Visually speaking, the cutesy, cartoony Mini Ninjas is probably as far as IO Interactive can get from their usual blood-drenched action games. While I was a bit blindsided by the game's announcement early this year, it really does grow on you after a while. If you're interested in giving this a spin, you'll be glad to know that the game's PS3, Xbox 360, and PC demos will be available this week.

Eidos president Ian Livingstone was the one who broke news of a new Hitman game from IO Interactive a few months back, and now he has reiterated that the Hitman franchise is sitting squarely in IO's corner.

Agent 47 is coming back. That was confirmed by Eidos president Ian Livingstone a few months back. Back then, Livingstone mentioned that IO Interactive was working on the game, but that may no longer be the case.

Eidos president Ian Livingstone has confirmed what pretty much every Hitman fan has been waiting for: a new Hitman game. It's not really a surprise, but it's still good to have some confirmation at least.

IO Interactive has quite the pedigree when it comes to action titles: The Hitman series. Freedom Fighters. Kane & Lynch. So how does a cutesy little game like Mini Ninjas fit into the equation? I have no idea. The only reason I can think of is, well, everybody loves ninjas. Except maybe pirates.

Although Kane & Lynch: Dead Men wasn't a hit with critics, and despite being the center of one of gaming's more public controversies, a survey reveals that most of those who played the game actually enjoyed it. More than the reviewers did, at least. Jens Peter Kurup, director of the game, has a chance to speak his mind about how the game was received by critics, and even speaks a bit about the whole Gerstmann gate hullabaloo.

A group of developers from IO Interactive have vacated their positions to reform and kickstart Reto-Moto, the development studio that gave rise to IO Interactive in the first place. Could this lead to a Freedom Fighters sequel? More in the full article.

After the Gerstmann controversy has subsided, we thought news about Kane and Lynch will just be confined to DLCs. However, Eidos' Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) may not be done yet - its ad campaign has just been banned for its graphic violence. More details after the jump.

With the coming of a new year, we will all be sure to be barraged by a whole barrage of rumors about video game titles.

Among them are the possibility of a game from the Earthbound series for either the Wii or DS. This is not to mention that the Kane and Lynch 2 rumor is still making a lot of waves.

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Those keeping tabs on Eidos Interactive and IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) already know that the duo in this game is twisted beyond comprehension. Why? Here's a case file detailing the history of these guys from before they found their way to prison up to their grand escape and involvement with The Seven.

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