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

Techland has shown the first gameplay footage for Hellraid, it's "first person slasher." Read more

Battlefield 3 and the associated Battlelog service have been the target of DDOS attacks this week, resulting in downed servers and an indefinite delay to the planned double XP weekend. Read more

Of course there was going to be a "definitive" version of Dead or Alive 5. It was developed by Team Ninja, after all. Read more

"And I saw a dubstep gun and a Superpresident and mechs and aliens and and an-" people who saw the Saints Row IV demo at PAX East gibber, before you place a comforting arm around their shoulder and assure them yes, yes of course they did. But they really did, as a new six-minute gameplay trailer released today shows off all that wackiness and more. Read more

EA has extended its exclusive licensing agreement with FIFA through 2022, the company announced today. Read more

Capcom has released more details for its fiscal year 2013 earnings, saying Dragon's Dogma was a surprise success. Read more

The game is still several months away, but Rockstar Games continues to open the Grand Theft Auto 5 goody box wider and wider. Today, released 32 new screenshots for the game, showing vehicles, Los Santos scenery, and the game's stars is various stages of planning destruction. Read more

Telltale had a good crack at a comic book art style in The Walking Dead but oh my, it looks even better in The Wolf Among Us. Telltale has dropped the first screens from its episodic adventure game prequel to Bill Willingham's fabulous comic Fables, showing the grimy New York setting, along with details on how it continues to delight in dropping difficult decisions. Read more

Deadpool is a competent brawler designed as a love letter for fans. Read more