Merely a fortnight ago one of Australia's most renowned development studios, Team Bondi, went into receivership. Now there's news of another Australian studio closure, that of Melbourne's Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts subsidiary. A source has told Kotaku that Patrick Soderland, EA vice president, had concluded that the an in-development 360 title would not be profitable, deciding to can the project and the studio.

The Melbourne staff, who had previously worked Dead Space, Godfather...

Chrome 14 is now available for you to update, which interestingly includes the imeplementation of Google's new Web Audio API. It's a draft-status standard proposal authored by Google through the W3C, enabling rich audio processing in Web applications. What this means for game developers is to mix sound sources in 3D space, among other things.

If you're interested in learning more about this API, Google has demonstrations available online...

It's not typical of GU to publish news items about screenshots, but in this instance I've decided to make an exception. These 8 official shots from DICE, care of OXM, show off the single player mission Operation Guillotine, co-op level Exfiltration as well as the Caspian Border multiplayer map - and they're all worthy of a jaw-drop.

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Minecraft's "Adventure Update" has officially arrived, previously only available through semi-official channels after an unexpected leak last week. If you already have Minecraft on your system there's no need to download a new client, just launch your existing version and it'll update itself for you. Minecraft 1.8 adds these key features to the game: * New biomes: You'll encounter new scenery like swamps, forests, oceans, rivers, caves, underground dungeons, and abandoned mines. There are treas...

Development studio of the just-announced Syndicate reboot, Starbreeze, says "it was always going to be an FPS." Game director Neil McEwan told OXM the re-imagining of the world was inspired by what the the 1993 classic would look like in first-person; "the original nub of the idea was to take that viewpoint from the original game and zoom into the Agent's head, and play that part. A closer experience - to become one of those Agents." "We're big fans of the original Syndicate, and we're definitely ...

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, "the leading tactical multiplayer WWII shooter", is now out - ready for download and play on Steam. We've seen mixed opinions from GU readers about the quality of the game during its beta period, mostly negative. But I'm sure we'll see many of you online shooting face this evening anyway! "Experience the brutal Battle of Stalingrad and the surrounding operations from the quick, vicious firefights to more intricate and challenging tactical missions. With invent...

After many years of muttering and stuttering comes confirmation that a reboot of Bullfrog's Syndicate is indeed in development and likely not too far away from release. Unlike the original however, the next iteration of the cult classic will see you playing the role of Miles Kilo, from a first person perspective. As leaked information discloses, you should expect a "visceral FPS experience" and the opportunity to ulitise an upgradable arsenal of futuristic weapons. You're a "prototype agent" who ...

In a short 30 seconds we're taken on an "Operation Guillotine" tease during this latest Battlefield 3 trailer, where DICE show off some single player footage from the highly anticipated shooter. David Goldfarb says in their blog that "We're making a different game than we've ever made before. It's scary. It's bigger in scale and bigger in drama. The tone hits closer to home, is tougher and more raw than we've ever done before."


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Next month we'll see Deux Ex: Human Revolution's DLC pack, The Missing Link, hit PC, Xbox and PS3. Square Enix has released a debut trailer for the expansion DLC, which will include new environments, characters and the joy of rebuilding your augmentation set from scratch. Read on for more details and goss. "After being tortured by Belltower agents and having his augmentations disabled, Jensen must rely solely on his basic capabilities to escape from a freighter, destined for an unknown location. ...

Many of you would have probably finished Deus Ex: Human Revolution by now, probably wishing it didn't end. Eidos has you covered, confirming the release of a DLC expansion titled 'The Missing Link'. In it you play Adam, stripped of his augmentations, trying to escape a freighter bound for an unknown location. On this freighter you will uncover a deeper layer to the conspiracy, one that you "never would have suspected." Get ready to "befriend new, mysterious allies and fight ruthless enemies to ...