Electronic Arts has just released a new video showing off Criterion's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

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After the jump you'll be able to watch the first of Paradox Interactive's Commander: Conquest of America tutorials.

Don't forget our review too.

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After the jump we've got the latest Medal of Honor trailer from Electronic Arts.

This latest vid is called The MOH Experience Part 2: Gunfighters and shows off an Apache Gunship level.

While this made me want to play MOH right now, the biggest emotional response I had was "it's about time publishers started making good flight sims again, where's my Gunship sequel."

Anyway, check out the video after the break:

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Mafia came out of nowhere and showed how a city-based game should be done. Despite some awkward driving moments it has grown into a modern classic and the sequel has been highly anticipated.

But has it been worth the very long wait? Alas Graham doesn't think so, read on for his review.

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Cryptic Studios is celebrating the first birthday of the superhero MMO Champions Online.

Part of the celebrations include a free trial and a sale in the game's store.

Check out the details and links after the jump:

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Sega has released seven new screenshots from Shogun: Total War, Creative Assembley's visit to the era and location that began the whole Total War series.

One wonders if CA is running out of ideas - I guess we'll know if the next game announced is Medieval: Total War III.

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Square Enix has sent word that the investigation into bugs that slightly delayed the launch of the Final Fantasy XIV Beta has solved the problems.

So the beta will begin tomorrow - 2nd September.

We would like to take this opportunity to provide an update regarding FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, which was announced to be postponed on Aug. 31, 2010.

Along with the completion on investigation and correction of the critical issue, we have decided to begin FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test on Sep. 2, 2010 at 02:00 (GMT).

Starting on Sep. 2, 2010 at 02:00 (GMT), acquisition of registration code required for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will become available on "FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test Application Site." For more details, please refer to "FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test Application Site."

We are looking forward to your participation in FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test!

And here's the link for you to apply to join the beta - entry.ffxiv.com

Who says PC gaming is dead? Blizzard has today announced that it has sold over three million copies of StarCraft II in the first month on sale.

Day one says accounted for one million, making it instantly the best selling PC game of 2010. Another half million sales followed in the next 24 hours.

"We appreciate all the enthusiasm that players around the world have shown for StarCraft II," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "It was important to us to deliver an overall gameplay experience that was accessible, balanced, and fun, and it’s been gratifying to see how strongly the global community has already embraced the game."

Mafia II is this week's best selling game in the UK. Last week's chart topper - Kane & Lynch 2 has been pushed down to second place.

In fact it's the fastest selling here since the release of Red Dead Redemption.

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Paradox Interactive continues to the be the go to publisher for the kind of epic strategy releases that are all too rare these days. Recently Hearts of Iron 3 showed how a real strategy war game should be.

Now Victoria II sets out to simulate the running of a nation state in the last two centuries. How well does this extremely deep game succeed - read on for Jakob's review.

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There's nothing like a public holiday for burying bad news. And Microsoft seems to be attempting that here in the UK with the news that it's making a mean spirited price hike to the Xbox Live service.

The price hike affects the US, UK, Mexico and Canada and is detailed below:

You've got to wonder if someone at Microsoft has been drinking too much bong-water, the current Xbox Live prices were at the top of the scale of what seemed reasonable already.

Source: Major Nelson

Why unfortunate? Because Firaxis has announced that the demo of the long-awaited Civilization V won't actually be released until the day the full game hits store shelves.

"The Civilization V playable demo release date is September 21st; the same day as the North American release date of the full game.

"The question many of you are probably asking now is “didn’t you say it would be available before the release date?” The answer to that question is yes, I did. At the time of that announcement, we expected to be able to get the demo out before the 21st, but unfortunately we weren’t able to finalize it in the timeframe we had initially planned, and for that we’re very sorry.

"However, we have managed to get it out the same day as the North American release. So for those of you who have been waiting to try out the demo before buying the game, you can still do that with enough time left to run out to the store (or purchase on Steam) and have the full game on the same day as everyone else."

Source: Firaxis

Blizzard has announced details of the forthcoming 1.1 update for epic strategy game Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty.

Many of the changes are the typical balance tweaks we see after the release of a multiplayer strategy game.

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You can now download a playable demo of R.U.S.E, the interesting new realtime strategy game from Ubisoft.

January 1944. The Allied offensive in Italy aimed at stopping the Germans from withdrawing by attacking them from behind. However, the Germans - aided by the remaining loyal Italian units - were much stronger than Allies had been led to believe until then... Play through a full mission designed exclusively for the R.U.S.E. demo.

The demo is currently only available for PC via Steam, grab it here.

What's new in your local games store today? Well not a whole lot - but there is Mafia II. The game has received some mixed reviews buy the word on the street is that many of these reviews have been too harsh - just as they were with the first game.

XBOX 360
Mafia II

PLAYSTATION 3
Mafia II

WII
10 Minute Solution
Gormiti
Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns Arcade
Rayman Rabbids Party Collection

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Mafia II
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Radioactive Edition

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EA Sports has released a short video which shows how the stamina and fatigue attributes have an effect on player abilities in the forthcoming football game.

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Bohemia Interactive says it has updated Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead to version 1.54.

Along with many fixes (lord knows the game needs them) there's a chance to sample some of the content from the forthcoming Arma 2: British Armed Forces expansion.

Two of the most interesting new features are the new Artillery Computer and the revamped and much more powerful Engineers.

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Two videos shown at last week's gamescom have been released by Valve, offering a snippet of Portal 2's latest wizardry in action.

The mutual theme is bouncing, but via two very different methods: Repulsion Gel and Faith Plates, both of which make for some truly mind-bending puzzles. I'm a little afraid of this game now.

Click through to check out the videos.

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EA has released a new trailer detailing what to expect from the limited edition version of Crysis 2.

The package comes with bonus XP, a weapon skin, a weapon attachment and unique dog tags.

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We've played a lot of variations of Worms over the years. From the epic earlier 2D games to the less-than-stella 3D incarnations. On something of a roll after the recent XBLA release - brining back the 2D worms with plenty of modern flare it's the PC's turn to get the same attention.

Today sees the release of Worms Reloaded via Steam. But the question is should you shell out for a game that's similar in many ways to the Worms you've annihilated before? The answer is yes, but for the reasons why you'll have to click through to Adam's review.

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