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APB is Realtime Worlds’ ambitious attempt to fuse two of the most popular acronyms in modern gaming – GTA and MMO. Let’s get one thing straight though; this isn’t a GTA: Online wannabe, but instead a logical progression from the original Grand Theft Auto…

Patrician IV is a vastly complex title. Fortunately, our E3 behind closed doors demonstrator was keen to point out that it’s never overwhelming. Everything is taken in baby-steps, from the basics of supply and demand, through manufacture, through to setting up and automating trade, ready for turn-by-turn tweakage.

How It Works magazine, the latest and most successful launch from Imagine Publishing, has been nominated for a prestigious Maggie award.

It seems that Bio Ware fans can rejoice, as they can look forward to even more content for their favourite RPG’s next year.

If like us you’re looking forward to getting your hands on Bioshock 2 on PC, you might be interested in pre-purchasing it on Steam, as you’ll not only get 10% off the regular price but net yourself a free copy of the original Bioshock as part of the bargain.

According to veteran developer and head of Gas Powered Games Chris Taylor, the future of gaming lies with PC rather than in consoles, which will eventually become a closed and obsolete avenue for development.

While unlike Modern Warfare 2 Battlefield Bad Company 2 will be having dedicated servers on PC, gamers and clans won’t actually be able to build their own but will have to rent servers directly from DICE authorised host.

Id Software’s forthcoming post apocalyptic shooter Rage has shifted publishers from EA to Bethesda Softworks, and is now being published directly under their ZeniMax stable-mates.

It’s come to light that Bethesda Softworks, the current holders of the Fallout licence have lost part of their legal battle with the original Fallout franchises holders Interplay.

We quite liked Borderlands, giving Gearbox Software’s excellent Shooter/RPG hybrid a resounding 9 in Issue 26, so we’re glad to hear that the first batch of DLC for the title is finally available on PC, having been out on console for a little while.

Following their recent showing of the powerful Biotic Adept Class, BioWare has revealed details on the Mass Effect 2’s Engineer Class.

Mass Effect 2 will ship on two discs on both PC and Xbox 360 when it’s released early next year.