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• Splash Damage details some of the environmental highlights in Brink

  Splash Damage’s art director Olivier Leonardi and senior game designer Ed Stern, have provided a glimpse at the concept art behind Brink along with Stern’s idea of visual storytelling, through a discussion of a one of the maps and some of the environmental hightlights included in the upcoming shooter.

• There’s not always "a pressing need" to replay story scenarios in a FPS, says Brink dev

  Splash Damage’s Ed Stern has said the reason the developers have stayed away from a heavily scripted story in Brink is for more replayability.

• Splash Damage want players to feel Deus Ex-like uncertainty with Brink

  Lead writer Ed Stern has said he’d like players to experience the same moral confusion and uncertainty while playing Brink as in the original Deus Ex.

• First Brink dev diary details story background

  Bethesda’s released the first developer’s diary for Brink. Get it after the break.

• Brink rocks France - impressions round-up

  Brink rocked France last week big time. Sadly, it never got to do the same thing to US press in Las Vegas due to a certain Icelandic volcano. But nonetheless, the Splash Damage shooter came out big, and impressed many. Get rounded-up after the break.

• Bethesda, VG247 invades France - everything in one place

  We came, we saw, we conquered. We were in France last week, just outside Paris, to see some of Bethesda’s future titles for this and next year, such as Rage, Fallout: New Vegas, Brink and Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. We spoke, drank and watched games throughout the two-day event, all for you. Get everything below.

• Another Splash Damage-id collaboration "certainly not a terrible thing at all," says Brink writer

  Brink writer Ed Stern has told VG247 that a second collaboration from Splash Damage and id Software is never off the table, but insisted the studio is purely focused on upcoming FPS, Brink.

• Splash Damage stays mum on DLC plans for Brink

  Anyone on the edge of their seats on possible Brink DLC plans may want to move back an inch or two: developer Splash Damage is saying nowt.

• Interview: Brink (part one) - Splash Damage's Ed Stern

  Ever since its reveal before E3 last year, Splash Damage’s Brink has been firmly on the core’s radar. It’s aiming to be one of the biggest action titles of this year, pairing up with fellow Bethesda-published title Fallout: New Vegas this fall. In one of two interviews with Splash Damage, we spoke to the game’s […]