Lots to talk about in the post-E3 week that was including Nintendo and Wii U news aplenty, the upswing in sales that the industry has seen in the wake of the next-gen onslaught, the first scattered mentions of next month’s SDCC, and our usual assortment of news and reviews.
FEATURES
- Feature Friday: Summer Games; what’s keeping you cooped up indoors this Summer?
- Saturday Radar: GamesRadar’s best for the week of 6/16/14
GAME/MOVIE/BOOK PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS
- R-Type Dimensions (PS3) Review
- FCB Pinball (iOS) Review
- Wargame: Red Dragon (PC) Review
- Starling (Book) Review
- Death Note: L Change the worLd (DVD) Review
- Oppenheimer (DVD) Review
VIDEO GAME NEWS
- Assassin Creed’s Former Director Disputes Ubisofts Reasoning For No Playable Females
- Retailer bonuses announced for Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
- Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms hits Steam Early Access
- New device looks to bring Steam to the portable world
- Nintendo wins in court yet again
- Two new Metroid titles might be on the way from Nintendo
- Bayonetta game disc included with Bayonetta 2 in Japan
- Secret Ponchos arrives on Steam Early Access
- Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime says Wii U vying for first place in the console war
- Capcom open to company takeover
- Sleeping Dogs HD on the way to next-gen consoles?
- New Van Helsing II DLC takes the monster hunter on a quartet of new quests
- New consoles and blockbuster games lead the industry to massive sales in May
- Meet the cast of the Inquisition as Dragon Age ‘stands together’ in new trailer
- Deadpool assaults Zen Pinball with new table
- GTA Online’s ‘I’m not a Hipster’ pack arrives
- Xbox One games will always have a voice command option
- GOG gives away Magrunner, puts bundles on massive sale
- Check out Escalation mode in Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark trailer
- Hideo Kojima is depressed again, and it’s all Grand Theft Auto’s fault
- Destiny to be a PlayStation exclusive in Japan
- Trials Fusion gets an update and a new demo on Xbox One
- Outlast Released on Xbox One Silently
- The Nintendo Download brings Pushmo World to the Wii U
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ‘story’ trailer details a very different CoD
- Infinite Crisis gets the Last Daughter of Krypton as Supergirl enters the fray
- Raptr’s most played games for May include the usual suspects
- Steam Summer Sale is now threatening wallets everywhere
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 30 minute Gameplay Demo released
- New Indie Royale And Humble Bundles Hit
- Nintendo loses court case over Phillips patent infringements
COMIC BOOK, MOVIE, TECH AND POP CULTURE NEWS
- Square Enix reveals Batman Arkham Origins Exclusive For SDCC
- The Equalizer first trailer debuts
- SDCC 2014: DST unveils con exclusive Minimates and more
- Non-Stop out now on Blu Ray, please fasten your safety belts
- Spider-Man 2099 brings Miguel O’Hara to the year 2014
- Spidey becomes an Avenger in new season of Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon
- Red Skull channels Onslaught in Avengers & X-Men: Axis
- Toys R Us goes all out for Summer movie toys starting with Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Tabletop games come to QuakeCon courtesy of Common Ground Games
- Uncanny X-Men unleashes the last will and testament of Charles Xavier this July
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 figure web-swings into stores
- The Armor Hunters head to the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con this weekend
- The Sentinel of the Spaceways goes home in Silver Surfer #4
- The Death of Wolverine gets a ‘mortal’ variant
- The Mountain Monsters team take on the Devil in the sky tonight