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DICE wants your feedback on Battlefield 3 accessories
DICE wants your feedback as it works out how to tweak Battlefield 3's accessories.
Core gameplay designer Alan Kertz started a thread on Reddit titled "Discussion of BF3 Weapon Accessories, and their Futures!" in which he said said he was working on changes to the shooter's accessories because "I feel the player is limited in choice due to a few accessories being the clear winners in almost all categories".
He admitted those accessories that are over-used will be nerfed, but insisted the focus of his effort was to improve under-performing and under-used attachments.
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Dancing exploit uncovered in The Old Republic
Players of recently released MMO titan Star Wars: The Old Republic have uncovered a bug that allows them to avoid enemy attacks entirely.
As reported by our friends over at Rock Paper Shotgun, entering the command /getdown not only begins the game's social character dances - it also causes your opponent's attacks to be continually interrupted.
We haven't verified for ourselves whether this affects player-versus-player combat, but the video below suggests players participating in even the most challenging end-game group content could effectively breeze through the toughest - and most rewarding - bosses.
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Steam shoots over 5 million concurrent users mark
Digital platform Steam has surpassed the five million concurrent users mark.
Valve's hugely successful platform enjoyed record numbers for much of last week - and saw over five million users logged in as recently as 2nd January 2012.
As PC Gamer notes, Steam's enormous current popularity is no doubt bouyed by Valve's recent Christmas sale, but Bethesda's gargantuan fantasy role-playing game Skyrim - the fastest-selling game in Steam history - will have contributed its fair share.
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Shenmue City taken offline
Bad news for all those clinging to hope that Shenmue 3 might one day see a green light. A social mobile game spun off from the beloved Sega franchise Shenmue has shut up shop after only 12 months online.
As detailed by Andriasang, Shenmue City developer YsNet announced the game's closure on 26th December, thanking players for their support.
The game, directed by franchise creator Yu Suzuki, was originally launched on the Japan-only Mobage mobile service in December 2010. A PC-friendly version was promised but never materialised.
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No Bastion 2 planned, despite strong sales
Bastion 2 is not currently on the cards, despite the fact that its acclaimed indie action RPG Bastion has been a huge success, this week passing the 500,000 sales mark.
Supergiant Games' Greg Kasavin told Eurogamer that the title's success has given the fledgling studio the freedom to self-fund its next project and try something new.
"Our stance around what we want to do in the future hasn't changed in light of Bastion's success," he explained.
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BioWare explains recent spate of SWTOR bans
BioWare has explained the recent spate of Star Wars: The Old Republic bans - and promised to adjust areas players are exploiting.
Last week a number of players were banned from playing the sci-fi MMO for looting containers in planet Ilum at too low a level - a move that sparked outrage from the game's community.
Community manager Stephen Reid took to the SWTOR website to explain what had happened.
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UK Top 40: FIFA 12 finishes 2011 on high
The best-selling UK video game during the last week of 2011 was FIFA 12.
EA's reliable sports series beat Modern Warfare 3, second, and Battlefield 3, third, to the top spot.
Just Dance 3 and Assassin's Creed: Revelations were fourth and fifth, respectively.
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Super Meat Boy sells over 1 million
Rock hard downloadable game Super Meat Boy has sold over one million copies, developer Team Meat has revealed.
"Fun Fact: Super Meat Boy past [sic] the million sales mark last month!" the indie developer wrote on Twitter. "PLATINUM BABY."
Super Meat Boy, designed by Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, launched on Xbox Live Arcade in October 2010 as part of Microsoft's GameFeast XBLA promotion. It later launched on PC and Mac.
