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(2011-02-18 20:00:00)

Daily Filter: February 18, 2011

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features Bulletstorm, Captain America: Super Soldier, Major League Baseball 2K11, (2011-02-18 19:30:00)

EVE Online Player Avatars, Captain's Quarters Entering Open Beta Soon

EVE Online players will be able to take their very first steps outside their spacecraft within the next five weeks, developer CCP has revealed, when the first stage of its avatar-focused update 'Incarna' finally rolls out to the public beta server. Currently, characters are only seen in profile portraits and spacecraft are all players can control.

The first Incarna element will be Captain's Quarters, where space-captains can get away from their crews. They'll be a small living quarters, filled with useful gadgets and connected to a viewing balcony, where players can gaze lovingly at their docked vessel.

(2011-02-18 18:10:00)

Details Emerge on Forza 4's Development, Kinect Features

Forza Motorsport 4 is attempting a greater degree of racing fidelity than previous installments, according to a new details reported by MSN (via Eurogamer).

Turn 10 reportedly worked with the tire manufacturer Pirelli to study properties like weight transfer, and rented out every track that appears in the game so they could study it. Spending days at each track, the developers took "terabytes" of video and photos and traced each section...

(2011-02-18 16:45:00)

Bizarre Creations Video Editor Makes Beautiful Farewell Clip

After weeks of unsuccessfully trying to find a buyer following Activision's decision to put developer Bizarre Creations on the chopping block, the studio that brought us the beloved Project Gotham series, Geometry Wars, and - more recently - Blur, has closed up shop for good today. (via Develop)

As a farewell send-off, Bizarre's (now former) video editor Eamon Urtone has put together a very classy video featuring soft piano music and slow-motion clips of the studio's work. If you've been a fan of the studio or its titles, it's more than a little sad-inducing.

R.I.P. Bizarre Creations. You'll be missed.

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(2011-02-18 16:10:00)

Telltale Announces New King's Quest Game, Puzzle Agent 2, Hector: Badge of Carnage

Telltale's announcements keep on rolling, with the adventure game developer now revealing another three new projects. As well as a sequel to Puzzle Agent, Telltale is working on Hector: Badge of Carnage and a new King's Quest game.

According to IGN, the new King's Quest will be a reboot of the franchise. The celebrated adventure game series, designed by Roberta Williams, received eight instalments over eighteen years before petering out. It was recently revived by fans in The Silvering Lining, a free episodic game sanctioned by property owner Activision.