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25 May
New Release
Two New Characters Revealed for Dead or Alive 5

Team Ninja reveals returning fighters Lei Fang and Zack for Dead or Alive 5, with new designs, screenshots and a video.

25 May
New Release PlayStation 3 Xbox 360
New Of Orcs and Men Screenshots

New Of Orcs and Men screenshots show off the lands of the orc-and-goblin RPG from Spiders and Cyanide Studio, due on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

25 May
New Release Xbox 360
Deadlight: Official ‘Fear Yourself’ Trailer

A new 'Fear Yourself' trailer digs into the story of Deadlight, Tequila Works' cinematic zombie puzzle-platformer for XBLA.

24 May
Industry
KRATER Beta Testing Has Started

Fatshark's squad-based post-apocalyptic RPG KRATER enters beta weeks ahead of release, letting testers explore more of the world and the squad system.

24 May
New Release iOS
Jurassic Park: The Game Episode 4 Now Available for iPad

Episode 4: The Survivors, the finale of Telltale's Jurassic Park: The Game, is now available on iPad.

24 May
Industry
Game Over for 38 Studios and Big Huge Games

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios has laid off its entire staff and shut down sister studio Big Huge Games, ending Rhode Island's $75 million gamble.

24 May
New Release
Day One: Garry’s Incident Announced

Wild Games Studio reveals Garry's Incident, an episodic Amazon survival adventure releasing in two-hour chunks through 2013.

24 May
New Release
DARK Teaser Trailer

Kalypso Media teases DARK, a stealth-action RPG that casts you as a vampire stalking enemies from the shadows of a blood-soaked world.

22 May
Industry
BioWare and EA Cut Size of SWTOR Development Team

BioWare and EA have laid off staff at BioWare Austin as Star Wars: The Old Republic slips from 1.7 to 1.4 million subscribers over thin endgame content.