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And already speculating about Just Cause 3. Just Cause 2 awaits a late March release but already Swedish developer Avalanche is onto its next, unannounced project. "You know, of course I can't tell you," lead designer Peter Johansson told Eurogamer when asked what else the developer was working on, "but some really cool stuff." "It's not a puzzle game! But you may be surprised. It's fun. There's going to be stuff exploding in that game! That's all I can tell you." Read more...

Turn-based RPG series changes hands. Acclaimed turn-based role-playing series Jagged Alliance is to return after more than 10 years. Independent German publisher bitComposer has acquired full IP rights and plans to release a third game sometime in 2011. There are no other details to be had. Previous licence owner Strategy First took control after Jagged Alliance 2 was released in 1999, but only managed to put out an expansion pack and a DS port. Read more...

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood featuring. Nintendo has announced that the Hanabi Festival returns to Virtual Console starting this week, and that Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is among the games due out during its latest run. The Hanabi Festival is Nintendo's way of flogging retro games previously only released in Japan through WiiWare, and is named after a Japanese fireworks festival. The latest Hanabi kicks off on Friday 12th March, and will include Rondo of Blood (originally only released on the PC Engine in Japan), Milon's Secret Castle (NES), Ironclad (NeoGeo) and Lode Runner (NES). Exact dates for those games are TBC. Read more...

Project Mercury for PC/PS3/360. EA has announced plans to publish 38 Studios' single-player RPG Project Mercury on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Developed by 38 Studios subsidiary Big Huge Games, Project Mercury is set in a universe created by fantasy author R. A. Salvatore, with art direction by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and creative direction from Ken Rolston, who was lead designer on Elder Scrolls titles Morrowind and Oblivion. 38 Studios is the outfit established by American baseball player Curt Schilling. The company is currently working on an MMORPG codenamed Copernicus, and both Salvatore and McFarlane have been working on that too. Read more...

Seven curvy cars, one voluptuous track. Several snazzy supercars and one raunchy racetrack will be available for Need for Speed: Shift next Thursday, 18th March. Stuffed in the Exotic Racing Series pack, these will cost 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80/9.60) on Xbox Live or $10 from the PlayStation Store. The new cars are an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, BMW M1 Procar, Gumpert Apollo, Honda NSX, McLaren MP4-12C, Maserati GranTurismo S and Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss. Read more...