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[Roundtable] In the wake of Black Ops II's unveiling, James, Gary and Chris discuss the Military Shooty Shooty Bang Bang genre and what makes these games so popular that they dominate the market. We also discuss our reservations about the genre and its leading franchises (personal opinions, of course) and what we think it would take to make military shooters more appealing.

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[News] James Batchelor is back to discuss the latest gaming headlines, along with Gary, Mij and the new boy. First details emerge about the new Call of Duty and torrent site The Pirate Bay is blocked in the UK. Microsoft decides to can Inside Xbox, Keith Vaz makes another attempt to defeat the evil that is video games, and developers lament poor WiiWare sales. Finally, The Elder Scrolls jumps on the MMO bandwagon.

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[Replay] Gary, Neil and James revisit Civilization Revolution, the streamlined console and iOS adaptation of Sid Meier's popular and all-too-addictive PC strategy series.

Neil Mij and the New host on gameburst take a look at some of the news storys from this past week

Xan,Mij and Neil give you there top five games in there pile of shame

With james still out it's up to Neil and the crew to bring you the best gaming news around

Bioware round table

Neil and Mij are joined by Leg of Time and Nokkon Wud to discuss the latest gaming headlines. Japanese Vita sales slip below 10,000 for the first time and a $1,290 edition of Resident Evil 6 is promised for the region. Microsoft announces Halo 4's composer while Capcom, Sega and Namco Bandai team up for a crossover RPG. EA clears up a few concerns about THAT Mass Effect ending DLC, and Cliffy B discusses the ugly truth of on-disc DLC. Finally, Capcom hints at a third lost planet and EA recieves support from Stephen Fry and Charlie Brooker in the Mass Effect gay row.

[Roundtable] The GameBurst team is joined by MMO enthusiast and former podcaster Dits to discuss massively multiplayer online games. We share what has kept us hooked on MMOs in the past and what has pushed us away. We also look at how MMOs have changed over the last decade, how much of that is attributable to World of Warcraft, and what changes we want to see from future titles.

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[News] The team discuss EA's decision to release a free Extended Cut ending for Mass Effect 3 and a piece of Battlefield 3 that costs a whopping £30 DLC for Battlefield 3. Harmonix ditches the plastic instruments for Rock Band Blitz, and the creator of Minecraft releases the first details of his new sci-fi game. Nintendo responds to reports that Wii U isn't as powerful as Xbox 360 and PS3. Finally, Electronic Arts is declared the "worst company in Amercia".

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