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Eurogamer reports that Sega is suing bankrupt publisher THQ for $941,710.93—the total amount of money, sans Valve’s cut, that THQ received for pre-orders of Company of Heroes 2 on Steam between September 2012 and January 24, 2013, when Sega acquired the game (and its developer, Relic) from THQ.

Scribblenauts Crosses Over to the DC Universe on September 24

There will be Supermen. Yep, in the plural. Scribblenauts Unmasked, as you might recall, is 5th Cell’s newest puzzle-word game-platformer thingamajig where you conjure up a whole lot of different DC universe heroes and villains to solve puzzles. That’s heroes, villains, and various new objects; “thousands” of them, according to the description, used across the…

Brave New World Is A Great Expansion To A Good Game, Six Critics Say

Improving greatly upon the base game while bringing new, fun things to the table? Yep, that’s how expansions should work. In fact, that’s how Civilization V: Brave New World works. After Gods & Kings, Brave New World is the second big expansion to hit Firaxis’ turn-based strategy game, bringing with it nine new civilizations and…

Apogee has released the source code for their classic 1994 FPS, Blake Stone: Planet Strike. Here’s Apogee’s Terry Nagy: “When we were selecting games for the Throwback Pack, (…) I knew we had a golden opportunity to finally release the source code. Nice to know that those old 3.5″ floppies retain data for so long!”

Lionhead wants you to design a custom achievement for the recently announced HD remake of the first Fable. People can submit an achievement idea and logo to a dedicated forum thread for a chance to get their achievement into the game, and to win a bunch of prizes, including a set of E3 badges and…

Legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto sat down with Game Informer to talk about all things Nintendo—his own role at the company, Zelda, Pikmin, Mario, even sharing his thoughts on the creation of new franchises.

Spelunky Comes to PC (Again) on August 8

We knew that the enhanced console version of side-scrolling roguelike Spelunky would make its way to PC this summer, but not exactly when. Now we know. On August 8, Spelunky will return to its home platform via Steam and GOG (and later via the Humble Store), finishing an almost four-year journey. To get a taste…

Sir, You Are Being Hunted Gets A Smashing Set of Gorgeous Screenshots

Guess that frenetic scavenging and robot-dodging won’t be just terrifyingly exciting—it will also be beautiful Big Robot, the creators behind the heavily British tweedpunk sci-fi survival sandbox that is Sir, You Are Being Hunted, have released seven new screenshots showcasing the somber beauty that’s present in their game. It’s good of them, considering you’ll hardly…

The Trailer for This Sci-Fi FPS Truly Deserves The “Cinematic” Label

Even if you don’t care about sci-fi shooters, you might wanna look at this What you’re seeing up top is the backstory of City Interactive’s (Lords of the Fallen, Sniper: Ghost Warrior) upcoming old-school style sci-fi FPS, Alien Rage. If the two-minute movie did pique your interest, have a look at what the developers have…

On Twitter, upon being asked whether the light bar on the PS4’s DualShock 4 controller can be turned off to conserve battery power, Sony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida confirmed that the light bar, in fact, cannot be turned off. [Thank you, ThatVGBlog.]

Starbound, AKA The Best “Performing ‘Still Alive’ in Space” Simulator

Yeah, let’s go with that. Since we last saw it, Starbound, indie group Chucklefish’s upcoming 2D sci-fi sandbox title, made leaps and bounds in development. And being a good, feature-rich sandbox, the game will have, alongside the usual spelunking, exploring, mining, and building, a full-scale music system. Here’s Chucklefish: You’ll be able to craft musical…

DARK Seems Nice, For A Vampire Game With A Dance Soundtrack

Okay, it doesn’t really have a dance soundtrack But for some reason, developer Realmforge Studios thought it appropriate to go with a somewhat nightclubby mood for their stealth-action game’s release trailer DARK is, obviously, a vampire game. It stars Eric Bane, a fledgling vampire who’s trying to hunt down his sire (ie. the vampire who…

Pokémon’s Creator Talks French Inspiration, Reveals New Pokémon

In Paris, France, the Japan Expo, Europe’s largest public event related to Japanese pop culture, is currently taking place. Junichi Masuda, Game Freak founder and both director and composer for the Pokémon games, recorded a video message to mark the occasion. After introducing himself (in French, no less!), Masuda talks about his own travels to…

Microsoft is currently accepting sign-ups for their public Xbox Live Update 2013 beta. “It will include updates to improve overall performance and the ability to conduct transactions with local currency,” wrote Microsoft. If you’re interested, you can apply via the Xbox Beta Program tile on your Xbox 360 dashboard.

Well, This Farming Simulator Trailer Sure Is… Different

Here, we get to witness a rather extreme approach to farming (at least compared to the Farming Sim 2013 trailer). Heck, even the video title on YouTube is in all caps. Must be the effects of making the console leap. In any case, Farming Simulator is hitting PS3 and Xbox 360 in “the first week…

Why Not Celebrate The Fourth of July With Some Grand Theft Auto?

No, I mean the game. Not actual grand theft auto. Lamar simply misunderstood. A few hours ago, Rockstar surprised their fans with two sweet-looking wallpapers based on three characters from their upcoming sandbox action-adventure, Grand Theft Auto V. On one hand, we have Tracey and Jimmy, children of protagonist Michael, engaging in a little bit…

This Divine Lightning Returns Trailer Marks Fang’s Debut Appearance

It’s not all about Fang, certainly. The trailer is themed around Lightning’s appointment as the world’s savior and her “divine mission” to save its inhabitants, but Fang’s few-second cameo is certainly a pleasant surprise. Square-Enix will release the final part of Lightning’s story for PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 11, 2014.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: JollyBootsOfDoom deeply regrets the way he treated the citizens of three video game towns; BattleBorn talks about his favorite video game villains, and AstroKid248 looks into what kind of real-world skills one can pick up by playing video games. And you can always go join…

A Documentary About One of the Greatest Video Game Publishers of Old

King’s Quest. Space Quest. Leisure Suit Larry. Quest For Glory. What do these classic PC adventure games have in common? They were all published by Sierra On-Line. Now, a group of filmmakers want to look beyond the games and examine the legendary publisher’s people and history in a feature-length documentary. The catch, because there’s always…

Pocketwatch Games’ Monaco, the retro-styled co-op heist game that we really, really liked, is now out on Mac in addition to Windows. Oh, and there’s now a level editor with Steam Workshop support, as well. Get those creative juices flowing, people!