This Week in The Business: Spilling Trade Secrets is a Party Foul

QUOTE | “They were sparring, with a little braggadocio, a little machismo, in a very immature way. Our employee said something he shouldn’t have said. It’s embarrassing.” – Kabam SVP Steve Swasey, explaining why competitor Machine Zone is suing Kabam over trade secrets Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Maybe it’s…

Hi! My name is Michael Fahey and I’ll be your weekend editor for the foreseeable future. Thanks to all the fine folks who filled in for me during my month-long sabbatical, but I’ll be taking all of this back now.

Pikachu Uses Doorway. It Wasn’t Very Effective.

Here’s a hilarious brief scene from PAX, witnessed by Kinda Funny’s Tim Gettys. Poor Pikachu. Nobody thought to check if the doorways were big enough, huh? Contact the author at [email protected]

The first playable episode of Blues and Bullets, the noir adventure that really impressed Nathan and Mike, is now out on Xbox One. $5.

We’re At PAX Prime 2015

A couple of us are floating the showfloor in Seattle, prepared to bring you news, impressions, and more silly Vines featuring Patrick in his natural habitat. Come say hi if you see myself, Kirk, Jason or Patrick!

Sony has apologized for “unintentionally” disabling a feature that would let players of nifty new PS4 horror game Until Dawn archive streams of the game on Twitch. They say they’re “working on a fix” and will provide an update once they get it working. Currently, after you stream the game on Twitch via PS4, your…

You’re a Disembodied Head in Double Fine’s Next Game

See that head with the jetflame coming out of it? Yep, that’s you. Aptly enough, the game is called Headlander In Headlander, you, as a head, land on various bodies, taking them over—thus netting you all kinds of new abilities, be that new weapons, new methods of locomotion, or dance moves. The game itself is…