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In this week's brutal episode of Freak Show, Ethel suspects Elsa of foul play while Gloria tries to get Dandy into therapy.

The final battle looms as the avatar of the Machine Kingdom is born.

Society's most severe problems can't be eased via the removal of a single entertainment product from shelves.

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking thinks his wheelchair and computer voice would make for a good Bond villain.

The Breaking Bad/Don't Trust the B---- star will play traumatized superhero Jessica Jones on the new Marvel/Netfix series.

Director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) has acquired the rights to Tonya Hurley's ghostgirl and is set to produce a film version of the young adult novel.

Square Enix subsidiary Eidos Montreal has built the Dawn Engine, a new engine designed for PC and console game development, as it moves forward making games tied to its Deus Ex franchise. ...

Bandai Namco reminded us of a universal truth today: Motorcycles are awesome. Hence the reason the publisher announced that Ride, a "complete motorcycle racing simulator," will launch in spring 2015,... a good time of year to break out super-cool motorc...

Austin-based Cloud Imperium Games, one of the studios working on the crowdfunded space sim Star Citizen, is hiring a gameplay programmer to implement features and systems in CryEngine. ...

Microsoft has addressed late payment concerns raised by developers enrolled in the Xbox Live Indie Games program, and the company is "working hard" to pay affected studios by the end of the month.... "Due to a technical issue in our payment system, we ...

Microsoft-owned developer Black Tusk Studios is making "massive progress" on the upcoming Gears of War game for Xbox One. That's according to Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, who this week met with the... team, including studio head Rod Fergusson, in Vancouver and had positive things to say about what he saw. Great day yesterday with @blacktuskstudio and @GearsViking , always inspiring. Team is making massive progress. — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) December 4, 2014 Fergusson also seemed happy with the events of yesterday, he wrote after 1 AM today. Today was a good day! — Rod Fergusson (@GearsViking) December 4, 2014 Microsoft acquired the Gears of War franchise from creator Epic Games in January of this year. Official details about the game haven't been announced, but Spencer says it's not a...

American rock band Imagine Dragons, a group that definitely loves video games, will perform tomorrow night during the first-ever Game Awards 2014 in Las Vegas. The show's producer, Geoff Keighley,... announced the news today on Twitter, saying he is "beyond excited" to have the "Radioactive" group. Imagine Dragons is no stranger to video games, as they wrote songs for League of Legends and Infinity Blade III. In other news about The Game Awards 2014, Keighley has revealed that New Zealand-based WETA Workshop, the acclaimed props team behind The Lord of the Rings, designed the physical award for this year's show. WETA founder Richard Taylor will introduce the actual award design later today, Keighley said. We'll update this post with an image once it becomes available. The Game Awards 2014...

If you were hoping to log-in to Destiny, fire up the game menu and open an option to instantly find a good raid team via a matchmaking tool... think again; that feature won't be coming to the game any... time soon. Click To

Elder Scrolls Online's PS4 and Xbox One versions still aren't out yet. However, ZeniMax Online Studios decided to throw console gamers a bone today and share a few details.Click To

Jools Watsham, co-founder of Mutant Mudds developer Renegade Kid, has revealed that the studio's next game, Xeodrifter, will reach the Nintendo 3DS eShop on December 11. It will be priced at $10. For... those who missed October's trailer, Xeodrifter is...

Kevin sets sail for a new life! Of killing! Together with his new pirate companion he hits the high seas in search of blood and this week's top five Skyrim mods.

"In the end, what's truly unique about the decision-making contest and provides it with 'evergreen' potential is the systemic learning it allows for." ...

Eidos Montreal, the developer behind the upcoming mysterious project, Deus Ex Universe, today spoke out to make it clear that the upcoming game is not an MMO. In a blog post announcing a brand-new... game engine, the Dawn Engine, community manager Sacha Ramtohul addressed this topic. "As you can imagine, the Dawn Engine will form the cornerstone for all Deus Ex Universe projects at Eidos-Montréal," Ramtohul said. "Some of you have had concerns that 'Universe' meant 'MMO'. Rest assured, it does not." So what exactly is Deus Ex Universe? Eidos isn't yet ready to share specifics, though Ramtohul says it's "the name we are giving to the fictional world and the rich lore we are creating for it." The "Universe" isn't just one game, as it will comprise core games and "any other projects that will...

In this classic postmortem, a member of the Wild 9 development team shares a behind-the-scenes look at what went right -- and wrong -- in the development of this seminal PlayStation title. ...

As part of its ongoing celebration of PlayStation's 20th anniversary, Sony has released a free theme for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita that adds Original PlayStation sounds.... YouTube user Ray Palafox II (via Kotaku) captured and uploaded the footage you see below of the special start-up sounds and more. The theme comes bundled with the PS4's latest firmware update. The Original PlayStation was released in Japan on December 3, 1994. To mark the occasion, Sony also this week announced a super-rare PS4 system modeled after the Original PlayStation. Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email [email protected]

Angry Birds developer Rovio has completed a round of layoffs that it first announced in October, cutting an estimated 110 positions and closing its office in Tampere, Finland. ...

One of the best JRPGs released recently is getting a sequel, and it will be even better.

It really hasn't been that long since we hung out with Lara Croft. Capital L, capital C Lara Croft! The shorts and blue tank top, quick to kick a tiger in the face Lara Croft. Still, adventures with... her younger, white tank top-wearing self have domin...

Sledgehammer Games will release the biggest title update to date for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare this week, featuring weapon balancing adjustments, bug fixes, and exploit removals, among other... things. "This week we're rolling out our biggest title update yet with a ton of exciting enhancements for Advanced Warfare coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions, with similar changes coming to the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 soon," Sledgehammer said on its website. "We've included weapon balancing tweaks, fixes and improvements for emblems, improvements within the Player Lobby (including a new way to view your Armory), map exploit fixes, spawn improvements, connectivity optimizations, improvements to our anti-cheat measures, and even more." You can see the full patch notes--it's a...

Treadheads who don't have an iDevice lying around have a lot to be thankful for today as Wargaming announces the launch of World of Tanks Blitz for the Android market. It's all of the big tank battle... you love of the online game, crammed into the palm of your hand.Click To