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Originally Posted by wraggster

The remastered Splinter Cell Trilogy for PlayStation 3 looks to have been pushed back to August, according to several retailers. Amazon, GameStop and GameFly (which conveys release date information only when received from publishers) each list the title with an August 2 release date.

After missing its initial March ship date, Splinter Cell was due to arrive in stores and on PSN

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Hitman: Absolution will be aimed at a wider audience than earlier, less forgiving entries in the franchise, developer IO Interactive has revealed.

Speaking in an interview with DigitalTrends this week, director Tore Blystad explained that the steep learning curve of previous titles in the series had limited their reach.

"The Hitman games of the past have been very hardcore," insisted Blystad. "Even though the fantasy of the Hitman universe has a very

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Heroes of Ruin is Square Enix's next 3DS exclusive, judging by a gun-jumping announcement from developer n-Space.

The Florida studio posted a piece of artwork for the game, the title of which Square trademarked earlier this year, on its Facebook page along with the line "Join the fun. More soon." However, it has since yanked the image, suggesting its publisher hadn't green-lit the big reveal.

There's no word on what exactly the game is, but judging by that

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A new title update has just hit Steam for the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops, developer Treyarch has announced.

The patch - fully detailed below - re-balances weapons, fixes exploits, smooths over a few bugs and makes preparations for the impending arrival of modding tools.

A post today on Treyarch community manager Josh Olin's Twitter feed confirmed that those modding tools are still on schedule to arrive before the end of the month.

Here's the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Hideo Kojima has ruled out a Metal Gear Solid 5 reveal at this year's E3.

Offering 'yes' or 'no' answers to a series of questions in the latest Kojima Productions podcast, as reported by Andriasang, Kojima also announced Konami was planning to mark the franchise's 25th anniversary next year.

He also confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D will be out by the end of the year on 3DS and that he won't be on stage during Microsoft's E3 presser.

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