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Square Enix America CEO Steps Down

The head of Square Enix’s American branch has left his post, just two months after the resignation of CEO Yoichi Wada. Square Enix America boss Mike Fischer left the company this month on good terms, Polygon reports. Fischer, who had been head of the game publisher’s American division for the past three years, is now…

Here’s The Craziest And Funniest Attack on Titan Interpretation So Far

This happens when you leave someone who enjoys the anime series Attack on Titan and who has some dancing skills alone in an empty room. The Japanese edits and remixes of the powerful opening were already hilarious, but with this take, originally posted on NicoNico Douga, just reached a whole new level. Crazy skills! 【涼宮あつき】Shingeki…

Surprise! Dying Light Is A New Free-Running First-Person Zombie Game

Here’s the first big-budget big game surprise of the E3 season: Dying Light, a first-person free-running zombie survival game from Techland, the makers of Dead Island, slated for current and next-gen consoles (and PC) for 2014. Think: Mirror’s Edge with the undead. The game was featured last week at a special pre-E3 showcase for select…

A spiritual successor to the sharp-looking Super Stardust shoot-em-up franchise is in development for the PS4 in addition to another unannounced title for Sony’s upcoming console, development studio Housemarque announced today. Their last PlayStation game was Super Stardust Delta for the Vita.

Get A Load Of Grand Theft Auto V‘s $150 Collector’s Edition

You didn’t think Rockstar would release a new Grand Theft Auto game without doing it up right, did you? Come September 17 there’ll be three ways to get your Grand Theft Auto V on — the $59.99 regular version, a $79.99 special edition, and the $149.99 collector’s edition. What’s the return on your investment? I’ve…

Warner Bros. Interactive has confirmed that NetherRealm’s 2011 fighting game Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition is coming to the PC. The pack will include the base game and every piece of DLC. MK Komplete will be released digitally first, with Steam receiving the game on July 3, followed by a boxed version on August 6.

Van Helsing Does Diablo. At Least, That’s What This Game Looks Like.

NeocoreGames’ The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing was recently released on Steam to little fanfare. It looks fairly impressive for a $15 RPG, even though I get Diablo vibes so strong I can practically hear the menu music. They made a hell of a launch trailer, at least.

Nintendo Will Have a Large Booth at E3

Previously, Nintendo said it was not holding a big E3 press conference. It also said it was bringing E3 to…Best Buy retailers across the U.S. But that doesn’t mean Nintendo will have a rinky-dink E3 booth. No siree! In fact, Nintendo is wheeling out two booths for E3. And they look pretty darn big! Compare…

MCV reports thatCapcom has cancelled the “blood-filled swimming pool” promo event that they were planning to throw in London this weekend in celebration of the release of Resident Evil Revelations. The event was called off due to yesterday’s terrorist attack in Woolwich, London

Amazon Is Selling Licensed Fan-Fiction, Let’s Hope Games Follow

Well, this is bizarre. Amazon has announced Kindle Worlds, which it calls a “place for you to publish fan fiction inspired by popular books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games”. You might be thinking, well, there already is a place, and that place is the internet, but they key here is that Amazon has signed…

Star Wars Meets Mass Effect In A Crossover Dream Come True

It’s not the firsttime we’ve seen an artist combine the two sci-fi universes, but it is the best time. These pieces by artist Zarnala aren’t the only amazing works in her portfolio, either. There are dogs and cats in there that’ll make your day. Zarnala [DeviantArt, via Uastis Again]

It’s A Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun. In A Bathroom.

Last December, reader Michelle decided to take a swing at building her own replica gravity gun from Half-Life 2. It’s done now, and it looks fantastic. It looks like it was a ton of hard work, from re-modelling the gun’s 3D wireframe to laser-cutting to a ton of painting and fiddly construction, but the results…

Explaining Frames-Per-Second (And Motion Blur)

Frames-per-second. Motion blur. They’re terms you’re probably familiar with if you’ve ever tinkered with game settings or even casually followed games hardware, but just what do those terms actually mean, and how do the laws that govern them actually work? This is how Frames-per-second [Site, via Josh Sawyer]

Please, Let This Be Call Of Duty Dog’s First DLC

Map packs? Please. The future of Call of Duty DLC must surely be new dogs. Hopefully the first will be this Corgi, done by French artist Diana Da Costa, that is so cuddly I am about to die. Collar of Duty [Rated R]

Here Are The Rules For What You Can (And Can’t) Call The Xbox One

The “brand guidelines” for the new Xbox One have been published by Microsoft, and while they’re intended for use by people like advertisers and partners, there’s still some good stuff in there for people like you and me. For starters, there’s information on logos and fonts, in case your ideas for photoshop jokes must be…

Halo’s Forerunner Architecture Is Some Heavy S**t

Their name alone speaks volumes about what their architecture embodies: the way they see themselves, the image they want to present to others. Forerunners. A group of individuals that comes along before others, setting the stage for their existence. They named themselves this, with all the vanity in the world. Forerunners. This seems like a…

When Xbox Jokes Accidentally Become Xbox Marketing

Yesterday, GameSpot’s Carolyn Petit was one of countless people online having a little fun at Microsoft’s expense duringits woeful Xbox One reveal Something one of the employees manning the company’s marketing machine didn’t take into account when using one of Petit’s tweets as a piece of marketing hype (above). Whoops. I understand sarcasm isn’t always…

Arrested Development‘s Best Running Gags

If you’re anything like me, you’re pretty psyched about the ever-nearing premiere of Netflix’s new season of Arrested Development. That said, it’s been a little while since the last episode aired, and the show is a complex web of in-jokes and callbacks, tricky for newcomers (or rusty oldcomers) to decipher. Of course, Arrested Development‘s tightly…

The One Thing All Three Consoles Could Really Learn From The PC

The PS4, Xbox One and Wii U are all very different consoles, but there’s one thing I wish all three had in common: their digital pricing. Something they could learn from the PC. Steam gets a lot of credit for rejuvenating the PC gaming market, and there’s one area it deserves more praise than anywhere…

Jimmy Fallon Shares Some Xbox One Joke Features

I enjoyed this short clip from last night’s Jimmy Fallon. Parental Disappointment Mode! Finally.