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It was only with Ezio's exploits that a protagonist's love or marital life has entered into Assassin's Creed plot lines in any significant way. Assassin's Creed IV may be taking that one step further, as the lead scriptwriter reveals that the main character's struggle to stay faithful is set to be … [Read more...] about Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Protagonist Plotline To Feature Infidelity

Epic's demonstration of Unreal Tournament 3 running in a browser window certainly got people talking, and there's little doubt their latest accomplishment aims to do the same. Epic Citadel, the same demo that graced the engine's arrival onto iOS, has now found a home on Firefox Nightly 23. The … [Read more...] about Epic Citadel Unreal Engine 3 Demo Now Running In Browser

New studio Precursor Games, along with Silicon Knights' Dennis Dyack, are making a game in the spirit of the GameCube classic Eternal Darkness. Details of the new title have leaked online, but a lot of the information was outdated, including the project's name. Precursor has since come out with more … [Read more...] about Shadow Of The Eternals Spiritual Successor To “Eternal Darkness” Under Development

A new AI character is about to join the cast of Bioshock Infinite, according to a 2K artist whose CV mentions he's been "providing animation and R&D for a new AI companion character". No mention yet as to who it might be, and all traces of the slip have been scrubbed away from the offending … [Read more...] about Bioshock Infinite DLC Coming With New Companion

Monaco, basically Ocean's Eleven in indie video game form in case the name is unfamiliar, has already recouped the $100,000 investment which allowed it to exist in the first place. Investors Indie Fund, including the likes of Braid creator Jonathan Blow, have a history of backing games that make … [Read more...] about Monaco Recoups Indie Fund Investment An Hour Before Launch

Steam and the App Store as well as XBLA before them might have put indie games on the map, but it's now the tiny studios and independent developers who are making platforms, not the other way around. Nintendo seems to have realized this by dropping the vast majority of its requirements for indies to … [Read more...] about Sony’s Big Indie Push For PS4 & PS Vita Is Paying Off

Spanish retailer Xtralife is quickly making a name for itself by listing unreleased games. After recently putting up an entry for what's likely to be Ubisoft's next Assassin's Creed Vita title, the retailer has posted listings for a new Call of Duty title subtitled Ghosts. Unveiling Unreleased … [Read more...] about Call Of Duty Ghosts Wii U & PC Outed By Spanish Online Shop

CCP is nothing if not a studio that takes its time with its games, developing them over a matter of years and letting the community steer development almost as much as the team. World of Darkness, their secretive vampire MMO, is a departure in the sense that CCP has been diligent in keeping it away … [Read more...] about EVE Online Studio’s World Of Darkness First Details Emerge

Developer Quantic Dream and director David Cage's Beyond: Two Souls will be revealed at the Tribeca Film Festival through not only the ubiquitous trailer, but also a 35-minute gameplay video. Despite the studio's vocal stance on storytelling and emotion in games, the gameplay video contains some … [Read more...] about Beyond: Two Souls Launch Trailer Revealed At Tribeca Film Festival

Monaco, the long in the making heist game that was supposed to get an April 24th release on XBLA, will be suffering a mild delay. A disconnection issue has kept the game from launch, but while a patch has been submitted to Microsoft, a new one is still needed. Unfortunately, no word yet on when the … [Read more...] about Monaco Getting Patched Ahead Of XBLA Release

CCP's bonkers FPS-MMO tie-in Dust 514 will be getting an official release on May 14th. To anyone already playing the beta and shooting orbital lasers from one game into another for the past few months, that's not likely to amount to much. Integration with EVE Online Early reports paint the game … [Read more...] about Dust 514 Coming Out On May 14th

Nostalgia still seems to be a powerful driver for the crowdfunding model, as a sequel to beloved brawler River City Ransom shows. The game is slated for an August 2014 release, contingent on the crowdfunding drive coming through and will not be a direct sequel to the original. Instead, indie outfit … [Read more...] about River City Ransom Sequel Announced, To Be Crowdfunded