The Week in Gaming News

Published at 2:15 PM on October 7, 2012

By Bo Moore

Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of October 1, 2012.

• Watch a 10-minute gameplay video for the upcoming SimCity, showing off the basics of building a small casino town.
• Namco is looking to redesign Pac-Man, and has asked fans to vote on the game’s new look on their Facebook page.
• Markus “Notch” Persson has released some test footage of his upcoming game 0×10^c.
• Check out the new “Kill Mode” trailer for Hitman: Absolution.
• The upcoming Mass Effect trilogy bundle will come with built-in DLC, but the amount varies depending on the platform.
• The co-creators of Words With Friends, the popular browser and mobile-based version of Scrabble, have departed from Zynga.