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Now with relaxing Zen mode.
PopCap has announced that a third game in the Bejeweled series will launch on 7th December.
You’ll be able to smash and grab it from PopCap.com.
Bejeweled 3 adds four new interpretations of the gem-swapping formula – such as Butterflies, Ice Storm and Poker – to the existing variations of Bejeweled 2. Quest mode has also been stuffed with a further 11 mini-games to make up a total of 40 quests.
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Not a lot.
Harmonix’s hope that low sales of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock were caused by anticipation surrounding Rock Band 3 have been dashed this morning by official UK sales figures.
According to UKIE, Rock Band 3 sold just 7386 units for the week ending 30th October. That breaks down into
5318 Xbox 360 copies, 1555 PS3 copies and 295 Wii copies.As a result, Harmonix’s tour de force spent a debut week at 26th in the UK all-formats top 40. Rival Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock finished one place below in 27th.
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“It is a long time” Blow.
Braid creator Jonathan Blow’s next game, The Witness, could be delayed from Christmas 2011 to some time in 2012.
Indeed the chances of such a delay are “fifty fifty”, the outspoken indie developer has admitted.
The Witness, an open world first-person adventure puzzle game, was secretly shown at the recent Penny Arcade Expo.
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Online cinema service launching in European territories on Wednesday.MUBI, a streaming video website focused on independent, classic and foreign films with social networking features, will debut on PS3 on November 3.
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Sega supervising the PC and mobile social game developed by Yu Suzuki’s company.New details have emerged regarding social game Shenmue City today, along with the launch of an official website.
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Will take on iPad with new tablet, too.
Sony has admitted to having a “new product” in development that’s linked to Sony Ericsson and Sony Computer Entertainment and the cellphone gaming market.
Could this be the PlayStation Phone that was pictured, denied and then un-denied-but-ignored last week?
“We are trying to figure out what we can do as Sony in this [cellphone] market,” stated “Sony execs” during a recent financial call transcribed by Engadget. “There is Sony Ericsson and there is [Sony Computer Entertainment].
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“I didn’t belong there any more.”
Katamary Damacy and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi has for the first time explained his decision to quit publisher Namco Bandai after 11 years working for the company.
In an open and frank admission the Japanese creator expressed sadness and boredom at the videogame industry’s obsession with sequels.
“The reason why I quit Namco was because I started to feel like I didn’t belong there any more,” Takahashi told Eurogamer at the GameCity festival in Nottingham last week.
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Company executive says “we are trying to figure out what we can do as Sony in this market”.Following rumours of a “PlayStation Phone” last week, Sony discussed the potential for such a device in an earnings call on October 29, translated by Engadget.
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Lionhead’s role-playing epic takes the number one spot from Fallout: New Vegas.The UK multiformat chart for the week ending October 30 also saw strong debuts for franchise titles The Sims 3 and WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011.
EA Sports’ FIFA 11 managed to climb back up to second place after slipping a position in the previous week while Medal Of Honor fell four places in its third week of release.
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Job losses at Kane & Lynch developer amid rumours of a cancelled project.Denmark-based developer IO Interactive confirmed yesterday that an undisclosed number of employees have been made redundant at the studio.