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‘Black Ops 2’ DLC ‘Vengeance’ adds multiplayer maps, more zombies, and a Ray Gun

The third downloadable content expansion for 'Black Ops 2' is out on July 2 with four new multiplayer maps and one new Zombies level. As usual, the Vengeance DLC launches first on Xbox 360, with other platforms to follow.
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Nintendo 3DS in top sales spot for May 2013, ending Xbox 360’s 28-month reign

For the first time in over two years, the Xbox 360 is not the best-selling console, according to NPD's May 2013 sales charts. Instead, the Nintendo 3DS takes the top spot, something that few would have predicted just one year ago.
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‘Hitman: Absolution’ developer lays off half its staff, refocuses on the future of Hitman

Square Enix-owned IO Interactive is hit with "significant changes," including layoffs and game cancellations. The studio's new and sole focus is on the Hitman series, with a "triple-A Hitman project" current in development.
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Dead Space may live on, but Visceral is working on a different ‘passion’ project

EA Games Label head Patrick Söderlund revealed at E3 that Dead Space as a franchise is not dead. That said, 'Dead Space 4' is not currently in development, as Visceral is working on a passion project.
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More than 50K people have signed a petition to bring ‘The Division’ to PC

Ubisoft''Tom Clancy's The Division' is scheduled for release next year on next-gen consoles, but not everyone is happy with the company's choice of platforms. A petition to get the game released on PC as well is gaining steam.
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Ubisoft has three ‘Assassin’s Creed’ games currently in development

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot tells Kotaku that there are three 'Assassin's Creed' games in development right now. The company hopes to continue to avoid franchise fatigue by giving its studios the time and freedom to innovate within the series.
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EA confirms ‘Medal of Honor’ studio Danger Close is no more

The studio behind the last two 'Medal of Honor' games, including the failed 'Medal of Honor: Warfighter,' is dissolved, EA confirmed at E3.
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Amazon expands digital game marketplace with ‘Indie Game Store’

Amazon aims to help independent game developers get exposure while providing consumers a hub on which to find new games with the new Indie Games Store category of its digital download marketplace.
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Nationalist Chinese paper publishes game in which players reclaim Japanese island

'Recover the Diaoyu Islands' is a browser game published by one of China's most prolific nationalist newspapers, the Global Times. In it, players board a People's Liberation Army ship and dodge attacks from Japanese opponents while launching bombs to defeat them.
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‘Metal Gear Solid V’ brings in Kiefer Sutherland as Snake

'24' star Kiefer Sutherland provides voice acting and facial motion capture for the next 'Metal Gear Solid' title. Series creator Hideo Kojima says he wanted a more subtle performance to match the game's 'darker' tones of race and revenge.
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Man under house arrest gets sick of Xbox and chooses jail instead

A New Zealand man chooses jail over Xbox when he calls police and threatens to break his house arrest 10 months in if they don't cart him off to prison. The police happily complied.
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‘Diablo 3’ confirmed for September release on Xbox 360 and PS3

Blizzard's console version of Diablo 3 will appear on Xbox 360 as well as PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. The console version of the game was previously announced only for the PlayStation consoles.
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‘The Last of Us’ digital version will be playable as it downloads

Sony has been touting the PlayStation 4's ability to play games as they download. Now the feature will sneak into at least one PS3 game, 'The Last of Us,' before the release of the PS4.
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Sony not planning to take a ‘major loss’ on PS4 hardware at launch

Sony company did not announce pricing details for the PS4, but did reveal that unlike with the PS3, it does not plan to take a big hit on hardware sales at the console's launch. The manufacturer also posted a profit this year after a record loss the year before.
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PlayStation 4’s F2P launch lineup adds ‘Warframe,’ ‘DCUO,’ ‘PlanetSide 2’

Sony's free-to-play games offering on the PlayStation 4 grows, with three more titles headed to the console at or close to launch: Digital Extremes' 'Warframe,' plus 'PlanetSide 2' and 'DC Universe Online,' both from Sony Online Entertainment
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‘Dragon’s Dogma Quest’ revealed as free-to-play RPG for PS Vita

The next chapter in the Dragon's Dogma series is Dragon's Dogma Quest, a free-to-play 2D role-playing game that is coming exclusively to PlayStation Vita in fall 2013. Only confirmed for Japan right now.
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Microsoft’s Ballmer and Tellem reportedly meet with TV execs in Hollywood

Microsoft execs Steve Ballmer and Nancy Tellem reportedly meet with key figures in Hollywood's TV biz to discuss the non-interactive entertainment possibilities for the Xbox One and show off the hardware.
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‘Deus Ex: The Fall’ revealed as a mobile game due this summer

'Deus Ex: The Fall' is not a sequel to 'Deus Ex: Human Revolution,' but rather to the 2011 novel 'Deus Ex: The Icarus Effect.' It's coming out exclusively for smartphones and tablets this summer.
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‘Deus Ex: The Fall’ teasers hint at big game reveal

Eidos Montreal teased something called 'Deus Ex: The Fall' on Twitter and Youtube today, hinting that something will be announced tomorrow. Previously, publisher Square Enix registered domain names for something with the same name.
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Omni brings full-body VR gaming to Kickstarter, reaches funding goal in hours

The Omni follows the lead of the Oculus Rift, with a newly launched Kickstarter campaign for a treadmill-like device that is made to work with standard game controllers and other peripherals. The campaign reached and then doubled its funding goal in a matter of hours.
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‘Shadow of the Eternals’ crowdfunding campaign temporarily shut down, pending ‘new developments’

Precursor Games' crowdfunding campaign for 'Shadow of the Eternals' shuts down this week, unfulfilled, but the studio promises that 'exciting new developments' will surface soon and the campaign will be restarted.
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Double Fine’s ‘Massive Chalice’ crushes its Kickstarter goal, and still has 23 days to go

Double Fine's 'Massive Chalice' Kickstarter reach its funding goal of $725,000 after less than a week. It's Double Fine's second successful Kickstarter campaign, after the one for the adventure game that became 'Broken Age' earned many times its original goal last year.
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The HD remake ‘Fable Anniversary’ coming to Xbox 360 (but not Xbox One) later this year

Microsoft revealed the game Lionhead has been teasing all week, an HD remake of the original 'Fable' called 'Fable Anniversary.' Curiously, it won't appear on Xbox One, despite the fact that both the game and the console are expected to launch by the end of the year.
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Halo 4 multiplayer update boosts weapon damage, movement speed

The latest multiplayer update for 'Halo 4' boosts the damage output of many weapons and bumps up player movement speed by 10-percent. In related news, a Raptr case study suggests that interest in the latest 'Halo' is waning faster than it did with 'Halo: Reach.'
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GameStop expecting to shell out $2.5 billion in credit from next-gen console upgrades

Gamers will likely flock to GameStop in droves to trade in their current consoles for next-gen upgrades later this year. According to one analyst, the retailer could generate billions in store credit from such transactions.
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‘Warcraft’ film to start shooting in 2014

Producer Charles Roven confirms that the plan is to begin production on the long-in-development 'World of Warcraft' movie in the first quarter of 2014. Duncan Jones is attached to direct, with a script from Charles Leavitt.
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‘Mortal Kombat’ fighter Scorpion joins ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’ as DLC

Mortal Kombat fighter Scorpion is headed to NetherRealm Studios' Injustice: Gods Among Us as downloadable content. He joins a roster filled out be DC Comics characters, so it's fitting that DC's own Jim Lee handled the design.
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Sony reportedly considering breaking off its entertainment division

Sony ponders breaking off its entertainment division - an umbrella that includes its movie and video game business - to launch an IPO aimed at generating funds to help reinvigorate the company's electronics division.
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Naughty Dog sticking with current gen engine for next gen games

The studio behind 'Uncharted' and 'The Last of Us' made a mistake when it started the PS3 generation by creating a brand new engine, according to its game director. Instead it will add to its existing engine as needed for PS4 development.
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Rhode Island considers ignoring its $112 mil debt from the 38 Studios loan

The government that gave Curt Schilling $75 million to open his failed 38 Studios is reportedly looking into the consequences of simply not paying the loan back, or the $32 mil in interest, back.
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‘Dishonored’ studio reportedly takes over ‘Prey 2’ development

'Prey 2' development reportedly shifts from Human Head Studios to Arkane Austin, with all work on the project scrapped for a total re-do that is currently targeted for a 2016 release.
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EA begins to undo Online Pass as Xbox 360 DLC goes free

Electronic Arts begins the process of eliminating its Online Pass from past games, with content for certain games -- Mass Effect 2, Bulletstorm, and Kingdoms of Amalur, among others -- plus the full version of American McGee's Alice, now available for free.
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Double Fine’s new ‘Massive Chalice’ Kickstarter described as XCOM-meets-‘Final Fantasy Tactics’

Double Fine launched a new Kickstarter campaign for a strategy game called 'Massive Chalice.' The studio kicked off the Kickstarter craze last year with 'Broken Age,' and now it hopes to replicate that success.
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‘Sonic: Lost World’ features competitive multiplayer modes and exclusive 3DS levels

'Sonic: Lost World' won't be exactly the same game on 3DS and Wii U, Sega confirms. Newly revealed story details also confirm that the game sees Sonic joining forces with the villainous Dr. Eggman for once.
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BioWare’s ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’ is out now for iPad

Aspyr Media releases an iPad port of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the classic BioWare RPG that is widely regarded as one of its best efforts. The $9.99 iPad release sports touch controls and addresses lingering legacy issues from the 2003 game.
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‘Crysis 3’ books June 4 trip to ‘The Lost Island’ multiplayer DLC

Electronic Arts and Crytek reveal Crysis 3: The Lost Island, an upcoming multiplayer content expansion that adds four news maps, two new match types, and an unspecified number of new weapons to the game.
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Driver: San Francisco dev reportedly working on racing sim The Crew

Ubisoft Reflections, the studio behind Driver: San Francisco, reportedly has a realistic racing simulator currently in development for next-gen platforms, called The Crew. An E3 2013 reveal is expected.
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Microsoft plans to drop a cool billion on creating first party games

Microsoft is prepared to invest heavily in games during the coming console generation, company execs Don Mattrick and Phil Spencer revealed. The Xbox One maker is working to win gamers over after the console's heavily criticized debut.
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