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Okay, so this video isn't actually that bleak. In fact it's pretty damn funny. It is though, a rather heavy ironic indictment of the prevalence of online shooters and me-too game design in the modern era. That's what I'm interpreting it as anyway. Animator freddiew might just have made it for shits and giggles.  But you know, I'm highbrow like that 'n' stuff.

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Official Nintendo Magazine UK has given its website a makeover, just in time for the arrival of 3DS. Aside from the rather spanking new visual design, there's a brand new forum and improved in-article commenting. Existing forum users have even been given free kudos to reward their loyalty. How's that for a thank you?

Above: That's not a stand under the mask. Peter Molyneux is actually making his BAFTA Fellowship Award float with the power of hyperbole

Anyone doubting the legitimacy of videogames as a celebrated institution, lucrative industry and bona fide art form need only look to yesterday’s videogame BAFTA’s at London’s Hilton Hotel for a shock to their systems and biologies.

The event was every bit as glitzy, swish and glamorous as its film and television counterparts, and equally as packed with flawless stars wearing shiny things. The red carpet was laid out (we were there), winners celebrated backstage (we were there too), and losers wept in an adjacent alley somewhere. So, who was there? Who won what? What did they win? In short: everyone who’s anyone, everything, and a little golden mask...

Hey, we never thought we’d have an excuse to mention The Black Baron again, but BOOM: He’s just been announced as a playable character in Platinum Games’ upcoming take on the ensemble brawler, Anarchy Reigns! Learn more about one of the most racially unflattering characters of our lifetime after the jump…

Square Enix is considering a handful of Canadian cities for the location of a new studio dedicated to  developing games for the next generation of home consoles. The publisher told Quebec newspaper La Presse it would be choosing between Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto by the end of May, with plans to set up shop in the Great White North in 2012...

The Jack Thompsons and Fox Newsies of the world would like to have us all believe all video games are a cesspool of violence, murder and pre-marital sex. True, a good chunk of the high-profile games do carry these traits, but according to 2010 stats released by the ESRB, its the E for Everyone games that rule the roost, with mature games representing only a miniscule fraction of the titles released last year...

Be it oblivious or just plain ballsy, Ubisoft has announced it will be trying its hand at the guitar gaming genre with Rocksmith, a new musically inclined title that will ditch the plastic kiddie toys of yesteryear and teach gamers how to play with a genuine electric guitar...