Rockstar wants to make a GTA game that includes Liberty City, Vice City, San Andreas

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If you’ve ever wondered where Rockstar Games plans to take the Grand Theft Auto series after GTA5, we might have gotten our answer from one of the game’s producer, Leslie Benzies.

Digital Trends recently sat down with Benzies to discuss Grand Theft Auto: Vice City‘s re-releases on mobile platforms. In the course of the conversation, Benzies said that while the company loves the Vice City setting, he doesn’t know if it would work outside of the 1980s Scarface/Miami Vice setting.

And that’s when he revealed that Rockstar’s dream is to create a game that includes all of its major cities:

Of course at some point we would like to have one big world containing all our cities and let the player fly between them and revisit their favorite areas, and in that context reimagining Vice City would be very interesting.

So, Grand Theft Auto VI for the PS4/Orbis/Thebes and Xbox 720/Durango confirmed?

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Cliff Bleszinski: Starting a new studio is a matter of when

cliffybGears of War developer Cliff Bleszinski is getting closer to making a decision on his future in the game industry.

After leaving Epic Games in October, CliffyB embarked on a grand tour of game development houses including Activision, EA, and Double Fine. But in an interview with the hosts of G4’s X-Play, Bleszinski revealed that his next job will likely be as the head of a new studio.

Bleszinski told X-Play, “It’s not a matter of if. It’s a matter of when and with who.” And after this new studio opens, he may not be working on Gears of War-like games anymore as Bleszinski added, “I don’t really want the whole chainsaw gun to be my legacy.”

It makes sense. After all, his first game was the cartoony platformer Jazz Jackrabbit.

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Hitman HD Trilogy officially announced

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I think it’s fair to say that Hitman: Absolution has divided the video game community since its November release (to say nothing of the battle against the naughty nuns). But Agent 47 will get another chance at redemption in 2013 when Square Enix releases the Hitman HD Trilogy for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Scheduled for release on January 29 in North America (February 1 in Europe), the Hitman HD Trilogy will include Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts, and Hitman: Blood Money. Expect the usual complement of Achievements/Trophies and a high definition graphical makeover.

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Dead Space 3 adds Kinect functionality

I wonder if it’ll recognize your screams of sheer terror?

Electronic Arts has announced that Dead Space 3 will ship with Kinect support when it’s released for the Xbox 360 on February 8, 2013. Players will be able to use voice commands during co-op play to “share health or ammo, find objectives, revive one another and more.”

“The voice commands in Dead Space 3 give players a unique way to take down the terror, whether they choose to face the Necromorphs alone in single-player, or alongside a friend with drop-in / drop-out co-op,” said Steve Papoutsis, Executive Producer on Dead Space 3. “Dead Space 3 delivers the action-horror experience our fans have come to know and love. And with the ability to survive the adventure alone, with a friend, or with Kinect, we’re excited about extending the spine-tingling Dead Space experience to a whole new audience of players.”

Dead Space will also be available for the PC and PS3.

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Nintendo Download: Batman Arkham City, Adventure Time, Crimson Shroud, more

crimsonshroud-logoLevel-5 has taken over another Nintendo Download with their 3DS game Crimson Shroud. Called “a tribute to the tabletop RPG” by Level-5, dice rollers everywhere will want to give it a look.

Also new to the 3DS eShop this week is Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!! A demo version of the animation adaptation will also be available. And speaking of demos, bite-sized chunks of Art of Balance: Touch! (3DS), Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Wii U), and Rayman Legends (Wii U) are also available beginning this week.

And speaking of the Wii U, the full version of Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition was added to the Wii U eShop today.

Hit the break for more details on this week’s “featured” downloads as well as an extensive list of additional games for the 3DS, DS, and Wii.

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Daily Scoop: December 13, 2012 – Getting close to Christmas

There are just twelve days until Christmas – are you ready? I have a White Elephant party I’m going to, and I still haven’t purchased a gift yet. I took a look at some board games last night, but it’s so difficult to decide sometimes. Do I just get something I know I would like and hope for the best? That’s usually what I do, but it seems… selfish. And also makes me sad when someone else takes it home!

Not much to report deal-wise. In case you didn’t have a chance to look through those Amazon deals, there are plenty of good ones. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse and WWE ’13 are $49.99, Fallout 3: Game of The Year Edition is $12.50, and this adorable DS Universal Super Mario Denim Case is just $9.99. Scoop ’em up!

I’ve got two t-shirts for you today…

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D3 announces US release date for Earth Defense Force 2025

earthdefenseforce-logoD3 Publisher has announced that the fourth Earth Defense Force game will be making its way to America in 2013. Announced as Earth Defense Force 4 a few months ago, the game will be released in America for the PS3 and Xbox 360 as Earth Defense Force 2025.

In addition to more missions and bigger bugs, EDF 2025 promises to include a four-player multiplayer mode and the return of original developer Sandlot.

Earth Defense Force 2025 is an action shooting bonanza that arms players with their choice of EDF soldier classes equipped with more weapons ever in the series and the elite training to exterminate menacing insects of all sizes in the global quest to protect the world from alien invasion.

Sign me up.

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GLaDOS battles Lovecraftian aliens in Del Toro’s Pacific Rim

Rumor has it that Guillermo Del Toro’s Insane is back in production at some mystery game developer. And with the release of the first trailer for next year’s Pacific Rim film, it looks like the famed director will be battling a lot of Lovecraftian monsters in 2013.

In Pacific Rim, skyscraper-sized aliens have emerged from a portal underneath the Pacific Ocean and its up to Idris Elba and his team of Jaeger pilots to stop them. Anime fans will recognize the Jaegers as being very similar to the 25-foot tall mechas that are very popular in Japanese cinema and television. Be sure to check out the trailer above where Elba gives a rousing speech that rivals Bill Pullman’s at the end of Independence Day and listen close for the voicework of Ellen McClain (AKA GLaDOS from the Portal series) as the voice of the AI that manages the mechas.

Pacific Rim will be open in theaters on June 12, 2013.

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