John "Karlinn" Boske writes "Square Enix has announced that the next mini-expansion for Final Fantasy XI will be available for prepurchase worldwide on Sunday, July 5. Titled A Moogle Kupo d'Etat - Evil in Small Doses, the story apparently focuses on how a single drop of rain in a run-down Mog House spells trouble for Moogles everywhere, or something. You had to know something was up when every level one schmoe in the game got their own personal
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BrutalGamer.co Writes: Yes as if you need any other excuses to stay immersed in WoW, along comes this natty new update for it that allows you to Twitter your nads off.

Deep Silver announced that Risen, the upcoming action RPG, will be available for purchase worldwide on October 2, 2009. Piranha Bytes' RPG is currently in Beta phase.

Batz in action: Batman: Arkham Asylum is going to available on August 25, 2009 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

NEOTOKYO - the Source mod is slated to be released to the public on July 3 - today! The initial release of the server files will be for Windows only, but Linux support will arrive later. - Neotokyo will be available for download at various sites and torrent. - Download links will be released in our irc #neotokyo on gamesurge...

Gaikai shown running WOW, EVE. Acclaim's chief creative officer David Perry has posted a video demonstrating his streaming games-on-demand cloud service, Gaikai. The clip shows World of Warcraft and EVE Online running through a web browser, which controls the game running on a remote PC.
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Pardo argues accessibility can come later. In an interview with Eurogamer, Blizzard's game design chief Rob Pardo has argued that it makes more sense to build a game with the hardcore gamer in mind first, and then improve its accessibility later. "It's not really any different for StarCraft than it is for World of Warcr
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Blue Omega lay-offs follow poor sales. Blue Omega Entertainment has laid of its games development team. "The entire Blue Omega team was laid off today (well, starting Friday). If anyone has job openings, send them my way and I'll pass them on," wrote programmer Geoff Rowland on his Twitter account.
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"Roast duck or no dinner" for Eidos this year. Eidos life president Ian Livingstone reckons publishers will need to go big this year or be forced to go home, as there is "no room for mediocrity" at the table. "A lot of titles have already hit the shelves and there is a deluge planned for Christmas, but I think 2009 will be
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Four Warriors of Light for autumn. Square Enix is working on a brand new and original Final Fantasy game for DS that will be released in Japan this autumn. Japanese magazine Weekly Jump got the jump on the announcement, according to a translation by IGN - spoiling a Square Enix teaser site countdown that now ticks on in va
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With Title Update 4 to hit beforehand. Epic Games is planning a double XP weekend for Gears of War 2 to celebrate America's independence from the tyrannical British (guilty). What's more, Title Update 4 should hit beforehand, according to executive producer Rod Fergusson, meaning that Horde mode will also confer XP.
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But Jakk's is. Fight. Legally. Publisher THQ has filed suit against WWE SmackDown vs Raw developer Jakk's for renewing the wrestling licence without permission. THQ claims the developer had "no authorisation" and that it is under "no obligation" to renew, according to a statement. Perhaps THQ doesn't want to make another W
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Next WOW expansion? New game? Blizzard has filed three trademark registrations for the name Cataclysm, covering computer game software, online gaming services, and various related merchandising. The eagle-eyed superannuation made the spot. Blizzard is known to have two unannounced games in the works, including its next
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Is coming to Xbox 360, won't dominate it. Microsoft's Larry Hryb has played down suggestions that the addition of Silverlight advertising to Xbox Live this year will transform the dashboard "into something that looks like Shibuya Crossing". The addition of Silverlight support to the Xbox Live ad blocks will enable adver
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Teaser site timeline suggests as much. Capcom may be teasing the imminent revelation of a brand new Onimusha game. A teaser website presents three dates - 1560, 1573 and 1582 - before crossing them out and stamping 1600 in big, bold type on top. It just so happens that those
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Bans buying real with virtual, not vice versa. An authority on the trade in virtual items and currencies has discredited claims earlier this week that the Chinese government had banned gold farming. On his ICTs for Development blog, Professor Richard Heeks of Manchester University interprets the move as an attempt to re
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The one that you want? 505 Games and Paramount Digital have announced a Wii and DS adaptation of legendary musical Grease. The result will be a party game where players use Wiimote and microphone to sing and dance with Danny and Sandy and their respective gangs. Some of us know all the moves already of course, because some
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New units, maps, customisable battles. Eidos has briefed us on the July arrival of new units, maps and battles for Battlestations: Pacific. The Mustang Pack, which costs 160 Microsoft Points (GBP 1.36 / EUR 1.92), arrives today. Inside are six new units and 18 new pieces of nose art, plus the ability to customise single- a
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