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The personal website of a game developer named Jehan Choo who once contracted with Visceral Games contained until a few hours ago a reference to work done on “pre-vis environments, mood pieces, and texture work for a PS4/Xbox 720 title” at Visceral, which is best known lately for the producing the Dead Space games.

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Last October, Kotaku published a feature titled “What went wrong with Silicon Knights’ X-Men Destiny?” You can read that piece here. Former studio head Dennis Dyack, now at Precursor Games today posted he response to it in a YouTube video.

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If you’ve ever wished the characters in Mass Effect were more cute, then this week will be exciting for you. Media Molecule has announced the Mass Effect Costume Pack for LittleBigPlanets 2, Karting and Vita.

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If you’ve been on the fence about picking up Media Molecule’s Vita exclusive Tearaway, then you should know that if you pre-order the game, you will get a pig that you can ride around on. More goodies listed after the jump.

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The fourth and final iteration of Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, coming at you from Zeboyd, will launch on June 7 exclusively on the PC and Xbox Live. No mobile version this time.
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Guerilla Games has released a new bunch of Killzone: Mercenary screenshots and they look really beautiful. The new screens seem to be direct-captures and show off the game’s majestic world as well as featuring various characters, environments and textures. Killzone Mercenary releases in the US on September 10, in Europe on September 4 and in the UK on September 6. You can watch the screens after the break. Thanks, AGB.

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Electronic Arts will reveal the first details of its Ultimate Fighting Championship game tomorrow, the same day when Microsoft’s holding its next-gen Xbox event, the company announced.

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Gamers who pre-order Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming futuristic open-world game Watch Dogs at Gamestop or Amazon will get exclusive pre-order bonuses, the firm’s revealed.

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Ubisoft’s released the launch trailer for Techland’s upcoming FPS Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and it focuses on the game’s main lead Silas Greaves and his journey in the game.

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CastleStorm, the 2D physics-based structure destruction game from Zen Studios, will be releasing on XBLA on May 29. The game will cost you 800 MSP.

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Nintendo UK has released a video of some hands-on gameplay of the Wii U version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, filmed on the show floor of The Gadget Show Live 2013.

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Splinter Cell Blacklist developer Ubisoft Toronto has released a new trailer for its stealthy action game, this time showing off co-op mode.

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Microsoft is revealing ‘something special’ at its Xbox 720 unveiling, according to car maker McLaren Automotive. The company’s cars have featured in previous Forza Motorsport and Project Gotham Racing games, suggesting a new instalment in either franchise could be announced tomorrow.

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Hawken developer Adhesive Games has published a new dev diary clip, this time showing off a map called Front Line, and discussing how the locale plays out during matches.

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One of Deus Ex Machina’s original developers is taking a sequel to Kickstarter, and is claiming to have Christopher Lee on board.

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Google Play apps have seen a 700% increase of internal purchases year-on-year, suggesting free-to-play is very much a hot ticket on the marketplace.

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Total War: Rome – Destroy Carthage is the first of four books derived from The Creative Assembly’s strategy series, and history, of course.

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Plants Vs Zombies: Adventures has launched on Facebook. PopCap’s new cultivation-em-up is playable right now.

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Kingdoms of Amalur is to be sold by the State of Rhode Island as part of the ongoing case against 38 Studios and owner Curt Schilling. Lawyers close to the sale have confirmed that the IP has drawn the interest of unnamed parties.

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Syndicate could be heading toward some kind of spiritual revival on Kickstarter, according to a teaser video for a project called Satellite Reign posted by 5Lives Studios.

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