Worthplaying.com writes:

"Set in WW2, Velvet Assassin is a 3rd person shooter combining intense battles with guerrilla missions, featuring extensive stealth elements and challenging puzzles. Rumored over the past few days, now confirmed by lead game programmer Claus Praefcke, German based Replay Studios is shutting down."
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"We just our review copy of Velvet Assassin in and I noticed something different right off the bat. Velvet Assassin is now sporting the what was once online only dashboard image - offline. Seems that new 360 games will have that small JPEG on the disk, allowing gamers to get a nice look at what's inside their DVD tray when they are offline."
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SouthPeak Games announced today that Velvet Assassin, their stealth-action WWII title has departed on its final mission to retail shelves in North America. Released for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC, Velvet Assassin chronicles the life and times of Violette Summer, a British secret agent behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany. Sneaking through the shadows, armed only with a knife and firearms procured on-site, Violette faces some of the most heart-stopping missions the world never knew.
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Persona, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier, and Velvet Assassin.
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For the new video game releases in the week ahead, Wolverine dominates all platforms in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (and X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition). A demo should be out soon. X-Men Origins: Wolverine was spotted early at Target store shelves. See if you can uncage it early! Velvet Assassin is also out this week for the Xbox 360 (and PC). It's a unique stealth action game set during World War II. PSP gamers get Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce. Check out the demo available online from the PlayStation Store to try it out.

This week's new videogame releases:
(subject to change)

Xbox 360
Velvet Assassin
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition

PLAYSTATION 3
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition

Wii
Fantasy Aquarium World
My Horse and Me: Riding for Gold
Party Pigs Farmyard Games
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Nintendo DS / DSi
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Sony PSP
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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SouthPeak has announced that their WWII stealth game Velvet Assassin has gone gold. They've also released the finalized US/UK release dates.
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World War II stealth action Title has gone gold.

TGS: "Ready to Take on Nazi Germany Stealth Style?"
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Console Monster writes: "We revealed the achievements for Velvet Assassin yesterday, but we can now exclusively reveal the achievement images. Yes, that's right. You won't find these anywhere else!

As well as the images, we've also received word that the game will contain 69 collectibles. You may also be interested to know that there are two achievements that didn't make the final cut. They are:

Saboteur – 20 GamerScore
Ensure the boats remain docked in "Death Of The Butcher – Notre Dame"..."
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SouthPeak Games' upcoming stealth-action title Velvet Assassin has recently released the full achievement list
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Console Monster writes: "Wednesday 8th April has arrived along with two Xbox Live Arcade titles amongst other new content released on the Xbox Live Marketplace today. Here is the full Marketplace update for Wednesday 8th April 2009:

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
Price: 1600 Microsoft Points
Size: 287 MB
Description: Explore the entire Galactrix universe in the exciting return of the Puzzle Quest franchise with its signature addictive RPG/Puzzle hybrid gameplay. This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive for storage. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Flock!
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Size: 101 MB
Description: Protect your cornfields and lock up your livestock, because FLOCK is here! Herd cute, cuddly animals through over 50 sandbox puzzles with the help of your UFO tractor beam! Flock together with a friend, and even create and share your own crazy levels online with the built-in level editor! With so much to do, the potential for fun is out of this world! Buy it today!..."
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Aussie ratings board clarifies its position on drug use in Velvet Assassin; says historical and medical context justifies in-game use of morphine.

The Australian Classification Board caused yet another stir down under last week, with Kotaku first reporting that upcoming stealth actioner Velvet Assassin had been given an MA15+ rating, the highest rating available for a game in Australia. The decision would ordinarily be unremarkable, except for the fact that Velvet Assassin contains morphine as a type of in-game power-up. Last year, Fallout 3 was initially refused classification down under because it showed positive effects from in-game drug use--specifically, morphine.
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A representative for SouthPeak Interactive, publisher for Velvet Assassin, told Blend Games at NY Comic Con that no sequels were planned for the game. However, now the developer, Replay Studios, has set the record straight.
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Developer says there will be no sequel, and no DLC because of a very peculiar reason. TGR isn't buying it.
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Though Replay Studios' Velvet Assassin could fill the current void in the stealth-action genre, don't expect the game to launch a franchise. It seems that there won't be any sequels or downloadable content.
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Velvet Assassin is the sumptuous new stealth-action game set to deliver a breath of fresh air into the genre and up the stakes for World War II games. Players take control of Violette Summer, a beautiful spy deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British Government.
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Electronic Theatre has just received the following announcement from SouthPeak Games:

Velvet Assassin is the sumptuous new stealth-action game set to deliver a breath of fresh air into the genre and up the stakes for World War II games. Players take control of Violette Summer, a beautiful spy deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British Government. Intense stealth-action gameplay with a startling real-time lighting system and surreal visuals combine to produce an incredible gaming experience. Velvet Assassin is set to challenge gamers to win the war from the shadows on Xbox360 and in April 2009.
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SouthPeak Games announced today that it has partnered with world-famous animation artist Peter Chung to create all-new, original work based on the upcoming stealth-action game Velvet Assassin. Chung is best known as the creator and director of Aeon Flux, and has worked on a number of animation projects, including The Animatrix and The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. The 15+ page digital graphic novel will be available as an exclusive, limited-quantity bonus item to those who purchase the game at GameStop.
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SouthPeak Games today announced its plans for the New York Comic Con show on February 6th-8th, 2009. Located at Booth 1349, SouthPeak will display some of their upcoming 2009 titles with both hands-on demos and producer-led demonstrations, along with special trailers featuring never before seen game footage.
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Not only did Replay Studios tell TGR that Violet Summer's breasts are "not atomic", but they also talked about her physical capabilities as well.
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When told that "Fallout 3? could not be released in Australia unless the game's real-life drug references were removed, Bethesda Softworks changed the references to fake drugs in every version of the game, but SouthPeak said that will not happen with "Velvet Assassin"'s references to morphine use.
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