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Sniper Elite 3's kill cam has next-gen testicles

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Sniper Elite's ghoulish X-ray kill cam returns in Sniper Elite 3 with 1080p next-gen testicles. This was the scoop with which our man Mike Channell returned from his interview with Sniper Elite's head of art, and let it never be said he buries a lede. See the interview and the first gameplay from the anatomically correct sniping adventure in the video below.

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Elsewhere on Outside Xbox this week, and nearly as importantly, we celebrated the release of the delayed second episode of The Wolf Among Us, Telltale's stylish adaptation of Fables, the Eisner Award-winning urban fantasy comics about fairytale characters living secretly in New York. Show of the Week examines games adapted from similarly improbable literary sources.

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Sherlock Holmes is more conventional fodder for game adaptations, but the upcoming Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments has a twist on the usual sleuthing formula. The game gives you a moral choice at the end of each case: send the guilty party to the chokey or let them off the hook. Andy ponders a sympathetic Sherlock in the preview below.

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