Also, don’t forget to join us over at www.snsradionetwork.com for a live chat during the ppv, and also a live episode of Sunday Night Showdown. See you there.

PreShow Match
Singles match
Miz vs Cody Rhodes
Winner: Miz via submission with the Figure Four Leg Lock.

Extreme Rules PPV

1st match
Singles match
Chris Jericho vs Fandango
Winner: Chris Jericho via pinfall after hitting the codebreaker after Fandango leaped from the top.

2nd match
Singles match for the US Title
Kofi Kingston (c) vs Dean Ambrose
Winner: Dean Ambrose with a snapmare ddt
Title: Dean Ambrose is your NEW US Champion

3rd Match
Strap Match
Sheamus vs Mark Henry
Winner: Sheamus via touching all 4 corners

4th match
#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Title I Quit Match
Alberto Del Rio vs Jack Swagger
Winner: Jack Swagger via towel thrown in by Zeb Coulter

Due to a instant replay the ref is restarting the match

4.5th Match
I Quit match for the Number One Contendership to the World Heavyweight Title
Alberto Del Rio vs Jack Swagger
Winner: Albeto Del Rio via I Quit with the cross arm breaker

5th match
Tornado Tag Rules for the Tag Team Titles
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan/Kane) (c) vs The Shield (Seth Rollins/Roman Reigns)
Winner(s): The Shield via pinfall on Daniel Bryan after hitting a high knee into a reverse dvd
Title: The Shield are your NEW Tag Team Champions

6th match
Extreme Rules match
Big Show vs Randy Orton
Winner: Randy Orton via pinfall after hitting the punt on Big Show

7th match
Last Man Standing match for the WWE Heavyweight Title
John Cena (c) vs Ryback
Winner: No Contest after both men went through the stage set and were unable to continue
Title: Due to No Contest, John Cena retains

8th match
Steel Cage Grudge Match
Brock Lesnar vs HHH
Winner: Brock Lesnar via pinfall after hitting the F-5

And thats Extreme Rules guys, I will catch you guys for the next PPV, have a good night.

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This week, Austin Aries was fined by TNA for his inappropriate actions on Impact where Christy Hemme was visibly upset but Brian thinks he got off a little too easy.

In the news of the week, a WWE rumor regarding The Undertaker in the 2014 Hall of Fame, another rumor involving a feud between the nWo and The Shield?

All this and more, including this week’s Raw and Impact recaps, on the official podcast of the Unchained Wrestling Network, Running The Ropes.

A premiere series with KJCC Real Campus Radio and a part of the SNS Radio Network.

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The official Call of Duty Twitter account today posted a teaser video for Call of Duty: Ghosts.

The video, a short clip released through Vine, shows what appears to be several shots from an in-development version of the upcoming first-person shooter.

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It ends by reminding Call of Duty fans that Ghosts will be on display during Microsoft’s next-generation reveal event on May 21.

GameSpot will have full coverage of the presentation, which begins at 10 a.m. EDT. Microsoft is widely believed to announce its next-generation Xbox at the event and give first details about the long-rumored platform.

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Everything regarding CM Punk’s return to action is being kept quiet within WWE. A lot depends on how well his knee heals up but it will be interesting to see if he returns on Monday’s RAW from Canada because that was the most recent date officials wanted him back. Punk would need to return soon if he’s going to have a match on the June 16th Payback pay-per-view, as planned before.

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Also, stay tuned until the end as we take you back in time and remember when a certain Acolyte competed in ECW… Damn! He was Too Cold!

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The second segment on gaming features Nintendo releasing new details about it’s upcoming games, how none of them are from EA and one senior EA person’s thoughts on Nintendo, as well as Gran Turismo 6′s announcement and a UK online retailer having an issue with Activision and much more. Sean then also reviews Metro:Last Light, which also was in the news for some interesting comments made by Jason Rubin, former head of THQ.

For the final part with entertainment news, a lot of sequels and remakes seem to be in the early stages of development, Toy Story comes to TV in a holiday special, and talk about the first trailers of both the new Riddick movie and the upcoming Marvel’s Shield TV show on ABC. They then take a couple of phone calls from Mac Daddy and L-Train. Remember that you can get in touch with us by e-mailing openbook@snsradionetwork.com.

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*Brandon Traven, who worked the Mid-Western independent scene as Brian Beaker before being signed to developmental. He had originally trained under Harley Race in Missouri.

*Percy Watson, who was signed to the company in 2009 and showed some real character and flashes of greatness on the fifth season of NXT, teaming with Titus O’Neil. He had been working regularly for NXT in developmental but was never moved on up full-time to the main roster.

*Anya, a 6’1″ Russian kickboxer named Anna Bogomazova who was signed in the summer of 2012.

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I guarantee that was the funniest and most entertaining “You’re released” phone call in WWE history. Bye, everybody!

Derrick Bateman tweeted the following:

Welp see ya later @wwe @WWEUniverse #itsfine

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For those wondering, WWE has no plans to strip Dolph Ziggler of the World Heavyweight Title, no matter how much time he has to miss.

There is still talk of having the ladder match with he, Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio, possibly at SummerSlam. This means that these three Superstars will be in the World Heavyweight Title picture for a few more months.

Despite other reports online, there is no backstage heat on Swagger for Dolph getting injured.

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While Big Japan Wrestling announced that Sami Callihan would be missing their next tour because he signed with WWE, that is not actually correct.
Sources in CZW indicate that Callihan pulled off the tour because he has a family member that is dealing with a severe health issue and Callihan did not want to be out of the country for 7-10 days while it is ongoing.

WWE has had interest in Callihan for some time but him pulling out of the tour has nothing to do with WWE.

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WWE developmental will officially shift over to Winter Park, FL in the beginning of July. We’ve heard rumblings from one source that there may be as many as 20-22 new signings starting at that point and even some shuffling of developmental staff.
Those being signed to developmental deals have been told they will be reporting to Tampa, FL as of 7/1, which is when the Performance Center will officially open.

In related news, PWInsider.com has also confirmed that California talent Shaun Ricker, who was a top heel for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, where he was managed by the late Percy Pringle, has signed a developmental deal. He had been on WWE’s radar for some time.

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One Electronic Arts developer has taken to Twitter to sound off on the struggling Wii U. As spotted by IGN, EA senior software engineer and architect Bob Summerwill did not hold back when expressing his feelings for the platform.

“The Wii U is crap,” Summerwill said, before deleting that tweet and all others. “Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet. Nintendo are walking dead at this point.”

“Sony, MS, Apple, Google all following the same playbook,” he added. “Standard, powerful, hardware, with focus on software and services.”

Summerwill suggested that Nintendo should have exited the hardware business and instead shopped around its major titles to Microsoft and Sony.

“Nintendo are still operating like it’s 1990,” he said. “They should have ‘done a Sega’ and offered Mario/Zelda as PS4/Durango exclusives. Instead they make this awful console. Just stop it! Just make great games!”

Summerwill has worked at EA in a number of technical roles since 1999.

His comments came a day after EA confirmed that after releasing four games for Wii U, the publisher has no new titles in development for the system. By comparison EA supported the original Wii throughout its lifespan with 78 total games.

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[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, a Trion Worlds representative confirmed the cuts as part of a company reorganization. Development on Rift and the studio’s other games is unaffected moving forward.

The representative also pointed out that the 80 percent layoff figure is “definitely exaggerated.”

“To best position Trion in a rapidly changing industry, we have reorganized our teams and are expanding our free to play offering,” the Trion Worlds representative said. “With Defiance, we delivered a great game that more than one million gamers registered to play and continue to enjoy.

“As we progress from launch to ongoing development of the game, we are adjusting our staffing levels to deliver new content and improved features,” the statement goes on. “Rift, and our other titles in development, were unaffected by these changes. We are very much looking forward to the free to play release of Rift and are excited by the other new titles currently in development.”

The original story follows below

Defiance developer Trion Worlds enacted a round of major layoffs today, according to sources speaking with IGN. The site has heard that as much as 80 percent of the company has been let go.

The bulk of the layoffs reportedly came at Trion Worlds’ San Diego, California outfit, where Defiance is in development. A source added that senior leaders may not receive severance packages due to “undelivered services.”

The layoff rumors come a week after SyFy ordered a second season of Defiance the TV show and Trion Worlds laid out extensive downloadable content plans for the game.

Defiance has more than 1 million registered players.

Trion Worlds also has US offices in Redwood Shores, California and Austin, Texas. In addition, the company operates a studio in London, England.

Trion Worlds could not be reached for comment at press time.

In addition to Defiance, Trion Worlds is currently developing End of Nations and fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift, which will go free-to-play next month. The company is also co-developing Warface with Crytek.

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During Microsoft’s next-generation reveal event next week, the company will show off a “smaller and denser” Xbox console, as well as redesigned controllers. That’s according to sources speaking with The Verge, who described the new controller design as “flattened.”

The “smaller and denser” Xbox console is reportedly the rumored third generation Xbox 360 console that will be “significantly less expensive” than current models. According to Windows blogger Paul Thurrott, this console is codenamed “Stingray.”

Details regarding the form factor of the Xbox 720 have not been divulged.

Unlike the PlayStation 4′s DualShock 4 controller, no images of Xbox 720 controllers have leaked of yet.

In addition, The Verge has heard from sources that Microsoft will release an Xbox 360 dashboard update this summer in preparation for the next-generation Xbox. Part of the update will be a refreshed user interface, complete with smaller Live Tiles, similar to those that will be found in the upcoming Windows 8.1 update.

Another purpose of the update, according to the sources, is to ensure Xbox 360 owners can upgrade to the next Xbox and continue to interact with the friends on the past platform using beacons, achievements, and messaging.

The update is also said to kill off the controversial Microsoft Points system, replacing it with gift card and real-world currency alternatives. This was rumored earlier this week.

The site understands that a public beta for the Xbox 360 update will be available in late June or early July before a full release in August.

A Microsoft representative told GameSpot, “We’re excited to share more about the new generation of games, TV, and entertainment on May 21, but have nothing further to share at this time.”

Microsoft’s Xbox 720 event takes place Tuesday, May 21 at 10 a.m. EDT. GameSpot will have full coverage of the event as it happens.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated the rumored “smaller and denser” Xbox console was the Xbox 720. GameSpot regrets the error.

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Japanese developers must go “back to basics” if they are to return to prominence, according to GungHo Online Entertainment president Kazuki Morishita. Speaking with Gamasutra, Morishita said Japanese studios need to focus on making “good games.”

“Let’s say that Japanese games are in their darkest times right now. There’s no way to go but up, if that’s the case,” Morishita said. “In terms of making games, I think Japanese developers need to go back to basics about why they make games in the first place, which is to make good games.”

GungHo Online Entertainment recently acquired No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned developer Grasshopper Manufacture. The studio is currently working on Killer Is Dead, a multiplatform action game helmed by studio boss Goichi “Suda51″ Suda.

Morishita is not the first Japanese developer to speak out on the current state of the industry in the region. Mega Man and Dead Rising designer Keiji Inafune said last month that Japanese studios are beginning to become aware of the “problem,” but still have a ways to go.

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Valve’s free-to-play team-based shooter Team Fortress 2 has added its first community-made update. Called Robotic Boogaloo, the update adds 57 new items and is available to download today.

“When we first launched the Workshop back in 2011, we had no idea what the TF2 community was capable of,” Valve said on the Team Fortress 2 blog. “As the hats, beards, boots, and hairdos started rolling in, we realized there was a huge well of creativity out there. But we didn’t appreciate just how deep those waters ran until the community-made updates started appearing.”

Valve points out that the Robotic Boogaloo update is 100 percent community-made, including the in-game content, the update hub website, the animated short, the comic, and the splash images in the Steam store.

“Plus, in a first for the Team Fortress economy, all the creators of the Robotic Boogaloo Update have decided to share the revenue earned from the sale of RoboCrate Keys,” Valve said. “That means that everyone involved will be profiting from this update, not just the people making hats.”

For more on the Robotic Boogaloo update, check out its official website.

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Gamers looking to pick up the comprehensive Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection are going to have to wait a little longer.

Sony announced today the PlayStation 3-exclusive bundle will launch July 9 for $50. Previously, the collection was scheduled to launch in June. No reason for the delay was provided.

The Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection will be released to mark the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The bundle includes Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid 3: HD Edition (including the original MSX versions of the first two games), Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, and Metal Gear Solid 4: Trophy Edition.

On top of the games, the compilation pack will also include two Ashley Wood digital graphic novels for Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2.

Upcoming Metal Gear Solid games include Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. Release dates for both games have not been announced.

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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots has been pulled from the database of US retailer GameStop, with all existing preorders being cancelled.

Speaking to IGN, a source said that the US retailer “actively flipped a switch” to remove Rainbow 6: Patriots from its systems.

The source continued by saying that the retailer does not remove games from major publishers without official confirmation that the title has been cancelled.

A GameStop spokesperson told GameSpot that the retailer has “stopped taking reservations as we wait to hear further from Ubisoft on an official release date for Rainbow 6: Patriots.”

When asked about the possible cancellation of the title, a Ubisoft representative added that “we have nothing further to share about Rainbow 6: Patriots at this time.”

At time of writing, no other major retailer has pulled the game from its listings.

Officially, Rainbow 6: Patriots is due to be released in 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, though Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said in November 2012 that there is a “good chance” the game will be released for next-generation consoles.

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Total War: Rome II is the fastest preordered game in the history of the strategy series, publisher Sega announced today. According to the company’s data, more than six times the number of gamers have preordered a copy during its “first official week” than did for predecessor Total War: Shogun 2.

In addition, Sega said the $155 Total War: Rome II Collector’s Edition has seen strong preorders, with over half of the available copies already sold out in the United States. The publisher previously announced that the collector’s edition would be limited to 22,000 units.

Lastly, Sega announced that it sold more than 2 million Total War games in the past year, despite no new core installment in the series being released.

Total War: Rome II launches September 3 for PC. Downloadable content will be available for all users on launch day for free. For more on the RTS, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage.

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Insomniac Games “seriously considered” making Resistance 4, but ultimately decided to build an all-new franchise–Fuse–in an effort to avoid “franchise fatigue.” President Ted Price revealed the news to GamesRadar, saying Resistance 3 represented a logical conclusion for the series.

“We decided to bring Resistance to a conclusion when we looked ahead and realized that Resistance 4, while possible and something we seriously considered, wasn’t going to be the right game for us at that time,” Price said. “We wanted to do something new.”

“One of the aspects of building franchises, and sticking with them for a long time is that even the team can get franchise fatigue. We had been pushing hard with Resistance from the beginning–which was a tough birth–to Resistance 3, which is a game we were all very proud of,” he added. “With Resistance 3 it felt like we had capped off, or at least closed a major chapter in that franchise. So, a lot of the team was looking forward to doing something different.”

2011′s Resistance 3 is the most recent core entry in the series, though a PlayStation Vita game–Burning Skies–launched last year. The future of the series is unknown.

Insomniac Games’ Fuse launches May 28 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Today during a Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo announced (via Polygon) that the Yakuza 1 & 2 HD bundle is coming to Wii U in Japan on August 8. As its name suggests, the collection packs in the first two installments in the PlayStation 2-era action-crime series.

No mention was made of a release for the Yakuza 1 & 2 HD bundle in North America or Europe.

Polygon reports that a trailer for the bundle was shown, displaying upscaled graphics and Wii U-exclusive features. Players can use the GamePad to navigate the game’s streets and monitor their characters.

For more on the games within the bundle, check out GameSpot’s reviews of the original Yakuza and Yakuza 2.

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A packaged standalone version of the Super Luigi U downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U will launch in North America at retail on August 25, Nintendo announced today.

Gamers will not need New Super Mario Bros. U to play New Super Luigi U, which will cost $30.

Those who own a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U already can pick up the Super Luigi U DLC when it launches through the Wii U eShop on June 20 for $20.

The news came during the latest Nintendo Direct today, where Nintendo president Satoru Iwata showed a new gameplay trailer for the content. He also revealed that Nabbit, a creature from New Super Mario Bros. U, will be a playable character in the content.

Nintendo announced the Luigi-themed DLC in February, calling it “large-scale” and “similar to the development of full software.” It features updated versions of the first game’s 82 courses with Luigi leading the way, instead of Mario.

The news comes a day after Nintendo revealed that New Super Mario Bros. U, a Wii U launch title, has now sold 770,000 units in the United States alone. It is a sequel to the original Wii’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which has sold close to 28 million units life-to-date.

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The Wonderful 101 will launch September 15 exclusively on Wii U, Nintendo announced today during a Nintendo Direct presentation.

The game, formerly known as P-100, is in development at Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance studio Platinum Games.

The Japanese studio is also working on another Wii U-exclusive, Bayonetta 2.

In The Wonderful 101, players explore various stages and recruit citizens to join their army of heroes. The more heroes a player gathers, the greater their Special Morph Powers will be. Gamers will use the Wii U GamePad to activate these powers, which include Bonzai Man, Vending Machine Man, and Toilet Bowl Man, among others.

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Nintendo has announced Sonic Lost World as the first title of a new, exclusive partnership between the Mario creator and Sega for its upcoming Sonic titles.

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata unveiled the game during today’s Nintendo Direct conference, calling the game an action adventure platformer exclusive to Wii U and 3DS.

More information about the game will be made available prior to E3 2013, Iwata said.

Iwata also announced the latest title in the Mario & Sonic series, set at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. The game, shown running on Wii U, features new events such as figure skating pairs and snowboard slopestyle.

The Wii U GamePad was also shown to be used for the curling event, with players having to brush the GamePad screen as the event plays out on the television.

The game will also feature dream events, allowing for the creation of fictional courses set across the Mario and Sonic universes and mixed event courses that are not part of the Winter Olympic Games.

Nintendo also announced the addition of more classic Sonic and Sega titles to the Wii U eShop in the future.

Nintendo will not be hosting its own press conference at E3 2013, but says it will hold another Nintendo Direct conference before the Los Angeles trade show begins.

Sonic Lost World is not the first recent Sonic title to be exclusive to a Nintendo platform. 2010′s Sonic Colours was Wii and DS exclusive, though its follow-up Sonic Generations was multi-platform.

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It’s been a long time coming, but Sony has now confirmed the PlayStation Vita version of Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault will launch May 21 through the PlayStation Network.

The game was originally targeted to launch alongside the PlayStation 3 version in November, before being delayed multiple times.

In an effort to “make it up” to fans, Sony will give away copies of Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked on the PS3 for those who purchased the console version of Full Frontal Assault. The giveaway kicks off when Full Frontal Assault for the PS Vita launches next week.

Full Frontal Assault takes advantage of Sony’s new Cross Buy promotion, whereby those who purchase the PS3 version will receive the PS Vita iteration for free.

Sony also announced today that a new update to the PS3 version of Full Frontal Assault will introduce a new competitive multiplayer map set in Molonoth Fields from A Crack In Time. A new 2v2 game mode will also be available with the update, available to download today.

Lastly, Sony revealed that new Full Frontal Assault skins are now available for purchase via the in-game store. These include the Monsters, Intergalactic Foot Soldiers, and Plushy packs, which are each available for $2.

For more, check out GameSpot’s review of the PS3 version of Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault.

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is coming to the PC, series creator Hideo Kojima announced during a recent podcast (via Joystiq).

News of the port was later confirmed by Platinum Games creative producer Jean Pierre Kellams over Twitter.

No further information about the PC version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was divulged and a Konami representative was not immediately available to comment.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance launched for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in February. Developer Platinum Games previously stated that it is interested in making games for the PC and publishing them through Valve’s Steam downloadable games service.

For more on Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, check out GameSpot’s review.

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.Abrams reveals the original Trek 2 title we didn’t get to see
.Iron Man 3 actor says we never got to see original post-credits scene
.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes synopsis details deadly aftermath
.Rumor of the Day: Jeremy Renner’s being replaced as Hawkeye in Avengers 2

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Part 2 has more results from Wrestling Is Art’s two shows, WSU and CZW’s King & Queen tournament iPPV and CZW’s Proving Grounds iPPV. They then transition over to a review of Night 2 of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s All Star Weekend 9, with both the PWG Tag Titles and PWG World Title on the line, as well as one of the craziest 6-man tag matches that the guys have seen in quite a while.

The final segment begins with an e-mail from Anthony and his thoughts on ROH’s Border Wars show from a few week’s back before transitioning into picks, with a packed weekend from Wrestling Is Heart, VWAA, ACW, AAW, CWF Mid-Atlantic, Wrestling Is Intense’s debut show and the aforementioned Tag World Grand Prix from CHIKARA. Remember that you can get in touch with us via e-mail (wholeindy@snsradionetwork.com) or leave a message on our Facebook page (search Whole Indy Show). Make sure you keep getting your weekly slice of Indy goodness with The Whole Indy Show on the SNS Radio Network.

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iTunes are offering 9 matches (1 pre-show match + 8 main event matches) plus the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Please see below for details

2013 WWE Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

WrestleMania 29 April 7, 2013 Interactive Pre-Show Intercontinental Championship Match Wade Barrett vs. The Miz

Six-Man Tag Team Match Randy Orton, Sheamus & Big Show vs. The Shield

Ryback vs. Mark Henry

WWE Tag Team Championship Match Daniel Bryan & Kane vs. Dolph Ziggler & Big E. Langston

Chris Jericho vs. Fandango

World Heavyweight Championship Match Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger

Undertaker vs. CM Punk

No Holds Barred Match – If Triple H Loses He Must Retire Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H

WWE Championship Match The Rock vs. John Cena

WM29 will also be available on Blinkbox on release date (10.06.2013)!.

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SmackDown General Manager Booker T is currently out of action after having elbow surgery.

Booker suffered a torn triceps and had to have the surgery after getting an elbow infection. Because of his absence, the feud with Teddy Long has been put on hold. The injury was described as a freak injury and not ring related. He’s expected back on TV around the end of this month.

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While WWE officials have been really hot on JBL since returning, which is why he’s doing more announcing now, they do want him to work on getting new material. The feeling is that he’s repeating some of his material because he’s doing more shows now.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us was April’s top-selling title in the United States, according to data released by the NPD Group today. It marks the first time since April 2011 (Mortal Kombat) that a fighting game ranked in the top spot. No specific sales figures were provided, though it is estimated to have sold 424,000 units in the month.

Rounding out the top five performers for the month were Dead Island: Riptide, BioShock: Infinite, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Defiance.

Overall, industry sales slid by 25 percent to $495.2 million. However, NPD analyst Liam Callahan points out that the sales figures make up only about half of the total consumer spend for the month.

“When taking into account our preliminary estimate for other physical format sales in April such as used and rentals at $76 million, and our estimate for digital format sales including full game and add-on content downloads including microtransactions, subscriptions, mobile apps and the consumer spend on social network games at $267 million, the total consumer spend in April is $802 million,” he said.

In addition, Callahan pointed out that the Easter holiday typically accounts for a 10 percent boost in sales for the month. Since Easter fell in March this year and in April last year, a direct comparison is “difficult,” he said.

Regarding hardware, total sales plummeted by 42 percent to $109.5 million. Microsoft was again the market leader, selling 130,000 Xbox 360 units in the month, down from 236,000 systems this time last year. Total retail spend on the Xbox 360 platform (hardware, software, and accessories) was $208 million.

Sony has not divulged PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita sales information for the month, while Nintendo reportedly sold just 55,000 Wii U units during the month, some 20,000 fewer than the 75,000 Wii systems in the period.

As for software, this category decreased 17 percent in April to $267.8 million in April. Though the overall sector declined year-over-year, sales of April 2013 titles posted positive figures over April 2012, which was led by Activision’s Prototype 2.

“Despite overall declines, April title launches in 2013 fared better than games that launched in April 2012, up 118 percent in unit sales and 130 percent in dollar sales,” Callahan said. “This increase was driven by games like Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dead Island: Riptide, and Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins.”

Separately, Nintendo announced that it has sold 2.1 million first-party 3DS games through the first four months of the year, up 52 percent over last year.

“In 2012, it took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to sell 2 million units of first-party software. In 2013, the platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks,” Nintendo said.

Nintendo said Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins shifted nearly 94,000 combined physical and digital copies. Notably, it was released on April 24, near the end of the NPD Group’s reporting period. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon sold 140,000 units in the month (physical and digital), boosting its life-to-date total to 530,000 units.

The only Wii U title Nintendo revealed sales statistics for was New Super Mario Bros. U, which has now sold nearly 770,000 combined physical and digital units to date.

Shifting to accessories, this sector fell 19 percent to $131.4 million for April 2013.

“Though every accessory type experienced year-over-year declines in April 2013, year-to-date trending increased by over 20 percent for the combined sales of point cards, headsets/headphones, and All Other Accessories (which includes Skylanders),” Callahan said.

APRIL US GAME SALES (April 7-May 4, 2013)
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES

Total retail sales: $495.2 million (-25%)
Non-PC hardware: $109.5 million (-42%)
Non-PC software: $254.3 (-17%)
Accessories: $131.4 (19%)
Total software: $267.8 million (-17%)

TOP 10 GAMES FOR APRIL 2013
Title (Platforms) – Publisher

1. Injustice: Gods Among Us (X360, PS3, Wii U) – Warner Bros.
2. Dead Island: Riptide (X360, PS3, PC) – Deep Silver
3. BioShock: Infinite (X360, PS3, PC) – Take-Two
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360, PS3, PC, Wii U) – Activision Blizzard
5. Defiance – (X360, PS3, PC) – Trion Worlds
6. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) – Nintendo
7. NBA 2K13 (X360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC) – Take-Two Interactive
8. Skylanders Giants (Wii, X360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U) – Activision Blizzard
9. Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (3DS) – Nintendo
10. MLB 13: The Show (PS3, PS Vita) – Sony

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Electronic Arts is distancing itself from the struggling Wii U, the Battlefield and FIFA publisher has confirmed with Kotaku.

“We have no games in development for the Wii U currently,” company spokesperson Jeff Brown said, noting that this could change in the future.

As Kotaku points out, during Nintendo’s 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo media briefing, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata welcomed then-EA CEO John Riccitiello to speak, where he talked up the console.

“What Nintendo’s new console delivers speaks directly to the players of EA Sports and EA Games,” Riccitiello said at the time. “Nintendo’s new console will produce brilliant high-definition graphics and new gameplay opportunities. We look forward to seeing great EA content on this new platform.”

EA launched several titles for the Wii U early during the platform’s life cycle, including Mass Effect 3, Need for Speed Most Wanted, and new installments in the Madden and FIFA franchises. Brown told Kotaku that these offerings were indicative of EA making good on its E3 2011 partnership.

The original Wii saw steady support from EA, as the publisher launched 78 total titles for the platform, according to the company’s website. EA has released just four games for the Wii U.

The Wii U has officially sold 3.45 million units worldwide as of March 31. Nintendo has attributed the platform’s slow adoption rate to a lack of major titles and marketing failing to communicate the novelty of the system.

Nintendo plans to spark system sales by launching key first-party titles on a more regular basis moving forward, beginning with Pikmin 3 in August. The company also aims to reduce manufacturing costs to make the Wii U profitable.

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4A Games creative director Andrew Prokhorov has responded to former THQ president Jason Rubin’s detailed report that claimed the Ukrainian developer had a limited budget and faced adverse workplace conditions throughout development of Metro: Last Light.

His statement came from the comments section in the original Games Industry International report

Prokhorov pointed out that 4A Games had worked with THQ for 10 years prior to its bankruptcy. He said Rubin was the only company president to visit the studio, doing so during his second week on the job. Prokhorov said he does not blame Rubin for THQ’s collapse, saying he had only a few months to “somehow fix the situation.”

Regarding the studio’s office space–where Rubin said developers worked elbow to elbow and sometimes in freezing temperatures–Prokhorov said it is generally known that much could be improved upon.

“It is a fact that our work conditions are worse than those of other developers outside Ukraine,” he said. “I don’t think anyone can doubt that–yes, it’s true that American and most of European developers operate in a country far more comfortable than Ukraine. And yes, the publishers pay them more. This is clear: the more ‘reasonable’ the country the less the risks. And we don’t want to be all dramatic about that–after all, better conditions are earned, and we strive to do this as soon as possible.”

Prokhorov also said new publisher Deep Silver should be forgiven for not including the 4A Games logo on the Metro: Last Light website.

“Jason, please don’t blame Deep Silver for not having our logo on the game site,” he said. “Just like us, they ended up in a harsh situation and had to do a lot of things in two months, which was definitely a very hard task. I don’t blame them for letting the logo thing slip. They are trying hard.”

Regarding multiplayer, Prokhorov said the team at 4A Games wanted to make this mode, but only gave a cryptic answer for the reason it was canceled last year.

“We did want to make a multiplayer. Though if it was excluded from the start, a lot of precious time wouldn’t be wasted and we’d make an even better single,” he said.

Overall, Prokhorov said 4A Games is not looking for sympathy.

“We deserve the ratings we get,” Prokhorov added. “After all, the final consumer doesn’t care about our conditions. And this is right. We need no indulgence.”

Metro: Last Light launched this week for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC and was published by Deep Silver, which acquired the franchise from THQ in January for $5.8 million. For more, check out GameSpot’s review.

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Four United Kingdom Lulzsec hackers have been given jail sentences for their roles in a string of 2011 high-profile cyberattacks.

The group targeted major companies like Sony, Nintendo, Epic Games, Mojang, and Bethesda, among others.

The four men jailed are Ryan Cleary (32 months), Jake Davis (24 months), Mustafa al-Bassam (20 months), and Ryan Ackroyd (30 months). They pleaded guilty last month.

“This case should serve as a warning to other cybercriminals that they are not invincible,” prosecution lawyer Andrew Hadik told the BBC.

In addition, the BBC points out that some of the four men could face extradition to the United States because the nation’s law enforcement groups have filed indictments against them.

“This is not about young immature men messing about,” Hadik added. “They are at the cutting edge of a contemporary and emerging species of criminal offender known as a cybercriminal.”

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The PlayStation 4 version of Diablo III will use the DualShock 4′s new touchpad for inventory management, Blizzard Entertainment revealed today.

Speaking during the latest Conversations with Creators video from Sony (below), Blizzard Entertainment production director John Hight revealed that the functionality will help streamline the experience.

“Diablo is a pretty deep game and we don’t like a lot of overload on the buttons,” Hight said. “We want to keep it really simple so you can get to the things you need to get to fast as you need to do it because the monsters are pouring at you no matter what. We think the touch pad’s going to give us a lot more opportunity to make that interface a lot easier.”

No information regarding how exactly the trackpad will be used in Diablo III was given or shown.

The touchpad is one of the DualShock 4′s most noted additions from past iterations of the controller. However, how the touchpad will work for Diablo III, and other games, remains to be seen.

Diablo III was announced for the PS3 and PS4 during Sony’s major media event in February and was playable at PAX East in March. Diablo III for consoles features a new interface and control scheme, allowing players to directly control their character.

The console version allows for offline play, while the PC and Mac iterations mandate that players be connected to Blizzard’s Battle.net service, even when playing single-player.

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Nintendo is now claiming advertising revenue from user-created YouTube videos that feature the company’s games, according to new reports.

The Japanese game giant is not following the path of music publishers and film studios in demanding this content be blocked, but rather wants to place ads surrounding videos featuring Nintendo games, like Let’s Play videos. The revenue from these ads would go to Nintendo, not the video’s creators.

This last point has drawn the ire of YouTube channel owner and self-professed Nintendo fan Zack Scott, who blasted the policy in an update to his Facebook page.

“I think filing claims against LPers is backwards. Video games aren’t like movies or TV. Each play-through is a unique audiovisual experience,” Scott said. “When I see a film that someone else is also watching, I don’t need to see it again. When I see a game that someone else is playing, I want to play that game for myself! Sure, there may be some people who watch games rather than play them, but are those people even gamers?”

In response to the new policy, Nintendo provided a statement to GameFront explaining the matter.

“As part of our ongoing push to ensure Nintendo content is shared across social media channels in an appropriate and safe way, we became a YouTube partner and as such in February 2013 we registered our copyright content in the YouTube database,” Nintendo said.

“For most fan videos this will not result in any changes, however, for those videos featuring Nintendo-owned content, such as images or audio of a certain length, adverts will now appear at the beginning, next to or at the end of the clips,” the statement goes on. “We continually want our fans to enjoy sharing Nintendo content on YouTube, and that is why, unlike other entertainment companies, we have chosen not to block people using our intellectual property.”

Nintendo’s actions are in adherence with YouTube’s policy guidelines, which plainly states that “just because you purchased content doesn’t mean that you own the rights to upload it to YouTube.” However, YouTube users who make a living from Let’s Play videos or other such content are now facing an uphill battle.

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A large-scale, open-method academic investigation into the prevalence of video game piracy has said that the number of illegal downloads is not as high as reported by industry bodies.

The study was conducted by Anders Drachen from the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University, Kevin Bauer Cheriton from the School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, and Robert W. D. Veitch from Copenhagen Business School’s Department of Informatics. A total of 173 games on BitTorrent were analysed over three months from 2010 to 2011.

The games were illegally downloaded by 12.6 million people over the 90-day investigation.

The most popular genre was RPG, with 18.9 percent of the illegal downloads. Other popular genres included action-adventure (15.9 percent), third-person shooters (12.7 percent), and racing (9.3 percent).

The study also pointed at a correlation between the highest-rated games on Metacritic contributing to more piracy.

The new investigation says it clashes with the statements made by trade bodies such as the Entertainment Software Association. The new research paper also claims that previous studies into piracy are “potentially biased, partially due to the interest of the industry to reduce piracy and thus potentially overestimate the problem.”

“There is very little objective information available about [piracy's] magnitude or its distribution across game titles and game genres,” says the research.

“First and foremost, P2P game piracy is extraordinarily prevalent and geographically distributed,” concluded Drachen in a press release (via Wired) accompanying the research. “However, the numbers in our investigation suggest that previously reported magnitudes in game piracy are too high. It also appears that some common myths are wrong, eg that it is only shooters that get pirated, as we see a lot of activity for children’s and family games on BitTorrent for the period we investigated.”

The 10 most popular pirated games across the research’s 90-day period were, from most to least pirated: Fallout: New Vegas, Darksiders, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, NBA 2K11, Tron Evolution, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Starcraft 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Two Worlds II, and The Sims 3: Late Night.

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Fable developer Lionhead Studios posted a new job listing recently seeking a developer with a “background working on new franchises or reimagining’s of existing franchises.”

A call for an animation director (via OXM), posted this month, adds that a desirable candidate would have a “proven ability to bring new ideas to new franchises whilst ensuring its heritage is respected.”

The job posting suggests a return to a series Lionhead Studios has worked on before. The Guildford, United Kingdom, developer has created a handful of franchises, though its most well-known work is the Fable fantasy role-playing series.

Another new job posting, this one for a core engine programmer, seeks a developer with experience making games on Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 and/or Unreal Engine 4. Past Fable games have been built using various iterations of the Unreal Engine.

Lionhead Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Studios, has not provided any details on its current project, though recent reports peg this game to be a next-generation title with massively multiplayer online elements.

The company recently hired MMO veteran John Needham to lead the studio. He was formerly the CEO of Marvel Heroes developer Gazillion Entertainment and, before that, City of Heroes maker Cryptic Studios. He has also been chief financial officer at Sony Online Entertainment.

If Lionhead Studios’ current project is a game for Microsoft’s next Xbox, it could be unveiled as early as next week during the company’s next-generation reveal event on May 21.

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Naughty Dog lead artist Nate Wells has taken to Twitter to talk up the multiplayer mode for The Last of Us, which the developer has been silent on outside of confirming its existence.

“I wish I could appropriately prepare you people for [The Last of Us],” he said. “But even if I were allowed to, I can’t. And I really can’t prepare you for the best [multiplayer] ever conceived.”

Naughty Dog confirmed a multiplayer mode for The Last of Us in December, but has yet to give any details about it, though some of this information leaked earlier this month.

The news comes as Naughty Dog wrapped up development on The Last of Us, meaning the game has “gone gold” and is now headed to factories for mass production.

Co-president Christophe Balestra revealed the news on Instagram, posting a picture of the game’s “makedisc ship final” code. Creative director Neil Druckmann echoed this sentiment, writing on Twitter “pencils down.”

The Last of Us was originally scheduled to launch on May 7, but was delayed in February to a June 14 global launch exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

Gamers won’t need to wait that long to play the title, as a demo will be available for owners of God of War: Ascension later this month.

The Last of Us is Naughty Dog’s first new franchise since the Uncharted series, which has been dormant since 2011′s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The developer is rumored to be at work on a PlayStation 4 game, which may have been inadvertently exposed earlier this week.

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Nintendo will discuss future 3DS and Wii U games tomorrow during the latest Nintendo Direct online video briefing, the Mario maker announced today.

The Nintendo Direct briefing will provide updates on this summer’s Wii U and 3DS titles and also shed light on Wii U titles to be released this fall and “onward.”

The briefing will take place through a special Nintendo website on May 17 at 7 a.m. PDT/10 a.m. EDT. GameSpot will have full coverage of the announcements.

The Wii U has struggled since launch, selling 3.45 million units worldwide and reportedly only 55,000 systems in the United States during April. Nintendo has apologized for a lack of software, saying this will be corrected beginning in August with the release of Pikmin 3.

The all-new 3D Mario game for the Wii U announced in January is rumored to launch by October. Nintendo also has a new Mario Kart game in development for the system, as well as a Smash Bros. title and two Legend of Zelda games, among others.

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Sony has released a trailer for its new sci-fi adventure Panopticon, currently in development at its Japan Studio.

The two-minute trailer shows a cel-shaded world of robotic dragons, futuristic London, and branded humans with identification numbers. No platforms or dates are mentioned in the trailer, and the mysterious cutscene-heavy footage does not clearly specify what kind of game Panopticon is going to be.

A teaser site has also been created, showing a countdown to May 21–suggesting more information will be given on the game the same day Microsoft unveils its next-generation Xbox.

Sony’s Japan Studio is also currently at work on PlayStation 4 platformer Knack, which was announced along with the console back in February.

Sony would not comment on the game when approached by GameSpot. Last week the company promised some “intriguing” announcements on the horizon.

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Gamers in the market for the PC version of Mass Effect 3 are in luck. Amazon is currently offering the digital version of BioWare’s role-playing game for $6.

By comparison, Electronic Arts’ own Origin store is currently selling the title for $20. No matter where Mass Effect 3 is purchased, players must register through Origin to play.

The deal is part of a wide-ranging PC download sale at Amazon that also includes markdowns on various single titles like Bastion ($3.75), Saints Row: The Third ($10), Deus Ex: Human Revolution ($5), and Lord of the Rings: War in the North ($5).

Numerous compilation packs are also on sale, including the BioShock Dual Pack ($10), the Dead Space Dual Pack ($8), the Dragon Age Dual Pack ($10), and the Firaxis Complete Pack ($20), among many others.

For the full rundown of discounted digital PC titles, check out the Slickdeals forum post.

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The next project from Twisted Metal and God of War creator David Jaffe has been revealed. Independent game studio Pixelbionic announced today that Jaffe has joined the company’s advisory board as a creative advisor for the company’s first title, vehicular combat game Autoduel.

The game appears to play to Jaffe’s strengths, as it is described as one that pays homage to classic car games like Interstate ’76 and Jaffe’s own Twisted Metal. The game is a PC online multiplayer game that “combines the high-octane thrills and spills of team-based car combat with RPG-influenced persistence and progression.”

Autoduel is set in a postapocalyptic future where warriors “drive to survive” in armored vehicles scavenged from the crumbled landscape. Players will be able to choose from over 20 cars divided into three factions: ratters, scavengers, and techies.

These cars can be upgraded with everything from mechanical modifications to weapons and armor. Gamers can also customize the paintwork and add decals to “show their allegiance and express their unique style.”

Pixelbionic management said it created the studio to create games like Autoduel because they are “ignored by publishers.” Therefore, the game will be funded by a crowd-funding campaign through Kickstarter said to launch “soon.”

Jaffe joins Pixelbionic’s self-described “dream team” assembled by cofounder Maxx Kaufman, formerly of InXile Entertainment. Other members of the Autoduel team include designer Scot Kramaric (Interstate ’82) and coder Rafael Paiz (The Matrix: Path of Neo).

“Our mission is to assemble a team of car combat visionaries to deliver the game fans want to not only play but also help create,” said Pixelbionic cofounder and President Mike Arkin. “Autoduel pairs the vision of the best talent in the industry with the enthusiasm and support of gamers, a combination we are confident will set the bar for what can be achieved in a new PC vehicular combat game.”

Others sitting on Pixelbionic’s advisory board include Interstate ’76 creator Zack Norman and Microsoft veteran Chanel Summers.

Jaffe left Twisted Metal studio Eat Sleep Play last year.

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The wait for next-generation consoles will soon be over, and according to Ubisoft, gamers will be eager to adopt the new platforms. As part of its latest earnings report, Ubisoft said the eight-year wait for new consoles has left gamers “starving” for next-gen platforms.

The company also detailed the various long-term opportunities it sees in next-gen platforms. Ubisoft said the social nature of these platforms will make players even more connected, which in turn will yield greater average revenue per user.

Overall, Ubisoft said it believes the arrival of next-gen platforms will lead to record sales for the industry. Outside of the Wii U, the only announced next-generation platform thus far is Sony’s PlayStation 4. This is likely to change in five days, when Microsoft lifts the veil on its long-rumored next Xbox.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said in prepared remarks that gamers today want to express themselves without limitation, noting that new platforms for Sony and Microsoft will key in on this to their benefit.

“We live in a world of self-expression. Everywhere, everyone is creative and wants to add value,” Guillemot said. “Customization, or curating, is a huge growth area across all services and that holds true for games. People want to play in their own way, they want to define their own experience and they want to share the way they’re playing.”

Ubisoft also revealed new market share figures for the industry’s leading publishers. Citing NPD, GFK, Chart-Track, and Nielsen data, the company said it was the third largest publisher in the business, with its market share jumping to 11.2 percent in the past year, up from 8.8 percent a year ago.

Activision Blizzard was the top publisher in the year (19.5 percent), with Electronic Arts (18.4 percent), Nintendo (10.8 percent), and Take-Two Interactive (6.4 percent) rounding out the top five.

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Valve’s third annual Dota 2 eSports tournament The International has accrued a total prize pot of 2 million dollars due to contributions from the community.

At the time of writing, the total amount of prize money available in the tournament is $2,001,670. Each Dota 2 player who purchases the in-game Interactive Compendium adds $2.50 to the total prize pool, and Valve will now unlock a new HUD skin for all Compendium owners after crossing the $2M threshold.

Valve has also added more stretch goals to the Compendium, which will unlock for all players once the goals have been met. At $2.2M all players will be given “a taunt item with a brand new animation for all Compendium owners,” while $2.4M will allow owners to “vote on participants in an 8 player Solo Championship (1vs1) at The International.”

The final stretch goal, which stands at $3.2M, will allow the community to choose the next hero released for the game.

Speaking to GameSpot, Dota 2 analyst Matthew “Cyborgmatt” Bailey said, “The International Compendium is a great example of how effective crowd-funding is becoming.”

Bailey also says that Valve has the option of allowing for crowd-funded third-party tournaments in the future. “In terms of the backend there is already an API in place now which allows for a custom prize pool supported by these passports to be tracked live,” said Bailey, adding that the partial crowd funding with The International “is something Valve will want to test the water with, to see how the community reacts with being given another possible way of supporting these tournaments and teams.”

“Moving forward I can only see this being the beginning, the way Valve have set up the Compendium provides plenty of room for this to be expanded into third party tournaments,” concluded Bailey.

The original prize pool for The International 3 stood at $1.6 million, meaning the Interactive Compendium has been purchased over 160,000 times. Valve has not said how the money will be distributed among the winning teams.

The previous largest eSports prize pool was $1.97M in League of Legends’ Season 2 World Championship, which took place in Los Angeles in October 2012.

The International 3 will run from August 7 through 11 at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall. Thirteen of the tournament’s 16 teams have already been invited, with the remaining three spots up for grabs in the currently running Western and Eastern qualifiers.

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In the news of the week, a WWE rumor regarding The Undertaker in the 2014 Hall of Fame, another rumor involving a feud between the nWo and The Shield?

All this and more, including this week’s Raw and Impact recaps, on the official podcast of the Unchained Wrestling Network, Running The Ropes.

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TNA wrestler Austin Aries was hit with a “severe fine” by the organization this week after he went off the script during a recent live event and shoved his man bits into a female announcer’s face, TMZ has learned.

The unscripted crotch-thrusting went down earlier this month on “Impact Wresting” … when Aries became upset at announcer Christy Hemme for calling him the wrong name during his ring intro.

Hemme was clearly upset during the junk attack … and afterward, she even tweeted about the incident … calling it “unacceptable.”

But sources tell us … Aries — real name Daniel Solwold, Jr. — reached out to Hemme and privately apologized, acknowledging he crossed the line.

TNA also came down hard on Aries and slapped the wrestler with a fine — it’s unclear how much cash Aries will have to fork over.

As for Hemme, we’re told she has spoken with TNA officials and told them she was “satisfied” with Aries’ apology.

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Evan Bourne is still a ways away from returning after he had a match at developmental and it was decided he’s not ready. There is talk of putting Bourne with Sin Cara as a tag team.

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As reported a few weeks back, Paul Bearer is the first name confirmed for next year’s Hall Of Fame

WWE’s plan has always been for Bearer and The Undertaker to be inducted at the same time so it will be interesting to see if Taker gets inducted next year as well. Apparently there is some consideration.

Another name being considered for induction next year is Jake “The Snake” Roberts.

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“Great Job @MarkMaddenX for watering down wrestling even more. God forbid that a wrestler breaks out of the typical mold of being so scared to show his personality on TV. U must’ve been going crazy during the ‘attitude era’ with every cutting edge thing that Vince did!”

“And for the record, I saw Hemme after that segment, & she didn’t look bothered at all. Just saying…I was there.”

 ”I think we should just let Hemme fight her own battles. If she needs help, she’ll ask.”

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Sony has a PlayStation 4 version of Gran Turismo 6 “in mind for the future,” the company said today during a London event where the game was announced earlier this morning.

“We have a PS4 version in mind for the future” Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi told GameSpot.

“But for this holiday season we thought that it would be best for users to release the PS3 version,” he added. “I thought the best scenario would be for the game to come out, and we’re planning to have new content, and DLC every few months.”

The PlayStation 3 version of Gran Turismo 6 is due out this holiday season. As for when a potential PS4 version could arrive, Yamauchi said it may not be for some time.

“Once the players have thoroughly played out the game, if the PlayStation 4 version just came out naturally in the process, we think that would be the best scenario for the game,” he said.

Regarding whether or not player progress could be applied from the PS3 version to the PS4 version, Yamauchi said this would “probably” be the case.

Separately, Sony announced today that a demo for Gran Turismo 6 will launch in July. No further information about the pre-release trial was divulged.

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First revealed in a Steam database entry, Valve today confirmed Steam Trading Cards, a new service that offers rewards to gamers who play on Steam.

Launched today in beta, Steam Trading Cards gives participants game-specific trading cards that can be collected to earn rewards like badges, profile backgrounds, and coupons.

Participating games in the Steam Trading Cards beta include Don’t Starve, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2 Portal 2, and Half-Life 2. Valve said the service will expand over the coming months to include “many more” titles.

Up to half of a given card set is dropped through game play, while the other half must be earned through collection. Once gamers have collected a set of cards, they can craft them into a badge. These badges are tied to an account and are shown off in a player’s profile.

When a player is crafting a badge, they will receive random rewards for game-related items. These rewards are tradable and include downloadable content or game coupons, emoticons, and profile backgrounds.

Gamers can also level up their badges by collecting the set again and earning additional items. All badges now have XP, which in turn contributes to a player’s Steam level. When a player levels up, they can receive non-tradable items like profile showcases and extra friends list slots.

Right now, Steam Trading Cards drops are tied to playtime within a game, independent of achievements players may receive. Valve said it is “definitely” looking into adding more rules concerning how cards are drops.

“Many games have achievements that are grindy or un-fun to get, and we want the act of getting game cards to be fun for all users in games,” Valve said. “We also don’t want to push users to cheat or use achievement-unlockers in games in order to get cards, since that devalues achievements and isn’t that fun either.”

More information, including a FAQ, is available at the Steam Trading Cards website.

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Ubisoft is not expecting this year’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag to perform better than last year’s Assassin’s Creed III. CEO Yves Guillemot said today during a investor conference call that the French publisher is not modeling year-over-year franchise sales to increase.

“To come back to Assassin’s Creed IV, in our numbers we have…we expect less than last year,” Guillemot said today in response to an analyst question.

Assassin’s Creed III has shipped and digitally sold 12.5 million copies to date.

Though Ubisoft is not forecasting Black Flag to outsell Assassin’s Creed III, Guillemot said the potential for the game is greater compared to last year. He said this is due to the game’s pirate theme being more relatable than last year’s American Revolutionary War setting.

“We are actually pushing to achieve more than last year because we think the pirate segment is a great segment that can generate a lot more on a worldwide basis than what was achieved last year,” Guillemot said. “But we wanted to be prudent on our expectations so that it can probably be a bonus if it comes.”

Ubisoft is not the only publisher to forecast diminished sales for a new entry to a blockbuster series. Activision is not expecting Call of Duty: Ghosts to outperform Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which is on track to become the best-selling entry in the series of all-time.

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Former THQ president Jason Rubin has opened up on the challenges developer 4A Games faced during the development of the warmly received Metro: Last Light.

In a Games Industry International column, Rubin said the Kiev, Ukraine studio was at a disadvantage from the get-go and had just a fraction of the budget of its competitors.

“Let’s be honest: 4A was never playing on a level field,” Rubin said. “The budget of Last Light is less than some of its competitors spend on cut scenes, a mere 10 percent of the budget of its biggest competitors. Yet it is lauded for its story and atmosphere.”

“It is built on a completely original and proprietary second-generation engine that competes with sequels that have stopped numbering themselves, with more engineers on their tech than 4A has on the entire project,” he went on. “Yet its tech chops are never in question.”

Compounding the struggles for 4A Games was the working conditions for the Ukrainian team at its office Kiev, Rubin said. He claimed the studio’s office was undersized and that developers sat on folding chairs elbow-to-elbow.

“And all of this is compounded by the conditions this Ukrainian team works under in Kiev. The entire 4A studio would fit easily in the (underutilized) gym at EA Los Angeles’ offices,” Rubin said. “Yet Last Light’s Metacritic score blows away Medal of Honor: Warfighter. As undeniably fantastic as competitor BioShock Infinite may be, the team was given whatever resources they needed to make the title. At the same time, 4A’s staff sat on folding wedding chairs, literally elbow-to-elbow at card tables in what looks more like a packed grade school cafeteria than a development studio.”

Rubin went on to explain that when 4A Games needed another development kit or a high-end PC, someone from the studio had to fly to the United States and sneak it back to Ukraine in a backpack or else it be “seized at the border by thieving customs officials.”

He also said that the Ukrainian government’s heating facilities break down a few times a year for a week at a time. This did not keep 4A Games staffers from coming to work, Rubin said.

“Then 4A works in their parkas and struggles to keep their fingers warm in temperatures well below freezing. That is unless it snows and they get stuck home for a few days at a time because snow clearing isn’t up to Western standards,” he said.

Rubin explained that it is not his intention to guilt gamers into buying Metro: Last Light with his report of the working conditions for 4A Games. Rather, he said much in the same way that sports fans may have been more interested in Jeremy Lin after learning he received no scholarships and went to the NBA undrafted, the same can be true for 4A Games.

“If you care about the art of making games then you have to care about more than the final product,” Rubin said. “The struggle and the journey becomes part of the story. Like sport, you cheer when the underdog comes from behind, and triumphs in the face of incredible odds.”

Metro: Last Light launched yesterday for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC published by Deep Silver, which acquired the franchise from THQ in January for $5.8 million. For more, check out GameSpot’s review.

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Ubisoft has indefinitely suspended development on its mysterious upcoming game 1666, CEO Yves Guillemot revealed today during a post-earnings financial call (via Polygon). The news comes after months of discussions with designer and Ubisoft veteran Patrice Desilets, who has since been let go.

“After more than two months of discussions with [Desilets], we couldn’t align our vision both on project development and team management,” Guillemot said. “So consequently our collaboration has ended, and we have suspended 1666 for an undisclosed period of time.”

Little is known concerning 1666, which was first revealed through a trademark application and then in THQ bankruptcy documents. The game was expected to sell 4 million units.

If its title is indicative of the year in which it was to be set, the game may have focused on the Great Fire of London, the historical conflagration that destroyed hundreds of acres of the city in September of that year.

Desilets originally left Ubisoft in 2010 to head up THQ Montreal and work on an all-new franchise. When THQ went belly-up, Ubisoft purchased the studio and its games.

Despite some initial uncertainty, the publisher at the time expected Desilets to stay on board.

That changed last week when Desilets, along with producer Jean-François Boivin, were let go. Desilets claims he was fired, saying “Ubisoft’s actions are baseless and without merit. I intend to fight Ubisoft vigorously for my rights, for my team and for my game.”

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Next-generation platforms from Microsoft and Sony will offer a “major leap in quality,” according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. Speaking today during the company’s latest earnings report, the executive shared high hopes for the upcoming systems.

“A new console cycle is beginning and it will offer players an unrivalled experience,” Guillemot said in prepared remarks. “They will see a major leap in quality with an extraordinary level of immersion as well as the incorporation of all of the innovations developed in recent years in online and social games, giving players the opportunity to create their own experiences and share them within their communities.

Ubisoft also revealed sales updates for some of its biggest games launched in the past year. The company called out record-breaking sales of Assassin’s Creed III (12.5 million shipped and digital units) and Far Cry 3 (6 million shipped and digital units). In addition, Just Dance 4 has now shipped 8.5 million units sold since launch last year.

Overall, Ubisoft posted full-year sales of €1.256 billion ($1.6 billion) for the year ended March 31, up 18.4 percent from last year. Of this total, €928 million ($1.2 billion) came from core game sales, up 60 percent year-over-year. Net income for the year stood at €69.2 million ($89 million).

Online and digital sales were a bright spot for Ubisoft during the year, jumping 86 percent to €148 million ($190 million) in the year, making up 11.7 percent of Ubisoft’s overall sales.

Looking ahead, Ubisoft said it expects full-year 2013-12 sales of between €1.420 billion ($1.8 billion) and
€1.450 billion ($1.86 billion). Revenue from core games is expected to “rise strongly,” the company said, thanks to the launch of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Watch Dogs, and two titles that have not yet been announced.

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Metro: Last Light developer 4A Games has said it will add in a fan-requested ability to adjust the field of view in the recently released game, but has warned players that changing the setting could cause a number of issues.

Writing on the Steam forums, Deep Silver community manager Maurice Tan posted an update from the studio saying an adjustable FOV is “not as simple a thing to implement as it might appear!”

“The main reason for maintaining a fixed FOV is because we have 3D elements like the watch and weapon ammo that need to remain visible,” said the 4A Games statement. “In addition, all the game’s first-person cutscenes and cinematics and each and every animation involving Artyom’s hands–idle weapon animations, reloads, ladder climbing, melee attacks etc–were created assuming the same, fixed field of view.”

“Changing the FOV would break all the cutscenes and animations–you would be able to see inside Artyom’s arms, or they would appear to float in the air in front of you. Or worse.”

4A Games says it considered offering three FOV presents, but maintained that doing so would be a significant time investment for the studio.

“We understand this issue is important to many people, and we have been looking at possible solutions,” said the studio. “In the immediate term–the next title update, due in the next few days will allow you to directly change the FOV in the .cfg files.”

“This may well trigger a number of issues listed above,” concluded 4A Games. “You have been warned!”

Metro: Last Light was released this week for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. GameSpot scored the PC version of the game a 9.0, with reviewer Kevin VanOrd calling it “an astonishing and moving postapocalyptic journey.”

For more information on Metro: Last Light, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage.

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Gran Turismo mastermind Kazunori Yamauchi has officially announced Gran Turismo 6 for the PlayStation 3 at the UK’s Silverstone circuit.

The game is due to be released later this year for the PlayStation 3, putting it in the same release window as Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 4.

Yamauchi says Gran Turismo 6 will feature a new, flexible rendering engine that features adaptive tessellation. A new physics and suspension engine is also being developed in partnership with Yokohama and KW Automotive.

“GT5 became a very complex game in the end,” said Yamauchi, and in making Gran Turismo 6, the team at Polyphony Digital are attempting to “allow expandability of the system, and at the same time improve the response times of the actual operations of the game and just make the whole game smoother.”

Silverstone itself is one of the new tracks in the game, with the Northampton-based circuit being joined by six new and currently unannounced tracks. In total there will be 71 layouts across 33 locations, says Yamauchi.

Polyphony Digital intends to bump up the total number of cars available in Gran Turismo 6 to around 1,200, which is approximately 100 more than the final garage available in Gran Turismo 5.

Gran Turismo 6 will focus on more customisable vehicles than in previous games, and Polyphony Digital is aiming at an extensive post-launch DLC plan to extend the life of the game.

Social features are also being integrated, and a website and mobile application will be made available. A new course maker will be included, and players can compete online with their own customised championships.

Additionally, Yamauchi says that Gran Turismo 6 will feature a redesigned user interface that is focused entirely around short load times and simplicity.

During the announcement, Sony said that global sales of Gran Turismo now stand at 70 million units and that almost half of the series’ total sales have been in Europe. The last instalment in the series, Gran Turismo 5, has shifted over 10 million copies by itself.

Sony also said that its 2013 GT Academy season, which gives top-tier Gran Turismo players the chance to drive real racecars, will begin in July and award its winners with a full season of racing in the Nissan GTR GT3.

Additional reporting by Mark Walton.

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Grand Theft Auto parent publisher Take-Two Interactive added 205 jobs in the past year.

According to SEC documents filed after the publisher’s latest earnings report this week, the company’s total full-time headcount for the year ended March 31 was 2,440, up from 2,235 at the end of the year prior.

Of the total, 1,238 are employed outside of the United States. In addition, Take-Two said none of its employees are participating in collective bargaining agreements.

“We consider our relations with employees to be satisfactory,” Take-Two said.

Take-Two owns developers 2K Games and Rockstar Games and has operations across the world. A company representative declined to comment on how the distribution of new positions breaks down between the three labels or geographically.

By comparison, Battlefield publisher Electronic Arts cut 10 percent of its workforce in the past year, believed to be around 920 developers worldwide. EA has yet to reveal the specific number of jobs it cut as part of its recent round of layoffs.

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Vivendi continues to explore options to sell a portion of its stake in Activision Blizzard, the French media conglomerate said this week during an earnings call.

Chief financial officer Philippe Capron said (via the Wall Street Journal) that the company is considering a “variety of options” to unload the Call of Duty and World of Warcraft company.

“There is a process going at the board level,” he added.

According to sources speaking with the newspaper, Activision Blizzard management has for a while now been interested in buying out some of Vivendi’s 60 percent stake. The company could be in the position to do so, thanks to the $4.3 billion it has in cash on hand.

Vivendi first expressed interest in unloading Activision Blizzard in June 2012. The company currently holds a 61 percent stake in the game publisher, valued at $8.1 billion.

A number of potential buyers emerged last year, including Microsoft, Time Warner, Tencent, Disney, and a group of private equity firms. However, no deal was ever solidified, as Vivendi continues to have a tough time finding anyone to take the publisher off its books.

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Namco Bandai is going in “guns blazing” to market Dark Souls II, public relations director Lee Kirton told OXM during a recent preview event.

He explained that unlike how it treated Dark Souls
and Demon’s Souls, the publisher will treat Dark Souls II like a “massive” AAA game from a marketing perspective.

“The good thing this time round is we’re investing more in it from a marketing perspective,” Kirton said. “With Dark Souls and Demon’s Souls, it was very focused, small-scale. We’re treating this as a massive, massive triple-A title.”

Kirton further explained that marketing materials for Dark Souls II will be aimed at fans of the series, as well as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim players.

“We’re going to go guns blazing with it, and hope to God that it works,” Kirton said. “We’re going after people who love and adore Dark Souls, while hopefully widening the net a little. I’m not saying that every Skyrim player’s going to be jumping on Dark Souls, but it would be nice if some of them did. It’s a different game, sure.”

The original Dark Souls has sold over 2.3 million copies life-to-date.

Dark Souls II is currently in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, though a release date has not yet been set. For more, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage of the role-playing game.

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An office prank to replace a framed picture of a scantily clad female mechanic with that of a muscular man in his underpants has caused the CEO of Hawken publisher Meteor Entertainment to reconsider his views.

The poster-sized artwork, said to be displayed prominently in the office of Meteor CEO Mark Long, features the mechanic clutching a welding iron while wearing tiny denim shorts and a top that exposes her midriff and chest.

“I loathe this picture,” wrote an anonymous employee to The Hawkeye Initiative, saying it was “one thing I did not love about my job.”

“Why do I loathe it? How, you ask, can I stay mad at a sweet young belle who has so obviously taken a break from her important welding to offer me a piping hot cup of coffee and/or a vigorous hand job?”

The employee enlisted the aid of coworker Sam Kirk, who spent a month and a half designing a picture of a scantily clad male mechanic, dubbed Bro-sie the Riveter, and replaced the female picture with her male counterpart as an April Fools’ prank.

The two portraits side by side.

“It was glorious,” wrote the employee. “There Brosie stood, proud, nipples testing the air like young gophers in springtime, the post-apocalyptic breeze gently swaying his banana hammock. Brosie said, loud and proud: ‘Get ready, world! I am here to lubricate your joints and tighten your socket.’”

When Meteor Entertainment CEO Mark Long arrived at the office, however, panic started to creep in. “We are both suddenly and painfully aware that we have, in fact, just punked the CEO of our company. He is by all accounts an awesome dude. He is also a late-’50s ex-army guy who happens to determine our employment futures in an at-will state.”

Long’s response, however, was to display both pictures side by side. When he approached the employee, he reportedly said, “That was a brilliant prank. You called me on exactly the bulls**t I need to be called on. I put up pictures of half-naked girls around the office all the time and I never think about it. I’m taking you and Sam to lunch. And after that, we’re going to hang both prints, side by side.”

In conclusion, the anonymous employee says that “many of the guys who are behind that stupid, constant crap are totally decent, open-minded human beings who just don’t realize they’re doing it. You know how sometimes you don’t realize how much you and your girlfriend are talking about shoes or menstruation until some dude walks into the room? Well sometimes guys don’t realize how much they’re talking about ti**ies.”

“Let’s turn this damn industry into the environment we want it to be.”

Hawken is currently in open beta.

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The next games from Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios will be stuffed with “holy f**king sh**” moments, according to co-founder and chief creative officer Christofer Sundberg.

Speaking with Edge, the industry veteran said Avalanche Studios would rather focus on full-out action than emotional experiences. All of this because, according to Sundberg, games are supposed to be entertainment.

“We’ve never had any ambition to go very deep with our narrative and focused more on explosive fun. It’s entertainment! I have no ambitions to make players cry or have any deeper feelings,” Sundberg said. “A great laugh and a big smile as players pull off a completely over-the-top stunt is all I can ask for. I can assure you that with our next games there will be plenty of ‘holy f**king sh**s’ to go around for everyone!”

Edge also asked Sundberg about the string of mysterious images he has posted to Instagram in the past few months. Some fans may have noticed similarities to the Just Cause series, but in fact, these images were from an all-new, steampunk-style game that has been put on hold.

“They were from a steampunk-style game we had in development that we put on ice,” Sundberg said. “I really love that art style, and to combine it with sandbox gameplay is a dream of mine. Fortunately, being an independent developer I can control my own destiny and we’ll make something in that world sooner or later.”

Sundberg recently revealed that Avalanche Studios was close to signing a deal to make an open-world Star Wars game.

The Swedish developer is currently working on multiple unannounced titles, one of which is not a Superman game. The first of these games is rumored to be announced at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo next month.

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Warner Bros. has announced Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, a crossover between the puzzle platformer and the DC Universe.

The game–which was rumoured to exist back in April–will be released in fall 2013 for the Wii U, 3DS, and PC and is being developed by series stewards 5th Cell.

Screenshots for the game show Scribblenauts protagonist Maxwell interacting with numerous DC characters in various locations, including Wayne Manor’s laundry room (complete with bat-clad washing machines). Batman’s batcave, Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, and the Green Lantern homeworld Oa are also shown.

Batman villains Bane, Killer Croc, Harley Quinn, Two Face, Riddler, Joker, and Penguin are also shown alongside the Dark Knight, Robin, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Screenshots also show off lesser-known DC characters like Kyle Rayner, Professor Zoom, and Black Flash.

The trailer for the game, embedded below, also shows players customising their own heroes and villains, with Superman antagonist Doomsday retooled in a new costume to fight crime.

Scribblenauts games have been released every year since 2009, with last year’s Scribblenauts Unlimited featuring Nintendo characters Mario, Link, and Zelda in the Wii U version of the game.

At the start of this month, Scribblenauts was accused of infringing on the trademarks of meme creators Charles Schmidt and Christopher Orlander Torres, creators of Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat respectively. 5th Cell and Warner Bros. are accused of “shamelessly” using the memes to promote Scribblenauts titles and are seeking unspecified damages as compensation.

Warner Bros. is no stranger to using the DC universe in other games and has published two Lego Batman games in the past. The publisher also recently released the DC brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us, and is readying a release of Batman: Arkham Origins for later in 2013. A DC MOBA, Infinite Crisis, is also due for release in 2013.

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It has been a long time coming, but Microsoft is reportedly ready to officially kill off its Points system of virtual currency, primarily used through the Xbox platform.

Sources have told The Verge that Microsoft will replace Points with a gift card system similar to Apple’s iTunes codes, allowing shoppers to use real-world currency to purchase virtual content.

In addition, the sources said cash transactions through credit and debit cards will be supported. This new virtual currency system will be compatible across Microsoft’s online marketplaces, including Xbox, the Windows Store, and the Windows Phone Store.

The new system will reportedly be officially announced as soon as the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo early next month and introduced later in the year ahead of the arrival of Microsoft’s next Xbox.

A Microsoft representative told GameSpot, “We don’t comment on rumors or speculation.”

The first report of Microsoft axing Points came in January 2012, when a source said the company was planning to phase out its Points system by the end of the year in favor of real-world currency.

Microsoft Points have been in place since the inception of Xbox Live and have not been without criticism. Rather than using real-world currency, Microsoft has adopted its own system, where 400 Microsoft Points is equivalent to $5. Further, Microsoft sells Point packs only in multiples of 400, often leaving gamers with excess points after purchasing content that they want.

This last point led to a 2010 class-action lawsuit, where Microsoft was accused of defrauding the class by “collecting revenues for digital goods and services which were not provided.”

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The show opened with a Miz TV segment to set up matches for Extreme Rules.  By that I mean that it set up matches that didn’t include John Cena and Ryback.  The guys who were there have a six man match later tonight as Mark Henry, The Big Show and Jack Swagger will take on Randy Orton, Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio.

Tons of Funk beat The Prime Time Players.

Chris Jericho beat Antonio Cesaro in a long match.  The fans chanted “boring” at Cesaro.  I blame WWE for that.  They had a good match and the finish was the Walls Of Jericho.  Afterward, Fandango attacked Jericho again but Jericho ran him off.

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TNA has ZERO tolerance for inappropriate behavior. The incident with Austin Aries was taken very seriously and handled immediately.

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Kickstarter has attracted a host of industry veterans like Richard Garriott, Tim Schafer, American McGee, Chris Roberts, and Chris Avellone, but not all noted designers are on-board with the crowd-funding platform.

Speaking with Games Industry International, Civilization designer Sid Meier said he’s not likely to launch a Kickstarter project anytime soon because he is uncomfortable with being locked into design choices early on.

“You’ve got to convince people to support it and create trailers or whatever it takes to get the support. I think you kind of lock yourself into a lot of ideas early,” Meier said. “I really enjoy the luxury of changing my design and evolving over time.”

“I’d be a little concerned with Kickstarter if I committed to X, Y, and Z and I found out down the road that Z didn’t work very well, I kind of promised to do this,” he added. “I think it’s great for people who want that indie environment, but there are advantages and disadvantages to each situation.”

Meier currently heads up development at 2K Games subsidiary Firaxis Games and recently released free-to-play iOS game Ace Patrol, which he designed alone. Meier explained that by working with a publisher, he is able to focus on game design while 2K Games handles the business end.

“They do all the stuff I don’t want to do; they allow me to make games and really focus on that part of what it takes to get a game out there. I get to design games, I get to program games, I get to work with the artists and the sound guys and do the fun stuff,” Meier said.

“They worry about testing it and publishing it and promoting it and selling it–whatever it takes to do that I would be really bad at, they do,” he added. “So more power to Chris Roberts and the Kickstarter, but having a great publisher is a real asset and allows me to focus on the things that I can do and not worry about all the other stuff that needs to be worried about.”

According to data released by Kickstarter in January, games drew more than $83 million in 2012, higher than any other category on the funding platform.

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Pac-Man is coming back. Namco Bandai announced Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
today, a new game based on the upcoming Disney XD show of the same name.

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures will launch for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U this fall. A separate side-scrolling version will be available for 3DS.

According to Namco Bandai, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures the game will focus on the Pac-World, a place of peace until the Netherworld ghosts arrived. Gamers are cast as the iconic yellow chomper and must defeat the ghosts and their evil Betrayus leader.

The game’s announcement trailer indicates Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures will feature Mario-like platforming sequences, as well as the series-familiar ghost-chomping.

The animated Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures TV show is scheduled to premiere in 2013. It was created by Marvel Studios executive and Iron Man producer Avi Arad.

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The Wii U’s already slow sales pace didn’t get any better in the April, according to data from Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter.

Ahead of this week’s NPD report, Pachter released to GameSpot sister site CNET sales estimates of 55,000 units in the US for the month, down 19 percent compared to March. The original Wii again outperformed its successor, selling 75,000 units during the period, Pachter said.

The Wii U has officially sold 3.45 million units worldwide as of March 31. Nintendo has attributed the platform’s slow adoption rate to a lack of major titles and marketing failing to communicate the novelty of the system.

Nintendo plans to spark system sales by launching key first-party titles on a more regular basis moving forward, beginning with Pikmin 3 in August. The company also aims to reduce manufacturing costs to make the Wii U profitable.

Concerning competitors Microsoft and Sony, Pachter’s data today shows that the Xbox 360 was again the market leader, selling 205,000 units in the month. The PlayStation 3 moved 165,000 units in the period, according to Pachter.

The 3DS was a bright spot for Nintendo in April, with sales jumping 46 percent year-over-year to 185,000 units, Pachter said. The PlayStation Vita, on the other hand, declined 56 percent compared to last year, selling 30,000 units in the month, according to Pachter.

Pachter’s data is based on retailer checks and does not necessarily accurately reflect true sales information.

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GameStop general manager of digital distribution Steve Nix has left the retailer. The two-year company employee confirmed his departure with Games Industry International today, revealing that he left the game company for a position at Dallas Venture Partners.

Nix told the site that he is working on more than one unannounced project with the firm and teased that he is “not leaving the gaming space.” Details about his future endeavors will come to light “soon,” he said.

Prior to joining GameStop in February 2011, Nix was director of business development and director of digital platforms at Doom studio id Software.

Nix leaves GameStop at a time when the company’s digital business is booming. The retailer reported at the end of March that digital sales jumped 60.3 percent during its latest quarter. GameStop will report earnings for its first quarter ended May 4 later this month.

A GameStop representative was not immediately available to comment on how Nix’s departure will affect the retailer’s digital efforts moving forward.

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Ubisoft has announced console-specific preorder bonuses for upcoming platformer Rayman Legends.

Wii U owners will get a skin of Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation’s Aveline De Grandpré for Rayman Legends co-star Barbara. PlayStation 3 owners will get to fashion Rayman in the garb of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag protagonist Edward Kenway, and Xbox 360 owners will get to dress their Rayman as if he was Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher, complete with iconic night vision goggles.

The preorder skins will be available exclusively from GameStop in the US, and Game in the UK.

Ubisoft has also unveiled details on Rayman Legends’ “20,000 Lums under the Sea” world, an ocean setting that will feature stealth elements and allow players to manipulate the light and darkness of its levels.

Rayman Legends was scheduled to be released exclusively on the Wii U in February 2013, but was pushed back to September to make way for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the title. News of the delay caused some of the game’s developers to protest outside Ubisoft Montpellier’s offices, though Ubisoft later said the extra time has allowed for the creation of 30 new levels.

Rayman Legends will be released in North America on September 3, and in Europe on August 30.

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Fantasy massively multiplayer online game Rift will adopt a free-to-play business model beginning June 12, developer Trion Worlds announced today.

According to the developer, free-to-play gamers will be able to experience the entire game world of Telara, which includes every dungeon, every zone, and every level. Free-to-play users will also receive “full access” to all content future game updates.

Rift creative director Bill Fisher explained that business model switch came in response to fan feedback.

“We have been listening to feedback from our players and watching the continuously developing MMO community, and are now ready to launch Rift as a premium free-to-play experience,” Fisher said in a statement. “After taking our time and planning a careful transition; we are very excited to bring an enhanced game experience to everyone, without barriers.”

When Rift goes free-to-play next month, Trion Worlds will launch an expanded in-game store offering up various mounts, boosts, and wardrobe items for purchase. Gamers who continue to pay a subscription will receive a series of “Patron” benefits, including extra currency, increased mount speed, and bonus experience, among other perks.

Trion Worlds will mark the June 12 free-to-play Rift re-launch with content update 2.3, called Empyreal Assault. This update will open an new zone, world event, chronicle, and more. A detailed breakdown of the new free-to-play version of Rift is available at the game’s website.

Rift launched in March 2011 and introduced the Storm Legion expansion the next year. A Rift Lite version was made available February 2012 that allows gamers to play for free until level 20. Blizzard Entertainment offers a similar service for World of Warcraft. Rift generated $100 million in revenue during its first year.

It is the latest MMO to adopt a free-to-play business model after launch, following Tera, Lord of the Rings Online, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, EverQuest II, Aion, and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Bethesda has not said if its upcoming MMO game The Elder Scrolls Online will carry a subscription fee, though consultant Nicholas Lovell believes the game will launch with a subscription before going free-to-play.

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A major New York hedge fund investor has called for Sony to split its wide-reaching business apart, saying that separating the entertainment division–responsible for blockbuster movies like Skyfall–will allow the PlayStation-owning electronics division to thrive.

The New York Times reports that the hedge fund of billionaire Daniel S. Loeb, Third Point, has invested stocks worth $1.1 billion into the Japanese electronics giant and is now one of its largest shareholders. Loeb is said to have personally delivered a letter calling for Sony to be split up to CEO Kazuo Hirai on Tuesday.

“Sony has stood for innovative engineering and consumer satisfaction for decades,” says Third Point’s letter to Sony. “From televisions to gaming consoles to handsets, Sony epitomizes the proud legacy of Japanese manufacturing ingenuity, superior product design, and excellent user experience.”

“However, many casual observers would be surprised to learn that while Sony is electronics, much of its current value is derived from a hidden gem–Sony’s Entertainment division. Like many conglomerates [Third Point has] invested in previously, Sony has two strong businesses facing different challenges side by side, each obscuring the other’s true worth.”

“To maximize Sony’s overall success, we believe the Company should change the structure of its ownership of Sony Entertainment. Doing so will strengthen Sony by reducing its burdensome
debt, thereby providing additional resources and capital to focus on revitalizing the resurgent
Sony Electronics.”

A Sony spokesperson replied to the letter by saying that the company is “focused on creating shareholder value by executing on our plan to revitalize and grow the electronics business, while further strengthening the stable business foundations of the entertainment and financial services businesses.”

Hirai is expected to talk about the future of the 67-year-old company next week.

Sony announced earlier this week that it has returned to profitability for the first time in five years.

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Sony today launched new downloadable content for God of War: Ascension called Primordial Weapons. The add-on content introduces the Armor of Typhon and the Mercenary Blade.

The content is available to purchase today, though a price for the DLC was not divulged.

The Primordial Weapons DLC follows last week’s Armors of Anarchy and Blades of Darkness expansions.

In addition, free DLC armor–The Chimeran Armor–is now available on PSN. According to its description, the armor “bucks authority with both a viper’s venom and a lion’s pride.”

Sony also released an infographic detailing player behavior in the God of War: Ascension multiplayer mode. According to the graphic, 240,861,493 players have been killed since the game launched in March, while gamers have spent a total of 3.48 million hours playing.

The God of War: Ascension player logging the most game time in multiplayer was KnightMareIV, who has played over 356 hours to date, which is equal to more than 14 days. The game has been out now for 63 days.

For more on God of War: Ascension, check out GameSpot’s review.

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3DS adventures Pokemon X and Y will be set in an entirely new region called Kalos, Nintendo has announced.

Nintendo also announced that the capital of Kalos will be Lumiose City, which contains a massive tower reminiscent of Paris’ Eiffel Tower.

The Pokedex in Pokemon X and Y will also be split across the Kalos region’s three unique areas, though Nintendo has yet to say how many Pokemon will feature in the final game.

Pokemon X and Y’s France-like Kalos region.

Nintendo also unveiled four Pokemon new for Pokemon X and Y: the life-leeching electric Pokemon Helioptile; the swift flying Fletchling; Pancham, who can lower the defence of an enemy Pokemon and then switch out for another; and Gogoat, a rideable Pokemon who can be used as a mount in the game for the first time in the series.

Gogoat

Helioptile

Pancham

Fletchling

Pokemon X and Y will launch for 3DS in October 2013. For more information on the game, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage.

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Payday 2 will launch this August globally at retail for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, developer Overkill Software announced today. Previously, the game was confirmed for a digital-only release on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and PC.

“We have a bit of a problem here at Overkill–there are just too many great ideas and none that we were really happy to throw out–so Payday 2 has become just too big to reserve release on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network alone,” game director David Goldfarb said in a statement.

The PC version of Payday 2 will remain a digital-exclusive and will be available through Steam.

Payday 2 includes a number of features not found in 2011′s original Payday: The Heist, including a skill and progression system. In addition, the game features four different professions, each with its own unique abilities.

For more, check out GameSpot’s Now Playing video feature below with Goldfarb.

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Metal Gear publisher Konami announced today that its third annual Pre-E3 Show 2013 will be live-streamed on GameSpot and through the GameSpot TV app on Xbox Live. The show kicks off at 10 a.m. PDT on June 6. A special landing page for the presentation is now live.

Gamers who tune into the show will be briefed on Konami news, game trailers, and exclusive interviews ahead of the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo the following week.

Notably, Konami will give an inside look into Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain during the show and will also debut an all-new trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Behind the scenes footage for the next Pro Evolution Soccer title will also be on hand.

To bolster the reach of the event, CBS television stations in eight markets will air promotions for the show. This marks the first time a gaming company’s online news event will be promoted in a nationwide TV ad campaign.

Promos for the Konami event will air on CBS stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, and Sacramento, as well as through CW stations in San Francisco, Atlanta, and Seattle beginning May 27.

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Nvidia’s Project Shield–now known as Nvidia Shield–will launch by the end of June for $350, the company announced today. It will will be available through Nvidia’s website, as well as at Newegg, GameStop, Micro Center, and Canada Computers.

Fans who signed up to received Shield update can begin preordering today, while reservations will open to the general public through the company’s website on May 20, as well as via the participating partners listed above.

Along with news of price and release date, Nvidia announced a handful of games coming to the Shield. Double Fine is supporting the platform with two titles: its Kickstarter-funded Broken Age and Costume Quest.

Other titles coming to Nvidia Shield include Flyhunter from Pixar veterans, as well as Skiing Fred from Dedalord Games and Chuck’s Challenge from Niffler.

The Nvidia Shield gives gamers access to an array of gaming avenues, including Nvidia TegraZone, Google Play, and Steam. The system runs on the Tegra 4 processor and boasts 16GB of memory, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, a mini-HDMI output, a microSD storage slot, and a headphone jack.

The device also features a five-inch, 720p multi-touch display. For more on the Nvidia Shield, check out GameSpot’s preview of the device from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year.

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Video platform Twitch today announced the arrival of a dedicated app for Xbox 360 that will allow gamers to view content, but not stream it. The Twitch app for Xbox 360 is only available in the United States to those with an Xbox Live Gold subscription.

Twitch’s worldwide audience now stands at 34 million unique viewers per month, and the arrival of the Xbox 360 app is a measure of reaching gamers wherever they are, CEO Emmet Shear said in a statement.

“Our app for Xbox 360 brings Twitch video to the television and into the living room of millions of Xbox Live members for the first time,” Shear said. “Given the huge number Xbox owners and how many of them love gaming spectatorship, it’s a natural fit to bring the Twitch experience to the 360.”

Twitch launched during the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo and has since partnered with a string of high-profile companies and brands, including Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and Activision.

Using the Twitch app for Xbox 360, players will be able to watch the top 300 live Twitch channels and browse videos either by channel, game, or featured content.

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Mediajuice Studios today launched a Kickstarter campaign to finalize its independent film Video Games: The Movie. The filmmakers recently wrapped up a year’s worth of location and interview shoots, and are now looking to secure $60,000 complete post-production on the project.

Funds amassed from the Kickstarter campaign will be used for editing, a musical score, voice-over narration, the acquisition of licensed archival clips, motion graphics, and to secure interviews related to the next generation of consoles.

“I hope that once we’re done, Video Games: The Movie will stand as a benchmark for all other movies about the games industry; and that it will help dispel some of the nagging falsehoods that ignorantly plague game makers and players, and keep them from receiving mainstream acceptance like other art forms such as films, music and books,” director Jeremy Snead said in a statement.

“In the end, our hope is that this film will help further legitimize the industry and the culture to those who continue to disregard it without really spending time to learn about it,” Snead added.

The film features interviews with some of the industry’s most experienced and influential designers, celebrities, and executives, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton, and a long list of others.

Video Games: The Movie also shot a number of scenes on-location at industry events like Comic-Con, Pax, and E3 and studio shoots at places like Gearbox Software, 343 Industries, and Epic Games, among others.

Snead and Mediajuice Studios originally launched a crowd-funding campaign for Video Games: The Movie through IndieGoGo last year, gathering $1,790 of a $107,550 goal. Unlike Kickstarter, IndieGoGo is not all-or-nothing, thus allowing Snead and Mediajuice Studios to use those funds.

Video Games: The Movie is expected to premiere this summer in Los Angeles, before being released theatrically and on home video and video-on-demand through a distributor yet to be announced.

For more on Video Games: The Movie, check out GameSpot’s interview with its creators.

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Gaijin Entertainment is bringing its military-themed massively multiplayer online game War Thunder to the PlayStation 4 this holiday, the publisher announced today.

The company said War Thunder: Ground Forces for PS4 will make use of the PS4′s “potent power” to “redefine War Thunder’s rich gameplay” and will also leverage the new DualShock 4.

Gaijin Entertainment also teased that War Thunder on PS4 will boast “innovative cloud options,” as well as a head-tracking system, “deeply integrated social capabilities,” and support for the new “Share” button.”

War Thunder for PC is currently in open beta. It is described as a next-generation MMO combat game dedicated to World War II military aviation, armored vehicles, and fleets. The game features PvP experiences, PvE content, and a mission editor, among other elements.

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NA wrestler Austin Aries is under fire for climbing to the second rope, putting his crotch in front of ring announcer Christy Hemme’s face during Thursday’s Impact Wrestling television show. Hemme incorrectly introduced Bad Influence when Aries and Bobby Roode were making their entrance.

Aries went to the ring, backed Hemme into a corner, and had his crotch in her face while she delivered the corrected introduction. Hemme was asked about the incident on Twitter and wrote that it was “unacceptable.”

Meanwhile, Aries wrote the following on his Twitter page on Saturday: “Pretty nuts, some of the junk people get the balls to say over the net, knowing they couldn’t to your face…Eh, anyway, time to sack out

When asked if Hemme was upset with the incident, a source said:

Of course, she was. How would you react? It’s one thing if that was set up as a work earlier in the day, and even then our girls would have to reassure our agents over and over again that they would be okay with that spot before it got approved for television.” The source added the opinion that Hemme was “technically sexually harassed.”

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According to the preview on USA, the dance-off will start tonight’s show and Brock & HHH will be face-to-face as well.

The usual Raw recap starts us off.

Jerry Lawler is in the ring. He says that Jericho will be facing Fandango at Extreme Rules. They recap Fandango’s Mania 29 victory. They then announce the dance-off. Introduced first is Fandango with Summer Rae. Then Jericho and his Dancing With The Stars partner come out. Lawler brings up to Fandango how he lost a dance-off to Khali a few weeks back. Fandango says that the crowd there were poor judges and that he’ll be the victor tonight. Jericho replies that it may be a dance-off but it’s still Raw Is Jericho!! He brings up being the Musical Chairs champion and The Price Is Raw champion in the past. He says he’ll be the winner not only tonight, but also on Sunday and Fandango will never, EVVVER be the same again.

Fandango apparently won the coin toss and will be dancing first. Fandango poses as if he’s ready, but doesn’t even dance to his music when it plays. Wow… great way to waste time on Raw, WWE… he eventually starts the second time around but in the dance, Summer twists her ankle. Fandango is less than impressed and leaves the ring. Jericho and her partner go to check on her, only for Fandango to run back in and attack Jericho. He also throws him into the table and the ring steps outside. He even pulls up a square meter section of the dance floor and hits Jericho with it. He then gets in the ring and turns out Summer was faking her ankle injury. He poses with her in the ring, Jericho down at ringside, before heading to the back.

Later tonight there’s a 6-man Elimination Tag match with John Cena & Team Hell No taking on The Shield.

Ryback is backstage, he’s going to be in action next.

WWE Rewind with the aftermath of last week’s Raw main event.

Zack Ryder is in the ring. Oh dear… Ryback is heading to the ring next.

Match 1 – Zack Ryder vs. Ryback
Squash match. Ryback wins with Shellshock.
WINNER – Ryback

Well, that was memorable… not.

They now do a recap of the Lesnar vs. HHH feud, showing Lesnar attacking HHH last April. They go face-to-face later.

Back from break and Tons Of Funk are finishing their dance in the ring. Their opponents are the Prime Time Players.

Match 2 – Tons Of Funk (Brodus Clay & Sweet T) (w/ The Funkadactyls, Naomi & Cameron) vs. The Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O’Neil)
Short match. Titus O’Neil got a dirty pin with the ropes, with assistance from a hair spray tin from Darren Young to Brodus Clay
WINNERS – The Prime Time Players

They recap Dolph Ziggler’s tough bumps over last week, and up next, an announcement will be made regarding the future of the World Heavyweight Title.

Teddy Long is coming out to talk to Matt Striker, Booker T is having surgery, to make an announcement. Zeb Coulter interrupts saying that Ziggler should be stripped of the belt. AJ & Langston then come out saying that Jack should be suspended for causing the concussion. Teddy shuts them up and says that Ziggler will not be stripped, and that Ziggler and Del Rio will now face each other in an I Quit match to become the number 1 contender for Dolph’s title. Teddy then also sets up a match for later, with Big E. Langston to take on either Del Rio or Swagger, with the opponent to be decided by WWE app voting later.

Mark Henry’s Hall of Pain is up later, where he’ll call out Sheamus, as well as the 6-man Elimination Tag match.

Kofi Kingston is coming out to the ring now. He’ll be in action next.

Back from break and they recap last Monday’s Raw with The Shield attacking him. They then announce that Dean Ambrose will be facing Kofi Kingston on Sunday for the US title… nice move by WWE.

Kofi’s opponent is out now, Damien Sandow, who cuts a promo saying that Kofi’s time as US champion will be ending soon. Sandow is a 4th member of The Shield? Just kidding…

Match 3 – Kofi Kingston vs. Damien Sandow
Quick little match. Kofi wins with Trouble In Paradise.
WINNER – Kofi Kingston

Mark Henry is backstage now, his Hall Of Pain induction with Sheamus is up next.

Back from break, and Mark Henry is in the ring with his strap. They then recap a strap match from 2004 with JBL taking Eddie Guerrero at The Great American Bash. Josh is in the ring with Mark and they recap Smackdown, with Henry pulling the two semi trucks. Josh asks how he’ll use that in the strap match. Henry asks him to put the strap on and he pushes him down and taps all four corners. Josh then manages to get out the ring as Henry lets him go. Henry then says why don’t we have it tonight and asks Sheamus to come out. A little time later, Sheamus makes his way out and says he’s ready for Sunday. He then makes his way to the ring and gets a strap of his own and they briefly whip each other before Mark Henry flees and heads to the back. Sheamus celebrates in the ring.

Another Lesnar and HHH clip, this time with Brock attacking Vince in January. They go face-to-face later.

Randy Orton will be in action next. They then show a world premiere trailer for 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded.

They recap the dance-off from earlier.

Antonio Cesaro is in the ring now, Randy Orton is out next, another return match from Main Event.

Match 4 – Antonio Cesaro vs. Randy Orton
Short match here. Orton wins with the RKO.
WINNER – Randy Orton

Heath Slater’s in the ring with Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal. His opponent is then introduced and it’s the returning Miz.

Match 5 – Heath Slater vs. The Miz
Decent match here. Miz wins with the figure four leglock.
WINNER – The Miz

Susan J. Komen cancer promo now.

Up next, it’s the 6-man elimination tag match.

Another HHH & Lesnar recap, with HHH return to beat down Lesnar.

Justin Roberts introduces the 6-man Elimination tag, Team Hell No come out first, followed by John Cena. Out last through the crowd is The Shield. During the entrances, they announce that Team Hell No will be defending the WWE Tag Titles against Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins of The Shield, which will be a Tornado Tag match.

Match 6 – Team Hell No (Kane & Daniel Bryan) & John Cena vs. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns)
The first elimination comes with Kane DQ’d for using the top of the announce table on one of The Shield outside the ring. Then Bryan is eliminated after being pinned by Ambrose. Rollins is out next after an Attitude Adjustment, followed by Reigns being DQ’d for attacking the referee. Soon after, Cena gets Ambrose in the STF, only for The Shield members to attack Cena causing a DQ.
WINNERS by DQ – John Cena & Team Hell No

The Shield do their triple powerbomb on Cena, and soon after Ryback’s music hits, he comes out and hits Cena on the injured ankle with the Steel Chair.

The WWE App voting for who Langston will face, either Del Rio or Swagger, is underway. I’d say Vote for Pedro.

HHH & Lesnar recap, this time of their Mania 29 match. They Go face-to-face later.

Big E Langston is out as they recap Ziggler’s bumps from last week. They then reveal the voting for the opponent and by 65% to 35%, it’s jack Swagger, who makes his way to the ring.

Match 7 – Big E. Langston (w/AJ Lee) vs. Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Coulter)
Decent match here, Swagger wins by countout after he throws Langston over the barrier.
WINNER by count out – Jack Swagger

After the match, Ricardo appears with his bucket, but then gets overpowered by Swagger. Del Rio then comes out and manages to put the Cross Armbreaker on Swagger, only for Langston to stop it and then getting drop kicked out of the ring. Del Rio then clotheslines Swagger out of the ring as well. Del Rio & Ricardo celebrate in the ring.

Back from break and Natalya & AJ Lee are in the ring. The Bellas and Kaitlyn are at the commentary position. Kaitlyn’s had another present, a Simpsons trivia box… the plot thickens…

Match 8 – Natalya vs. AJ Lee
Not too bad a match. AJ wins with an impressive looking octopus stretch.
WINNER – AJ Lee

Up next, it’s the face-off with Brock Lesnar and Triple H.

Back from break and they recap the dance-off from earlier. Matt Striker interviews Jericho, who says that the fun and joking is over, he’s dead serious now and focused on taking down Fandango now.

Triple H makes his way out now. The camera then shows that the steel cage is above the ring and is being lowered into place. It looks like the face-off is going to be surrounded by steel, Lesnar will be out after the break.

Back from break and Triple H says once again that the ring is his home and a cage surrounding it brings out the anger and hate. Lesnar and Heyman come out now on stage and Heyman goes to introduce himself, but HHH says to just let Lesnar in the ring. Heyman talks about hate, even mentioning how the word hate shouldn’t be used, and also talks about how HHH will hate being the loser on Sunday.

Lesnar & Heyman’s music hits to go backstage, but Triple H cuts them off and says that Brock also hates losing, like what happened at Mania. He then says that he knows that Lesnar thinks he’s the baddest man in the arena, but Heyman is holding him back, asking Lesnar whether he’s a beast or a bitch. Damn. Lesnar then heads to the ring and into the cage and they come to blows. Triple H eventually comes out on top, throwing Lesnar through the closed door, knocking Heyman down to the floor. Lesnar contemplates getting in the ring again, but thinks twice and he and Heyman head to the back and HHH looks on from inside the cage as Raw goes off the air.

A mixed bag of a go-home show for WWE Raw tonight. Make sure you’re here next week for all the fallout from the Extreme Rules PPV. Until then… ASHLEY OUT!!

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You’ve heard the rumors, now it’s CONFIRMED: The official release date for #WWE2K14 is October 29, 2013! Less than six months to go!

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Fandango tweeted:

“Having a dance off with Jericho is like putting Mike Tyson in the ring with Michael Cole… #JustDance.”

Jericho then replied : “Having a Danceoff with Fandango on Raw is like having a game of musical chairs on Raw…oh yeah I won that, too.”

Y2J then went on to reveal his dance partner for tonight will be Edyta Sliwinska

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TNA IMPACT WRESTLING returns to the United Kingdom in January/February 2014 with shows in Glasgow (Jan 30), Manchester (Jan 31), London (Feb 1) and Birmingham (Feb 2). UK Fans – don’t miss your chance to experience IMPACT WRESTLING LIVE! Get the complete tour and ticketing info!

• Fans cans experience TNA live from just £22.50, plus booking fee
• Live events coming to Glasgow, Manchester, London and Birmingham
• TNA President Dixie Carter to launch UK Tour with special fan events (info below)

The Glasgow event will see TNA IMPACT WRESTLING become the first ever company to put on a wrestling show at the gorgeous new Hydro arena.

Fans can be part of the action, and experience the UK’s most popular wrestling company live, from just £22.50, plus booking fee. Tickets are available via the TNA UK Facebook page at www.facebook.com/tnawrestlinguk, www.gigsandtours.com/tour/tna-wrestling, www.ticketmaster.co.uk or direct from the tour venues. Full details of the UK events are:

Thursday 30 January 2014
Glasgow Hydro
0844 811 0051

Friday 31 January 2014
Manchester Arena
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TNA IMPACT WRESTLING is broadcast on Challenge in the UK and Ireland every Sunday night at 9pm, as well as on Spike TV in the USA and more than 120 other countries.
The TNA UK Tour launch also includes an exclusive competition with Challenge, where one lucky fan can win a trip for two to Boston to experience TNA Slammiversary live. More details on the fan events and competition can be found at www.challenge.co.uk/wrestling.

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Shanda Games has announced that it has released the new Dragon Nest SEA update called Rise of the Typhoon Kim.

The new update will add 10 more player levels for RPG fans to grind for.

The patch bumps up the level cap from 50 to 60 and also introduces new Nest bosses: the fire-based giant orc Typhoon Kim and the mutant summoner Professor K. New passive skills and EX skills can now be learned by players over level 50.

Players can now check out five new maps and new quests located in the Lotus Marsh. The game’s story now revolves around a mysterious meteor crash site that is spreading corruption in the marsh.

This is the first time the patch is available in English. There is no word on the update’s release in the North American and European version of Dragon Nest.

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Grand Theft Auto parent publisher Take-Two Interactive believes creating compelling titles for next-generation platforms will be complicated and costly.

Despite the challenges, CEO Strauss Zelnick believes his company is up to the task, due in part to a drive to be fiscally responsible and disciplined, as well as the cash it has on hand.

“There’s nothing straightforward about making what we hope will be the standard bearers of the industry. And there’s no question that developing for what will be next-gen will be complicated and for the type of titles we do, will be costly,” Zelnick said today in a post-earnings financial call.

“That said, we have a very strong balance sheet and we align our business with our costs; and one of our three strategic objectives is to be the most efficient company in the business,” he added.

Zelnick’s comments today don’t match up with what the executive said in November. At the time, he did not foresee a significant increase in development costs for next-generation games. In fact, he said the opposite would be the more likely scenario–that games would become easier to make.

“We don’t have a ramp up of operating expenses for next-generation,” Zelnick said at the time. “Do we believe the titles to be a whole lot more expensive to make for next-gen? And the answer is we do not. In many instances we believe that it may be somewhat easier to make titles for next-gen, depending on how the technology comes together.”

Today, Zelnick said that in time, development efficiencies may be reached, but right now it’s “too early to say” if that will be the case.

Take-Two’s next major project is Grand Theft Auto V, which launches September 17 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation. Wii U and PC versions are “up for consideration.” For more, check out an Ask GameSpot video feature on the game below.

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BioShock Infinite has sold-in (i.e. shipped) 3.7 million copies worldwide life-to-date, publisher Take-Two Interactive announced today as part of its fourth quarter and full-year earnings report.

From Irrational Games, BioShock Infinite launched March 26 and has seen higher first-month sales than any other entry in the series to date. Take-Two also reported “solid demand” for the BioShock Infinite Season Pass, which offers three upcoming add-ons.

None have been released thus far, though a past rumor suggests the first will add a new companion character.

The news comes as part of Take-Two Interactive’s fourth quarter and full-year earnings report for the periods ended March 31. For the fourth quarter, revenue was $303.1 million, compared to $148.1 million last year. The company pulled a profit of $42.9 million for the quarter, up from a loss of $50.9 million last year.

Catalog sales made up 25 percent of net revenue in the quarter, while revenue from digitally delivered content surged 192 percent year-over-year and made up 27 percent of net revenue.

For the fiscal year, Take-Two net revenue hit $1.222 billion, up from $825.8 million last year. The company posted a profit of $33.1 million for the period, compared to a loss of $59.4 million last year.

The largest contributors to Take-Two’s bottom line in fiscal 2013 were Borderlands 2, NBA 2K13, BioShock Infinite, Max Payne 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and Red Dead Redemption.

Revenue from digital content jumped 148 percent year-over-year and made up 22 percent of net revenue. Take-Two attributed this boost in digital revenue to offerings from Borderlands 2, the Grand Theft Auto franchise, NBA 2K13, Civilization V, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Take-Two also gave sales updates for two of its major 2012 titles. The company revealed that Max Payne 3 has now shipped 4 million units since launch in May 2012 and reiterated that Borderlands 2 has shipped 6 million copies and is likely to become 2K’s most successful title to date.

“Our commitment to delight consumers with the highest-quality interactive entertainment experiences enabled Take-Two to have an outstanding year, despite a challenging environment for many in our industry,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in a statement.

“2013 is the 20th anniversary of Take-Two’s founding and, today, our Company is better positioned for success than at any other time in its history. With Rockstar Games launching Grand Theft Auto V in September, fiscal 2014 is poised to be one of our best years ever,” he added. “Looking ahead, we have an extensive pipeline of next-generation and emerging platform titles in development, including both new intellectual property and releases from our proven franchises.”

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United States Vice President Joe Biden believes it would be no problem to tax violent games. As part of a recent gun legislation strategy meeting with religious leaders, Biden said that an idea brought forth by Reverend Franklin Graham to tax violent media could be a smart move.

Participants in the behind-closed-doors session told Politico (via Game Politics) that Biden said there is “no restriction on the ability to do that; there’s no legal reason why they couldn’t” tax violent media.

He also said that that he would like to see a comprehensive study done regarding the impact of violent games and movies on young people.

Reverend Graham said that funds derived from the tax should go towards helping victims of gun violence, along with their families. Excise tax on violent media is nothing new, with multiple calls for such legislative action popping up since the Sandy Hook massacre and before the school shooting.

In a landmark 2011 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the video game industry, ruling that games are protected free speech under the first amendment.

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[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, Sony confirmed with Kotaku that the PlayStation 4 advertisement is fake.

The original story follows below

A video published last night on YouTube claims to offer the first look at the PlayStation 4 itself.

The video, titled “Reveal PlayStation 4 PS4 E3 2013,” features a series of men and women staring into the camera while the familiar button symbols are shown reflected in their eyes.

A voice asks “You want to play?” while clips of games and the PS4 system itself cycle through.

It is unclear if the video is in fact an official Sony production or a fan mock-up. Sony was not immediately available to comment at press time.

The PS4 itself was not shown during the platform’s announcement in February, something competitor Microsoft was quick to point out. At the time, Sony president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida apologized for keeping the system under wraps, noting its design had not yet been finalized.

“I’m sorry we did not show the hardware,” Yoshida then said. “But we have plans from now–in February–through the year for the launch. We like to disclose things based on what we think we really want to communicate first. And next time we will talk about these things.”

Sony’s E3 2013 presentation is slated for Monday, June 10.

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Deus Ex designer Warren Spector and Blizzard president Paul Sams will head up a new postgraduate game development course at the University of Texas in Austin, the school announced today (via Polygon).

The new Denius-Sams Gaming Academy post-baccalaureate certification program will begin during the fall 2014 semester and is designed for “top candidates looking for leadership training the field of video game production.”

The University of Texas college of communication, college of fine arts, and department of computer science are working together to launch the program. According to Spector, the course will be “a little different” than the typical game-focused program.

He described the course, which will only accept 20 students, as a “much shorter, 12-month very intense program. It’s kind of like the Navy S.E.A.L.s. It’s going to be very competitive.”

What will differentiate the program from other, similar courses is that it will “focus explicitly on that bigger, creative leadership. Both the management; the production side. And the game direction/creative leadership side. That’s a space that isn’t being served by a lot of the other development programs.”

For more on the course, check out the video below.

Spector found himself out of a job when Disney closed Epic Mickey outfit Junction Point Studios in January.

He made headlines recently by lashing out at the new Wolfenstein game from Bethesda, though he later apologized for saying the world did not need a new “generically dark, monochromatic, FPS, kill-the-Nazi-giant-robot game.”

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Capcom has confirmed that Ace Attorney 5 will be coming to North America and Europe this fall with the title Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies.

The game will only be sold digitally on the 3DS eShop, according to a Capcom press release, though a price was not mentioned.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is set eight years after the last game in the series, with protagonist Phoenix Wright returning to a destroyed courtroom. The game will feature a new companion, Athena Cykes, and a mechanic that allows players to pinpoint unusual feelings during a courtroom examination. The game will also be rendered in 3D for the first time.

It is the seventh game in the series, including the two spin-off games about series co-star Miles Edgeworth, and the first to be released on 3DS.

Ahead of its Western release, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies will launch in Japan this July.

Alongside the announcement, Capcom also released a trailer showing off the game’s new engine and hinting at its storyline:

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A 23-year-old man suspected of assisting in the 2008 PlayStation Network hack has been sentenced to a one year house arrest, but not for the hacking itself.

The The Columbus Dispatch reports that 23-year-old Todd M. Miller, who has completed school to the ninth grade, was sentenced in federal court last week for obstructing a federal investigation by smashing his computers.

According to the report, after the FBI spoke with Miller in 2011, they returned to his home to find his computers had been destroyed, including important information stored on hard drives.

“Without the computers, the FBI did not have enough evidence to pursue hacking charges against Miller and another unnamed Columbus man, according to court records,” The Columbus Dispatch reports.

During his hearing, Miller told U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus that he was “immature and ignorant,” noting that he “caught up with the wrong people at the wrong time.” Economus sentenced Miller to three years probation and mandated that he get high school equivalency diploma.

According to the report, Miller faced up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The March 2008 PSN breach compromised personal information like passwords, but was dealt with swiftly. A more widespread and long-lasting hack occurred in April 2011, when the PSN was brought down for over a month, with personal information for the service’s 75 million members exposed.

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Mine ‘O Mine, the company that runs Shaquille O’Neal’s Shaq.com, has trademarked Shaqfighter.

The filing suggests (via Siliconera) there might be plans to resurrect Shaq’s fighting game legacy with “entertainment services, namely, providing online games,” alongside “a website featuring electronic and video games and news” alongside “music, videos, television programs, movies, animated series, and other multimedia materials in the field of computer and video games.”

1994′s Shaq Fu saw the now-retired NBA star feature in a 2D fighting game on Super Nintendo and Genesis. The game was critically panned at the time, leading to the creation of Shaqfu.com — a website dedicated to finding and destroying every copy of Shaq Fu in existence.

In Shaq Fu, Shaquille O’Neal was transported to another dimension to rescue a young boy from an evil mummy called Sett-Ra.

Earlier this year Shaq appeared in ShaqDown on iOS, which featured a mix of platforming and endless runner style gameplay.

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Hacking is a core element in Ubisoft Montreal’s modern day action game Watch Dogs and to depict scenes and ideas correctly, the developer has sought help from an established real-world security company.

Ubisoft Montreal senior producer Dominic Guay told Joystiq that the developer is working with Kaspersky Lab, a recognized antivirus and security company. Ubisoft submits concepts to the company and the feedback it receives guides development moving forward, Guay said.

“They have really hardcore experts there on hacking,” Guay said of Kaspersky Lab. “We send them some of our designs and we ask them feedback on it, and it’s interesting to see what gets back. Sometimes they say, ‘Yeah, that’s possible, but change that word,’ or, ‘That’s not the way it works.’”

The feedback from Kaspersky Lab, as well as input from Ubisoft engineers, is aimed at presenting a more realistic depiction of hacking, instead of a “sexed up” Hollywood version.

Set in Chicago, Watch Dogs puts players in the shoes of Aiden Pearce, a hacker who uses his smartphone to break into the city’s central operating system to control things like security cameras and also to obtain personal information.

Watch Dogs launches November 19 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC. The PlayStation 4 version will be available “at the launch” of the system, while a next Xbox iteration is rumored, but has yet to be revealed.

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The movie adaptation of Need for Speed has begun filming in Macon, Georgia.

Local news channel 13MAZ reports that downtown Macon is being used for filming, including a local car wash.

The Need for Speed movie is being produced by DreamWorks Studios and will star one-time Batman Michael Keaton alongside Aaron Paul, who plays Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. The plot features a street racer taking part in a cross-country race to get revenge on an ex-business partner, who places a contact on his head as the event begins.

The Need for Speed movie is due to be released in March 2014, and is being directed by former stuntman Scott Waugh. The film has already begun filming in Mendocino County, California.

Swedish studio Ghost (formerly EA Gothenburg) has said it is working on a new Need for Speed video game.

Macon also recently featured in Telltale Games’ adventure game adaptation of The Walking Dead.

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After an accidental release last week, CD Projekt Red today officially launched an open beta for the Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings modding tools, collectively known as the Redkit.

The Redkit requires a copy of the PC version of The Witcher 2, which must be patched up to version 3.3. CD Projekt Red also disclosed a number of known issues with the toolkit, the first of which has to do with cooking.

“Currently, cooking changes to original Witcher 2 story create rather sizable files. We are aware of this issue and are working on it to change cooking process so the files will be smaller,” the developer explained.

In addition, there is currently no way to create a lipsync for written dialogues. CD Projekt Red said it is working on a patch that should be available “pretty soon.”

No only can gamers begin creating their own Witcher 2 mods today, but they can also play others’ creations by either directly downloading a mod or accessing the “Mod of the Month” menu.

Detailed download instructions are available at the Redkit website.

CD Projekt Red aims to simplify the modding process with the Redkit. The goal is to give users the tools to establish their own worlds, quests, and branching storylines. The Redkit is a spiritual successor to the Djinni toolkit for the original Witcher, though the interface and workflow have been refined in the update.

The Redkit includes access to all assets from The Witcher 2, including character models, textures, shaders, animations, and sound effects. For more, check out GameSpot’s impressions of the technology.

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Square Enix has confirmed its expected extraordinary loss for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, blaming an “increasingly competitive and oligopolistic” video games market in North America and Europe for poor sales of its products.

The publisher posted a higher-than-expected net loss of ¥13.7 billion (approximately $134.9m/£87.6m) for the financial year, restating that the company’s emergency restructuring–announced back in March–has taken a large chunk out of the company’s coffers.

Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs have all failed to meet Square Enix’s expectations, though all three games have sold millions of copies.

Right now Square Enix is working on Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and HD versions of Final Fantasy X and X-2. Eidos Montreal is also readying a next-gen reboot of Thief for 2014.

Square Enix has also a brand new Final Fantasy announcement at E3 2013.

In response to the financials, Square Enix pledged to increase the turnover of its titles, increase its amount of mobile and tablet games, and create titles more specifically suited for the regions they are primarily being sold in; Square Enix’s phone and browser games have been hugely successful in the Japanese and Korean markets, for example.

Square Enix now expects to make a net profit between ¥3.5 and ¥6 billion by this time next year.

Former Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada resigned in March after spending 12 years in the role, and the company has made job cuts at its Los Angeles and London studios.

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NetherRealm’s DC Comics brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us sold around 424,000 units in the United States last month, according to research firm Cowen & Company. The financial services company believes the game was April’s only new release to sell more than 250,000 units.

Other high-profile titles launching to retail in April included Defiance, Dead Island: Riptide, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Research firm NPD Group will release April US industry sales after market close Thursday and it’s expected to be another month of declines, according to Cowen & Company.

The firm believes year-over-year software sales will slide 14 percent, due in part to a negative impact by Easter falling in March this year. Overall, total packaged game sales are expected to fall 13 percent, Cowen & Company believes.

The major publishers will all see declines, with the exception of take-Two Interactive, Cowen & Company said. Activision (-25 percent) and Electronic Arts (-32 percent) will suffer, while Take-Two is expected to be up 51 percent year-over-year thanks to “continued solid sales” of BioShock Infinite, which released in March.

The industry may be hurting right now, but Cowen & Company believes the trend will turn positive beginning in August with Madden NFL 25. Growth will then began to balloon in September and October thanks to high-profile blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Battlefield 4.

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BioShock designer and Irrational Games cofounder Ken Levine is writing a new game.

“Game writing this afternoon. This is something else,” Levine said on Twitter today.

Asked by a Twitter user what he looks to for inspiration, Levine called out period drama Mad Men, as well as the work of film directors Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood,) the Coen brothers (No Country for Old Men) Stanley Kubrick (Full Metal Jacket), and Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11).

Levine also said he is inspired by the work of British playwright and film writer Tom Stoppard (Brazil), as well as composer Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd).

On the eve of BioShock Infinite‘s launch in March, Levine said he had no idea what Irrational Games would create next.

“I don’t have a thought for our next game, so it’s kind of hard to even think about that,” he said at the time.

Irrational Games currently lists 17 open positions on its website running the gamut of development. However, some appear to be outdated, as a requisition for level designer states the studio’s current project is BioShock Infinite.

For more on Levine’s latest body of work, check out GameSpot’s review of BioShock Infinite.

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Thnx everyone for tweets. Doc says I have a torn lower ab and ligament damage. Go back wed for MRI to check for hernia. #freakaccident

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“It has also been announced that the May 27 edition of WWE’s three-hour spectacular will be “Bret Hart Appreciation Night,” paying tribute to the five-time WWE Champion’s illustrious career. What the celebration will entail is not known yet.

For more details on Bret Hart Appreciation Night as they become available, be sure to check WWE.com and tune in to Raw, Mondays at 8/7 CT.”

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James Storm announced that he suffered a groin injury refereeing the tag match between Bad Influence and Austin Aries & Bobby Roode on Impact in Tupelo, MS on Thursday while sliding in to count a pinfall.
Storm suffered a pulled groin and is still in so much pain 24 hours later, he went to the emergency room after tonight’s live event in Birmingham, AL.

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On Friday afternoon, WWE.com was able to reach World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler for comment regarding the concussion he suffered Tuesday night at N.C. State that cost him two days of his memory.

“I didn’t even remember Monday until I watched Raw when I got home,” the champion revealed, in reference to the injury, which he sustained when he interfered in a match between Jack Swagger and Big E Langston. “I don’t even remember traveling from Raw to SmackDown. I don’t remember Tuesday. I remember AJ and Big E taking me to the airport on Wednesday morning.”

“I was told I interfered in a match and tried to get my hands on a ladder,” said Ziggler, piecing together the timeline. “When I bent over to grab it, Jack Swagger kicked me in the head.”

Happily, Ziggler is on the mend since returning home, and his condition is improving.
”I feel a lot better today,” The Showoff told WWE.com of his recovery process. “Yesterday I had a bad headache. Today, I have a slight headache.”

While Ziggler’s suffered concussions before in his career, he said this was by far the worst.

“I didn’t know what day it was; I didn’t know what month it was.” he said. “I’ve had a couple of concussions before and just had a headache. I’ve never not remembered entire days, like someone in a movie.”

He continued, “WWE arranged for a Phoenix Suns doctor to see me. By the time I saw him, he said a CT scan was not necessary. He diagnosed me with retrograde amnesia. I’m going to see him again in a couple of days. I may need [a scan] then.”



Although Ziggler didn’t deny the injury shook him up a bit — “it’s a little scary,” he explained — he expects to be back in action soon and, happily, hasn’t lost his sense of humor in the meantime.

“When I asked, over and over, what happened, AJ told me that Swagger kicked me in the head,” said Dolph. “Apparently, all I said was ‘classic Swags.’ As for Del Rio, even a zombified me is more charismatic than Del Rio. I don’t get him. Maybe because he’s closer to my Dad’s age.”

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Featuring Cena vs. Edge, Stone Cold vs. Mr McMahon, Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat and many more, this controversial countdown is sure to be dissected and debated by fans of all eras.

With over 7 hours of action on 3 Disc DVD and an additional 90 minutes of extras exclusive to the 2 Disc Blu-ray, no WWE fan should miss this release! This title is released on 26th June 2013

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EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson has sold his entire stake in Electronic Arts.

Wilson onstage at E3 2012 with UFC president Dana White.

As revealed in an SEC document filed Thursday, Wilson has sold all 32,085 shares he held in the company at $21.42 each, earning himself more than $687,000.

Wilson now holds zero shares in EA and is the only EA executive in such a position. All other EA executives listed on the publisher’s website carry stock in the company.

An EA representative declined to comment on Wilson’s stock sale or give an update regarding the executive’s status at the company moving forward.

After announcing an exclusive Star Wars deal with Disney on Monday, full-year revenue of $3.79 billion Tuesday, and a FIFA license extension Wednesday, EA shares skyrocketed.

They closed Wednesday up more than 17 percent to $21.56, marking their highest level since the end of 2011.

If Wilson had cashed out earlier in the week, he would have received thousands of dollars less, as EA shares bounced between $17 and $18 on Monday and Tuesday.

EA shares are continuing to climb today, up 3.19 percent (+0.69) to $22.33 at press time.

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SyFy has renewed postapocalyptic alien TV show Defiance for a second season. Thirteen additional episodes have been ordered and will air in 2014.

The news comes just four episodes into the show’s record-breaking first season.

Not only will Defiance the TV show live on, but the game is also set to grow. Developer Trion Worlds announced this week that five downloadable content updates are coming to the game in 2013, the first of which will introduce the Castithan species.

This $10 update will allow gamers to play as the Castithan species and will unlock a new story mission line and a new Battle Arena game mode. The update also brings a new four-player “truck of doom,” as well as new pursuits and a Charge Weapons starter pack.

New Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 achievements and trophies are also up for grabs in the content. For a full rundown of content and features included with the Castithan expansion, check out the post on the game’s website.

Gamers who don’t wish to pay $10 for the Castithan expansion will still receive new content via an update. It will add access to a new open-world game mode called Sieges, as well as a player-versus-player map titled Military Academy, among other things. Check out the full post for more.

Defiance launched in April and has seen over 1 million registrations to date.

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Steam’s peer-moderated indie game submission service Greenlight has received over 2 million votes since its launch last August, Valve has said.

Hosting a chat for indie developers earlier in the week–with a summary provided by indie developer Crunching Koalas–Valve said it was also “actively looking into” publishing the Steamworks API so that developers could prepare their games for full Steam support ahead of when they are officially greenlit. No time frame for when this might be implemented was given.

The publisher also said that it would like to greenlight more games on Steam, but that it was unable to do so at present. “Unfortunately, we have limited resources at the moment,” said Valve, “so we cannot ship every game that we want. We’re working toward having an open platform that Gabe [Newell] has talked about, but we’re not there yet.”

Greenlight currently has “hard technical limits” as to why more games cannot be published using the service, but a “bunch of people” at Valve are said to be working on making the process easier. Valve recently said it would greenlight indie games in smaller, more regular batches.

Some developers challenged Valve on the amount of interest the Greenlight service brought to their games, saying that submitted projects are seen by a base level of roughly 15,000 people unless they are linked to from external media.

“We cannot force people to vote if they don’t want to,” said Valve in response.

Tom Tomaszewski, co-founder of Crunching Koalas, applauded Valve’s intentions with the chat but criticised the publisher’s willingness to engage with indie developers. “It was a good idea to gather for such a meeting, and it’s definitely a step in the right direction,” he said, “but the execution was really bad. No hard feelings for guys at Valve, but the first official Valve Greenlight Chat was a complete waste of time.”

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Microsoft’s rumored plans for an “Xbox TV” set-top streaming device are reportedly in question.

Sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal (via Polygon) have indicated that the Xbox maker has created designs for a “simple” non-gaming set-top device that will stream video and “other entertainment options.”

However, Microsoft is reportedly not sure how or if it will move forward with the device.

The unnamed sources said the Xbox TV device has gone through “several” design iterations, including “recent” prototypes that operated with Microsoft’s Kinect technology.

A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment to the Wall Street Journal and to GameSpot.

Microsoft’s overall ambition is to create “common experiences” between multiple products, the sources said, similar to the ecosystem in which Apple’s various products exist.

The company has begun to lay the groundwork for this initiative by telling its development teams to write applications using recently developed coding standards. The goal of this effort is to simplify the process by which developers can create programs for various devices, whether it be an Xbox, a smartphone, or a PC, the sources said.

The supposed Xbox TV device was first spoken of last year, when multiple sources told The Verge that this Xbox-branded set-top box would be released in 2013 running on a modified version of Windows 8. It is rumored to be a “low cost” alternative to the next Xbox and will support casual games, but not “full” Xbox titles.

Microsoft is widely believed to formally unveil its next Xbox during an intimate event at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21.

This announcement will “mark the beginning of a new generation of games, TV, and entertainment.” The event will be streamed through Xbox.com, Xbox Live, and Spike TV in the United States and Canada.

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Drinkbox Studios’ PlayStation 3 and Vita-exclusive platformer Guacamelee has topped the PlayStation Network download charts for April in both the US and Europe, Sony has said.

GameSpot awarded Guacamelee a 9.0 in its review, saying the game “is so full of personality and challenging gameplay that it’s a shame it ever has to end.”

Tomb Raider, Terraria, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Borderlands 2 rounded out the top five PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Network games downloaded via the US PlayStation Store.

Over in Europe, which charts PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Network titles separately, Journey was in second, followed by Hitman: Blood Money HD in third, Crysis in fourth, and The Walking dead in fifth.

Guacamelee also topped the PS Vita charts, followed by quirky role-playing game Soul Sacrifice. Dragon Fantasy Book was third.

The Nuketown Zombies and Revolution map packs for Call of Duty: Black Ops II were first and second in the DLC chart.

For the full Sony charts, check out the PlayStation Blog.

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Valve has released an official update for Half-Life 2 that adds Oculus Rift support to the iconic first-person shooter. The update also adds support for SteamPipe, the platform’s new content distribution system.

Valve programmer Joe Ludwig, who has led virtual reality development at the company, announced the news in the Oculus Rift forums this week (via Polygon). He cautioned that the port is “more raw” than a similar update for Team Fortress and that fan feedback would be appreciated.

“This port is a bit more raw than [Team Fortress 2] was when it shipped, so we would appreciate hearing about any bugs you find. Just like in [Team Fortress 2], this mode is experimental, so we really want to hear what you think.”

Known issues in the Oculus Rift update for Half-Life 2 include the heads-up display being “dim and hard to read,” and the “zoom UI shows up in a quad in the middle of the screen instead of on the edges of the screen.”

Valve added Oculus Rift support for Team Fortress 2 in March, making it the virtual reality headset’s first officially supported game.

Half-Life 2 is not the only game to now work with Oculus Rift. A modder this week posted videos to YouTube (via Kotaku) showing off how the worlds of Minecraft and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim look using the virtual reality technology.

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The next Maxim-sponsored Gears of War: Judgment downloadable content has been revealed. Thanks to a partnership from the men’s magazine, gamers can download a new multiplayer map–Dreadnought–for free beginning May 15.

The map is playable in Gears of War: Judgment’s OverRun mode. Dreadnought is set on the CNV Pomeroy, a naval vessel where the COG transported captured Locust Berserkers in the months following Emergence Day. However, things quickly went awry.

“Little did they know that the Locust had waterborne beasts from the underground rivers of the Hollow, or that the Locust soldiers would use them so relentlessly to rescue the captured Berserkers,” reads a line from the map’s description. “The Pomeroy was corralled into a narrow channel and forced ashore, where the Locust sent a mass of troops to assault and overwhelm the beached vessel.”

The first Maxim-sponsored DLC for Gears of War: Judgment took the form of multiplayer maps Haven and Capitol, as well as an Execution mode. According to Epic Games, its partnership with the men’s magazine is simply a co-promotional deal that allows the developer to release the content for free.

For more on Gears of War: Judgment, check out GameSpot’s review.

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The multiplayer and single-player components of Watch Dogs will overlap “seamlessly,” according to comments from Ubisoft made to the PlayStation Blog.

The cross-generational action game’s multiplayer mode will be set in the streets of Chicago, like the rest of the game, though Ubisoft is not talking specifics just yet.

The developer’s ambition is to break down the wall between single-player and multiplayer that has existed for decades, Ubisoft said.

Watch Dogs is powered by an all-new proprietary engine called Disrupt. Ubisoft Montreal is leading development on the game, with support from Ubisoft’s Bucharest, Paris, Quebec, and Reflections studios.

It launches November 19 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC. The PlayStation 4 version will be available “at the launch” of the system, while a next Xbox iteration is rumored, but has yet to be revealed.

Set in Chicago, Watch Dogs puts players in the shoes of Aiden Pearce, a hacker who uses his smartphone to break into the city’s central operating system to control things like security cameras and also to obtain personal information.

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Frequent exposure to violent games can desensitize players to brutality, according to the results of new research.

The study, as explained by Health Day, focused on 30 teenage boys, aged 13 to 15, divided into two groups. One group played violent games for three or more hours a day (high exposure), while the other played such games for less than an hour (low exposure).

Researchers then tracked the boys’ attitudes after playing a violent game (Manhunt) and a non-violent game (Animaniacs). Each game was played for two hours on separate evenings.

“Differences between the boys’ reactions emerged later in the night after gaming. During sleep, the boys in the low-exposure group who played the violent game had faster heart rates and poorer quality of sleep than those in the high-exposure group,” Health Day writes. “The boys in the low-exposure group also reported increased feelings of sadness after playing the violent game.”

The study, published in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, concluded that both groups of boys exhibited higher anxiety and stress levels after playing the violent game.

“The violent game seems to have elicited more stress at bedtime in both groups, and it also seems as if the violent game in general caused some kind of exhaustion,” said Stockholm University researcher Malena Ivarsson. “However, the exhaustion didn’t seem to be of the kind that normally promotes good sleep, but rather as a stressful factor that can impair sleep quality.”

The researchers concluded that the disparity between the two groups’ responses suggests continual exposure to violent games could have a “desensitizing effect” on players.

Notably, however, the study did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship between exposure to violent games and desensitization to brutality. In addition, researchers explained that adolescents with “certain traits” may be more attracted to violent games than others.

Violent games have been a heated topic in the wake of the December schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut that left 20 children and six adults dead. The shooter was reportedly a “deranged gamer.”

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The mod toolkit for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings was briefly available recently due to a mistake on the part of developer CD Projekt Red. Access to the tools has since been blocked.

“Just a word of clarification. We were running some tests on the website and it went public for a brief moment,” CD Projekt Red community manager Marcin Momot wrote in the game’s forums (via Edge).

Momot told gamers who were able to grab the Redkit to “have fun,” noting that the files are official. The modkit will be released officially in full soon, he promised, though an official release date was not provided.

“Please give us just a little bit more time (it’s almost here!),” Momot said. “We apologize for the confusion.”

CD Projekt Red aims to simplify the modding process with the Redkit. The goal is to give users the tools to establish their own worlds, quests, and branching storylines. The Redkit is a spiritual successor to the Djinni toolkit for the original Witcher, though the interface and workflow have been refined in the update.

The Redkit includes access to all assets from The Witcher 2, including character models, textures, shaders, animations, and sound effects. For more, check out GameSpot’s impressions of the technology.

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Xbox owner Microsoft this week appointed Amy Hood as chief financial officer. She will replace outgoing CFO Peter Klein and is the first female CFO in the company’s history.

Klein announced his intentions to leave Microsoft last month. He will stay on-board at the company through June to ensure a “smooth transition.” Hood, 41, becomes CFO effective immediately.

Hood joined Microsoft in 2002 and most recently served as CFO of Microsoft Business Division, where she oversaw all financial strategy and management of the $24.1 billion business. Hood also oversaw the execution of several acquisitions, including Skype for $8.5 billion and Yammer for $1.2 billion.

“Amy brings the right talents and experiences to the role as we continue to strengthen our focus on devices and services,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement. “She has been an instrumental leader in the Microsoft Business Division (MBD), helping lead the transition to services with Office 365 and delivering strong financial and operational management throughout her time on the business.”

Prior to joining Microsoft, Hood worked at investment firm Goldman Sachs in various roles. She attained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University.

Hood is Microsoft’s first woman to serve as CFO and one of four female executives at the company. Others include Windows CFO and chief marketing officer Tami Reller, Windows corporate vice president Julie Larson-Green, and chief people officer Lisa Brummel.

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Rockstar North’s controversial dark action game Manhunt is coming to the PlayStation Network next week, the company has announced.

The 2004 game, blamed for a murder in the United Kingdom, will be available for PlayStation 3 users in North America on May 14, arriving a day later for gamers in Europe.

Manhunt on the PSN will cost $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99. It will be the latest in the growing catalog of PlayStation 2-era Rockstar Games titles coming to PSN, following Bully, Red Dead Revolver, and multiple Grand Theft Auto and Midnight Club games.

In addition, Rockstar Games teased that The Warriors, the 2005 game based on the 1979 gang film of the same name, will hit PSN “soon.”

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Aliens: Colonial Marines has shipped 1.31 million copies to retailers across the US and Europe as of March 31, Sega has confirmed.

Speaking during its annual financial report, Sega revealed that the disappointing first-person shooter was slightly outsold by the cheery kart racer Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which managed to ship 1.36 million copies though has enjoyed a slightly longer shelf life.

Aliens: Colonial Marines is currently the target of a class-action lawsuit under the claim it used false advertising in its trailers and demonstrations. One of the game’s developers, TimeGate Studios, is also reported to have been closed.

Football Manager 2013 also managed to shift 940,000 copies, while the currently Japan-only release of Yakuza 5 has shipped 590,000 copies in the publisher’s home territory.

Elsewhere in the financial report, Sega said it made a 54 percent year-on-year increase in profits with ¥33.4 billion ($329/£214 million). Looking to 2014, Sega is hoping to make ¥47 billion.

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Too Human developer Silicon Knights says it is “definitely alive” despite the studio’s former president Denis Dyack’s departure to form Precursor Games.

Talking to Polygon, Silicon Knights chief financial officer Mike Mays declared that the studio was still alive. Despite the assurances, Mays would not say where Silicon Knights is currently located, what projects it’s working on, or how many employees the studio currently has.

However, the studio did confirm it has closed its offices, downsized its staff, and sold some of its equipment. Some computers were even sold to Precursor Games, the new studio founded by ex-Silicon Knights staff.

“Silicon Knights was selling off extra assets to laid-off employees and we, along with others, purchased some of them,” said Precursor Games CEO Paul Caporicci when asked. “Like so many others who have been laid off in this difficult economy, we are simply trying to turn a tough situation into something positive. This helps give us an opportunity with Shadow of the Eternals to give the gamers something that they have been wanting.”

A $4.45 million lawsuit between Silicon Knights and Epic Games ruled in favour of the latter in May 2012, and in November 2012, the studio was ordered to destroy all copies of its ill-fated Xbox 360 action role-playing game Too Human and X-Men: Destiny.

Precursor Games is currently working on Shadow of the Eternals, a spiritual successor to cult survival horror title Eternal Darkness.

Caporicci also asserted that Precursor Games hasn’t inherited any of the Silicon Knights technology currently tangled up in a lawsuit with Epic Games. “We are a completely separate and independent entity and always have been,” he said.

“Precursor is not and never has been a party to that case, and is not involved in it whatsoever. We purchased completely wiped clean machines, that is all. There is no basis for any liability or any claim against Precursor Games.”

“We wish Silicon Knights the best of luck in their future,” concluded Caporicci.

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Konami has published its financial results for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2013, and highlights that it experienced a net decrease in revenue.

The Metal Gear brand is listed as a financial footnote on the fiscal year report.

According to the report, the company has suffered a 15 percent decrease in net revenue and a 42.8 percent decrease in net income year-over-year. Its Digital Entertainment business section–which manages the video games division–experienced a 17.1 percent decrease in net revenue year-over-year. Notable properties that were highlighted include the Dragon Collection, Pro Evolution Soccer/Winning Eleven, and Metal Gear series.

Konami stated that it may get out of its downturn because of the depreciation of the yen and the rise of stock prices. It also plans to diversify out to the smartphone and tablet market to reach more consumers. The company also stated that it will promote the Metal Gear series at this year’s E3 2013, most likely showcasing more information on Metal Gear V.

Previously, Konami saw a 77.9 percent increase in net income and a 3 percent increase in year-over-year net revenue in the fiscal year period ending March 31, 2012. For more information, check out the full report here.

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Ashley, Randy & Sandro are once again serving up another slice of Indy goodness with a new episode of The Whole Indy Show on the SNS Radio Network. They start as ever with the news of the past week, with more first round matches announced for AIW’s JT Lightning invitational tournament, 3 more teams added for Chikara’s Tag World Grand Prix next week, a Mexican wrestler being pursued by the law (which is more complicated than it seems), PWG announcing its card for it’s upcoming show next month & Jay Briscoe making some rather controversial comments on Twitter with his apology also coming during the recording, along with other stories. They then cover the results from ROH’s Border Wars show and spoilers from their TV tapings from the following night.

Part 2 continues with results, with New Japan and Dragon Gate Japan shows, Chikara’s set of two shows and CWF Mid Atlantic’s Redemption show, which is available for FREE on Youtube (you can find it on the TWIS Facebook page). The guys then get down to reviewing the first night of PWG’s All Star Weekend show, featuring lots of crazy jam-packed action, crazy fans in attendance and an EXTREMElY crazy main event with Sami Callihan taking on Drake Younger in a Guerrilla Warfare match.

The final segment opens with e-mails from L-Train, giving results of shows from EWF and Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and a very interesting picture sent from him as well (on our Facebook page). Sandro then runs down the card for an event in Japan this week, featuring Kenta Kobashi’s retirement match. Finally, it’s picks for this weekend’s events with 2 Wresting Is Art shows and the WSU/CZW King & Queen Of The Ring Tournament and CZW Proving Grounds double header of shows, before heading out with a Slayer tribute.

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Christian has been cleared to return to action but is waiting on WWE creative to come up with a storyline that will bring him back. Sin Cara returns next week and Christian should be back shortly after. No date set yet for Evan Bourne’s return but he worked one match in developmental and wasn’t ready yet.

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WWE Saturday Morning Slam may air only for a few more weeks. Word was going around a few month ago that the CW Network only purchased a certain number of episodes of the show but this isn’t confirmed. There have been no new matches taped for SMS in two weeks now.

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The Delaware Senate passed a bill yesterday that allows same sex couples to get married. If that makes you happy, then congratulations!!!!!!”

“… try and teach my kids that there’s nothing wrong with that and I’ll f*cking shoot you

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The next Microsoft console will be named Xbox Infinity, according to a report by the UK arm of the International Business Times.

Is this the name of the next Xbox?

Unnamed sources, who are believed to be involved in the development of the new console, confirmed to the publication that the new hardware will simply be called Xbox Infinity. These claims mirror those of a reportedly leaked image, which recently appeared on the Reddit website.

IBTimes UK sources also revealed that development units have already been made available to software developer partners. Previous rumours suggested that some of Microsoft’s next-generation titles may have been cancelled, while others may be as much as six months behind schedule.

Microsoft is expected to officially unveil its next home console to the public at its event on May 21. Rumours have circulated for months regarding the branding that the Redmond, Washington, software giant will elect to use for the Xbox 360′s successor, with Xbox 720, the Next Xbox, and the device’s development codename, Durango all being used in lieu of any official moniker.

GameSpot contacted Microsoft seeking clarification, but a spokesperson declined, saying, “We do not comment on rumours or speculation. We are always thinking about what is next for our platform, but we don’t have anything further to share at this time.”

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Professional StarCraft II player Greg “IdrA” Fields has been dropped from gaming organisation Evil Geniuses. CEO Alexander Garfield announced the news in a post on the TeamLiquid forums yesterday.

IdrA signed with Evil Geniuses in 2010.

“The eSports industry, and companies like Evil Geniuses, would not be possible without the passion and support of our community. We, as a company, cannot and will not be supportive of anyone who does not show due respect and appreciation for the community that makes everything we do possible,” the post stated.

IdrA signed with Evil Geniuses in September 2010 following the expiration of his previous contract with professional gaming organisation CJ Entus.

It is not the first time Evil Geniuses has taken action against its players. French StarCraft II player Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri was temporarily suspended without pay for inappropriate comments made during a live stream in October last year.

Evil Geniuses currently has contracts with teams and players across multiple games including StarCraft II, Dota 2, League of Legends, and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.