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The June 18th 2013 issue of Thirteen1 includes:

By Jupiter! IO Interactive Cuts Jobs
-IO Interactive, the Danish studio behind the Hitman series, is set to cut around half of it’s staff in a fresh series of job cuts that could mean a large delay in the next Hitman game.

E3 Reaction – Anna’s Best of Show
-The dust of E3 has settled on the ground, giving us time to reflect on what treasures E3 washed up on our shores.

Post E3 Video Round Up
-After last week’s E3 event, we have been left with a load of gameplay videos for us to marvel at.

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The dust of E3 has settled on the ground, giving us time to reflect on what treasures E3 washed up on our shores.

Here, I’ve picked the 5 games that I am really looking forward to getting my hands on. Two titles that are new to me, Thief and Watch Dogs, and three old favourites: Dragon Age, Super Smash Bros and The Witcher.

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IO Interactive, the Danish studio behind the Hitman series, is set to cut around half of it’s staff in a fresh series of job cuts that could mean a large delay in the next Hitman game.

After the latest in the series, Hitman Absolution, was something of a commercial flop, some cutbacks have had to be made to keep the studio going.

IO Interactive currently employs over 200 people, and will seek to offer outplacement opportunities for the staff it lets go. Additionally, the former production director Hannes Seifert has been named as the new head of studio, as he aims to take the studio in a new direction to cope with a new and “challenging” market.

The company has said that the next entry in the Hitman series, currently still in pre-production, will continue to be developed, but other projects that they are working on will be cancelled.

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After last week’s E3 event, we have been left with a load of gameplay videos for us to marvel at.

So to help you keep track of them all and not miss them we are putting together a collection of videos each day this week. Today’s video round up includes Destiny, Ryse, Batman: Arkham Origins, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Dead Rising 3, Metal Gear Solid V, The Crew, The Division, Battlefield 4, Outlast, FIFA 14, Scribblenauts: Unmasked, Skylanders, Titanfall and DayZ

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Spiders Studio have announced that the dialog of their new RPG, Mars: War Logs, has been given a overhaul, making the English version that was plagued with poor grammar a much better experience.

Mars War Logs was released in late April and most players who bought the Spiders Studio title liked the game itself, but were disappointed with the narrative element because the English version strayed too far from the original French. The general feeling was that the translation didn’t stick closely enough to the original French story and dialog.

After last week’s E3 event, one may argue that Microsoft has caused a grievous amount of damage to their entire games operation.

Indeed, Amazon sales show that the PS4 has earned a vast number of pre-orders in comparison to the Xbox One, which has moved from third to fifth place in the retailer’s bestsellers.

Adding insult to injury, in a recent verdict from Interactive Entertainment research firm DFC, David Cole has stated how: ‘Right now the entire future of Microsoft’s consumer entertainment business is in question and that is likely to have a major impact on the game industry.” This conclusion has derived from Microsoft’s plans for the Xbox one, that of which DFC have described as “deeply flawed”. With their plans to make the Xbox One entirely online alongside the heavy DRM limitations, it is evident that consumers are now much more likely to purchase the PS4, subsequently implementing the sales of the Xbox One in a devastating way.

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In a surprising and somewhat disturbing (well…for some) announcement, veteran game designers who have worked on the likes of the Call of Duty series, Lost Planet, Rage and Planetside 2 are bringing the future of gaming technology into our homes.

Have you ever predicted that one day we will be able to live inside our own adventures, experiencing them directly through our own eyes as if it were real? How about an erotic adventure? Bow chicka wow wow…

Because that’s exactly what the Oculus Rift sets to create, in a game called Wicked Paradise. Stimulating sexual encounters, the game aims to “locate you in the centre of the action, the ecstatic epicentre of play,” based on the principle that “instead of watching an erotic movie or reading an erotic book in which the main character has exciting sexual adventures, you become that character!”

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Kalypso Media has announced that the boxed version of the critically acclaimed space strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, developed by Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment, is now available to purchase across the UK and EMEA for Windows PC.

Sins: Rebellion is the next instalment of the popular and award winning RT4X title Sins of a Solar Empire. The standalone expansion contains all of the content from the prior Sins’ titles and will further grow the Sins universe with a wealth of new features including a new story thread, new ship classes, new faction technologies, six massive Titans as well as updated graphics and effects, AI enhancements and multiplayer optimisations.

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British Indie developer Introversion Software are pleased to announce that their latest game Prison Architect has now been enjoyed by over 100,000 people.

Released in Alpha on 26th September 2012, Prison Architect is the world’s latest Prison Management sim. Taking its inspiration from Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress, the game is a top down construction and management simulation where the player takes control of the running and building of a maximum security prison. Players are responsible for managing various aspects of their prison including staff, building new cells, finance, and keeping their inmates happy.

The new issue of T1 Daily is available now, bringing you the best of today’s gaming news in magazine format!

The June 17th 2013 issue of Thirteen1 includes:

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Unleashed Across UK Retail
-Kalypso Media has announced that the boxed version of the critically acclaimed space strategy title Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is now available to purchase across the UK and EMEA for Windows PC.

“Xbox One Blunders: Is the Future of Xbox in Jeopardy?”,
-After last week’s E3 event, one may argue that Microsoft has caused a grievous amount of damage to their entire games operation.

“Erotic Adventure” for Oculus Rift & Surgeon Simulator Soon to Support Oculus Rift and the Razer Hydra
-EIn a surprising and somewhat disturbing (well…for some) announcement, veteran game designers are bringing the future of gaming technology into our homes.

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