They may have blue skin or scales, but many of the alien species in Mass Effect are essentially humans with a palette swap. Apparently, BioWare considered having a non-humanoid squadmate join Shepard, but discovered that it would have taken away from the rest of the game. Read more

Injustice: Gods Among Us players on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are already battering faces with the first DLC character Lobo and will soon as Batgirl too, but what about the Wii U? After an uncomfortable silence, it's confirmed: DLC will indeed come to the Wii U, some time this summer. Read more

Capcom has released a new trailer showing off the Wii U features for Resident Evil: Revelations. Read more

BioWare staff shares some lessons learned from the backlash over the ending to Mass Effect 3. Read more

Adapting Splinter Cell's competitive multiplayer into something that both camps could enjoy seems intrinsically impossible. So, what's Ubisoft's solution? Offer entirely different multiplayer experiences for each type of player, of course. Read more

Silicon Knights seemed effectively dead after losing a costly lawsuit against Epic Games, being forced to destroy their games, and laying off most... Read more

Batgirl has been confirmed as the second downloadable content character for Injustice: Gods Among Us, lending some credence to an earlier rumor about the Season Pass characters. Read more

Next week is a little light on new releases. Perhaps everyone's tired after the initial burst of spring exuberance. Still, we'll see the PC-wide release of Pinball FX2, Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, a PS2 Classic release of Fatal Frame 2, and some other odds and ends. Read more

Is Eternal Darkness coming back? New studio Precursor Games is promising a "spiritual successor" to the cult Nintendo horror game. Read more

A new Disney Infinity trailer shows how the Toy Box mode evolved from pre-production in Toy Story 3 into the upcoming game. Read more