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Speaking online this week with IGN, Deus Ex 3 director Jean-Francois Dugas has said that there will be no multiplayer mode in the game.

"No, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a single-player game only. Being the first project out of the new Eidos Montreal studio, and staying true to the Deus Ex legacy, the development team wanted to focus purely on the single-player experience to ensure we delivered on that front," offers the designer.

The third Deus Ex seems to be taking its cues from the hugely popular first Deus Ex, rather than its less successful sequel - and this is likely to enthuse fans of the series.

The title will be set in a future vision of Detroit, and we're expecting more on this PS3, PC and Xbox 360 biggie at E3 in June.

Speaking to 1UP at GDC, Valve boss Gabe Newell has said that Portal 2 will see the Portal concept 'go big', the developer exploring the full potential in this eagerly awaited sequel.

"One of the nice things about The Orange Box was it allowed us to try out a couple of different things, and Portal really seemed to resonate," Newell offers.

"We got the signals that we wanted - this is what people liked; this is what people didn't like. And to us, it was like, 'OK, now we know how to take this big,' so that's what we're going to do with Portal 2."

Portal 2 has been mooted for PC, Xbox 360 and Mac, and it sounds as if this follow-up will be much more sizeable than the original's 3 or so hours of action.

The latest NPD numbers, covering February, are in from the United States - the Nintendo DS easily outstripping the competition with sales of 613,000 units last month.

The biggest news, however, is probably the Xbox 360 charting in second place - despite the release of big name PS3 titles like Heavy Rain - with 422,000 sales.

The 360's impressive total pushed the Wii into third with just shy of 400,000 sales, the PS3 fourth with 360,000 consoles shifted.

Then there's the PSP well off the pace with 133,000 and the PS2 last with just over 100,000.

In software terms the big winners for February were BioShock 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Modern Warfare 2, Just Dance, Wii Sports Resort, Mass Effect 2, Dante's Inferno and Heavy Rain. More on all this as we get it.

A brand new development studio steps into the limelight today, forged by several EA LA departees.

The developers, who cut their teeth working on the Command & Conquer RTS series, have opened Supergiant Games - with a demo of their debut at GDC this week.

BigDownload report that while attendees at the show are being shown the project, the title itself remains something of a secret for the time being.

A digital debut in 2011 is none the less mooted. More soon.

Chatting at GDC this week, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has said that he hopes Fable III can sell in excess of five million copies.

Beyond the financial implications of such huge sales, he hopes mass popularity will also justify the creative decisions taken for the series - specifically the artist direction (thanks IGN).

The original Fable sold three million copies while its sequel has so far sold 3.5 million.

Molyneux has said in the past that this sequel is more of an adventure game than a traditional RPG.

Lionhead also used GDC to show off new screenshots and confirm that Twitter support is en route for the game.

Volition are working on the next instalment of the Red Faction series for March of next year.

THQ's Danny Bilson told Joystiq at this year's GDC of their plans for the Red Faction series.

Bilson said: "The new game takes [Red Faction] to a whole new place, it kind of goes back to the old Red Faction because about 80% of it is underground."

He added that Volition felt that the foundations laid by Red Faction: Guerilla were too good to throw away.

The classic Channel 4 TV show Games Master hosted by Dominik Diamond is mooted to be making a return later this year.

Future Publishing own the rights to producing the TV show and are in talks with production companies, TV networks and potential presenters about resurrecting the cult show.

The last new episode of the show was aired in the UK on February 4th 1998 although it has received a half-hearted re-run on Challenge TV.

Sadly, this time around Dominik Diamond is out of the frame. Dave Perry, anyone?

Thanks MCV.

EA's new reboot of the Medal of Honor franchise is not set to jump on the PlayStation Move bandwagon.

EA LA's senior creative director, Richard Farrelly, told CVG that despite EA supporting Move to would be side-stepped in order to focus on the game's core mechanics.

Farrelly said: "We had a look at it, but we decided that it needed to have a meaningful application for us to use it - which it didn't this time. We rule out anything that risks feeling like a gimmick."

Military FPS fanatics need not worry as support for the PS3 Move will come in the form of SOCOM 4.

LucasArts have announced that Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is getting a high definition remake.

LucasArts' President Darrell Rodriguez enthused: "The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition really resonated with gamers young and old thanks to its classic storyline and updated gameplay features."

"We're adding even more great new features in this sequel," Rodriguez gushed. "We can't wait for classic Monkey Island fans and newcomers alike to experience perhaps the most beloved instalment in the franchise ever."

Monkey Island 2 SE is set to hit the iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, PC, PSN and Xbox Live Arcade this summer.

Thanks NowGamer.

EA are apparently spending somewhere in the region of 100 million USD getting BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic up and running.

Given that the publisher's typical development budget for a game is around 30 million USD they are pouring a sizeable investment into BioWare's first MMO and see it as a major title in the future of the company.

EA's chief financial officer, Eric Brown, went so far as to say that SWTOR was the "largest ever development project, period, in the history of the company."

100 million USD is not so much when you consider that World of Warcraft took that much to launch back in 2004.

Thanks 1UP.

Ubisoft have already taken a lot of flak for their new DRM system requiring a live internet connection.

To add further controversy, Silent Hunter 5's Collector's Edition has had to be pulled in Germany.

In Germany, certain symbols are deemed to be illegal and a quirk in the Collector's Edition means that these symbols have crept into the game.

As yet the standard version of Ubisoft's WWII submarine sim is still unaffected by the problem.

Thanks Big Download.

Green Day fans eager to thrash out their favourite songs on Rock Band now know how long they will have to wait.

MTV Games and Harmonix have announced that Green Day: Rock Band will see a worldwide release across the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 8th.

Amongst the 47 tracks that will feature in the game are classics like Brain Stew/Jaded, Hitchin' a Ride as well as new nonsense like Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Wake Me Up When September Ends.

Green Day: Rock Band includes many of the features of The Beatles: Rock Band like three-part vocal harmonies and juicy unlockable live and interview video footage.

As an added bonus all the songs will be exportable to Rock Band and Rock Band 2 and the game will also update the Green Day DLC already available with the added vocal harmonies.

Thanks Eurogamer.

It isn't Arc, Circle or any of the other names linked to the PS3's much discussed motion control system, Sony telling GDC today that the controller is instead titled 'Move'.

As revealed by a European trademark spied earlier today (thanks VG247), Move will be the name given to the wand-based device, unveiled in San Francisco by Peter Dille.

Dille describes the controller as "fast, precise and accurate", and hints that Sony regard their platform as a progression from the Wii.

Fighting, table tennis and golf games were all demonstrated in the GDC presentation.

An autumn debut is planned and Sony will offer up Move alongside the PlayStation Eye as part of a bundle costing 100 USD.

Twenty games will hit Move this financial year, with 36 developers on-board, while a special Move add-on for the controller will work with SOCOM 4 - the new gizmo working with Move to handle the shooting part of the experience.

The new 'Lara Croft' game confirmed by Square Enix Europe last week will cost just 15 USD at launch, according to word in this evening from developer Crystal Dynamics.

The digital title, called Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, will be released in the summer for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 we're told. No disc-based debut is planned whatsoever.

An isometric arcade game is billed, and this 'Lara Croft' title could act as a spin-off from the main Tomb Raider series.

The game will have co-op leanings, Lara teaming up with Mayan spearman on an adventure set in some familiarly gloomy tombs.

Despite ongoing debates over whether it 'can be done', CEO Steve Perlman has told GDC that OnLive will be officially unleashed in the United States this June.

The service will land on June 17th, with PC and Mac support confirmed for launch.

Publishers including THQ, Ubisoft and EA are on board, with a monthly subscription of 14.95 USD mooted. OnLive are quick to point out that this is a 'base fee' and doesn't include the purchase or rental of any actual games; this just gets you online.

Assassins Creed II, Metro 2033 and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will be offered from day one - Perlman adding that the mini set-top box is also en route.

"Once you are on the service, instant-play, top-tier, newly-released games will be for sale and for rent on an a la carte basis. Specific pricing will be announced as games are released, so you'll hear about the pricing of the first games by E3, but needless to say, we expect them to be offered at competitive prices. Games are always updated with the latest versions, and purchased game add-ons are playable instantly," adds the latest word from OnLive.

We've no word on a European launch yet.