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The final game I was shown while meeting with Atari turned out to be a wonderfully pleasant surprise to round off my afternoon. Polish publishing company CD Projekt’s upcoming fantasy RPG for the PC,The Witcher, attempts to redefine the generic RPG into a complexly involved gaming experience unlike any RPG before it. The narrative, a continuation to a series of popular Polish fantasy novels by author Andrzej Sapkowski, places you in the shoes of a mutant assassin named Geralt and follows his journey of morality choices to unfold a fully unique experience each time you play....

Driver: San Franciscoslipped quite a bit since it’s initial Q4 2010 release date, but here’s a trailer to see how it has come along since then. Not much has changed on the gameplay front. You still drive a car, use the “SHIFT” mechanic to move from car to car using your projected consciousness, and drive around some more! Nine online modes will cover most of the multiplayer, and the city itself will be dotted with 20 races and 80 “dares” to do some more racing outside of the storyline....

EA Sports has announced that it’s developing an “authentic street soccer” game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It’s calledEA Sports FIFA Streetand… wait, what? Didn’t they already release three games in aFIFA Streetseries that featured arcade-style, over-the-top gameplay? Sure, but this is a different game, though. The game is being developed by the same team behind the FIFA series, using technology from those titles. It’ll feature one-on-one games, as well as larger five-on-five games… on the streets!...

Well, you know, not all of them, but these cluelessidiotshanging outside a Toy R Us are pretty close to it. One of my favorite moments (paraphrased):ScrewAttack: What is it about the PS3 that’s got you all excited?Clueless hick: Uh, Blu-Ray.ScrewAttack: What’s Blu-Ray?Clueless hick: Uh, I have no idea.Priceless.[ViaGayGamer]

Following the third World War, the Earth has become a blasted heath and humanity is now an endangered species. A corporate government has created a small Utopia, populated with clones from a DNA database compiled before the end of the war. As with all corporate government “utopias”, the people are ruled with an iron fist, and naturally a rebellious faction arises, striving to overthrow the totalitarian rule under which the last remnants of mankind suffers....

HAHAHAH! Smurfberries! I think all in-app purchases are a waste of money, but never have I seen such a large waste of money on such a worthless in-app purchase. Some girl racked up over $1,400 in in-app purchases in the Capcom iPhone gameSmurfs’ Villageon virtual things like smurfberries. The app is free, but users are billed when they make these in-app purchases. Of course, your typical eight-year-old girl isn’t going to know any better....

According to CEO Mark Rein, Epic isn’t just rolling around in all of theirGears of Warand Unreal Engine 3 money. In fact, they’re hard at work on moreGearscontent. Good news for you tightwads out there — this update will actually be free. The catch? A major component of the updates will be 200 additional achievement points, all of which relate to Annex and the Hidden Fronts DLC. For those keeping track at home, you’re going to have to open your wallets and release the $10 demons to get that content....

These days it takes a massive team of people to make a AAA game. Games likeCall of Duty: Black Ops(300 people) orAssassin’s Creed(450 people) have huge teams that work on every detail and cost a lot of money. Most Wii games on the other hand, not so much.Epic Mickey, though, is a mouse of a different color. In a talk with1Uplead developer onEpic MickeyWarren Spector revealed that the team working on the game consisted of 275 people, which is possibly the largest team ever assembled to work on a third-party Wii game....

Tired of farting at the same old villagers? Lionhead and Microsoft have revealed the “Villager Maker” forFable III, a pre-release tool that will allow you to create your own personalized character to import into the game. The custom villager will then appear in your game, delivering you a new quest as well as 1,000 gold fortune. But you won’t be able to shake the bugger that easy — he or she will interact with you on your quest to become the ruler of Albion....

Not long ago, Bethesda hinted at what was in store forFallout 3‘s future in terms of downloadable content, and already the company is throwing out more juicy details our way. IGN interviewedFallout 3‘s lead producer Jeff Gardiner about the three upcoming DLC packs, and you’d be surprised at how much was divulged. The first pack, Operation: Anchorage, has you fighting your way into a Chinese base while inside a computer simulation a la Tranquility Lane....

Here’s a trailer for the nextFallout: New VegasDLC installment,Old World Blues. It looks set to be the most comedic chapter of theNew Vegassaga, and I dare say its focus on science-themed humor might be inspired a little by Portal. Just a little. It certainly looks good for a laugh, and is the most appealing of the DLC as far as I’m concerned. Definitely looking forward to getting it on July 19....

Thelatest wordfromFamitsu‘s grimy pages is thatFinal Fantasy XIII, part of Square-Enix’sFabula Nova Crystallis, has been put on hold so the development team can work onFinal Fantasy XIIIitself. TheFabula Novacompilation is apparently having some teething problems, and withFFXIIIbeing Squeenix’s number-one priority, resources are going fromVersusinto the main game. The team will still be producing artwork forVersusin the meantime. The mobile phone installment of the compilation,Final Fantasy Agito XIII, is in early development stages and is said to have a considerably large background history written entirely by Hajime Tabata....

TIGSource’sAssemblee competitionis almost certainly something you aren’t familiar with. It’s an experiment of sorts, and a successful one at that. Users were asked to submit art and music; that was the first phase. Then came the programming and designing phase, which was restricted to using only the aforementioned pool of assets provided by others. The end result? 73 indie games that may look similar to one another at first, but more often than not couldn’t be further apart in execution....