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Here’s a humorously long list of banned questions for Hotline Miami 2, straight from the developers’ gamescom booth. It might have been a slightly less time-consuming to put up a list of allowed questions. Maybe next year! In any case, the full list is below.

An updated version of Game Dev Tycoon is hitting Steam next week, on August 29 New features include a longer storyline, new artwork, balance changes, additional gameplay elements, and several bug fixes. You can read more about the update on the developers’ blog and, if you’re interested, here’s the store page

All The Flamboyantly-Colored Samurai You Could Ever Want From a Game

Historical accuracy is obviously not the forte of the latest expansion to Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. Well, unless there really were pink samurai running around stabbing Spartan pikemen. And each other. Produced under a partnership with Spike TV and titled Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior, the expansion to Torn Banner’s PC multi-player hack n’ slash promises to deliver…

Super-Powered Mayhem Looks Pretty Damn Good On PS4

The free-roaming super-powered action-adventure Infamous: Second Son appeared at Gamescom with a trailer featuring Fetch, a fellow conduit, who will presumably serve an important role of some sort in the game. Sidekick? Love interest? Escort mission target? We’ll find out when the game drops in February for the PS4.

Look At All The Colors in This PS4 Launch Game

Fresh from Gamescom, here’s a brand new look at Knack, the amicable self-building golem star of the PS4’s first big platformer. Well, you know, amicable until he starts throwing tanks around and bashing some heads in. Colorfully. If your curiosity’s peaked, look for Knack on the PS4’s launch day, on November 15.

Have some sweet Chrono Trigger tunes. Musician Blake Robinson, who previously released a musical tribute to Banjo-Kazooie, now did the same for Chrono Trigger. Clocking in at 40 minutes, the first volume features 23 orchestral tracks based on the music of Square’s classic RPG. There’s even a trailer!

Can We Just Get A Full-Length LEGO Lord of the Rings Movie Already?

No? Okay. At the very least, the Brotherhood Workshop is here to fill the void. This is their latest work: a LEGO-reimagining of the Desolation of Smaug trailer. And, for comparison, here’s the original. I especially love the way the LEGO version replicated the rushing water effect. LEGO The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [YouTube]…

Assassin’s Creed IV Has A Live-Action Teaser Now. Does it Measure Up?

Assassin’s Creed Lineage, the live-action companion series to the second game, was pretty damn good. Recognizing that, last year, Ubisoft released a live-action trailer for ACIII. And now, they’ve got one for the newest entry in their free-roaming neck-stabbing series. How is it? Let’s take a look. It’s dark, evidently. I mean, you can’t really…

Rain has a release date: IGN reports that Sony’s PS3-exclusive downloadable adventure arrives on the first of October in the US, the second in Europe, and the third in Japan Rain will cost $15, and comes with an extra music montage, an avatar pack, and a dynamic theme for those who preorder.

Combining Precision Platforming, Cubes, and Gratuitous Cleavage

That’s gratuitous cleavage or kittens. Take your pick. On Steam’s Greenlight, currently trying to collect votes is Team Shuriken’s Xbox 360-exclusive Uncraft Me!, a Super Meat Boy-esque platformer with visuals (and a name) seemingly inspired by Minecraft. Also, there’s backgrounds featuring large-breasted anime women. But have no fear! Should you be too distracted by the…

Can’t wait for the next-gen version of Call of Duty: Ghosts? Activision’s got your back. If you buy the game’s PS3 version, you’ll be able to upgrade to the PS4 version as soon as it releases ten days later, at a price of 10$ (or €10, or £10). In the US, Amazon and Gamestop will…

Cliff Bleszinski project sneak peek number three. At this rate, we should have a pretty good idea of what the game’s like in, what… five years? Anyway, this here is the latest cropped piece of concept art from Cliffy B’s new project, as shared on Twitter

There’s a new Dragon Quest browser game. It’s a “Real Time Adventure Parade” title (your guess is as good as mine) called Dragon Quest Monster Parade. Powered by Yahoo Games, DQMP is launching in Japan later this week. There’s also a trailer which you can check out over here

Ubisoft’s Child of Light is a Sidescroller With Turn-Based Battles

In a series of tweets, worldwide GDC overseer Simon Carless gave away a few details regarding Ubisoft’s upcoming downloadable title, Child of Light Announced today by Ubisoft’s Patrick Plourde during a presentation at GDC Europe, Child of Light is a “painterly” 2D sidescroller with turn-based battles powered by the engine behind Rayman Origins, and inspired…

Leaked Footage Of The Next Game From The Makers Of L.A. Noire

VideoGamer.com has come into possession of what they say is gameplay footage from Whore of the Orient, the new game from the creators of L.A. Noire The one-minute video, which shows the player character in chase and fight scenes taking place on the streets of Shanghai, was just uncovered recently, over three months after the…

The fan-made Final Fantasy VII Web Series is “the subject of an intellectual property dispute,” according to its Kickstarter page. There’s also a link to a takedown notice, sent by Square Enix, in which they request the removal of the Kickstarter page as the project “is in infringement of [their] copyrights.”

The New Ace Combat Hits This Year, Will Be A Free-To-Play Game

Today, Namco Bandai announced that the recently revealedAce Combat Infinity, their newest entry into the long-standing Ace Combat series of flight-action games, will hit the PS3 “later in 2013” as a free-to-play title. Infinity will have both a single-player story campaign and team co-op multiplayer at launch, and is said to “combine features that are…

In This Cross Between Tetris and Lemmings, You Play A Cat Scientist

A mad cat scientist, mind. Mousecraft’s Greenlight page poses the question: “Ever wondered what a cross between of Tetris and Lemmings would look like?” Well… no, but now that you’ve asked, color me interested! Still heavily in development and having just hit alpha, Mousecraft, once it grows up, will be a game where your task…

A New Breath Of Fire Is Coming. It’s an Online Mobile Game.

After twelve years, for better or worse, we’re getting another Breath of Fire. On their Network Game Conference stream, Capcom announced that Breath of Fire 6, the latest in the long-standing JRPG franchise, will be an online touch RPG for smartphones, tablets and PCs, released in 2014. Screenshots below. 「ブレス オブ ファイア 6」や，PS3/Wii U版「モンスターハンター フロンティアG」が発表！…

Surgeon Simulator, on Mac? You Better Believe It

Surgeon Simulator 2013, the quirky 48-hour game which spawned hilarious let’s play videos and crazy conspiracy theories alike, is now available on Mac via the App Store. Have fun!