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Compulsion Games has put together Contrast, which is a blend of 2D and 3D puzzle platforming, with the switch between the two in the hands of the player as we jump in and out of our own shadow.

We explore the "surreal 1920s dreamscape," in a world full of performance, intrigue, magic and deception. We play as a little girl's imaginary friend as we figure out what's wrong with her family.

Yet another scientific study has discovered from its research that violent media "is not a predictor" of violent behavior. In other words, "violent" videogames don't make kids become violent.

PlayStation 4 gamers can relax, as Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Ghosts will be coming to the next-gen Sony console.

During today's Yahoo chat with Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, it seems that Microsoft is re-evaluating its policies on used games and game sharing, as evident by the very first question posted.

Developer Crytek has updated their games product page for Ryse, their Roman-era and Kinect-powered action title. It's revealed that Ryse will be 'exclusive' to the Xbox One, taking full advantage of the new Kinect.

Of course it'll also have all that extra horsepower under the hood for Crytek's CryEngine 3, like support of DirectX 11. They've a countdown for an announcement in 21 days.

While the Xbox One is due for launch this year, Microsoft is yet to unveil any official price points for the next generation hardware. UK retailer Zavvi still thought to have a bash at it though and reckons £399.99.

It seems to be the sort of price range we can expect according to industry sources, but so far Zavvi appears to be the only one putting a price to it. Other retail pre-orders are just reservations.

If there's a reason for gamers not to worry about being able to buy or sell used games without having a fee charged to them, GameStop has provided one, since the videogame retailer has made much of its profits in buying and selling them.

The Xbox 360 games may not be able to run on the Xbox One due to incompatibility, but there's nothing stopping gamers from being able to transfer all of their video and music content, Microsoft has announced.

Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox One will allow gamers to pause and save their games at any time, and reload them at a later date, which is a Godsend for players who don't want to have to wait to find a checkpoint if they want to leave the console for a period.

Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 4 will be coming to the Xbox One, and will be released on all platforms including PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 as well on the 29th October 2013.