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It’s not just one of the greatest pre-order incentives of all time, Hitman Sniper Challenge could also become a game in its own right. Developer IO Interactive told MCV the success of Sniper Challenge has been ‘crazy’. And the mode has even influenced what it is doing within Absolution. People …

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 …

Indie PC hit Day Z is officially being developed into a standalone tite. Arma II creators Bohemia Interactive are funding the venture, though Day Z creator Dean Hall has been hired as project lead. This is thefairy-tale outcome for a mod that many would have said impossible four months ago,” …

Microsoft has dashed hopes that the launch of a standalone SKU for the 250GB Xbox 360 HDD in Japan may lead to a similar move in the UK, while at the same time suggesting that the current top-end 120GB model is on the way out. Microsoft is now offering a …

Xbox 360 owners in Japan will soon be able to get their hands on a standalone version of the 250GB HDD – a peripheral only available in hardware bundles in the UK. Until now the 250GB HDD was only available as part of specific hardware bundles. Microsoft said last September …

The God of War Collection will get a standalone release in the UK, SCEE has told VG247. The SKU bundles high definition ports of PS2 classics God of War and God of War II, and had previously only been confirmed for the North American market. Until now, those hoping to …

Considering the unparalleled success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Activision Blizzard would rightly be seen to be quite mad if they weren’t planning to take advantage – so talk of a possible series spin-off, whilst purely speculative, is also highly believable. Craig Fairbrass, the man who provides the …

The motion sensing wireless microphones bundled with Microsoft’s karaoke title Lips are to get their own SKU as the platform holder looks to talk up the benefits of the peripherals in all of the console’s music titles. CasualGaming.biz has the full compatibility list – click here to take a look.

Ahead of the release of both anticipated Wii title Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City and microphone-based peripheral Wii Speak, Nintendo has confirmed how it will be pricing its range of SKUs in the UK. To see the full list of SKUs and prices, head over to MCV’s newest …