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2K Marin has been busy 'evolving' the planned XCOM experience announced way back in 2010. Thanks to Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown, "the time is right" is explore a new experience in the series.

It seems the XCOM shooter has become a "high-stakes narrative" that's imbued with "core XCOM concepts." It's all rather fuzzy as to what that means, but we can expect to hear more soon.

The apparent rebranding of XCOM is in full force. After the official site had been closed and new website registrations appeared, a new viral video has popped up claiming that the Russian meteor explosion that occurred this past February was a hoax.

Alleged US retailer GameStop promotional materials for Battlefield 4 seems to indicate that the popular Commander Mode will be returning for the first time since Battlefield 2142.

Ubisoft confirmed this morning that it's developing Blood Dragon, a stand-alone digital expansion for Far Cry 3, which will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on 1st May, 2013.

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon has about 8 hours of content and lets players get the girl, kill the bad guys and save the world in a VHS-era vision of the future. As Sergeant Rex Colt, you are part man, part machine, all American. You are a state-of-the art Mark IV cyber-commando on a mission of vengeance.

Bethesda has announced a new patch for Dishonored, which will prep the game for the upcoming expansion, The Knife of Dunwall. The update will also fix a host of bugs and game tweaks.

Bucking the dominent trend of the last two years, Insomniac Games' first multiplatform game, Fuse, will not have season DLC pass, an online pass, or microtransactions.

The PC version of Crysis 3 recently received the 1.3 patch - it is now available for the console versions of the sci-fi shooter.

The UK's Advertising Standards Agency has received a response from SEGA Europe with the publisher admiting game trailers "did not accurately reflect the final content" of Aliens: Colonial Marines.

However, as SEGA has "agreed to amend or withdraw" advertising for the game, the ASA won't be pursuing a formal investigation. SEGA "weren't aware of issues" when airing the trailers.

If you played co-op in Halo it didn't feel like much of a joint effort during cut scenes, as your team mate got shoved to the sideline. Bungie are approaching it differently with Destiny, as your heroics carry over.

The studio also wants to present players a lot more choice, small and big. Destiny's world is to continue evolving much like a typical MMO's world would, but they're still figuring it out.

Microsoft may have accidentally leaked the release date for Battlefield 4 in an official blog post about the upcoming DICE military shooter.