After Take-Two Interactive announced it would belaying off 5% of its workforcein April, it was reported just a couple of weeks later that the company would also be shuttering two of its subsidiaries: Roll7 and Intercept Games. However, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has denied closing down any such studios while at the same time refusing to confirm that they’re still open. During an interview withIGN, Zelnick was asked about why it was decided that Roll7 (the London-based studio behindRollerdromeandOlliOlli World) and Intercept Games (the Seattle-based studio that madeKerbal Space Program 2) would close....

Miiverse and eShop wallet unification The Nintendo 3DS keeps gettingbetterandbetter, and the newest system update is no exception. Version 7.0.0-13 adds the ability to connect to the Miiverse, and link your Nintendo Network ID to access a unified wallet for the Wii U and 3DS. When logging in after the update,double and triple checkthat you enter your information correctly, as the system can only link to one account. This is the first step to having a real, fully connected account, but Nintendo still isn’t quite there yet....

Everything else is okay though, even Wii U The newAmazing Spider-Man 2movie tie-in game was all set to see a release on the PC, PS3, PS4, 360, Xbox One, Wii U and 3DS platforms in the near future, but it appears as if one of them will not make it in time. Apparently, Activisionhas informed Eurogamerthat the Xbox One version will not ship with the rest, and no real details were given as to why this is the case....

The call is coming from inside the house! So you wanna be a podcast superstar? And live large, a big house, five cars, you’re in charge? Comin’ up in the world, don’t trust no body, gotta look over your shoulder constantly? Well, it probably won’t happen unless you diversify your financial portfolio, but at least I’m here to guide you through the white-knuckle joys of community podcasting at Destructoid. Why me, you ask?...

Come for Iori’s abs, stay for the rollback netcode SNK has released one of the finest fighting games ever made,The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match, on PS4 via the PlayStation Store. A global physical release will follow later in Spring. Originally released in 2009 on PS2 (before later being ported to Xbox 360 and PC via Steam),KoF 2002 UMis a remake of the ninth entry in the crossover fighting franchise, released in arcades and on consoles in 2002, naturally....

HBO series faces down The Academy Awards This weekend saw a massive army of Fireflies glue to their TV screens, as HBO aired the ninth and final episode of its highly acclaimed series,The Last of Us— The show, an adaptation of the Naughty Dog game of the same name, broke its own viewership record, pulling in an amazing 8.2 million viewers. The lofty number represents the solid growth that the sci-fi/horror series has maintained since its premiere in January of this year....

What in the Chozo? Sowe already knew that the Chozo would tie in heavily with the events ofMetroid Dread, but now thanks toa new blog updateand a trailer (below), we know just how heavy that implication is. Setting the scene as Samus arriving on Planet ZDR to begin her quest, we are greeted by a “mysterious figure” that is assuredly hostile. Interestingly, Nintendo is rolling with this and looping it into why Samus loses her powers inMetroid Dreadin a cheeky way....

He pulled the devil trigger on that Walmart lawn and garden sale TheDevil May Cry 5modding scene has been vibrant ever since it was released, and these past few weeks have been no exception. It all started witha series of tweetsthateventually became a mod: the idea of Vergil’s decadent endgame throne getting replaced by those scrape-prone plastic lawn and garden chairs. It’s such a small touch, but when it plays out (like in Franctastic’s video below) it perfectly fits the otherwise dour mood that the scene otherwise exudes....

Ouya’s hottest exclusive to feature many new features on new platform TowerFallis aiming for a January 2014 launch for Windows PC, creator Matt Thorson recently divulged toShacknews. The multiplayer archery combat game released on Ouya earlier this year and quickly made a name for itself as the struggling Android-based console’s killer app. Despite the Ouya team’s attempts to lock up exclusive content for its platform, Thorson is interested in bringing the acclaimed title to a wider audience....

There was a point in my life where I was willing to be satisfied with the “when it’s done” line in reference to the completion ofDuke Nukem Forever. Duke Nukem has always meant something special to me. The original Playstation incarnation,Time to Kill, was the beginning of my personal exploration into the shooter genre. The title’s irreverent social commentary and gore piqued my interest enough to continue to pursue other games like it....

In the mid-90s, trying to come up with a unique birthday present was no easy task, thanks to the absence of sites like AliExpress. That is how Arron Hawke, a meteorologist from the UK, ended up developing a unique point-and-click adventure game as a gift for his little sister,Neighbours: the Adventure. The game was an unauthorized tie-in based on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, and it would end up being one of the very first fan games to make its way to players all over the world....

One of the hardest things for me to understand is whenever someone belittles a “casual” game (whatever that may be to them) by claiming it’s either unoriginal or lacks any sort of cutting-edge quality. I find this funny, because “hardcore” games can often be just as repetitive, stagnant and banal. One genre in games that has forever been a constant sea of familiarity to me is fantasy, typically regarded to be as “hardcore” as it gets....

As much as I lovedPrototype, I had no idea it did well enough to get a sequel. I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least. Now, I find out it’s a big enough deal to get its own clothing line? Was I asleep when that happened? In any case, Activision hasopened up an online storefrontforPrototype 2, offering the usual collection of hoodies, shirts, and baseball caps. Now you’re able to dress up just like Sergeant Heller … albeit an alternate universe Heller where he’s taken to slapping logos on his jacket....