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Square Enix has posted an 18 minute gameplay video for the really quite fantastic looking Hitman: Absolution. The short focuses on the new Contracts mode, which allows gamers to create their own assassination missions that are intermingled with the existing gameplay and level layout. Players will be able to specify …
Read More »In Pictures: GamesAid charity winners 2012
Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Small Steps, Special Effect and The Willow Foundation get £36k each
Read More »Maxis opens new mobile studio in Finland
EA Playfish VP of global studios heads up Helsinki branch
Read More »£4m war chest for Assassin’s Creed III ad assault
Ubisoft is splashing out over 4m in the UK to make Assassin’s Creed III one of the biggest Christmas games. It is the most expensive marketing spend in Ubisoft’s history and funds a campaign that spans more than three months, rivalling support for titles such as FIFA and Call of …
Read More »Resident Evil 6 presents the world’s first human butchery in London
Vegetarians and squeamish types might want to turn away. Capcom will tomorrow open the world’s first human butchery at London’s famous Smithfields meat market. It will trade for two days from Friday September 28th. It’s fronted by fictional butcher Wesker & Son and will offer members of the public the …
Read More »Lexis Numerique: Nintendo doesn’t push digital enough
There is 'no proper marketplace' for digital games on Nintendo platforms, claims dev
Read More »Slender: The Arrival video game will be a commercial release
If you thought free to download PC game Slender: The Eight Pages was scary, then the next chapter in the Slenderman’s video game career could just finish you off. Slender: The Arrival was revealed last week, but a few more detail about the game have been dug up. It’s being …
Read More »Bungie saw Halo Wars as ‘whoring out the franchise’
Microsoft forced Ensemble into turning RTS title into Halo game, says studio founder
Read More »PS3 Essentials out this week; India pricing confirmed
The first-party line-up of PS3 Essentials will be in stores across India by this weekend, Sony has confirmed. The Essentials is a budget line-up that consists of older, popular PS3 games re-released at lower prices and with a distinctive cover art. Sony has confirmed that the line-up will be priced …
Read More »Skylanders gets the Mega Bloks treatment
Mega Brands will bring the popular blind format to the world of jigsaws when it launches its new Skylanders Giants Blind Pack puzzles this October. In the Mega Puzzles line an assortment of six jigsaws are available and each one features a mystery character for kids to discover. The brand …
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