?1.6 billion loss ain’t good news To say that Square Enix appears to be in a confusing position would be putting it mildly. It seems that includes the company’s financial situation, as the publisher posted its financial results for the second quarter of 2013 and whilst the losses are reduced, the company still booked a ¥1.6 billion ($16.2 million) loss. The company has “implemented a change in its development policy, and conducted a comprehensive review on work-in-progress game titles for the three-month period ended May 23, 2025....

Barry Allen is a fan In case you haven’t heard,Beat Saber, a VR rhythm game released in the middle of last year, is a bonafide hit. The gist is that you use two remotes (in each hand) to simulate virtual lightsabers, then slash cubes to the beat. It’s a simple overarching concept and they weren’t even the first to do it (I playedSoundboxingamong others, for several years before it), but they managed to break through and achieve a great deal of success in the otherwise limited market of VR....

In gaming we are often (if not always) tasked with taking on the role of someone else. We put ourselves into a virtual representation, an avatar. Sometimes we’re forced into a certain avatar and other times we’re left alone to decide what kind of avatar we want to be in. According to arecent studythe avatar we choose to play as both says something about us and can also affect how we act....

Launch regions expanded, as well During a recentfinancial presentationthis past week, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima discussed the pricing structure for the upcoming mobile gameSuper Mario Run. While no concrete figure was given, Kimishima did mention that gamers will need to pay to unlock “all of the game content.” This is similar to how Nintendo labels some of their 3DS games as “free-to-start”; I’m not sure I’m a fan of that wording, but it is a bit more honest than the more traditional phrasing....

War never ends Saber Interactive continues to drop hot content into its frenzied multiplayer shooterWorld War Z, with the latest update,Proving Grounds, now live on all platforms. Proving Groundsis the final piece of content forWorld War Z’sfirst season and sees the launch of the new Weekly Challenge playlist. These rotational events will task players with completing scenarios that have wild and creative conditions, such as specific weapons, or bigger hordes, or all damage directed at one single player....

Also, Zero is pretty cool too InSuper Smash Bros.“Pic of the Day” series, it was revealed that Bass and Zero will both make an appearance as trophies in the Wii U version of the game. As you may know from my“top fiveMega Mangames of all time”list, I’m a big supporter of Bass, the best and most misunderstoodMega Mancharacter in the series. According to Sakurai other characters will get some love, as “there are also trophies of Roll and Proto Man” in the game....

Raz needs to deal with some old wounds SincePsychonauts 2recently got announced, many fans of the first game have been wondering where the plot of this new game might be heading. Thanks to areddit AMAwith Tim Schafer, we now know a lot about the plot ofPsychonauts 2. In the intervening years I’ve been keeping a document of ideas going with new mental worlds and story ideas going in as I think of them....

Position Based Fluids Words audibly exited my mouth when this GPU fluid simulation video cut to the action, but I can’t be sure they were comprehensible. It was more of a surprised gasp mixed with sounds of elation, if I had to pin it down. At any rate, this is one of those watch-it-already-and-stop-reading things. Please do that now. If your curiosity has been sufficiently piqued, go ahead andread the paperabout Position Based Fluids by NVIDIA’s Miles Macklin and Matthias Müller....

$129.99 The new and improved 16GB OUYA console is available right now onAmazonand OUYA.tv for $129.99. This is a North American release only. With this new one they’ve doubled up on the memory, boosted the WiFi signal, and dropped in new firmware for improved performance, says OUYA. A redesigned housing gives it a new look, too. An included updated controller has improved Bluetooth, and we’re to expect better functionality with it....

I’ve been waiting for this In mid-2022, I got a message from Destructoid legend Jordan Devore telling me to drop everything I was doing and playEscape Academy. Mere hours later, my wife and I bought the season pass. That’s a good sign! The second DLC of that pass (Escape from the Past) is due out on June 19, according to Coin Crew Games. It’s priced at $9.99 piecemeal or as part of the aforementioned $14....

Skating heads Do you want to go to sleep tonight? Then don’t watch this video detailing the new Sony exclusive heads, including Ratchet, Sackboy, and Sweet Tooth. They’re not full-on costumes — they’re heads, which look incredibly jarring. As an aside, the Xbox exclusives have been revealed too, and they include Cuphead, Mugman, and the main character fromSunset Overdrive. The latter I can actually dig as that head would fit the humanoid bodies....

A new feature has been added to the US release ofUncharted: Golden Abyssfor the PlayStation Vita called The Black Market. This is a Near application aimed at the item collectors out there as it lets you send out some of the Bounty from your collection as well as send requests to The Black Market for missing pieces. If you happen to run into another Black Market user on the street that owns the Bounty you’re missing, you’ll get a copy....

Schlong live the new era of gaming Game developers around the world will soon be able to create the most naturalistic penises ever when NVIDIA releases the next update for its popular PhysX SDK. Codenamed “Woody Womb Pecker,” the update is being called a game-changer for developers who want to weird out their hyper-heterosexual male fanbase by casually throwing a penis on screen. The PhysX 9.15 update means programmers will no longer have to work long and hard to create flaccid genitalia with no personality....