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The "DiRT" offroad racing series is a hard bunch of games. Seriously. Just try to pick that game up for the first time and stay on the track for more than a few seconds. Can't be done. It's worth getting the hang of though, as the game is gorgeous and it serves up some imaginative multiplayer modes to complement the solo-focused single player racing. This third game looks like it serves up the wackiest ones yet, as we learn in a new announcement from Codemasters.

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If you've been frustrated by that perpetual "Coming Soon" tag on the "Jumpgate Evolution" website because you thought the game was supposed to be out in 2009, you aren't alone. In fact, the game's publisher Codemasters finally decided that they've had enough and are suing NetDevil and its parent company Gazillion for $1.1 million in paid advances and $299,629 that allegedly went into art assets.

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Codemasters didn't need to wait until they shipped "F1 2010" this week to begin working on "F1 2011." The game marks Formula One's official debut on the Xbox 360 and a return to the PC, but its developers know that they've got to keep their deadlines tight if they want to release their next game in the series on time next year.

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There was a time when only people who had heard of Colin McRae would be the ones to consider picking up a game that had his name on it. Unfortunately, with the great rally cross driver’s passing in 2007, his games have dropped his name, and soldiered on under Codemasters’ “Dirt” franchise, re-branding it, an opening it up to a new audience. The first “Dirt” was a racing experience unlike any other on the current generation of consoles, and “Dirt 2” follows it up, taking the original title to the extreme.

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