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Masato Masuda, creator of Fire Pro Wrestling, has died aged 48.

UK indie developer NotGames has launched NotGTAV, a low-budget PC parody of Rockstar's open-world adventure, set in the UK.

Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning was once working on a competitive multiplayer game in the Oddworld universe tentatively titled Stranger Arena.

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is an ugly game. Ugly in design, ugly in tone and ugly in content. It's a garish smear of a game that dribbles all over the legacy of one of the all-time great action franchises.

You begin Betrayer washed up on the shore of the New World, a country rendered in stark monochrome. A linear path leads you inland, acting as a tutorial along the way, but it's once you reach the abandoned Fort Henry that you really begin to grasp what awaits you.

One of the core tenets of free running is that there is an artistry in simple movement; it holds unimpeded momentum to be one of the most beautiful things in the world. A growing crop of games has sought to co-opt this idea for their own purposes - be it more open levels, a sense of empowerment or simple fun. Cloudbuilt takes that idea and uses it to tell a story, frequently nailing the connection between metaphor, message and play.

With well over 10 motorcycle racing games to its name, Milestone is nothing if not experienced in the world of virtual counter-steering. Primarily, this Italian studio has focused its attentions on road racing - MotoGP and the Superbike World Championships - but with MUD back in 2012, Milestone traded in the knee-sliders for a pair of motocross goggles. The result was an arcade racer that wasn't about simulating the complexities of keeping a 450cc missile upright through a trench-like hairpin so much as it was about boosting down a straight with the aid of an energy drink.

"In the grim dark future there is only war." Warhammer 40K doesn't mess about when establishing the tone of its brutal, galaxy-spanning fantasy. "There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods."

UPDATE: Age of Mythology launches on 8th May 2014.

Square Enix has made the PlayStation 4 Final Fantasy 14 beta test open to all.

CCP has announced the Recall Program for Eve Online - its latest attempt to get more people playing the famously complex space MMO.

The free Addition Edition update for two-button fighting game Divekick goes live today for the PC via Steam and PlayStation 3 versions, developer Iron Galaxy has said.

Barcelona-based indie outfit Rosebud Games has quite the pedigree with developers from Silent Hill: Origins, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and The Witcher in its ranks, with BioShock's lead level designer operating as its consultant. Now, Rosebud has announced its debut project, a first-person open-world horror game set in 1940s New England called Death in Candlewood.

Airtight Games - the developer behind Quantum Conundrum, Dark Void, and the upcoming Murdered: Soul Suspect - has made 14 staff redundant.

Amy Hennig - best known as the director of Uncharted and co-director of subsequent Uncharteds - has landed a role at Dead Space developer Visceral Games where she'll be serving as creative director on the studio's upcoming Star Wars title.

The identity of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain's mysterious character Ishmael - who has so far only appeared with his face covered in bandages - has been hinted at by an eagle-eyed fan.

Splat! Carmageddon is back in a new game, bearing the subtitle Reincarnation, from original Isle of Wight developer Stainless Games. Funded on Kickstarter and now available on Steam Early Access, it's still in a very early pre-alpha state, but so far seems faithful to the series' tasteless renegade spirit.

Word Explorer, Jon Hare's first original game since Sensible Software, has finally launched.

Science-fiction horror game Soma is set under the sea, developer Frictional Games has revealed.

Diablo 3 expansion Reaper of Souls sold 2.7m copies in its first week on sale, Blizzard has announced.

The developer of science-fiction role-playing game The Mandate has released a new video showing how you plan space combat.

Ridiculous games are all the rage these days, but way back in the mists of time (this time last year basically) it felt like Surgeon Simulator was blazing a trail. A mad game where you would operate on a patient by waving a doctor's arms around like drunk prosthetics in an operating theatre packed with dangerous objects, Surgeon Simulator was almost impossible to play or watch without losing yourself to hysterics.

Kickstarter success Jagged Alliance: Flashback launchs on Steam as an Early Access title during the second quarter of 2014, developer Full Control has announced, before a full release "late" this year.

It's hard to believe that Carmageddon was once the bête noire of gaming. Back in the innocent halcyon days of the 1990s, when Mortal Kombat's crudely digitised dismemberment was enough to ruffle the feathers of the great and good, a game where you were actively encouraged to roar around in armoured vehicles, murdering pedestrians with crazed abandon, was like a red rag to a morally indignant bull.

Ah, Half-Life 2. Remember that? This November it's 10 years old.

The popular Video Games Live symphonic concert tour returns to the UK in 2014 and includes a London date for the first time in six years.

Get Even, the next game from the people behind Painkiller and Deadfall Adventures, will support virtual reality headsets.

Japanese strategy role-playing game Natural Doctrine is headed to Europe and North America this autumn, publisher NIS America has announced.

Alien, Blade Runner and Prometheus director Ridley Scott is working on a new Halo "digital feature" due out this year, Microsoft has announced.

Blizzard has soft-launched the iPad version of its free to download collectable card game Hearthstone.