Nintendo sends stark message to piracy sites There’s an old saying in law that a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. I wouldn’t know, I’m too squeaky clean to have been in that situation, but it’s an axiom that wasn’t heeded by a ROM-site owner when they stood against Nintendo in a recent copyright infringement suit.As reported by TorrentFreak, a judge has ruled in Nintendo’s favor to the tune of a staggering $2....

Brought on to build the first-party content team Bunch of Oculus VR hiring news as of late. Here’s more: art director Kenneth Scott, formerly of 343 Industries and id Software, is on board. His hire is notable, at least in my mind, as being part of the Oculus’ first-party content team whichthe company sayshe’s helping to build. We’ve seen so much from the hardware side, and it’s been fascinating to see each new iteration from a distance....

PlayStation Vita sales have hit an all time low in Japan. Sony’s latest handheld has dropped behind the PSP and 3DS as it accrues sales of just13,939. At launch, the Vita shifted324,859 units and went down from there, selling72,479 in its second week and 42,648 in its third. The next week it managed to flog42,915, before plummeting down to 18,361, then 15,219, 18,942 and 17,141. Meanwhile, the 3DS sits atop its throne with75,018 sales, followed by the PS3 at23,293 and PSP at15,847....

I go and get some morning iced tea for one second and this is announced I’ll get right to it:Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers is aPersona Warriors(Musou) game for the Switch and PS4. Whoa! Teased as a “Persona S” reveal, many folks assumed that the announcement would deal withPersona 5for Switch. Well,technicallyit is aPersonagame for Switch.P5protagonist Joker is shown off in the trailer, and it seems as if it will be a collaboration between Atlus and Koei Tecmo, with famedWarriorsdeveloper Omega Force taking the helm....

Time to boot up your Japanese PSN accounts, ladies and gentlemen — the hit fighterRival Schoolsis now available on the Japanese storefront. For those who aren’t in the know,Rival Schoolswas created by Capcom in the late 90s, and was one of the most enjoyable fighting games of all time. The Playstation version was especially cool, because it came with two discs (each with different modes), which allowed my friends and I to borrow and trade them constantly — this was before this thing called an “online pass” existed....

But you’ll need a pretty nice rig This fall, Xbox One launch gameRyse: Son of Romecomes to the PC with some significant visual upgrades. This morning at gamescom, we met with Crytek’s Brian Chambers, senior producer on Ryse, to check out the PC build for the first time. It looksgoooood. Chambers told us that the PC version ofRysecame as a response to their community and fans. They knew what the company could do with the PC, so they wanted to seeRyseget a similar treatment....

The Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion inPokémon TCG Pocketis now live, and players might have a tough decision to make regarding the packs to open. Unlike the two previous expansions, the latest expansion has two different packs to open. While much of the content for both packs might appear the same, there are key differences. Regular players will understand which packs they should open, but it can get quite confusing for beginners (and more so if you’re starting with the new expansion)....

The rest of us It’s easy to get up in word arms — “milking,” “cash grab” — about re-releases, but I am generally for them. No one is saying you have to buyFinal Fantasy IVagain, but a lot of people still haven’t played it. No one wants great games to end up washed away. It’s why I was so psyched for theGrim Fandangoremaster. “The Last of Usis considered one of the most significant titles of the last console generation, winning countless awards....

Catch me on the ‘gram Photo modes are a great tool that developers create so players can leave their own artistic mark on a game. Sometimes it’s the simple ability to take a snapshot of the in-game action. Other times, it’s far more nuanced. Insomniac has developed a photo mode forSpider-Man: Miles Moralesthat greatly expands on the photo mode for the originalSpider-Manon PS4. The most impressive addition is light manipulation. Insomniac says “You’ll be able to place and control up to three lights and adjust height, distance, color, light intensity, color intensity, spread and softness....

Live at E3 Today during Square Enix’sFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Rebornlivestream, director Yoshi-P revealed a new class and a new job — the Rogue and the Ninja respectively. The rumor was that new classes would be coming out in a future expansion, but Yoshi-P revealed that it would be “sooner” — like, Patch 2.4 soon. The Rogue will turn into a Ninja at 30, effectively morphing the base class into the full-on job....

First official screenshots Following its announcement this week, we now have more details oninFAMOUS: Second Sonstraight from the folks working on the PlayStation 4 game. Starring a new character, Delsin Rowe, the new title takes place in Seattle, seven years after Cole McGrath’s story, and the Department of Unified Protection has fully set up shop to stop so-called bio-terrorists. “As with all games in this series, the path the gameplay and story take will depend on the decisions you make along the way,”writes Sucker Punch....

Sup Holmes every Sunday at 4pm EST! [Update: Thanks for watching everybody! It was a great episode, filled with lighthearted jokes, occasional swearing, and a extremely seductive French accent. Make sure to check out the rerun in the coming days if you like any of those things. In the meantime, here’s the latest trailer forThe Next Penelope. It’s really fun.] Today on Sup Holmes we welcome Aurelien Regard, the creator of racing-shooting extravaganzaThe Next Penelope....

That’s commitment Back in 2010, Atari publishedBlade Kitten, a middling sidescrolling action-platformer about a bounty hunter who is both a human and a cat. In the years since, developer Krome Studios (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger) acquired the rights to the game and has been steadily improving the Steam version with free updates leading up to this: the release ofBlade Kitten: Episode 2. The DLC’s story picks up three months after the original’s cliffhanger ending....