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Long lost PS Vita and PlayStation 3 action RPG ‘Dragon’s Crown’ rises from the ashes

Atlus is ready to bring Vanillaware's trademark style now that Dragon's Crown finally has a firm release date abroad. Dragon's Crown will hit PS Vita and PlayStation 3 in July.

No extra plundering for Lara Croft as Crystal Dynamics says no single-player DLC for Tomb Raider

Unlike other recent Square-Enix releases like Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Final Fantasy XIII-2, Tomb Raider won't be getting any single-player DLC.

EA returns to defend its title as the “Worst Company in America”

Electronic Arts has ticked off customers with botched releases like SimCity and a growing reliance on microtransaction based games, but is it really the worst company in America?

We speak with Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert about sailing the iOS seas in his new game Scurvy Scallywags

In his latest project, Scurvy Scallywags sees Ron Gilbert return to both his current favorite platform and his old favorite subject matter: iOS and pirates.

‘Katamari Damacy’ creator’s new game tackles “love, hygiene, monsters, and finding discarded erotic magazines in the woods”

Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi is bringing a new multiplayer game to GDC 2013, the teen-courtship game Tenya Wanya Teens.

Square-Enix finally targets the Wii U with Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut for Nintendo Wii U introduces a plethora of fixes to the cyberpunk RPG, from overhauled boss fights to better graphics.

Square Enix casts remaster! An HD version of ‘Final Fantasy X’ will be joined by ‘FF X-2’

Final Fantasy X HD now comes with Final Fantasy X-2 on the same PlayStation 3 disc. PS Vita owners aren't so lucky as they'll have to buy them separately.

Xbox website hacked, leaking info of thousands of users

The Xbox Entertainment Awards website was hacked this week, leaking the information of 2,892 people, continuing a trend of small scale attacks on the Xbox business.

EA’s Origin leaves 10 million customers vulnerable to hacking

Two researchers with a security company found that the EA Origin opens downloaded video games can be easily manipulated to launch malicious apps on users' PCs.

Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello resigns after six years of declines

Electronic Arts value has crumbled over the past six years due to changes in a voltile market, but investors blame CEO John Riccitiello, who will step down on March 30.

SimCity’s launch debacle highlights EA’s bigger problem: Its own business practices

Electronic Arts, Maxis, and Origin have a much bigger problem than overloaded SimCity servers. They are crippled by outmoded ideas about how to do business.

Microsoft shoots down hopes for more Halo on PC and Steam

While there have been hints over the past few weeks that the Xbox 360-only Halo 3 may finally come to PC and Valve's Steam, Microsoft has put that possibility to bed.

Gamers beware: Rockstar fighting a rising tide of Grand Theft Auto V scammers

Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games have shut down multiple scam sites claiming to give access to an early version of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V.

Disgruntled SimCity players may find the game they’re looking for in classrooms

SimCityEDU is a website tool and community for teachers using the new SimCity as part of their course work, and the tool may support different versions of the new game.

Jetsetter: After all these years, Final Fantasy Versus XIII turns into Final Fantasy XV

This week in Jetsetter: The Swedish studio working on what may be Metal Gear Solid 5 has an inhuman chief. Also: The first compelling evidence of Final Fantasy XV.

‘Lego City Undercover’ highlights another problem for the Wii U

The Nintendo Wii U's small internal memory is causing problems, as games like Lego City Undercover are too big to download without an external hard drive.

Capcom turns to Valve and ‘Left 4 Dead 2’ to rescue ‘Resident Evil 6’ on PC

apcom's calling in some help to boost the upcoming release of Resident Evil 6 on PC. The game will feature downloadable characters from Valve's Left 4 Dead 2.

‘Saints Row IV’ rises from THQ’s ashes for an August release

New series owner Deep Silver announced that Saints Row IV will be out in August, but there's no word on how it may continue players' stories from The Third.

Monthly Nintendo Wii U sales lower than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sales at any point in the last seven years

Wii U allegedly sold just 57,000 consoles in the first month of the year, worse than any month in the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3's histories. February was no better.

TimeSplitters returns! But maybe not in the way you would think

Despite persistent rumors that TimeSplitters 4 was in development, Crytek has instead committed to backing the ambitious fan-made TimeSplitters Rewind.

Little Big Honor: LittleBigPlanet co-creator named Australian Woman of the Year

Media Molecule co-founder Siobahn Reddy was honored on Wednesday and named Australian Woman of the Year thanks to her work on games like LittleBigPlanet.

American McGee looks to free Alice from EA to crowd-funding ‘Alice 3’

American McGee is drumming up interest in a sequel to Alice ahead of GDC, and wants to get the rights to the series from EA before crowd-funding Alice 3.

There is a way to play SimCity offline and to increase city size, sort of

Want to expand your city and play by yourself, far from the internet? Don't go back to SimCity 4 if you don't want to, just fire up the new SimCity's debug mode.

The release of ‘Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’ may hint at the PS4’s release date

With Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag coming out for all consoles in October, though, could that mean that Sony's PS4 make its way to the market in time for Halloween?

Nintendo found guilty of patent infringement, ordered to pay $30 mil in damages

Successful consoles like Nintendo DS are based on others' inventions license by Nintendo. The Nintendo 3DS, though, infringes on an inventor's patents.

Arkane heads back to the city with ‘Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall’ DLC

Arkane makes it official: Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall is the first story-based Dishonored DLC and it puts players in the role of Corvo's nemesis, the assassin Daud.

Nintendo expands the Pokemon universe with NFC technology, and plenty of new toys for you to buy

The Wii U's secret weapon: The controller has NFC technology ready made for action figures. Enter Pokémon Rumble U, Nintendo's would-be Skylanders conqueror.

Sony’s handheld is blowing up in Japan, but it’s not because of the PS Vita price cut

Weekly PS Vita sales have quadrupled in the country. The PS Vita price cut isn't solely responsible for the surge, though. It's the new games like Phantasy Star Online 2.

Square-Enix closes out the PS3 in style with Sony exclusive, ‘Drakengard 3’

Square-Enix surprised fans on Wednesday with PlayStation 3 exclusive Drakengard 3.

Disney and LucasArts star in: The Curse of the unfinished Star Wars game

A source within LucasArts says that Disney is sitting on the nearly complete Star Wars: First Assault, a precursor to a planned Star Wars: Battlefront III.

Ron Gilbert continues his solitary journey and announces his departure from Double Fine

With work on The Cave completed, Ron Gilbert is ready to continue his journeyman travels across the video game industry, resigning his post at Double Fine.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 dips its tow in the microtransaction pool

Activision has only done big DLCs to date, but now Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will finally bring microtransactions to the world's biggest franchise.

The Steam Box cometh, and it brings a hefty price tag with it

Valve is the would be conqueror of consoles, working with a humber of companies on the Steam Box. If Xi3's expensive Piston is anything to go by, the Steam Box isn't ready to fight yet.

Nintendo branches with a new Pikmin animated series

Shigeru Miyamoto, the famed designer of Nintendo's most famous games like Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda, is making a series of short Pikmin cartoons.

PS4 gets the director of ‘No More Heroes’ and ‘Killer is Dead’ horny

Big game developers aren't ready to give up the game console ghost. Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind Killer is Dead, is more than a little excited about PS4.

SXSW comes to Pandora with hints of a brand new playable character for Borderlands 2

Geabrox plans to update Borderlands 2 before the end of March and It may bring more than just a new level cap. Borderlands 2 is getting a new downloadable character.

Jetsetter: Canada loves Gradius, Japanese men want RPG wives, and Square brings Final Fantasy to Mexico

Square-Enix makes new moves into Mexico and India, Canada gets its Gradius on, and Lord British himself returns to role-playing games for the first time in years.

Gearbox Software fights a losing battle against the bugs in Aliens: Colonial Marines

Gearbox Software is still working to get Aliens: Colonial Marines in order, and a new patch for the Xbox 360 version of the game addresses some of the more egregious issues.