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Kokone Kizuki, the latest character revealed for Ace Attorney 5, specializes in an in-game psychological analysis ability called the "Heart Scope."

Kizuki is a defense attorney and co-counsel to the game's main character, Phoenix Wright. By using Heart Scope, Kizuki can monitor witnesses' emotions and thoughts from afar via a holographic display.

But it's not always a clean reading, so players must clear the noise level to zero percent. The noise level is reduced by catching out contradictory emotions during a witness's testimony. Clearing the noise level to zero will award the player a new fact to use in the case.

Kizuki and Wright will be joined by Apollo Justice, the central character of the last Ace Attorney title, Ace Apollo...

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Gears of War 3 may have seen an effective end to the war between the COG and the Locust, but in the game industry, a story isn't over until games stop selling. While Epic Games works on an inevitable sequel, it's joined up with People Can Fly to plunder the past. Yep, it's prequel time!

Cynical though I may be, my respect for the Gears of War series is such that I'm still not quite satisfied with what I have, especially following Gears 3's slightly less riveting narrative. Armed as it is with a unique style of story campaign, as well as two interesting new multiplayer modes, Judgment makes changes that some fans have found controversial.

Ultimately, however, they work surprisingly well, keeping Gears fresh and familiar all at once. Who could ask for fairer?