The Games Developers Conference 2013 organisers have announced that they are planning AI postmortems of Assassin’s Creed III and XCOM Enemy Unknown. The conference will be held Monday-Tuesday, March 25th – 29th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The AI Summit has been organised with the aid of the AI Game Programmers Guild.The Summit promises to give attendees an inside look at key arc...
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The organisers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2013 have announced new summit talks for its March conference. Topics covered include lectures on the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn web video series, smarter tactical behaviour in Hitman: Absolution and Lichdom, and the BBC’s challenges in building worldwide game brands. The talks are part of the AI, Localization, and Game Narrative Summi...
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Well it’s that time again Gamers! Christmas Holidays! What I love about the holidays are the latest and greatest launch titles that have been released. So here are the games that Santa’s bag should carry and hopefully you should try over the holidays. Welcome to the 2012 Video Games Wishlist! Halo 4 This game is one of the year’s most anticipated games and continues the story of Master Chie...
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Square Enix Launches Later Pulls Hitman Facebook App You can toss this into a ‘strange, but true’ news story. Earlier today, Square Enix launched a new Facebook App to promote Hitman: Absolution. What this was supposed to do was bring Agent 47 to life in a moody, live action video which incorporates the target’s individual information from their Facebook account. Agent 47 tracks them d...
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In what can only be described as an interesting crossover, IO Interactive has released a trailer showcasing new, Deus Ex themed, DLC. IO Interactive has worked closely with Eidos Montréal to give Hitman Absolution players access to Adam Jensen’s iconic combat armor and Zenith pistol while completing contracts mode. More details below. Hitman: Absolution Deus Ex Suit Dress Agent 47 in the iconic co...
Read More »Square Enix has announced a UK exclusive clothing partnership with Trapstar to create a Hitman: Absolution collection, which will launch on November 20th. The collection will use imagery from the game such as barcodes, reticules, and the number 47. What about the latex-clad nuns? Aren’t we robbing male gamers of the chance to wear nun-themed latex outfits and live out the sexist fantasies of...
Read More »If you're like the rest of us and you've been dying to get your hands onto the new Tomb Raider reboot and Hitman: Absolution, then look no further then the Eurogamer Expo featured in the UK. The two games will act as key parts to the entire event, spanning from Thursday all the way until Sunday, with new gameplay footage to boot. Eurogamer kicks off on September 27th and lasts until the ...
Read More »One British-born, Australian-native game critic once said that stealth based games appeal to him due to the ability to be invisible while enacting his perverted voyeurism. I won’t get into details here on whether stealth-based games are appealing to me like that, but I do like them for touching on challenges I like in video games. I like exploring in dark corridors, carefully planning my ste...
Read More »With IO Interactive’s Hitman: Absolution looming ever closer to release, what better way to top off your 2012 preorders but with the Hitman: Absolution Deluxe Professional Edition. This limited package comes with an assortment of goodies including a 10” Agent 47 vinyl statue, hard-cover Hitman art book, an in-depth making of DVD and the Agency Gun-Pack DLC. Not only will you get all of that on rel...
Read More »If you were thinking of buying Hitman Absolution, you may feel the need to preorder the game first. From May 15th if you preorder Hitman Absolution on the Xbox 360 & PS3, you will get a free game to play called Hitman: Sniper Challenge, playable immediately. PC players will be able to download the game on the 1st August via Steam. From a balcony overlooking a roof-top party, you are tasked wit...
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