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Forza 3 shifts 1m copies in first month

Forza Motorsport 3 has surpassed the one million mark in worldwide sales within one month of its release. Microsoft also announced the Forza community has spent a total of 6.6 million hours playing online during that time, with more than 64 million sessions. The company also stated that players have …

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Sony patents Motion Controller attachments

Sony has filed a patent for several attachments that could be released for the firm’s upcoming Motion Controller. The patent details an Expandable Control Device Via Hardware Attachment” and shows a number of accessories that enhance the controller’s abilities, according to Kotaku. One example shows an attachment that joins to …

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Download-only Buzz! coming to PSP

Sony has announced that Buzz! Quiz World will be available to PSP owners on December 17th. The game will be released as a PSN-exclusive title, and will boast more than 3,000 trivia questions, according to the US PlayStation Blog. It will also be the first PSP Buzz! title to be …

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Brink delayed until autumn 2010

The release of upcoming sci-fi action adventure Brink has been delayed until autumn 2010. The slip was confirmed at the end of a new gameplay video released on G4. The footage ends with the tagline Revolution Comes: Fall 2010”. Brink was announced for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC at this …

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Ubisoft readies 10 Natal titles

Ubisoft is currently working on up to 15 motion-controlled projects across Microsoft and Sony’s forthcoming hardware, with the majority slated for the highly anticipated Project Natal. During the publisher’s fiscal first half results call to investors, CEO Yves Guillemot revealed the company’s support for Natal is almost double of that …

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Last.FM racks up 1m Xbox Live profiles

Approximately one million Last.FM profiles have been created through the new Xbox Live social media update. The number of gamers using the customisable online music service is considerably higher than the 500,000 originally announced by Microsoft last week, according to Game Informer. These users have streamed a combined 120 million …

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Xbox Live app launches for iPhone

A new iPhone application has launched that allows users to access their Xbox Live account through their Apple device. 360 Live is an unofficial app that enables Xbox gamers to manage their gamertags and friend requests, send and receive messages, check the games history and achievements of their own account …

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RETAIL BIZ: FLIPS

Click here for the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you’ll find the definitive guide to the biggest games set to hit shelves soon. This week, we look at EA’s Flips range, which brings classic series of children’s books to DS owners. Not only does each card contain a variety of …

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Steam sells all THQ games for £26

Steam is offering its users the chance to buy every THQ title currently on the service for 26. The deal, spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun, is one of many seasonal deals the digital distributor is running in the build-up to Christmas. The pack includes all games, sequels and expansions from …

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US: Topware to publish Scivelation

Topware Interactive has announced it will bring upcoming shooter Scivelation to the US. The publisher will release the title from Ukraine-based studio Black Wing Foundation on Xbox 360in Q3 2010. Scivelation is based on the upcoming Unreal Engine III, and it set in a dystopian future controlled by a government …

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