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The story behindMasters of the Broken Worldis a fascinating one. Snowberry Connection, an international independent production fund that has been responsible for games such asMount & Blade: With Fire & Sword,picked up aprototypeversion from Russian designer Alexey Bokulev and hooked him up with Unicorn Games Studio to create a proper remake for the international market. Then they funded the entire production and a booth at gamescom, where I took the time to see what this game was about....

I’m still getting over the fact that there will actually be aPrey 2, and that it won’t take another decade to make. But Bethesda released its debut trailer for the game, so it’s obviously going to happen. Just don’t expect any gameplay in this trailer. Does anyone remember howPreyended? From what I recall, it was a bit open-ended with hints of a bigger conflict on Earth involving giant portals, which is what this trailer seems to reflect....

Ah, roommates. You have to live with them, so playing competitive videogames with them isn’t always the best idea …especially if one of them owns a katana. Monsters & Criticstells us about a31-year-old Fresno, California gamer who was booked on charges of assualt with a deadly weapon. The attacker in this argument,Jim Sanchez, was playing a game with22-year-old roommate Christopher Torrez. After butting heads in an unnamed game, Torrez attempted to leave the house, but was blocked by a blade-toting Sanchez....

We finally have a release date forRed Faction: Armageddon, the omni-destroying sequel toRed Faction: Guerrillaand fourth game in the series. It will be out on May 31st, just after you finished playing throughL.A. NoireandThe Witcher 2. Who said there were no games to play during the summer? Red Faction: Armageddonwill not only build on events from 2009’sRed Faction: Guerrilla, which was set 50 years before events inArmageddon, but also on the upcoming SyFy movieRed Faction: Origins....

As reported, Volition’s next outing in itsRed Factionuniverse will beRed Faction: Armageddon. Now, just about a week before E3, we get our first look at the game. The trailer paints the world as one where humans that have colonized Mars have been pushed underground, learning to survive in once uninhabitable mines. As it turns out, humans aren’t the only life on the Mars — we see someDead Space-y looking creatures rear their heads a few times in the trailer, which runs just over a minute....

Heartbrokenby the delay of the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament 3, I fired an e-mail over to Epic’s Mark Rein to see just what was up. Not long after I hit send, Rein replied, partially with the “As a public company…” spiel he dropped on the Epic forums earlier today. But there’s sunshine through the rain says, uh … Rein. “In addition, there is some good news,” he says, “as a little extra time in development means now the PS3 version will have all of the same maps as the PC version, whereas we previous expected to ship fewer maps on [the] console....

We’ve mentionedBitejackertwice before on the site. It’s a free browser game based around the Revision3 showBytejackerand the zombie apocalypse. And ridiculous nods to independent games. It’s rad. Multiple times now, I’ve unintentionally playedBitejackerfor more than an hour. I honestly cannot recall the last time a web game was able to pull me in so easily. Especially ones about zombies, which have in many ways been given a bad rap courtesy of crappy flash games everywhere....

[Update: Word is coming in from all over that this supposed announcement is a fraud; the Facebook account in question is aid to not belong either Zampella or West. A Respawn announcement is not expected at E3 next week.] After only two short months sinceRespawn Entertainmentwas formed, it sounds like we’re already going to be getting news coming out of the company. The new development studio created by former Infinity Ward bigwigs Jason West and Vince Zampella will be making what they refer to as a, “big time announcement” at next week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, according toa post from the pair on Facebook....

Despite the fact that Sony will sell downloadable PSP games for the same price as their UMD counterparts, the digital-only status of the PSPgo has still managed to rub some retailers up the wrong way. Chief among them is Nedgame, a leading Dutch retailer that hasrefused to stockthe PSPgo when it launches on October 1. Nedgame will continue to support previous PSP models like the PSP 3000, but the latest Sony handheld has been officially boycotted, and I’m sure we can all guess why a retailer that deals in secondhand games would have a problem with a disc-less system....

We haven’t heard anything about the fan translation project for the DS masterpieceRetro Game Challenge 2(known asGame Center CX 2in Japan)since February. I was beginning to fear that the project was dead. Thankfully, it looks to be moving forward. The team behind the patch has put up some new screens andsoundtrack samples on the official site to provetheir dedication to the project. I imported this game a while back, and I loved it so much that I ended up buying it a again for a few friends....

I don’t know, but I’ve been toldBanjo-Tooieis kind of oldBut now it’s back on XBLAShould you go out and get it today? Read on for the answer! Banjo-Tooie(XBLA)Developer: 4J StudiosPublisher: Microsoft Game StudiosReleased: April 29, 2009MSRP: 1200 Microsoft Points Banjo-Tooietakes place two years after the end ofBanjo-Kazooie, and after all this time, Gruntilda is still trapped under the rock that crushed her after being kicked out of her lair. But soon after the game starts, she is saved by her two witchy sisters, who take her skeleton away to their home on the Isle ‘O Hags to try and restore her body....

Electronic Arts Digital Illusion CE’sBattlefield 1943is a bite-sized downloadable title based upon the foundation of theBattlefieldseries. In the game, two teams compete for flags with legs, tanks, airplanes and Jeeps. Battles are fierce and often decided by a couple of stragglers who decided to take a base after a lone defender leaves his post in search of greater glory. The retail boxed versions ofBattlefieldkeep coming. Obviously, shooter fans aren’t tired of playing nice with each other or getting bored with the dated formula the titles use....

If you thought there wasn’t enough R.E.M. inRock Band, that’s about to get remedied, as eight of the band’s songs will be available for download next week. Personally, I’m more happy to hear that three T. Rex tracks — probably some of the group’s best-known songs — are also hitting the store next week. The R.E.M. pack will run you $24-05-2025 MS Points, and the T. Rex pack $5.49/680 MS Points....