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Originally Posted by wraggster

You may have a keen aim when it comes to targeted marketing campaigns, but how well do you fare with a sniper rifle?
MCV and Square Enix is looking for the UK games industry's deadliest assassin in our Hitman Sniper Challenge competition. The best performers each month will win a 16Gb Wi-Fi iPad 2 and a 10" Agent 47 statue – and in September, that means publishers.
The second and third prize is the 10" statue. A 2" version will be given to the rest of the Top Ten – and

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Veteran game writers Erik Wolpaw and Tim Schafer believe titles that push player-driven experiences such as Minecraft and DayZ are the future of the general gaming medium.
Speaking at a panel in Seattle over the weekend (and passed on by Kotaku), the pair waxed poetic on what the two titles had accomplished without any trace of a driving narrative; bemoaning their own fate as game story writers in the process.
“Can you have an authored story in that situation? It gets tough. I look at

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Techland, the studio responsible for Dead Island, has announced a new game currently entitled Project Hell.
The company's blog explains over several posts that the title is a spinoff of Dead Island originating as an 'internal weapon mod' made by a Techland staffer. Thoughts of DayZ immediately sweep in.
The game is further explained as a first-person hack and slash game taking place in a dark fantasy setting, with the studio adding that the mod turned standalone provides 'proof that

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA has today announced that The Sims 3 Supernatural Expansion Pack is now available at retailers nationwide and for digital download on PC and Mac.
In The Sims 3 Supernatural, players will experience the madness of the werewolves’ full moon, the menace of vampires, the magic of witches, and the mischief of fairies as they explore the new world of Moonlight Falls.
“This expansion pack adds a new, magical dimension to The Simsexperience, opening up a world of storytelling possibilities,”

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Rovio has announced that its Angry Birds sequel will be from the perspective of the pigs.
Last week PCR reported on a teaser trailer released by Rovio, and many people suspected it meant one of two things – a new game based around the pigs, or a TV show/film.
We were right about the pigs, as today Rovio announced that Bad Piggies will be released on iOS, Android, PC and Mac on September 27th.
"There's a lot of empathy towards the loveable enemies from theAngry Birds games,

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