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  UK chart: Metro: Last Light turns up top

  But can't beat Metro: 2033's first-week fifth-place tally. 8

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  Avant garde stealth game Tangiers looks like a surreal noir nightmare

  Inspired by Burroughs, Ballard, and Dadaist art. 26

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  Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection dated for July in North America

  Only $50 for the whole shebang. 29

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  Ubisoft forecasts lower Assassin's Creed 4 sales than AC3 managed this past financial year

  Thinks Watch Dogs can match or better AC1's first-year tally of ~6 million. 36

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  Metal Gear Rising Revengeance confirmed for PC

  Platinum makes debut on PC. 72

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  Ron Gilbert's match-three puzzler Scurvy Scallywags gets a trailer

  It's already been submitted to the App Store. 12

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  Wii U to miss out on 15 EA games using Frostbite Engine 3

  UPDATE: EA currently has "no games in development for the Wii U." 294

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  Former THQ president reveals Metro dev's terrible work conditions

  UPDATE: 4A creative director wades in. 114

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  Gran Turismo 6 is official, boasts 1200 cars

  And is heading for PS3 this year. 132

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  Next Xbox to be called Xbox Infinity - report

  Microsoft is "uncertain" about its Xbox TV. 163

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  Sony: "Unlike PS3, we are not planning a major loss to be incurred with the launch of PS4"

  No need to Cell Cell Cell. 136

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  First-person open-world survival horror game The Forest looks brilliant

  Inspired by The Descent and Cannibal Holocaust. 60

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  Former THQ president reveals Metro dev's terrible work conditions

  UPDATE: 4A creative director wades in. 114

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  EA to discontinue Online Passes

  “We've listened to the feedback and decided to do away with it moving forward.” 183

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  Polyphony considering PS4 version of GT6; has "unfinished business" with PS3

  Yamauchi and Sony boss Jim Ryan explain why PS4 is fighting PS3's biggest hitter this year. 86

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  Ubisoft suspends development on Patrice Désilets' 1666 "for an undisclosed time"

  Just days after dev shown the door. 49

• EA's MOBA contender Dawngate gloves up

  Probably the game that Dead Space dev Visceral was working on. 30

• Ubisoft forecasts lower Assassin's Creed 4 sales than AC3 managed this past financial year

  Thinks Watch Dogs can match or better AC1's first-year tally of ~6 million. 36

• Avalanche Studios' mysterious steampunk sandbox game has been put on hold

  But it is working on next and current-gen titles. 8

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

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  Gran Turismo 6 is official, boasts 1200 cars

  And is heading for PS3 this year. 132

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  Hawken art prank changes CEO's mind about scantily clad women

  The story of Ruby Underboob and Bro-sie the Riveter. 136

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  Sony on Vita: "Sometimes you've had slow starts which have suddenly sprung into life"

  Plus: "We've got more developer engagement on PS4 than for any previous console." 108

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  Demon's Souls, ICO & SOTC, and Kingdoms of Amalur free on PlayStation Plus in June

  PS Vita gets Rayman Oranges. 113

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  EA announces Star Wars-focused DICE Los Angeles studio

  A new hope for the Battlefront series? 70

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  Pretty Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag trailer has ships, sharks and lots of stabbing

  Naval gazing. 28

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  Dream is a video conceptualising how visually sumptuous next-gen games could be

  Made part-time by a team of CG artists over six months. 38

• Terraria, Dust 514, Metro: Last Light on EU PlayStation Store this week

  And something for PlayStation Vita. 21

• Steam introduces virtual trading card system

  Earn cards by playing games to receive coupons, badges, emoticons and more. 22

• Resident Evil: Revelations introduces wacky new costumes

  Ninja Keith, pirate Jill, and male stripper Chris. 37

• Action RPG roguelike Chasm successfully funded on Kickstarter

  Still accepting pre-orders to hit its stretch goals. 15

• Scribblenauts Unmasked confirmed, stars DC Comics superheroes

  Due this autumn for 3DS, PC and Wii U. 14

• Shadow of the Eternals developer Precursor Games on its origins

  Ex-Silicon Knights dev explains that the new studio isn't a front. 24

• Among the Sleep to get a public alpha tomorrow

  UPDATE: Kickstarter goal met. Still working towards Oculus Rift support. 16

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

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  PlayStation 4 military MMO War Thunder gives you planes, warships, tanks

  Sony's machine is "the leading next-generation platform", dev says. 79

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  2008 PSN hack suspect smashes PCs, hides HDDs, gets off lightly

  Braviao. 63

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  BioShock Infinite sells "significantly" more than series predecessors

  But 2K quiet about XCOM: Enemy Unknown. 98

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  Pokémon X and Y adds mounts, is set in an alternate version of France

  UPDATE: New features shown in fresh gameplay footage. 53

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  Pretty new Wolfenstein: The New Order screenshots stamp in

  Heil be damned. 39

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  Frostbite engine in the works for mobile

  But not Wii U. 70

• Shadow of the Eternals launches an actual Kickstarter "due to overwhelming popular demand"

  With a suspiciously later deadline. 42

• Rift finally capitulates and turns free-to-play as well

  Launching alongside patch 2.3 in June. 35

• WWE 2K14 UK release date punched up

  But 2K's first WWE game will also skip Wii U. 38

• Defiance second series confirmed, and telly tie-in game patch goes live

  It's been a hit for Syfy. 36

• The Novelist is what happens when Ghost Trick and Majora's Mask have a baby

  Think The Shining with less murder. 11

• Ubisoft "working hard" on ZombiU sequel prototype

  Undead survival horror to rise again? 29

• Ace Attorney 5 will be an eShop-only offering

  Now called Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies. 41

• Google celebrates Atari Breakout's 37th birthday

  What an image nation. 17

• Pre-order Rayman Legends at GAME to get Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell skins

  New trailer shows off underwater level. 21

Monday, 13 May 2013

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  Tales of Symphonia and sequel getting HD PS3 remake - report

  What a Genis idea. 50

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  UK's first eSports bar to open in London

  Watch professional gaming tournaments, drink cocktails. 120

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  The Witcher 2 development tools released for free

  Create your own Witcher mods or entirely new RPGs. 61

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  SNES classic Super Metroid just 30p on Wii U eShop

  Plus a Resi Revelations demo and Super Mario Bros. 2. 87

• Several Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 details emerge

  Full camera control, turn into mist, set over two timelines. 22

• UK chart: Dead Island: Riptide top for third week

  Telltale's The Walking Dead shuffles into the top 10. 44

• Retro shmup/metroidvania A.N.N.E. hits its Kickstarter goal

  Has eight days left to achieve its Vita and Wii U stretch goals. 19

• The Incredible Machine gets spiritual successor Contraption Maker

  Made by the creators of the original Rube Goldberg-device building game. 20

Saturday, 11 May 2013

• GeoGuessr is a brilliant, educational Google Maps-based game

  Think Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego where you're Carmen Sandiego. 48

• Half-Life 2 gets official Oculus Rift support

  See video of it and Dishonored played with the headset. 26

Friday, 10 May 2013

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  Next Xbox to be called Xbox Infinity - report

  Microsoft is "uncertain" about its Xbox TV. 163

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  Aliens: Colonial Marines managed 1.31 million sales

  That about merits a sequel doesn't it? What? 116

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  Chinese World of Tanks clone so similar it allegedly copies even historical inaccuracies and fictional tanks

  Wargaming rumbles into court. 54

• EA registers domains for Battlefields 13-20

  But doesn't own Battlefields 10-12. 52

• Aliens: Colonial Marines co-developer TimeGate Studios has been shuttered - report

  Game over, man. 44

• Silicon Knights is "very busy" and "definitely alive"

  Though declined to say how many people are left or where it's now located. 17

• QWOP creator makes a 16-player real-time rendition of chess

  Event game to make its EU debut in London this Saturday (on a f***ing boat). 12

• Road Redemption meets its Kickstarter goal with two days to go

  But will it make its XBLA and Oculus Rift stretch goals? 17

• Gears of War: Judgment's new Dreadnought map coming next week

  Free via sponsoring deal with Maxim. 11

• Damned looks like a randomised, asymmetrical multiplayer take on Slender

  One player is a ghost and hops between invisible and physical forms. 10

Thursday, 9 May 2013

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  Sony: "Unlike PS3, we are not planning a major loss to be incurred with the launch of PS4"

  No need to Cell Cell Cell. 136

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  Ouya launch delayed a few weeks as another $15 million is raised

  Someone's convinced. 91

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  The Room rakes in over 2 million sales

  You're tearing the App Store apart! 33

• World of Warcraft subscriptions drop 1.3 million in three months

  Skylanders: Giants is the best-selling game in the west... if you count the figurines. 55

• Saint's Row 4 dev walkthrough shows off six minutes of gameplay

  Dubstep gun, mechs, aliens and super powers. 56

• Total War: Rome 2 release date is Tuesday, 3rd September worldwide

  The £110 Collector's Edition has a replica catapult for god's sake! 30

• Capcom expects Lost Planet 3 and Resi Revelations to sell 1.2 million

  Mentions PS4 game Deep Down too, briefly. 40

• Former THQ frontman Danny Bilson announces ambitious new game-and-film idea

  That's defiance for you. 11

• Level-5's horror adventure curio The Starship Damrey due next week on 3DS eShop

  Priced at £7.19. 15

• John Carpenter wants to make a Dead Space movie

  Halloween and The Thing director also a fan of Dishonored and Assassin's Creed 3. 65

• Jagex hopes to have RuneScape on tablets by the end of the year

  "Would easily be the most ambitious game ever put on tablet, right?" 13

• Shadow Warrior revival by the Hard Reset dev announced

  3D Realms' follow-up to Duke Nukem 3D gets another shot. 30

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

• Wolfenstein: The New Order won't have multiplayer

  Unlike all the other non-mobile Wolfensteins from the last 20 years. 54