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Multiplayer is just one aspect of SimCity's online functionality. The game is being "built from the groud up to support online," Maxis' Andrew Willmott said at a GDC panel.

Pre-orders have now opened for Gratuitous Tank Battles, packing instant access to a playable beta build and a Steam key when it eventually launches. GTB is Positech's follow-up of sorts to Gratuitous Space Battles, with a tower defense twist.

2011's slightly silly legal battle between Bethesda parent company ZeniMax and Minecraft developer Mojang over the name 'Scrolls' has drawn to a close with a settlement that sees both parties sort-of getting what they wanted.

For many moons, "when it's done" was the only release date Blizzard would give for Diablo III. However, now it's "targeting" a Q2 launch, Blizzard's preparing to ship before it's done, cutting out the PvP mode to fix it up and patch it in after launch.

Shacknews readers share their own stories revolving around the classic Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, the latest game inducted into the "Moby Games Classic" series on Shacknews.com.

Bargains this weekend include Mass Effect 3 for $48, Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $7.49, Civilization V for $7.49, Dead Space for $2.99, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for $9.99, and oh so much more.

You can now have a go on Epic's Flash-based browser version of Unreal Engine 3, as its Epic Citadel is now up and running in Flash for everyone to try. Despite the added overheads, the Flash UE3 only suffers around a 30% performance hit.

MobyGames.com Classic returns with Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, the 1998 PC game by Red Storm featuring fist and third-person combat and an intricate tactical component.

At a panel during GDC, Valve's Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw showed off some stuff from the cutting room floor, including the game's lost competitive multiplayer, alternate ending, and more.

Maxis has promised that GlassBox, the new engine behind the upcoming SimCity "reboot" will offer modding tools for the community.