Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gets Aug 23 Release Date

Valve is still “not prepared to talk about” Half-Life: Episode Three “at the moment”, despite the last episodic instalment having been released almost three and a half years ago. Read more here.

PC games piracy is in decline, according to the president of the PC Gaming Alliance, Matt Ployhar. The boss of the Alliance, which is made up of members including Epic Games, Capcom, Intel and Dell, reckons the shift to free-to-play models and supplemental content via download has lessened the value of pirated games. Read more [...]

More dismay has been expressed over the Crysis 2 leak earlier this month, as Crytek producer Nathan Camarillo calls it a “really ugly version” that the studio didn’t want people to see. Read more here.

Over the weekend the Bioshock 2 Protector’s Trials DLC appeared for sale on Games for Windows Marketplace in spite of the fact that it’s not finished, doesn’t work, and promised for free. The DLC has since been removed from the store, but not before a number of people had bought the pack. Read more here.

Sony has confirmed that Crytek’s CryEngine development tools are compatible with the NGP (PSP2) portable. Read more here.

A new set of images for Saints Row 3 has leaked on the net along with an ad that seems to reveal the game’s official name and release date. According to the leaked ad, [which you can see below, courtesy of CVG] the game is called Saint’s Row: The Third, and will be out in [...]

Epic’s Mark Rein has confirmed via twitter that a Bulletstorm’s PC demo is indeed on it’s way to release on PC, but that won’t be before it officially releases tomorrow. The tweet reads: “Bulletstorm PC demo is in the works! Won’t make it in time for ship date but should be available shortly after.” The [...]

Sony’s officially unveiled the previously rumoured special editions of InFamous 2, as well as various pieces of box art and pre-order bonuses. Read more here.

The UK Official PlayStation Magazine has lent credence to speculation that Modern Warfare 3 will be a prequel starring fan favourite character Ghost. Read more here.

Valve’s Portal 2 is “pretty much put to bed”, according to Gabe Newell. The near-billionaire founder of the studio told a group of US marketing students that Valve’s next game would be its take on Defense Of The Ancients, which he re-confirmed would be out later this year. Read more here.

Following Sony’s move to block PS3 hackers from the console’s online functions, a new jailbreak has been released which reportedly allows users to unban themselves on PSN. Reports of the platform holder banning jailbreak users began appearing on Thursday, after Sony released a warning to anyone taking advantage of hacks. Read more here.

Medal Of Honor 2 is already in development at EA LA sub-studio Danger Close, following successful sales of the first game. Read more here.

Epic and People Can Fly trialled a co-op mode in Bulletstorm – but canned it after it “broke down” the key game mechanic. Read more here.

Sony has announced a US inFamous 2 release date of June 7 2011. No European release date has yet been announced. Read more here.