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In what’s certainly a unique approach to announcing downloadable content, Infinity Ward has revealed that the first new multiplayer maps for Modern Warfare 2 will arrive later this month, on March 30. “Mapathy (n.) [map-uh-thee] (often expressed as, “How the hell did you know I was there?!) is a state of indifference to the game old maps one has been playing for the last several months,” a website set up for the announcement reads

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As hinted by MTV Games’ Senior VP Paul DeGooyer earlier in the year , Rock Band 3 is real. And it’s coming this holiday, Harmonix has announced.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic ’s end-game content will mix the traditional MMO system with “something brand new,” BioWare has revealed. So-called ’end-game’ content is what incentivises players to continue playing once they’ve hit the maximum level. The Old Republic ’s creative director James Olhen told PC Gamer (via CVG ), “We’re looking at classic [endgame] systems, but we’re also doing something brand new that hasn’t been done in an MMO before.

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Clean the grass stains off your jersey and get ready for this new version of FIFA 10 with updated rosters and a big time, World Cup feel.

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EA’s answer to Guitar Hero returns this fall with yet another retail release. Hopefully it’s light on the plastic instruments and heavy on the song list

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EA has just announced a publishing partnership with 38 Studios to publish a single-player RPG codenamed Project Mercury for the PS3, 360 and PC platforms. Project Mercury takes place in a universe created by R.A. Salvatore, with Todd McFarlane providing artistic direction.

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VG247: Eidos Montreal boss Stephanie D’Astous has said there will be a Deus Ex 3 “surprise” coming on Thursday.

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Take a page from pop culture, when Cartman belts out Lady Gaga’s Poker Face, it will be a reality on Rock Band next week as a DLC along with 4 other songs. Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a four pack of songs from pop sensation Lady Gaga, as well as a special Lady Gaga cover by COMEDY CENTRAL’s South Park’s own Eric Cartman will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii.

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Super Street Fighter IV (X360) The last new combatant in Super Street Fighter IV is revealed.

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Following official news of Valve bringing Steam and several of their games to the Mac, DICE executive producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson has said the studio is “investigating the possibility” to go down the same path with the recently released Battlefield: Bad Company 2 . “We’re currently investigating the possibility of making BFBC2 available on Mac,” he tweeted in response to ugdb.com ’s query, having previously said, “Steam for Mac – Gabe, we like it!” The last DICE-developed title released on a Mac was Battlefield 2142 back in 2008.

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It’s hard not to notice that social networks are becoming a powerful way to get something known; the breadth of their userbase can impressively expand upon the sought after ‘word of mouth’ notion in ways probably featured in some science-fiction short story from the seventies. Bizarre Creations’ Ben Ward is more than aware of this, proclaiming that “social networks are a view to the future of marketing.” “There’s only so much that a marketing message can say to people, and it’s not trusted information – it’s a stranger’s recommendations,” explains Ward, “whereas recommendations from one of your friends is infinitely more valuable.” With that in mind, Bizarre have been looking towards social network sites to help get the word out about their upcoming arcade-y racer Blur .

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