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The clock is ticking for Doctor Who landing on the PlayStation 3. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is coming soon, featuring timey-wimey gaming thrills pitting you against the Daleks, Cybermen and Silurians.

In the game you take contol of both the Doctor and companion River Song, voiced by Matt Smith and Alex Kingston, to unravel the mystery of The Eternity Clock. Players sneak, run, swing and jump across rooftops and fog-shrouded London streets, heading “into the belly of the beast” to defeat the nefarious plans of the new-look Cybermen, Daleks, and Silurians, as well as the Silence. Er… what were the Silence supposed to be again?

The trailer offers little clue to the latest travails of the Time Lord, aside from telling us that the TARDIS is at the heart of the maelstrom. Ruined London streets and what looks like a mission into a vast Dalek spaceship have got us a wee bit excited about the game: Allons-y! Er, we mean, Geronimo!

There’s no sign of Amy Pond in the trailer — sorry dads — but you do see plenty of River Song. Press play below to see the action:

There are a bunch of options for Gallifreyan gaming, including cartoony online game Worlds in Time, iPhone and iPad puzzler The Mazes of Time, and various interactive episodes.

You can also play Evacuation Earth on the Nintendo DS and Return to Earth on the Wii.

For all your gaming goodness, check out our button-bashing buddies at GameSpot UK. They may not wear bow-ties very often but they all look great in a fez.

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock materialises on the PS3 and PS Vita via the PlayStation Network in March 2012, with a PC version to follow later.

Are you hoping to get your hands on a copy of the game? Let us know in the comments below or head over to our Facebook page.

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Excited about PS3′s upcoming mega-exclusive, The Last of Us? Course you are, which is why you need to watch episode 17 of Access TV when it hits the PlayStation Store today, as Naughty Dog’s cinematic survival romp stars as Game of the Week. The Access TV crew go behind the scenes at Naughty Dog HQ in LA and chat to creative aces Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley – you seriously don’t want to miss it.

And LA isn’t the only place Access have been to this week – the team also jetted off to Canada for a first look at Radical Games’ action-heavy sequel, Protoype 2. The game is looking fantastic and there’s exclusive insight from the developers.

Fans of Spawn and Spider-Man will be excited to see Todd McFarlane on the show – he brightens up this week’s Bonus Level by talking about his latest creation – sprawling fantasy RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Todd serves as Art Director on the project, and designed everything from the gruesome monsters to the lush scenery.

As always there’s a blast through the weeks news and best PlayStation Store content, including info on Access’ ongoing Vita Rooms events, where you can get hands-on time with Sony’s brand new handheld as well as a shed load of launch titles.

Access TV is available on the PlayStation Store every Wednesday, free to download for all UK PSN users.

To sign up for future Access events or to hang out and chat with other members of the Access community, then visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/PlaystationAccess, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/PSAccess. 

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Live Qualifiers available in Manchester, Glasgow and London.

Fancy a shot at $20,000? Of course you do, read on…

Every year PlayStation, EA and FIFA host the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC). This tournament sees gamers duke it out on the latest EA SPORTS FIFA title to determine which player is the greatest in the world. The prize? $20,000 USD and an invite to the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2012.

This year there’s 2 ways to get started in the competition. First, you can try your luck competing in online matches, using EA SPORTS FIFA 12 and a PS3. The second is by participating in a Live Qualifier event.

At a Live Qualifier you’ll be pitted against 32 fellow FIFA players in a knock-out tournament. Reach the final fixture of the Live Qualifier tournament and you go through to the UK FIWC Final. Win the UK final and we’ll fly you out to NYC to face finalists from the rest of the world. Beat them all and the $20K is all yours!

Details of this year’s UK Live Qualifiers can be found below:

16th January 2012: Manchester | 63 Deansgate, Manchester28th January 2012: Glasgow | 211 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow19th February 2012: London | Venue TBC

To register you’ll need to drop us an email during the registration periods listed below. If you’re selected, we’ll reply to your email with an invite to the Live Qualifier!

Manchester registration window: 12PM – 1PM Thursday 12th JanuaryGlasgow registration window: 12PM – 1PM Wednesday 18th JanuaryLondon registration window: 12PM – 1PM Wednesday 1st February

You should send your email to accesslive@scee.net with the subject line FIWC [VENUE] (replace VENUE with the venue you wish to register for – Manchester, Glasgow or London). Emails sent before or after the registration periods, or which don’t use the correct subject line, will not be counted!

You should join us on the PlayStation Access Facebook page and we’ll remind you when the registration windows are about to open, as well as provide you with loads more information about the FIWC Live Qualifiers: http://facebook.com/playstationaccess

A whole host of other information about the live qualifiers can be found on the FIWC website: http://www.fifa.com/interactiveworldcup/index.html and you can keep up with the FIWC on twitter by following http://twitter.com/FIWC

Good luck!

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There will be blood when you check out Episode 16 of Access TV on the Store tonight. And torn limbs. And (if you’re squeamish) lots of wincing. So make sure you watch Game of the Week – which is the The Darkness II by the way – before you’ve eaten your supper. If you’ve got the stomach for it, the game is looking thoroughly excellent.

A bit more family friendly is the Access team’s visit to Elstree Studios to watch the Celebrity Special of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ being recorded live. Competition winner Rama Dainton won a spot at the recording, and also got to try out the new Millionaire game – available from the PlayStation Store right now.

Elsewhere there’s a review of western sci-fi blockbuster Cowboys & Aliens, which has Daniel Craig looking excellent in a fedora and Harrison Ford showing he still knows how to do that thing called acting.

Then there’s your roundup of PlayStation Store content to look forward to, which this week includes JRPG action in the form of Final Fantasy XIII-2′s playable demo, plus PSOne classic Wild Arms. And be sure to check out info on the Access Vita Rooms tour, a countrywide selection of public events that give you the chance to have a crack on PlayStation Vita before its UK launch in February.

Access TV is available on the PlayStation Store every Wednesday, free to download for all UK PSN users.

To sign up for future Access events or to hang out and chat with other members of the Access community, then visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/PlaystationAccess, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/PSAccess. 

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The fun-packed Xbox Live update is nearly here, so here’s the details of the movie and TV apps that come with it. LoveFilm and 4oD are in the first wave this month, with the BBC’s iPlayer coming next year.

The update to the dashboard of the Microsoft Xbox games console arrives tomorrow, with a swathe of apps giving you access to on-demand music, movies and more, as well as the usual gaming goodies. While iPlayer isn’t on board yet, it will be added to the service in 2012.

Apps will be searchable via Bing and controlled both by your voice and your flailing arms, thanks to the Kinect motion-control gaming system.

Telly channels offering access to their online catch-up and on-demand services include Channels 4 and 5, with 4oD and Demand 5 apps launching later this month. ITV is expected to bring its ITV Player service to the party next year.

Blinkbox, Vevo and YouTube also hit the Xbox in December.

Apps launching in the US include sports channels ESPN, streaming services Hulu and Netflix. Netflix will launch in the UK next year, but there’s no word yet on whether it’ll come to the Xbox when it does.

Meanwhile, Sky customers can watch their satellite sports, news and movie channels on their Xbox — in Germany. Sky Go, which lets you watch Sky channels on your phone, tablet, games console or laptop, is launching on the Xbox for our teutonic chums this month. Sky Go is already available on the Xbox in the UK.

Microsoft has also built a companion app for Windows Phone that allows you to use your phone as a TV remote, as well as searching and finding more information on what you’re watching or listening to.

The Xbox Live update goes, er, live tomorrow. What services would you like to see on your Xbox? Tell us in the comments or on our Facebook page.

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Is online gaming coming out of the bedroom and into the boozer? We went along to a pub in North London to investigate the new ‘Barcraft’ trend that began in Seattle and has spread throughout North America and Europe. Landlords are turning off the footy and streaming tournaments of strategy blockbuster Starcraft II instead.

Hundreds of fans packed out the Assembly House pub in Kentish Town last weekend for a marathon two-day viewing session. They watched pro players compete in the Major League Gaming Starcraft II tournament held in Providence, Rhode Island. At stake was a $50,000 first prize and a serious buff to their reputations.

Competition among elite Starcraft II players is fierce, with top-ranking gamers such as Huk, Idra and Leenock performing upwards of 300 in-game actions every minute. But putting in the hours to master the game can reap great rewards, with the best players earning hundreds of thousands of pounds in prize money and endorsements.

Barcraft London organisers say convincing pubs to show their sport wasn’t easy. They approached 40 establishments in the capital before they found one willing to put Starcraft II on their plasma screens. But the landlord who said yes is reaping the benefits — he says Starcraft fans are better behaved and stay longer than fans of other sports. Since Starcraft tournaments are screened free of charge, he can also avoid licensing fees.

But what is it about Starcraft II that makes it such a popular spectator sport? How do the pub’s regulars react when they stumble upon hundreds of fired-up fans screaming at a computer screen? And should traditional sports be worried about this new trend? Find out all this and more by watching the video. You can hear more on this week’s CNET UK podcast, where we’ll be discussing the future of digital sports.

And if you want to attend or set up a Barcraft event in your area, you can contact the organisers on Facebook or Twitter. Let us know what you think down in the comments, or over on our own Facebook page.

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Catch Access TV Episode 10 on PlayStation Store now.

In the words of undisputed champion of the internet, Zack Ryder – “It’s time for the latest episode of Access. Woo, woo, woo. You know it.” The wrestling superstar features heavily in Episode 10, as THQ’s grapple-heavy WWE ’12 goes under the Game of the Week spotlight. There’s also insight from lead gameplay designer, Bryan Williams – you don’t want to miss it.

Gran Turismo fans are in for a treat too, as Access visits the elite gamers of the GT Academy and gets whizzed round Silverstone by current champion Jann Mardenborough. Plus you’ll get an inside look at how the GT Academy programme plucks mega-skilled gamers and transforms them into professional racers.

Access Game of the Year voting also starts this week, so make sure you check out the reel of 2011′s very best games, before heading to http://facebook.com/playstationaccess to have your say.

Elsewhere there’s the usual round-up of what’s hot on PlayStation Store, featuring Batman: Arkham City downloads and Rayman Origins, plus a quick blast through the latest PlayStation 3 news which this week includes a very special cosplay lady.

To see Access TV before anyone else, download the latest episode from PlayStation Store every Wednesday – it’s free for all UK PlayStation Network users.

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The Xbox is 10 today! Happy birthday, Xbox!

Now that the pleasantries are out of the way, we want to know — is the Xbox 360 still suffering from those infamous hardware meltdowns? Help us find out by answering our Facebook poll on the subject.

Two years ago we conducted a spot of research that showed an astonishing 60 per cent of UK-based Xbox 360s had managed to bork themselves, flashing up the terrifying red ring that indicates a hardware failure. Compared to its rivals, the PlayStation 3 and Wii, that’s an astonishingly high figure.

That was two years ago though, and since then have things changed? The Xbox 360 Slim that came out last year has a front display that means it can’t technically display the Red Ring of Death that has horrified gamers for years, but is it still failing regardless? Or has Microsoft managed to confine the 360′s unpleasant failure rate to the history books?

We want to know: if you’ve bought a new Xbox 360 in the last two years, has that console suffered from any hardware failures? Or has it been devoid of hardware hiccups, bringing you many hours of uninterrupted gaming bliss?

Both options are covered in check-box form in our poll, so head on over there and tick a box. And feel free to leave any additional thoughts you might have in the comments box on the poll itself.

We’re big Xbox 360 fans — nothing pleases us more than to settle down for the weekend with a brand-new game and a steaming mug of hot cocoa. Although we inevitably end up scalding ourselves with said cocoa while trying to remove that irritating layer of plastic wrap on the game, seriously, what’s with that stuff?

If you’re not a huge Facebook fan you can also tell us about your experiences with Xbox reliability in the comments below, via Twitter, or on our Google+ page.

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It was only a year ago the Xbox Kinect hit the UK and turned the entire human body into one inept giant controller, but new research could take gaming to a whole new level.

The human brain remains the most complex piece of biology in the universe, and scientists have spent years trying to find ways to use it as an interface with modern technology.

That research took a huge leap forward this week, when scientists at the University of Minnesota demoed a game where players directed a virtual helicopter through hoops using only the power of their mind.

Players have to strap on a silly cap which can pick up brain waves, but the secret is converting the baffling range of signals into on-screen actions.

Medgadget says it takes some practice for players to imagine using their arms, leg and tongue, which the university boffins use to calibrate the system. Our brain waves all behave differently, but once the computer knows what to look for, the helicopter can fly with precision. Players were able to send their chopper through 85 per cent of randomly positioned hoops, which is probably enough for an achievement.

It’s not the first time video games have been controlled using only the power of the mind, but in the past it was only possible on 2D levels.

This is the first proof of brain control in a 3D game, which leaves us giddy at the prospect of brain control on proper consoles in the future. Give yourself a slap, because this is really going to happen.

The scientists behind the helicopter research hope to revolutionise the lives of disabled people, but we’ll bet our last penny the military will eventually get in on the action too. There’s nothing apart from health and safely laws to say the same science won’t apply to a real helicopter, given the right equipment.

Brain-control isn’t necessarily an expensive field of science to get into. A home-brew team of developers called B-Reel recently used the open-source Arduino platform and a special headset to control a Scalextric track using only the power of their minds.

Having said that, using brain waves will never be as cool as that crunchy feeling you get from a proper Scalextric controller. Some things are irreplaceable.
Are you excited at the prospect of sitting back and giving your thumbs a rest? Speak your mind in the comments, or on our telepathic Facebook page.

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