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CD Projekt Red is finally set to ravish one of its RPGs with multiplayer. Although it was recently hinted The Witcher 3 could include multiplayer elements, it seems Cyberpunk 2077 is all but confirmed to steal its thunder.

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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Science has announced Gabe Newell will be the 17th inductee into the AIAS Hall of Fame. Valve’s co-founder and president will also headline the D.I.C.E. 2013 Summit stage as Thursday conference keynote speaker.

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Sony has released a fresh batch of screenshots for God of War: Ascension, showing off both the game’s singleplayer and multiplayer components. God of War: Ascension is scheduled for release on March 12, 2013.

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During Sony’s E3 2012 press conference, Quantic Dream CEO David Cage confirmed that the company’s next project will be the title Beyond: Two Souls, as was rumoured earlier today.

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In a world where sequels, “spiritual successors” and long-overdue reboots are getting thrown around like nobody’s business, developers are struggling to keep all the people happy all the time. A lot of them are taking the unusual approach of changing virtually everything about the game in order to release their new, loosely-affiliated project. Rockstar Games, on the other hand, figure that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” promising that Max Payne 3 will be full of the things we know and love from the first two.

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By now, everybody’s surely seen – or at least heard of – the “Games Transfer Phenomena” report that has been all over the internet after an article appeared in both the Metro and the Daily Mail. Most gamers I know have been outraged – and so, it appears, has the study’s co-author.

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Planning on stocking up on some PlayStation Vita games when the handheld is finally released? We’ve got a sneaky peek at what the boxes will look like, stacked on your shelves.

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With the worldwide release of L.A. Noire less than a week away, gamers are waiting with bated breath to see if Rockstar Games’ new crime thriller can live up to the hype. Wait no longer, a UK paper has gone ahead and published its review of the game a little ahead of schedule.

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Welcome to my weekly deals, where once every seven days I bring you the cream of the crop of cheap games from anyone who will sell them to you. If you’re planning on buying a console any time soon, make sure to look at the deal of the week. For regular updates on when games are cheap, make sure to go to SavyGamer.co.uk.

This week’s games are hidden beneath the cut.

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Update: An Activision rep, unsurprisingly, replied to us with a quick, no frills “Activision doesn’t comment on industry rumor and speculation.” As always, we’ll fall back on an old cliche: that’s not a “no.”

Original Story: “Saw it coming.”

Said the man who got blindsided by a speeding train.

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The news never stops. You can’t keep up with it all. You’d go mad. Fortunately, we’re already insane, so we’ve done it for you.

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World of Warcraft is great and all, but come on: it’s been more than six years. At this point, you’d probably be willing to play a Big Rigs: Over the Road racing MMO. At least it’d be different.

Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime, though, isn’t going to leave you high and dry. As he put it: “To break the mold, sometimes you have to start over.”

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Activision has posted its annual earnings and earnings forQ4 2010, while confirming earlier reports it has canceled the Guitar Hero series and True Crime: Hong Kong.

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After a hands-on session with Duke Nukem Forever at a press event this week, we were given the opportunity to sit down with the game’s savior and biggest promoter, Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford.

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A blog post by Hudson Entertainment’s brand manager, Morgan Haro, states that the California arm of Hudson Soft will shut down at the end of the month as a result of Konmai’s acquisition of the company.

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Cheaters never prosper.

And neither, it appears, does anyone else who gets caught up in their silly scandals.

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Beware, though, for all is not as it seems.

(This cryptic message has been brought to you by the Spoiler Association for Spoilers. Click through at your own peril. Come on, you know you want to.)

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Aliens vs Predator developer Rebellion is reportedly beavering away at a multiplayer, third-person shooter for the NGP.

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PlayStation Phone is finally official. Sony Ericsson chose the Superbowl as the ideal platform to debut the leaked Xperia Play advertisement.

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Whatever the clock says in your location, it’s time to go play some Dead Space 2 multiplayer. Producer Steve Papoutsis is online right now, promising to hand out rewards to anyone who manages to take him down.

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