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We start the show with the announcement that Mike Barton from GameOverCast has joined the SHFTS roster of show hosts. He chats about his time with the demo of Kingdom of Amalur and he found it to be somewhat wanting, much like Tony and Chris who also had issues with it.  Tara is too busy stabbing people in the back during PvP matches on Star Wars the Old Republic to care though.

In the news we cover Alienware releasing a small form factor PC that is the size of an Xbox 360 only 6 times more expensive.  We also discuss THQ denying that it is in trouble, Amy developer defending its game, Ubisoft having ridiculous DRM for Anno 2070 and the Xperia Play not selling so well in the face of stiff competition from Samsung and HTC.

Running time: 02:06:17

Bloodshot Robot spends the show destroying his liver thanks to Newcastle Brown Ale, Hendrix gets an email from PSN that boasts that Resistance getting a greatest hits collection and Alphabox lays into the Wii and compares it to Kinect and Move fails in comparison.

Running time: 01:14:13

PS3 version of Witcher 2 possible, CryEngine working on WiiU, Valve heads to Gamescom, Nintendo of Europe gets hacked, GRID servers get shut down, Criterion Games not working on annualised title, Best Buy UK expansion halted, SEGA opens new studio in Solihull, Sony UK still headless, GAME warns of more losses despite strong title release in 2011, PEGI still not enforced legally and THQ Warrington is closed down.

Running time: 00:07:13

With two members of the SHFTS crew absent, BloodShot Robot and Kropotkin had to call in reinforcements from the podcast community.  Up steps Tony Atkins from Digital Cowboys and Mike Barton from Game Over Cast to fill in for this weeks show.  Topics covered include Pac Man Championship Edition DX, Killzone 3, Halo Reach, ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead and Test Drive Unlimited 2. In the news we cover the transfer of DSiWare games to 3DS, the THQ publicity stunt at GDC that goes horribly wrong and increased security measures for Steam users.  We sign off with a very special voice mail.

Running time: 01:34:50