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Pilotwings – Megabit

Peter takes us back to the glory days of Super Nintendo to show off his pilot skills in Pilotwings!

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 – The Story So Far

It’s understandable some folks are unaware that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is the third and final chapter of a trilogy, what with it having a “2” instead of a “3” in the title. In fact, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate for the 3DS (also ported to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation […]

Starwhal Just the Tip Highlights – Multiple Players

Get some pro Tips from the GameSpot crew in this weeks Multiple Players highlights. Watch more highlights at Multiple Players at www.gamespot.com/shows/multiple-players

Violent game makers would be denied tax credit under new reform blueprint

The United States Congress this week released a blueprint for a top-to-bottom overhaul of the American tax system, offering up a variety of tax benefits for businesses. That’s the good news. But the document, released by the House Ways and Means Committee, also calls out one major potential problem area for video game developers like […]

New Tony Hawk game is coming to mobile, not console

If you were hoping the newly announced Tony Hawk game would be coming to consoles like the Xbox One or PlayStation 4, sorry, you’re out of luck. The legendary skateboarder himself has confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg that the new project is coming exclusively to mobiles. “We’re working on a mobile game now,” Hawk […]

Ubisoft removes swastikas from German version of South Park RPG

The German version of South Park: The Stick of Truth, the upcoming role-playing game from Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment, will not feature any swastikas, Ubisoft has confirmed. The Nazi symbols were discovered by VG247 during a recent play-through. “With regards to the German version, all Nazi symbols have been removed from the game […]

Indie dev calls out "Mr. Business Suit Guy" after layoffs, new IP cancellation at God of War dev

Indie developer Jonathan Blow, who created Braid, has called out “Mr. Business Suit Guy” after the recent round of layoffs at God of War developer Sony Santa Monica. Specifically, Blow took issue with how publisher executives think about new IPs, like the one reportedly canceled as part of the job cuts at the Sony-owned studio […]

God of War dev canceled a new IP as part of recent layoffs

When Sony announced a round of layoffs at God of War developer Sony Santa Monica on Tuesday, it was reported that one project had been canceled as well. Now, that’s been seemingly confirmed, as former lead level designer Jonathan Hawkins explained in a series of tweets that a mystery new IP is no longer in […]

Titanfall goes gold — Are you taking a sick day March 11?

Titanfall, the upcoming multiplayer shooter from Respawn Entertainment, has gone gold–meaning development is finished and it’s headed to mass production. “We’re gold!!!!!!,” Respawn Entertainment wrote on Twitter last night. Accompanying the enthusiastic tweet was an image of the Xbox One version packaged and ready to go. Titanfall launches March 11 for Xbox One and PC, […]

Nintendo killing online support for Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl in May

Nintendo announced overnight that as of May 20, the company will end online functionality for a host of Wii, DS, and DSi games–including high-profile titles like Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Of course, you can still play the games in their offline mode, but you won’t–come May 20–be able to play online […]