Some of the world's most iconic combinations started out as two completely different entities that you never imagined would coexist. Peanut butter and jelly, deep-fried mars bars – there’s a whole list of (mainly food-based) partnerships which were spawned either by accident or genius. The Guitar Project - by Square Enix's own Marcin Pospiech and close friend Artur Walczak - looks like a piece of genius to us, combining as it does two of their favourite passions: Tomb Raider and rocking out.

In Marcin's own words, the idea is pretty simple. "The project is about linking two passions, musical instruments and computer games. The aim of The Tomb Raider Guitar Project is to create a unique musical instrument, a tribute to timeless Gibson SG design and the recently released Tomb Raider." They're not doing anything by half-measures either; regular updates detail the entire process, from creating concepts, 3D models, to the actual build.

Creative projects like this really get us excited here at Square Enix, so naturally we're eager to see the end result. If you'd like to join us in following their progress then we definitely recommend you like the duo on Facebook.

Meanwhile, if you've found something you think should be highlighted on the next Community Spotlight then let us know by sending a tweet to @Square_Enix_EU with the hashtag #SECommunity, by leaving us a comment below, or by emailing secommunity@square-enix.com.

It's okay, wipe away those tears - I'm back. Oh, those we're tears of joy at the return of the Weekly Recaps from their two-week hiatus? Yeah, sorry about that, a combination of Easter, illness, and my clone army fleeing from SE HQ to a nearby planet in attempt to escape their expiry dates. So, that must mean those are tears of pain and relief at surviving another gruelling April Fool's Day. Well done, you.

Releases

• Hitman ICA mobile app out now - A successful assassin needs to be able to manage his incoming contracts and gauge his performance wherever he or she is. Thanks to the new ICA app for iPhone and Android, you can do exactly that!
• Tomb Raider 1939 multiplayer map pack out now - Two great new multiplayer maps are now available on which Solarii and Survivors can battle it out. Head to the blog post for more details on upcoming Tomb Raider add-on content.

Development

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Directors Cut Wii U trailer - Here's the first look at Deus Ex on the Wii U with its unique GamePad functionality, additional content, and greatly improved visuals.
• Thief 'Out of the Shadows' trailer - What's yours is mine! Or in this case, what's ours is yours to enjoy.
• Deus Ex: Human Defiance UNVEILED! - Apparently you did ask for this? Didn't you? I don't know anymore!
• Tons of users playing, servers trying to cope! - It turns out the servers for Heroes & Generals are taking quite the hammering - but don't worry, Reto.Moto is on the case.
• Overdraw: An effects dude’s worst enemy - Smoke doesn't just make life tougher for the enemy; apparently it's pretty tough work for graphics cards too. So how do we make Heroes & Generals look pretty without killing your graphics card - and inevitably you?
• Tyrannosaur and the login bug, part II: Login harder - We need you! So Reto.Moto is working hard to resolve any issues you might be experiencing logging into Heroes & Generals.
• [GDC WEEK] Casting a New Light on a Familiar Face: Light-Based Rendering in Tomb Raider - If you're looking to get a deeper insight into the inner mechanics of Tomb Raider, this is for you.
• [GDC WEEK] A Survivor is Born: Tomb Raider on DX11 & Tress FX - Why TressFX? Because Lara's worth it, like, REALLY worth it. Look at how much time we spent on her hair!!!
• New playable race confirmed! - Fernehalwes is getting worse by the day. If he leaks any more information we'll have nothing else to share with you.
• Letter from the Producer LIVE Part VI - Your commander-in-chief, Yoshi-P, hosted another fantastic Final Fantasy XIV live stream. For the non-Japanese speaking viewers among you, you can find the translated Q&A summary here.
• EM Community #1: Meet Romano! - There's much more to voice actors than meets the eye. In the first Eidos Montreal community video, Adam Badke chats with members of the development team about the new voice and mo-cap actor for Garrett in Thief.

Community

• Weekend Creation Challenge - Got what it takes to make a sky fortress in Gameglobe? Perhaps you could look at the recently released Bioshock Infinite for inspiration? While you're at it, look at the fantastic winners of last week's Spring-themed competition.
• Leaderboard Challenge - "Get to the chopper!" as quickly as you can in this adrenaline-fueled Gameglobe level by Mactare.
• Essential Extensions - If you're tight on cash but can't get enough of Sleeping Dogs, we've listed the must have add-on content.
• Croft Couture #20: Circé - Crystal Dynamics interviews another talented Lara Croft cosplayer.
• Tomb Raider: Dev Team’s Favourite Climbing Sequence - Now that you've had time to play Tomb Raider, we thought we'd share with you some our favourite moments from Lara's adventure. In this video we take a look at an unforgettable climbing sequence.
• Tomb Raider Post-Adventure Fashion - Due to overwhelming customer feedback we've increased authenticity to the Tomb Raider attire collection by smothering it in mud.
• The Tomb Raider Guitar Project - Tomb Raider fandom comes in many shapes and forms, but this is something we haven't seen before, a Tomb Raider guitar!
• Press Previews - Eidos Montreal have kindly rounded up all the Thief previews in one place, making it easy for you to get the complete lowdown.

Competitions, offers and events

• Deviant Art Tomb Raider: Reborn Winners Revealed - Have a look at these breath-taking artists and their winning Tomb Raider entries.
• Announcing "Rune Fencers & Geomancers" Twitter Event - To celebrate the release of Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin we're running a “Rune Fencers & Geomancers” Twitter event. Capture a screenshot of you playing as either a Rune Fencer or Geomancer and post it to Twitter with the hashtag "#FFXI #GEO_RUN" to enter. Also to celebrate we're running a Double EXP Campaign too. But this time, in addition to your characters receiving a double EXP boost, your adventuring fellow will also receive the same bonus.

In the news

• Producer: New Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile, Romancing Saga Not Being Made Now (AnimeNewsNetwork)
• Drakengard 3 Producer And Creative Director Explain How The Game Came To Be (Siliconera) 
• Second beta test now in progress for Final Fantasy XIV: A Real Reborn (games.on.net)
• More Final Fantasy Monsters Gather For Square Enix: Legend World [Japan] (Siliconera) 
• An 8-Bit, Co-Op Deus Ex Game Is A Cruel, Cruel April Fools' Joke (Kotaku)
• Sleeping Dogs Is Now Part Of The Playstation Essentials Line (Explosion)
• Saturday Soapbox: The high cost of high standards (Eurogamer)
• Square Enix’s new president plans fundamental review, as more lay-offs hit LA office (PC Gamer)
• Square Enix releases trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Wii U Daily)
• Square Enix And Subaru Pull An Elaborate Gyrozetter April Fool’s Prank (Siliconera)
• Square Enix looks to be bringing the Circle of Mana to Android (Droid Gamers)
• 'Square' celebrating its 10 year anniversary merger with 'Enix' (Examiner)
• Square Enix internal sales targets revealed (LazyGamer.net)
• GDC 2013: 10 principles for good level design (EDGE)
• Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn General Article: PAX East 2013 Panel Report (MMORPG)
• 'Tomb Raider' claims biggest first-week sales in series history (DigitalSpy)
• PAX East 2013: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX impressions (2D-X)
• Square Enix's Million Arthur mobile series hits Vita in Japan this April [Japan] (Joystiq)
• Square Enix Partners With Two More Car Makers For 3DS Shonen Car Game Gyrozetter [Japan] (Siliconera)
• Nobuo Uematsu Makes Classic FM Hall of Fame (Eyes on FF)

Calling all Agents, you've now been granted with blue-key level access to the International Contract Agency (ICA) app. The ICA companion App for Hitman gives you instant access to all the tools and data the ultimate assassin requires.

Features include 

• View, buy, and upgrade weapons, purchase disguises and assess techniques from Hitman: Absolution – changes made will synchronize directly with the game.
• Plan your game on the go – find custom made Contracts and push them to the Hitman: Absolution game.
• Follow your achievements from Hitman: Absolution and onwards to build up your contract killer career. 
• Manage your assassin network and follow up on the network of contract killers from anywhere in the Hitman franchise. The International Contract Agency has crucial global and local statistics, info, and analysis on every known assassination. 
• Get access to the extensive ICA database for helpful info on locations, targets etc. Learn about the Hitman legacy and follow the footsteps of Agent 47. Get insights to the secret ICA files with guides, tips and tricks on how to deal with targets. 
• Receive valuable information and get the latest updates about local and global performances and monitor your 

So you think that Deus Ex: Human Revolution for Wii U is a quick and easy port? Think again! We're letting you look under the hood just to see exactly what Wii U users can look forward to.

Total Game Immersion

• The GamePad acts as Adam Jensen's Neural Hub. It's one of his implanted augmentations and possibly his most powerful tool.
• The "in-game" menus are now toolkits; they feel like part of the game flow and one of Adam Jensen’s augmentations.
• Tongs’s Rescue mission and the entire Missing Link chapter have been integrated seamlessly into the narrative flow of the Director’s Cut.
• Original pre-order and other bonus weapons are now at Jensen’s disposal.

Original Game Mechanics utilizing the GamePad

• Hacking - use the speed and precision of your fingers to hack on the GamePad while the world remains visible on your primary screen. 
• The "sniper scope" feature allows any weapon with a scope to use both the GamePad and primary screen for a two-step, precision sniping. 
• The Toolkits (previously in-game menus) are now all easily displayed and accessible on the GamePad. 
• The Radar is now featured on the touch screen and is a hybrid of the original radar and the 2D Map. Opening the 2D Map Toolkit allows players to draw hints, paths and notes that will remain on the radar.
• The Quick Inventory is now displayed on the GamePad touch screen, leaving the primary screen clear.
• Looting shows detailed descriptions about the items and doesn't require players to access extra menus to see the content.

New Features

• Grenade Throw-Back: Grenades near Jensen appear on the GamePad, the player can then swipe the grenade icon to throw the grenade back. 
• New Augmentation "Tactical Pattern-Recognition System": Display Jensen's view through the GamePad touch screen. Moving the GamePad around will move Jensen's view (the camera) in the same way, using the gyroscope. The NPC closest to Jensen's center point of view (reticle) will have an extra information panel appearing over his head, giving precious information like the items carried, total health, armor type and state (unconscious, dead, normal). Jensen can still move and shoot while the T.P-R.S is active.
• Infologs: Information packages that can contain detailed screenshots, voice recordings, drawing and typed notes all together. Infologs can be toggled as a physical beacon in-game to be played automatically when standing on it. Infologs can be shared through the Miiverse to your friends, which let them view your content in-game, without breaking the immersion.
• New Game +: Keep all of your augmentations through to your next game.
• GamePad Mode: Ability to play on the GamePad (No TV needed).

Fan Features

• Director's commentaries - For the hardcore Deus Ex fans, approximately 8 hours of director’s commentary that reveals secrets and background info on the creation and production of Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut.
• Strategy Guide - A strategy guide is available for the complete game including both the Missing Link and Tong’s Rescue mission. The strategy guide is implemented in-game and can be accessed through the Neural Hub at any time.
• Achievements system - Original game achievements, The Missing Link achievements and new achievements are available!
• A “Making Of” Video - A 45min behind the scenes video.
• Left-Handed control mapping - a total of 4 control layout variations
• Languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish are available in both voice and subtitles. Choose to play the game with audio in one language but keep the subtitles on another.

New Boss Fights

• Boss fights have been entirely redesigned; new map layout and new gameplay mechanics that support the game's main pillars (hacking, stealth, combat). Also feature AI, damage and health tweaks for the best boss fights possible.
• It’s now possible to defeat bosses without the need to fire a single bullet.

Technical & Other Improvements

• Rebalanced energy system - you're able to use more augmentations with more energy cell recharging. Makes the game more enjoyable and accessible on lower difficulty levels. 
• Improved visuals: With a better lighting system, fog and smoother shadows; all visual improvements from The Missing Link have been applied through the whole game. And with anti-aliasing, this is the best looking Deus Ex available.
• AI tweaked for consistency

Are you trying to reach level 60 in Tomb Raider's multiplayer? Hoping to unlock the ultimate achievement/trophy? Well, they say that variety is the spice of life, so to add to the action-packed challenge you've set yourself we've got two new multiplayer maps for you to enjoy.

• 1939 Multiplayer Map Pack - Dogfight: Dating back to the World War II experiments conducted on the island, this bunker is a deadly maze of brick and mortar that could easily become a tomb.

• 1939 Multiplayer Map Pack - Forest Meadow: This forest meadow is a hunting ground, filled with open spaces that can be advantageous and dangerous at the same time. Who is the hunter and who is the hunted?

You can download them now for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC. 

Also, coming soon this May...

• Shipwrecked Multiplayer Map Pack - Lost Fleet: A massive beached ship serves as a dangerous battleground filled with twists, turns, and traps.
• Shipwrecked Multiplayer Map Pack - Himiko’s Cradle: Danger lurks around every corner in this mountain top shrine. The area is sacred to the scavengers and will be your final resting place if you are not careful.