AUSTRALIA - March 10, 2009 - Today, Ubisoft announced that the Public Beta Test for R.U.S.E., a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Eugen Systems, is now supported through and available for download and installation on Steam. Set to reinvigorate the strategy genre, R.U.S.E. allows players to use their brains as the ultimate weapon to fight a war of perception where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. In the public beta, players will have the opportunity to choose one of the 6 unique factions available in the game (US, UK, GER, USSR, FRANCE, IT) and train themselves against the artificial intelligence on the "Blitz" map before entering the multiplayer challenge.

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You've all been waiting for it, a new video on the new Prince of Perisa The Forgotten Sands! In this video you'll see the first gameplay footage and understand that our devs are real fans of the Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy and they want to tell you that yes We're back to the roots.

Available to download now for PlayStation3, Xbox 360 and PC, the anticipated demo for freeroaming action adventure Just Cause 2 is prepped to explode your weekend. With 35 square miles of adrenaline-fuelled gameplay, the demo is packed with opportunities for chaos. Set in the stunning south-western Panaun desert, the demo area contains a full 16 civilian towns and military bases, one of the 50 government colonels to hunt down and assassinate, air challenges, pickups,  numerous military and civilian vehicles and one complete, full-game mission, containing an assault on a mountain-top radar station, ending in one of sandbox gaming's most memorable car chases! While the demo downloads, make sure to check out the latest trailer for a taste of the chaos to come.

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A new trailer focusing on Splinter Cell Conviction's Co-Op and Multiplayer gameplay is now available to either view or download.

New single player and multiplayer additions enrich the Rapture experience by adding a wealth of new content and features.

Sydney, Australia- February 23, 2010 - 2K Games announced today an aggressive post-launch downloadable content plan for BioShock®2 that extends and enhances the single and multiplayer experiences by adding more glimpses into the award-winning world of Rapture.

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Gaming and movies meet on the red carpet as Heavy Rain - the title that blurs the lines between game and film arrives for PlayStation®3

February 16th 2010: Sony Computer Entertainment has hosted a red-carpet event for the European premiere of Heavy Rain^TM for PlayStation®3 (PS3^TM). The premiere, hosted in the hometown of developers Quantic Dream, explored Heavy Rain's fusion of film noir and intelligent gaming, where stunning cinematography is blended with immersive action, allowing characters and plot to respond real time to decisions that players make.

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AvP demo will be released later this evening, across Xbox Live, Playstation Network and STEAM.

As a local Australian initiative; the first 4,000 people to download the PS3 version of the demo from the Australian PlayStation Store will receive a free downloadable Character Skin Pack consisting of three skins - one for Alien, one for Predator and one for Marine - to customise their multiplayer character in online matches when using the full PS3 version of the game. This offer is exclusive to Australian PlayStation Network subscribers and is limited to the first 4,000 people who download the demo.

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As always us Australian gamers seem to be left in the dark when it comes to features found on the USA Market place. Finally Microsoft has decided that we to should enjoy some of the features that are US, UK and Japans gamers have being enjoying for quit awhile now.

In the past hour unexpectedly the Australian Xbox 360 Dash received a welcomed update. When scrolling through your typical choices on the Xbox 360 dash I noticed a new feature "Insider Xbox".

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Let's face it Halo 3 was a good game, but many of us felt that in the graphics department Halo 3 was more like Halo 2.5 a little better with a little more polish. Then we saw Halo 3: ODST and again it took the Halo series up a bit more in terms of graphics but sitll nothing to get really excitied about.

Now this is where Halo Reach steps in. Thanks to Microsoft we have six new screenshots that are set to make any Halo fan drooling at the mouth.

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January 28^th, 2010 -- THQ Inc. today announced that Metro 2033, the hotly anticipated first person shooter for Xbox 360^® and PC, is scheduled to reach North American stores on March 16^th, and European stores on March 19^th 2010.

A Limited Edition will be available for both formats, including an exclusive in-game weapon - the formidable automatic shotgun - and four art cards by the Russian painter Anton Grechko, who was commissioned to create a range of artwork inspired by the universe of Metro 2033.

Standard and Limited Edition versions of Metro 2033 are available to pre-order now, with selected retailers offering free Metro 2033 themed Xbox LIVE^® Avatar items with every pre-order.