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Van Helsing's a smart choice as the protagonist of an action-RPG, I think. He's got a certain derring-do swagger to him, he can be decked out with swords, pistols and a little bit of magic, and he's famous for chewing his way through everything from werewolves and zombies to full-blown vampires. If it moves and it's mythical, Van Helsing wants to kill it. Also, he generally comes with a cool hat - and we all know how people feel about hats.

Double Fine's Kickstarter campaign for its turn-based tactics game Massive Chalice has come to a close with an ending tally of $1,229,015 nearly doubling its $750K goal.

A new Professor Layton spin-off has emerged from Level-5 with Layton Brothers Mystery Room, an iOS crime-solving adventure available today in Europe and North America on the App Store.

Earlier this month in North America Sony released its take on Nintendo's StreetPass with Toro's Friend Network, the Vita's first social gaming app. Unfortunately, it never made its way to Europe, and it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon.

Suda 51's cel-shaded action epic Killer is Dead is now set for a 30th August release in Europe on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Armikrog - Doug TenNapel's spiritual successor to cult-favourite 1996 claymation adventure The Neverhood - has ended its Kickstarter campaign a success after raising $974,578 of its $900K goal.

Ex-Ubisoft director Patrice Désilets is "fighting" his former employer to regain control of his mysterious open-world project 1666: Amsterdam.

Assassin's Creed leading dev Patrice Désilets was fired from Ubisoft this morning, less than two months after returning to the company following a nearly three year absence.

Assassin's Creed producer Vincent Pontbriand has told Eurogamer that former colleague Patrice Désilets, the creator of the series, was "right" to quit Ubisoft.

Former Assassin's Creed creative director Patrice Désilets has returned to the house of Altair and Sam Fisher after Ubisoft acquired THQ Montreal - where Désilets was working as creative director - following THQ's bankruptcy.

Ubisoft has placed Patrice Désilets' mysterious 1666 project on hold following the creative director's recent departure from the company.

The Aliens: Crucible RPG that Obsidian was building for Sega was a kind of survival game that allowed you to build a base and improve it over time.

Judging by a 13-minute gameplay video that's appeared on the internet, Obsidian's Aliens RPG was ready to ship, as studio boss Feargus Urquhart once said it was.

Mark Cerny has told a conference in Spain that he dreams of PlayStation having the same kind of enduring impact on the games industry as Nintendo.

"Five years have come and gone. Man labours tirelessly to raise himself from calamity's ruin." Is the voice over played during Final Fantasy 14's all-new introductory sequence a cry for help from the game's weary development team? Certainly the 200 staff at Square Enix's Shinjuku office tasked with re-making this forsaken MMO - the greatest and grandest critical and commercial failure to bear the Final Fantasy name since 2002's CGI disaster movie The Spirits Within - are eager to let you know just how hard they've been working. 'Tirelessly', they assert, before promising that Eorzea, the setting for this online role-playing game, is "forever changed".

Xbox 360 is set to dethrone Nintendo's Wii as the UK's best-selling current-gen home console, new figures have revealed.

Todd Hollenshead has walked from id Software, Bethesda has confirmed.

Details have surfaced of yet another Assassin's Creed game in development - but wait, hold onto your pitchforks for a second. Calm your talk of sequelitis. This Assassin's Creed game is not for PC or consoles.

A lone screenshot from Dragon Age: Inquisition (AKA Dragon Age 3) has surfaced on the BioWare blog.

Last week's faulty firmware update for PlayStation 3 has been replaced by a fully-functioning new version.

Jon Stone and Kirsten Irving hope to spend £1500 of your money on Swedish Munken paper. Lovely, sensuous Swedish Munken... Wait, what is that exactly?

Microsoft has opened up the application process to be among the first round of developers to get the next Kinect for Windows dev kits.

Wind Waker-looking platformer A Hat in Time may not have set any records on Kickstarter with its currently raised total of $205,404, but when one considers that its initial goal was a scant $30K, it's clearly been a smashing success.

BAFTA is looking for a breakthrough Brit in the fields of film, TV and games. Any ideas?

Atmospheric adventure Limbo will launch for iOS devices next Wednesday, 3rd July, developer Playdead has announced. It'll cost $4.99 (about £3.20).

Early in Company of Heroes 2's campaign mode, there is a single line of dialogue that so succinctly encapsulates the spirit of this World War 2 strategy game that it could have featured as the title's tagline. "Do not be discouraged by a few losses," comes the bark of a Soviet officer as the Red Army's ill-equipped recruits scramble to reclaim a beleaguered Stalingrad.

UPDATE: Mystery solved. Colin McRae Rally has appeared on the New Zealand Apple Store and is set for release on iOS tomorrow (thanks CrunchinJelly). It's based on Colin McRae Rally 2.0, and features many of the iconic cars as well as the co-driving skills of Nicky Grist. Sadly these chaps don't seem to have made the cut.

Just two years ago, during another typically sunny morning in Los Angeles, ex-EA boss John Riccitiello walked on stage at the Nokia Theatre to announce an “unprecedented relationship” with Nintendo.

The chances of attractive Kickstarted 3D adventure game Dreamfall Chapters landing on PS4 and Xbox One (one or both) are "extremely good", lead developer Ragnar Tornquist has said - even Wii U is on the table.

Gran Turismo 6 is getting the demo treatment, with a GT Academy themed selection of events hitting PSN next week.