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A hit game gets heavy

T’S NIGHTTIME IN LONDON, AND you’re with a group of counterterrorism agents advancing on a house. Intelligence reports suggest there’s a cell of assailants inside who carried out an attack against the city. Your team breaks down the door and moves from room to room, killing anybody who poses a threat. But it’s not just armed men you find. There are children here too, scattering in the cross fire. Upstairs, you open the last door to find a woman who begs you not to shoot. When you pause for a moment,

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