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Infinity Ward have finally set a date for their first set of DLC for Modern Warfare 2, March 30th. As it was previously announced, the Xbox 360 version of the title will receive the map pack before the Playstation 3 and PC version, both of which Infinity Ward have declined to date.

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After plenty of hints, Harmonix have finally announced the game everyone knew was coming, Rock Band 3.

While the announcement is a little light on information, EA have been confirmed as distributors.

Set for a fall release, Viacom President and CEO and Philippe Dauman says the title “will innovate and revolutionize the music genre once again.”

Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts, will innovate and revolutionize the music genre once again, just as Harmonix did with the original Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and The Beatles: Rock Band. Stay tuned for more details!

It’s fairly safe to assume more will be revealed this week at GDC.

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According to GoFanboy, L.A. Noire developers Team Bondi are becoming increasingly frustrated with restrictions imposed by the Xbox 360’s DVD format.

Apparently, frustrations have reached fever pitch and Rockstar Games’ have reportedly tasked Jeronimo Barrera with calming nerves at the developer, who are concerned the Xbox 360’s size limitations may affect the quality of the title.

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German-based publisher BigPoint has announced a browser-based MMO based on the TV series, Battlestar Galactica.

Set for a Fall 2010 release, the title will feature space combat, missions and exploration as either of the two playable races, humans or cylons.

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In an interview with G4TV, World of Warcraft’s lead producer J. Allen Brack has said it’s “unlikely” that WoW will make its way to consoles, though it’s “something that we talk about on a pretty regular basis.”

Brack illustrates some of the technical issues that have stopped the transition, most notably that of WoW’s 15GB “footprint”, which, considering some Xbox 360’s and Playstation 3’s have 20GB hard drives, is an early roadblock. Brack then goes on to explain the difficulties of porting the games keyboard and mouse controls to traditional controllers effectively.

There’s those technical challenges, he explained, there’s patching challenges, there’s the quality controls that we have vs. the quality controls that say, a Microsoft or Sony or Nintendo has. All those things sort of raise the bar in terms of the challenges and then specifically in the case of WoW, WoW was designed to be a keyboard game and its control scheme and its camera controls and the number of abilities that you have and the spells and how things work are very keyboard-centric. The idea of translating that to a gamepad is a very, very challenging proposition.

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After plenty of teasing, Valve have finally confirmed plans to port the companies digital distribution service, Steam, to the Mac platform.

Currently set for an April release, Steam for the Mac will bring all of Valve’s library of titles, such as Left 4 Dead 2, Counter Strike, Team Fortress 2, Portal and the Half Life series. The recently announced Portal 2 will also make it’s debut on the Mac at the same time as other platforms.

“As we transition from entertainment as a product to entertainment as a service, customers and developers need open, high-quality Internet clients,” said Gabe Newell, President of Valve. “The Mac is a great platform for entertainment services.”

The service will also introduce a new feature, Steam Play. Steam Play will allow users who’ve purchased a title on Windows or Mac to play on another platform free of charge.

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Valve have launched a special set of week long deals on Square Enix and Eidos titles.

While most of the pair’s titles have some discount or another, a special deal will be posted everyday until the sales conclusion on the 14th.

Today’s deal see’s both the Deus Ex and Hitman titles cut by 50%, or, if you prefer, a bundle including all titles in both series’ for 66% off.