arkham City)
Normally I’m the type of player that rarely completes all the side missions in a game; just finishing the main campaign is enough for me. But that wasn’t the case in Batman: Arkham Asylum, as the hunt to unlock all the Riddler’s mysteries was so engrossing that it kept me playing B:AA long after the Joker was defeated. Now Arkham City is just a few months away and it looks like for the sequel Edward Nigma has really stepped up his game. Take a look at the hot-off-the-presses trailer… …
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Planning to join Dust 514’s free-to-play party? Better bringing a few bucks for admission. CCP has confirmed it will be charging a small, one-time entry fee for access to its online first-person shooter; money which will then be handed back as in-game currency to be used in the free-to-play game’s virtual economy… …
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Months ago the whole world was saddened by the devastating earthquake that hit Japan, and gamer’s felt it in their own way, as videogame history is forever linked to the lovely island nation. In the aftermath, many of gaming’s most well-known creators were inspired to create several charity initiatives, including iPhone games and auctions. Months ago Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill, Shadows of the Damned) got many of gaming’s best composers to create brand new songs for a benefit album titled Play for Japan. At long last you can download it now, with all the proceeds going to the Japanese Red Cross… …