Sega is ramping up its PR for the critically acclaimed Bayonetta with a demo, which will hit Xbox Live Marketplace and PSN in Europe and America on December 3rd.

The game has received huge critical praise already since its Japanese release, including a 10/10 in Edge and a 40/40 from Japanese gaming bible Famitsu. And the game will be released in Europe during the first week in January.
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Nov 23, 2009

Champions Online: New Free Costumes

PC News from N4G | Champions Online

PC - Champions Online - Champions Online: New Free Costumes

Cryptic Studios has released several new costume parts for characters in its superhero MMO, Champions Online.
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Nov 23, 2009

Visceral hits back at Dante's Inferno critics

PS3 News from N4G | Dante's Inferno

PS3 - Dante's Inferno - Visceral hits back at Dante's Inferno critics

Critics of upcoming hack and slash Dante's Inferno's treatment of source material The Divine Comedy are missing the point, Visceral Games has said.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com, executive producer Jonathan Knight called the 700-year-old Italian poem on which the game is loosely based a "fantasy", and described it as "basically Chronicles of Narnia or Lord of the Rings".
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Nov 23, 2009

Mythic guys do damage control

PC News from N4G | Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

PC - Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - Mythic guys do damage control

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning producers Jeff Hickman and Jeff Skalski attempted to calm the waves in the WAR community via letters to the players. The news of huge layoffs at Mythic (owned by Electronic Arts) was cause for concern among many MMORPGamers; clearly, in any such event, a game's future may hang in the balance when 40% of its development staff is laid off.
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Nov 23, 2009

Shantae: Risky's Revenge pushed back into 2010

DS News from N4G | Shantae: Risky's Revenge

DS - Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Shantae: Risky's Revenge pushed back into 2010

DefaultPrime.com: "Everything is pushed back into 2010 nowadays; it is the cool the to do. Unfortunately Wayforward has decided to hold Shantae: Risky's Revenge back until Q1 2010 according to Nintendo Power. As of right now we are not sure why the DSiWare exclusive title was delayed, but the more time they put into it the better. Until then Shantae fans will just have to keep on waiting for the sequel to the original Gameboy Color title."
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Nov 23, 2009

Divinity II pre-order program begins

PC News from N4G | Divinity II: Ego Draconis

PC - Divinity II: Ego Draconis - Divinity II pre-order program begins

In addition to announcing pre-order bonuses for Larian Studio's upcoming action RPG Divinity II: Ego Draconis, a new gameplay trailer was released to show off some of the game's new tricks, such as turning into a dragon on the fly.
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Nov 23, 2009

BeefJack - Music DLC Roundup - 21/11

360 News from N4G | Guitar Hero World Tour

360 - Guitar Hero World Tour - BeefJack - Music DLC Roundup - 21/11

BeefJack writes: "Available as a single and song pack:

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
A Thing About You (Live)
American Girl (Live)
Even The Losers (Live)
Here Comes My Girl (Live)
Mary Jane's Last Dance (Live)
Refugee (Live)"
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Nov 23, 2009

Cities XL LE 40% off on D2D

PC News from N4G | CITIES XL

PC - CITIES XL - Cities XL LE 40% off on D2D

The Limited Edition of Monte Cristo's massive sim title Cities XL has been given a $20 off sale on Direct2Drive.
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Nov 23, 2009

BattleForge Update Brings Randomly Generated PvE Maps

PC News from N4G | BattleForge

PC - BattleForge - BattleForge Update Brings Randomly Generated PvE Maps

EA has released a new update for their free-to-play strategy title BattleForge. The patch brings a new mode where players can engage in randomly generated PvE Maps to earn tokens for upgrading.
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