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Incoming 2012: Hitman Absolution

What we know:Hitman: Absolution is the first game in the series since 2006 and will serve as a test case of whether Square Enix can break out from its JRPG cocoon and deliver yet another Western targeted hit.The game will again see the player take control of Agent 47 and will fight against a new antagonist called Bla...

4 February 2012
04:42 GMT

Hitman: Absolution Has 2,000 Page Script for NPCs Alone

The Hitman series has always focused on the character and identity issues of the main character but, with the upcoming Absolution installment, the developers at IO Interactive have decided to expand their aim and give a name and a personality to every character appearing in the game. This automatically means that th...

24 January 2012
17:31 GMT

Hitman: Absolution Tries to Blend Traditional Stealth with Action-Filled Gameplay

Hitman: Absolution, the upcoming shooter from IO Interactive, will try to blend the traditional stealth gameplay that made the franchise so popular, with a more action-filled type of experience, allowing players to battle their opponents through more conventional ways, in case their stealthy approach fails. Past Hit...

19 January 2012
15:51 GMT

Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D Launch Date Set for February 21 on the 3DS

Video game publisher Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that its Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D video game now has a clear launch date of February 21 on the new Nintendo 3DS handheld, with the company showing off the packshot for the game for the first time.Snake Eater was a huge hit when it originally launc...

11 January 2012
21:11 GMT

Kojima Promises Full Stealth Metal Gear Solid Announcement Soon

Fans of the Metal Gear Solid franchise might have been disappointed to see the new direction for Rising, unveiled as part of the new trailer that was shown at the VGA show, but the main developer behind the franchise, Hideo Kojima, assures them that a stealth focused game designed specifically for them will be announ...

14 December 2011
05:50 GMT

New Hitman Absolution Trailer Is High on Loss, Action

Publisher Square Enix and developer IO Interactive have released at new trailer for Hitman: Absolution at the VGA show, with players able to watch close to two minutes of action created using the game engine.Everything in the trailer was pre-rendered, which will probably be a disappointment for fans who were hoping t...

12 December 2011
09:54 GMT

IO and Eidos Collaboration on Hitman Shows Ambition for the Franchise

IO Interactive is busy putting the finishing touches on Hitman: Absolution, which is set to be launched during 2012, but at the same time the studio is busy creating the foundations for a good collaborative effort with Eidos Montreal for the next game in the series.Speaking to Gamasutra Niels Jorgensen, who is the le...

2 December 2011
22:51 GMT

Hitman: Absolution Gets New Teaser Trailer

The developers at IO Interactive and publisher Square Enix have launched a new trailer for Hitman Absolution, a short teaser that gives players a taste of the experience that the game will offer.The two companies have not offered too much information on what the new Agent 47 powered game will deliver and the trailer ...

11 October 2011
09:31 GMT

Hitman: Absolution Will Have Hardcore Stealth Mode

Hitman: Absolution is not set to be launched for about another year but the developers working on the game are already eager to talk about the hardcore game mode that they are creating for the long term fans of the series.Speaking as part of a bigger interview with Eurogamer Hakan Abrak, who is the leading producer w...

10 October 2011
16:41 GMT

Hitman Absolution Will Have Special Multiplayer Experience

The Hitman series has always been known for its deep, involving single player set piece but the developers working on the Absolution installment are saying that they also plan to do something interesting with the multiplayer component.Speaking to Eurogamer at the expo event they have just concluded Hakan Abrak, who i...

5 October 2011
18:51 GMT

Dishonored Can Be Completed Without Killing Anyone

Dishonored, the next first person action game from developers Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda Software, will allow gamers to get through the entire experience without having to kill anyone, using just stealth and non-lethal weapons.Harvey Smith, who is best known for working on the original Deus Ex, has told IG...

31 August 2011
03:05 GMT

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Developer Says Game A.I. Failed to Meet Expectations

It's rare for the developers who have worked on a high profile video game to criticize it soon after launch and it's even rarer to see one of the top game creators say that one element of the experience he helped direct is not up to his standards. But speaking in the latest issue of the magazine Play, Jean...

25 August 2011
17:41 GMT

Stealth's New Rugged Mini-PC Is Specifically Designed for In-Vehicle Applications

Better known for its industrial systems and peripherals, Stealth.Com has recently announced the introduction of a new ultra-small and rugged PC, known as the LPC-125LPM, designed specifically for in-vehicle and embedded applications. The compact system is housed in an all-black chassis that is about the size of a ...

28 July 2011
04:52 GMT

Ninja Gaiden 3 Has Stealth Elements, Won't Be Like Metal Gear

The upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3 is set to really highlight the ninja nature of its protagonist, Ryu Hayabusa, through stealth sections which, even if they'll require players to stop from all the traditional dismembering the franchise is known for, won't turn it into some sort of Metal Gear Solid clone. The N...

7 July 2011
15:51 GMT

Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC Will Have Stealth, Solo Shepard

Ahead of the official launch, BioWare has revealed information about The Arrival downloadable content pack for Mass Effect 2, with the big surprise being that the game will now include stealth elements, with Commander Shepard able to go through entire sections without engaging the enemy. Jesse Houston, who is the ...

25 March 2011
06:44 GMT

New Stealth PC Is Small Enough to Be Held in One's Hand

It seems that Stealth PC thought it was time to offer a new small form factor system, so it came up with one that strives to cram all the necessary hardware inside an enclosure small enough to almost fit in the palm of one's hand.The new ruggged SFF computer that the company put together is known as LPC-100M an...

2 November 2010
05:10 GMT

Stealth Develops Rugged KYBX-400 Keyboard

Though peripheral makers often put effort into ensuring that their keyboards have at least a mild level of spill resistance, few can claim to have implemented the same level of ruggedness as the one featured by the KYBX-400, one of Stealth's latest creations that has a rugged enclosure made of stainless steel.R...

4 September 2010
06:24 GMT

MXI Stealth Series of Flash Drives Reach 64GB

MXI Security has once again drawn upon its expertise in manufacturing flash-based storage solutions and has brought for a number of secure USB flash drives, the Stealth M-Series and Stealth MXP Bio, which have hardware encryption and FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certification. Flash drive popularity has definitely been keeping...

10 August 2010
06:12 GMT

Stealth Unfurls Super-Small LPC-100 Mini PC

The words Mini PC naturally cause one to think of small, compact systems, such as HTPCs (Home-Theater personal computers), but some may not exactly grasp just how small a mini PC can get. ViewSonic caused a number of waves back in May, when it started shipping the VOT125 Mini PC 'Handheld Desktop'. Now, Ste...

31 July 2010
03:37 GMT

Alpha Protocol - The Bourne Invisibility

In many of the role-playing games of old, as players progressed through the story, they got stronger and stronger, until they arrived at a point where they would become overpowered and would easily overcome the challenges presented before them. It was true for Morrowind, it was true for Baldur's Gate and it is ...

8 June 2010
18:31 GMT

Alpha Protocol - The Bourne Approach

As my colleague previously mentioned, I shall be playing Alpha Protocol from a Jason Bourne-inspired perspective. This means that I will engage in a game that promised me I could play it as I wished, to accommodate choices and actions that would be the result of my asking the question: What would Jason Bourne do? Thi...

2 June 2010
18:31 GMT

Uncharted 2 Was Designed to Be Accessible

Playing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, one of the most annoying elements is how little developed the sneaking parts are. There are a few sections where you need to creep around, like in the Istanbul museum, but the player is mainly better served by going in with guns ready to fire and taking out every enemy that threate...

21 October 2009
16:21 GMT

The Dark Mod Aims to Resurrect the Thief Series

Broken Glass Studios is announcing that it has released the first public version of The Dark Mod, a suite of tools allowing players and modders to create content and to play missions based on the aesthetic and gameplay of the famous Thief series.The Dark Mod Beta 1.00 can be downloaded from the official site of Broke...

20 October 2009
03:21 GMT

Alpha Protocol Is Now Expected to Come in 2010

Alpha Protocol has gone through delay after delay. The first time the game got a release date, it was expected to come out in February this year, but wind swirled over the 2009 winter and froze the title, which got delayed again and was eventually supposed to be released on October 6. The boy that cried wolf now crie...

16 October 2009
02:45 GMT

Assassin's Creed III Could Have a Female Lead

We may not know what Assassin's Creed II will be like, but it looks like either the game will definitely be another big hit or the producers don't even care. That's mainly because Assassin's Creed III is already being conceived. Still just in a brainstorm stage the game seems to be pushing some ne...

14 October 2009
14:01 GMT

It's Official, Alpha Protocol Won't Be Coming Out This Year

It seems once again rumors and secondhand sources are more reliable than official press statements. It's not that the publishing companies or the developers gave misleading information or that the press mediated the message in an inappropriate way. This time the rumors came to fill the gap that companies left wi...

7 October 2009
04:25 GMT

Alpha Protocol, Another Delay

Obsidian Entertainment's Alpha Protocol was supposed to have a launch date of October 6, and officially it still has, but there is a foul voice in the air and unrest rises. Game stores that once had the game marked as available in a far more upcoming date have now listed different ones. GameStop has moved the ga...

28 September 2009
04:42 GMT

A DS Release of Assassin's Creed II Will Come Out on November 17

About a month ago, out the door of the Entertainment Software Rating Board came word about a DS release for the stealth-action game Assassin's Creed II. Yesterday, the game got the official green light from Ubisoft, along with a launch date of November 17. The game, entitled Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, ...

25 September 2009
04:35 GMT

Splinter Cell: Conviction Remains a February Release

Several of the games from Ubisoft that were delayed for 2010 will be delayed again. But, according to the company's CEO, Yves Guillemot, Splinter Cell: Conviction won't be one of them. At the Tokyo Games Show Ubisoft announced that the title would be released in February 2010, and so far they seem to keep t...

24 September 2009
02:50 GMT

Assassin's Creed 2 Designer Talks About Swimming

Assassin's Creed was one of 2007's most interesting titles, telling the story of master Assassin Altair, a man who single-handedly shaped how the 1100s Crusades were fought and for whom nothing could stand in the way. That is, except water, as, when Altair fell in it, he would immediately drown, prompting u...

6 July 2009
02:40 GMT

Assassin's Creed 2 Will Feature a Varied Gameplay

Assassin's Creed was one of 2007's most interesting titles, as it introduced some very interesting gameplay mechanics and placed an emphasis on exploring and knowing everything before you attempted an assassination during the Crusades of the 1100s. But sadly the game was quite repetitive, as the main chara...

12 June 2009
02:41 GMT

E3: Splinter Cell: Conviction Confirmed for Fall 2009

Ubisoft has finally confirmed that Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction is still in development and that the title should be released during this fall for the Xbox 360 home gaming console from Microsoft. With development handled by Ubisoft Montreal, the game is set to tell the story of series hero Sam Fisher as...

2 June 2009
18:11 GMT

Official Thief 4 Announcement Coming on May 11

We've been talking about how Eidos Montreal seems to be working on a new videogame in the Thief series for some time. Initially, it teased it by saying that it was working on a well-known franchise beginning with the letter T.Then, it offered some online banners that employed a type of font originally used in th...

5 May 2009
05:20 GMT

Assassin's Creed 2 Teasing Begins, Announcement Due Next Week

Assassin's Creed was one of the most hyped up titles of 2007, as it promised to reveal a historical world, during the time of the Crusades, in which the player would be an assassin that had to carry out their missions through the shadows.It introduced a lot of new mechanics to games, but sadly, became very repet...

7 April 2009
03:37 GMT

Stealth Mini-PC LPC-625F Is Powered by Core 2 Duo CPU

The market for small-sized computer systems is continuing to grow at a fast pace, with a number of new computer system vendors introducing their own designs. While most products of this form factor are based on Intel's already famous Atom processor platform, there are some few ones that boast a different process...

20 March 2009
12:09 GMT

Get Ready to Become the Protector

Whenever a newly formed developer announces a big project, you tend to take the news with a grain of salt, while praying to God to let the devs do their job as they should - flawlessly. But until we really get the chance to test the product, let's learn more about the facts: Gingerbread Studios, a new Polish dev...

19 May 2008
02:33 GMT

67 Year Old German Invents Anti-Radar Paint

What would a wheelchair-bound German amateur inventor be doing in the United Arab Emirates desert? Grow specially bred worms and create radar-evading paints for the military of course. Wener Nickel, age 67, went to the United Arab Emirates to conduct a project involving worms that produced excrements in which radishe...

8 May 2008
07:05 GMT

Thief 4 Is in Development

There's no official confirmation just yet and it's all based on a line from the Eidos site, but the gaming world is pretty much sure that Thief 4 has just been announced.When Eidos Montreal was formed they announced that the first two projects they'd tackle would be "revivals" of "successful franchises...

7 April 2008
06:38 GMT

Stealth to Announce PCI Expansion Upgrade to Its Mini PC Line

Miniature computer builder Stealth has announced a new small form factor mini PC that comes with built-in PCI card expansion slot capability. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the Stealth offering is one of the most powerful miniature computers in the world.The Stealth Computer LPC-450 has just grown a little...

27 February 2008
11:07 GMT

The World War II Strikes Back: Partisans Ready to Invade!

Whoa, I am so excited: another WWII-based game is going to be released this year! I was starting to miss the announcements that sounded like: "revolutionary game, intuitive gameplay, great story. It's World War II..." and nothing else matters, if Metallica doesn't mind. Anyway... this particular game we...

20 February 2008
03:12 GMT

Stealth's Miniaturized Computer Gets Engineering Award

Stealth's ultra-small-form factor computer won the 2007 Engineers Choice Award for powerful computing. The LPC-450 Little PC is housed in a rugged aluminum enclosure measuring 14.6 x 25 x 4.2 cm and is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor.The Mini PC may be small, but it surpasses the performance of most des...

6 February 2008
08:14 GMT

Stealth Luxury Phone from Mobiado

For those who didn't know, Mobiado is a luxury brand that "runs" in the mobile phone industry. Mobiado is a division of the Bonac Innovation Corp. founded in 2004. The company has launched its latest creation called Mobiado Stealth, which is a combination between Luminoso DNA and the features presented in the mi...

3 January 2008
10:44 GMT

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 First Solid Details!

This marks the moment when the first Rainbow Six Vegas 2 details emerge. Multiplayer, customization, Co-Op, AI, weapons, Ubisoft is spilling the beans over everything that means Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The upcoming stealth-based/tactical shooter is scheduled for a 2008 release, in March to be precise, ...

21 December 2007
02:31 GMT

Ubisoft's Jade Raymond to Appear at HMV's Flagship Store (Oxford St.) This Saturday

This Saturday, 27th October at HMV Oxford St, London Games Festival attendees will be witnessing a personal appearance by Ubisoft's beautiful Executive Producer, Jade Raymond. The official report also mentions a demonstration of a title revolving around some assassin and a creed of some sort, with a bunch of new...

24 October 2007
05:14 GMT

A Really Small PC

Stealth Computer Corporation is a computer hardware manufacturer and vendor that specializes in small form factor rugged computers and peripherals designed to be used in industrial environments. The small form factor employed by the Stealth company allows the use of powerful processors and add-on cards, while using l...

15 August 2007
11:49 GMT

U.S Will Deploy Anti-Satellite Weapons

Two months ago, China's surprising launch of a missile that hit one of its own retired satellites, blasting the spacecraft into thousands of shards of space junk sparked an international outcry over anti-satellite weaponry.The U.S. perceived the test not only as proof of China's increasing military capabil...

12 April 2007
05:06 GMT


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