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4A's forthcoming FPS sequel Metro: Last Light will continue the technical excellence displayed by its predecessor, and its producer believes it'll be one of the best looking games available when it releases later this year.

Quantic Dream boss Guillaume de Fondaumière has revealed the studio is already working on its first PlayStation 4 title - even though its next PS3 game, Beyond: Two Souls, isn't out till October.

Nintendo of Europe has removed its restrictions on the sale of 18+ rated games via the company's Wii U and 3DS eShop channels.

Graphics behemoth Nvidia has unveiled new face-rendering technology that could revolutionise characters' facial performances in video games, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang declared.

Fans have done what Sega won't - clever-clogs modders have released a version of Sonic Unleashed for PC.

UPDATE #2: A second patch for console versions of Aliens: Colonial Marines has been deployed, in addition to the update listed below.

You never hear the bullet that kills you, or so they say. Neither do you foresee the magic bullet that saves you - at least, City Interactive didn't. 2010's Sniper: Ghost Warrior, a budget release from the Polish publisher known only for its low-rent productions, unexpectedly changed the lives of its creators.

UPDATE: Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has just issued a clarifying statement regarding Rosenberg's comments.

The developer of arty PlayStation 3-exclusive The Unfinished Swan has revealed details of its next project.

Switch Galaxy belongs to a very small subset of video games: games that might remind you of a specific brand of crisps.

Last year ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs Denis Matveenko and Eugeny Yatsuk revealed their chicken-themed shmup, Humans Must Answer, and now the duo has released a demo. It's a good thing too, because their project could use the help on Kickstarter.

Valve has announced its latest addition to Steam today that will allow players to purchase unfinished games and play them while they're still being developed.

Comically simple two-button fighting game Divekick has been pushed back to summer, developer Iron Galaxy Studios has announced. It was originally set for spring.

Mind-bending first-person spacial puzzler Antichamber has shifted over 100,000 copies since its 31st January release on Steam.

Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics has "no plans" to expand the game's single-player campaign.

Gone Home - the urban exploration mystery from the ex-BioShock 2 devs at The Fullbright Company - will feature licensed music from classic riot grrrl bands Heavens to Betsy and Bratmobile.

Government plans for tax relief in the UK games industry have been delayed.

Remember Carmageddon: Reincarnation? It was a successfully Kickstarted, modest reboot of Carmageddon for PC, Mac and Linux. Originally it was due out, well, nowish, although development was extended at Christmas time.

Update: According to Eurodroid, Samsung won't be releasing the 'international' version of the S4 in the UK, as it did with the S3. Instead it gets the same unit as North America, featuring a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S600 processor. This one runs at 1.9GHz, offering a useful performance boost over a slower rendition of the same chip found in the HTC One. Leaked Geekbench results suggest that this has twice the raw processing power of the iPhone 5 and a good 84 per cent increase over the older Galaxy S3. Meanwhile, GLBenchmark results attributed to the Qualcomm-based S4 show GPU results almost 150 per cent higher than the S3, and a 22 per cent boost over the Nexus 4. How it compares with the Exynos Octa derivative we discuss below remains to be seen...

It's been a busy few weeks in the Creedverse. Since The Tyranny of King Washington's first part was released, Ubisoft has announced and revealed much of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, the series' next enormous adventure. The studio has introduced its next star and setting. On top of that, the latest round of leaks suggests a new PlayStation Vita game, Rising Phoenix, is on the way too.

Double Fine has revealed the first footage of Dropchord, its pyschadelic new rhythm game for PC, Mac and iOS.

The Cave creator Ron Gilbert has revealed the first screenshots from his new game, Scurvy Scallywags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty: A Musical Match-3 Pirate RPG.

Games for Microsoft's new Xbox console will be run directly from the hard drive and won't need the original disc to play, the latest leak suggests.

The much-anticipated traffic congestion update for SimCity has been released.

Forget boring control pads: there's a new game coming that has its own bespoke arcade-style joystick with 16 illuminated buttons on.

Now and then, I like to hang around inside a euphonium. I'm sure you can relate to this. What a lark! Down there amongst the brassy folds and shining curves it's such a sweet pleasure to linger and prowl, waiting for just the right moment to pounce. Eventually, an unsuspecting fool will wander past and I'll unleash a lovely C Sharp blast - a real wall-shaker. Sometimes, my victim's so scared by the whole thing that they'll dive out of a nearby window. Obliging of them, really.

A Mass Effect 3 writer has spoken about the difficulties faced within the games industry when creating "engaging" female characters.

Shawn Robertson, the animation director of BioShock Infinite, is trying to remember something. "I'll double-check but I believe we have the ability to turn off the floating buildings, and that's so that people don't get seasick." Sorry, what? "Yeah, we've had a couple of people in the company who have. Don't forget this is a really big aesthetic thing - making you feel like you are in the sky - and when things float they don't stay in lockstep with each other, there's always this slightly undulating movement." In other words, welcome to the heavens - and watch out below.

Dennaton Games' cult classic top-down f***-'em-up Hotline Miami has finally emerged on Mac via Steam and GamersGate. Now all those times you've recommended it to Mac user friends will no longer fall on deaf ears.

Prolific indie developer and author of Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, Anna Anthropy, has released her latest creation Triad, a spacial puzzler about three people and one cat sharing a single bed.