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Ubisoft is to release a new free-to-play online instalment in its Silent Hunter series. Called Silent Hunter Online, the game can be played in a browser. It is being developed by Settlers and Anno developer Blue Byte. It will run using Adobe Flash player 11 and will be fully 3D. …

Having announced plans to resurrect the Leisure Suit Larry IP in late 2011, developer Replay Games has turned to crowd-funding site Kickstarter to bring life to the project. And clearly the plea has been well received – at the time of writing the project has raised $517,842 from 11,587 backers. …

Konami has released a live-action teaser video for Metal Gear Rising. Series’ favourites such as Solid Snake or Raiden are now-where to be seen. Instead, we see a soldier being tortured in some kind of military lab. The video closes by promising more details on April 30th. Here’s the video:

Valve 'porting games, tech and platforms to the open-source OS'

The much-delayed implementation of the PEGI age rating system should finally happen in July, says UKIE. It’s been over four years since The Byron Review, and almost three years since PEGI was chosen as the organisation that will rate video games going forward. It was even passed into law as …

Passwords 'were partially decrypted' in December 2010; Account names and online handles extracted; 'No evidence' of further hack

Games will not arrive on Xbox Live on the day they hit retail shelves any time soon, says Microsoft. The computer giant has not been influenced by Sony’s push to launch titles on its online PSN platform the same day they arrive in stores in boxed form. Many PS3 titles …

Dark Souls for PC and One Piece for PS3 will be available to download and buy on the High Street at the same time. Namco Bandai says the move is part of its bid to extend its games IP across multiple platforms. But US VP Carlson Choi expects retail will …

Some will say the likely death of Friday as the main release day for games is dispensation of a long irrelevant tradition. Others will cite it as more evidence of video games’ globalisation. The truth falls in between. Global Tuesday deployments or united Wednesday launches are borne of necessity, not …

Two more Sega Vintage Collection titles are on the way to Xbox Live Arcade, a premature reveal on Xbox.com has revealed. This time its two popular retro side-scrolling fighter series – Streets of Rage and Golden Axe. The download is likely to include all three Streets of Rage and Golden …