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A lot of us have been asking just when DayZ Standalone will be released. The top mod has been being converted to a full game for quite some time now, and apart from "when it's ready," and "soon," it doesn't seem we have much information on an actual time and date that we'll be able to buy it. We still don't have a set-in-stone calender entry, but it might be closer than expected.

The final two assassin’s in Batman: Arkham Origins have been revealed, according to a couple of screenshots released by All Games Beta. Although nothing has been confirmed, it seems Killer Croc and Lady Shiva will be the final additions to round out Batman’s rogues gallery in the third installment of the Arkham franchise.  Croc and Shiva join Firefly, Copperhead, Deadshot, Deathstroke, Electrocutioner and Bane, all of whom have joined forces with the sadistic  Black Mask. This a quite a line-up,…

Magic: The Gathering - Tactics - the online strategy card game first released in 2011 - will close down in March next year. New accounts can no longer be made, and there will be no new sets of cards after November.

Stranger's Wrath HD was a superb re-release of an tragically underrated Xbox game, and the fact it came to PlayStation 3, Vita and PC was very satisfying. Munch's Oddysee HD was due a similar second chance, but unfortunately one of those platforms has had to be dropped... for now, at least.

2K Marin, the developers behind Bioshock 2 and, most recently, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, have been struck with layoffs, according to sources speaking with Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Polygon. After contacting 2K, a representative told the following to Polygon:  “We can confirm staff reductions at 2K Marin. While these were difficult decisions, we regularly evaluate our development efforts and have decided to reallocate creative resources. Our goal to create world-class video game titles remains unchanged.” One ex-employee posted on Twitter…

As we reported several months ago, Batman Arkham City (and Asylum) are being converted to Steamworks. The update happened tonight (next time you log into Steam, it'll start the download), but there's a real downside that's likely to annoy people more than GFWL ever did.

For all those amongst you feeling charitable, there's a new Humble Bundle available. The Humble Bundle with Android 7 doesn't quite match the quality of some of the more recent bundles, but it sure as hell beats the comedy collection they did. If you fancy some decent games at a relatively small price, look no further.

Popular title Urban Chaos has been re-released on Steam. If you owned a PlayStation, PC or Dreamcast at the turn of the millennium, you'll probably at least remember its striking lead character and its dark "urban jungle" setting.

It appears that PC gamers, particularly those among the (almost) 600,000 that signed this Change.org petition, are going to get what they want. As Eurogamer reported earlier, according to multiple industry sources, Grand Theft Auto V will be released on PC during the first quarter of 2014. Who these sources are is currently unclear, but it stands to reason that this news is probably accurate given Intel’s claim that they don’t expect GTAV to be just a console exclusive, not…

The criminally underrated Enslaved: Odyssey to the West will be getting a re-release on PlayStation 3, and will be available to purchase for the first time on PC, Namco Bandai have today confirmed. There were rumours before - it showed up on the Australian classification board - but it's now official.