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• Nosgoth compared to Unreal Championship 2, is not a mobile game or MMO

  Legacy of Kain fans might want to check out Square’s recent chatter about Nosgoth, the online-only entry to the series canon that was outed last month. We’ve got some interesting quotes from the team here.

• Legacy of Kain: 10 cancelled titles exposed by NeoGAF investigation - report

  The Legacy of Kain series has fallen silent for some time. Earlier this month we broke news that Nosgoth is coming via Square-Enix, and it marks the return of the franchise after many years. However, one NeoGAF user has dug through the bowels of the internet and has unearthed evidence of ten failed attempts at […]

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution "Missing Link DLC due out Oct 18

  The first downloadable content pack for Deus Ex: Human Revolution will arrive next week according to Eidos.

• New Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer released

  Square Eidos has released a new trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, taking you through various abilities you’ll be able to employ in the game and explaining the title’s world. The trailer also contains a lot of info about how you can go around hacking things, as well as featuring developer commentary. The game’s out […]

• Eidos, Deus Ex websites hacked, personal info stolen

  The public websites for Eidos and its upcoming game Deus Ex: Human Revolution were apparently “defaced and plundered” in an attack on Wednesday, believed to have its origins within hacktivist group Anonymous.

• Tomb Raider film in the works

  GK Films has acquired the Tomb Raider film rights and set its sights on a 2013 release.

• Interview - Deus Ex: Human Revolution's David Anfossi

  For years, Deus Ex fans clamored for a sequel. And then they got one, and they didn’t like it all that much. So, what do you put in your pamphlet to re-hook those who renounced their faith and left the Church of Denton? Simple: a whole heaping helping of what they want to hear. Based […]

• Eidos' Fabled Lands and Abraxas MMOs may see new life on iPad

  Fabled Lands creators Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson have explained to bit-tech why their MMO adaptation of the series never came to fruition at Eidos and how it may get new life on iPad and iPhone.

• Batman Arkham Asylum release trailer is positively batty

  Batman: Arkham Asylum? Never even heard of it. Oh well, Shacknews has a new trailer for it, so — since it’s a slow news day — we thought we might as well tell you about it. Seriously, though — what an obscure game. Bet it’s not even any good.

• Eidos pull a Radiohead for Championship Manager 2010, pay what you like for it

  Eidos have announced that you can buy Championship Manager 2010 from whatever price you like, from as little as 1p when it releases on September 10. The scheme is mostly similar to what Radiohead did when they gave away their album, In Rainbows, back in October 2007: allowing people to pick their own price for […]

• Just Cause: The Movie - why not?

  Parachuting, shooting, and parachute-shooting? Sounds like it’d make a decent popcorn flick to us. Adrian Askarieh thinks so too, which is why he recently acquired the rights for a Just Cause movie. “Hitman was a very successful movie for Fox, and I wanted to find a similar project in terms of its genre, international appeal […]

• Batman: Arkham Asylum baddy profiles look wicked

  Joystiq just posted a literal rogues’ gallery of villainous screenshots, profiles, and concept art from Batman: Arkham Asylum. Honestly, it all looks fantastic. Click the link to learn about all the costumed nutcases you’ll encounter in Arkham Asylum. After all, you’ve at least got to be on a first name basis with someone before you […]

• Eidos to remain mostly independent under Square Enix

  Those of you who were afraid Square Enix would just convert Eidos over into another farm for effeminate young men — and then destroy that farm, giving the lads reason to journey around the world — can rest easy now, as the Japanese giant recently told GamesIndustry.biz that it doesn’t plan on giving Eidos much […]

• Conan trailer looking peachy for May launch

  Eidos has released a new movie from upcoming Funcom MMO Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures, showing the game’s borderlands region. It’s all looking just swell, and probably worth the wait: the game’s been delayed on numerous occasions. A release date of May 20 is now set in stone, as you’ll see at the end […]

• Gameplay first, not Lara: Tomb Raider producer

  Eidos is focussing on Tomb Raider’s gameplay first and foremost, and not gaming’s first lady, Tomb Raider Underworld senior producer Sarah Van Rompaey said in this interview. “We have to keep gameplay fresh as opposed to Lara,” she said. “Being able to utilise the power of next gen hardware means that we can do a […]

• Conan gets communal in Spain

  Funcom’s launched its Spanish community boards for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the long-delayed MMO which now has an official European release date of May 20. American, UK, French and German versions will launch simultaneously. “Online games are increasing in popularity, and there is no doubt that Spain is an important and a very exciting […]

• Hi-res Tomb Raider Underworld shots

  As we said yesterday, this is looking tres awesome. CVG’s got a set of HD screens of Tomb Raider Underworld from Eidos, showing off acrobatics, levels, hanging off cliffs and loads more. There are good close-ups of the new Lara model and even some concept art. Take a look. Update: CVG now appears to have […]

• Tomb Raider Underworld details and shots

  Text here, shots here. Looks as though IGN got a good look at Lara’s latest, which has been tipped by UK journos as one of the best games on current gen hardware. Underworld, according to the game’s creative director, Eric Lindstrom, is about “the core elements of Tomb Raider” and translating “them into next-generation gameplay.” […]

• More Just Cause 2 details and screens

  Loads more stuff on Eidos’s Just Cause 2 here, in a preview taken from PSW. Shots here. The text contains news that the game’s mission structure has been completely revamped, with the concept of side missions being dumped completely. This presented something of a learning curve, apparently. “From a design perspective, it was quite a […]