The latest word on what could be one of the first big next-gen multiplayer titles Respawn Entertainment, the studio formed by ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella, hasn’t had much of anything to show for its debut game. Ahead of this year’s E3 in June, which is likelywhen the reveal will take place, sources have relayed some rather interesting info about the game toKotaku. Namely, it’s said to be an Xbox exclusive (possibly Xbox 360 as well as the next Xbox) and will be always-online....

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced at E3 that a newSmash Bros.was coming to the Wii U and 3DS, earning himself a round of applause and a fair few excited screams from fans around the world. According to series creator Masahiro Sakurai, however, there is nothing in the works. Sakurai warns us it could be years before we see another game. “We’ve got no plans whatsoever,” he admitted. “We’ve got two new games out in the open when there’s no extra time to work with them at all....

Public urination? Once a mecca for arcade and fighting game fans, the venerable FGC hot-spot Super Arcade closed the doors of its Walnut, California location last December after failing to reach a lease agreement with its landlord. After being unable to find another suitable location in Walnut, it was announced that Super Arcade would re-open in a new location in the beautiful city of Azusa, California in the near future. That was until the city council decided to deny them the permit required to own and operate an arcade in a 3-1 vote....

The Bourne Identity,Mr. & Mrs. Smith, andJumperdirector Doug Liman is in final negotiations to direct Ubisoft and New Regency’sSplinter Cellfilm, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. The adaptation is expected to release next year, with production starting in August.As a reminder, Tom Hardy is set to play the man himself, Sam Fisher. I’m tentatively interested in the movie given who’s involved but we shall see.Splinter Cellas a property should work all right....

When you think of the word “trap,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If your psyche isn’t in the darkest depths of the catacombs, you’re probably thinking of a mechanical device with the purpose of inflicting harm up on another entity. How could that not bringjoy to your heart? For some reason, the prospect of out-crafting other AI and unsuspecting players cures me like a Black Forest ham. There’s a certain sense of accomplishment in luring people into traps that virtual shooting, stabbing, punching, or any form of maiming can’t replicate....

Don’t everyone start doing this, please “GIF. The least effective, the most beloved video format of 2013.” The Vanishing of Ethan Carterdeveloper The Astronauts isn’t wrong. And as much as I would have been just fine with a standard trailer, any footage of this “weird fiction horror game” will suffice. Yes, it’s one of those games. I simultaneously want to see more and not spoil the surprise. The studiohas releasedthree animated GIFs, one of which features not a ghost train, but a ghostdraisine....

Check out everything Destructoid did today Now I sort of wish I actually found pictures of corgis dressed for Shakespearean theatre rather than used a lazy title, but alas, expectation is the root of all heartbreak. Tony will be back next weekend after he recovers from getting trashed on Listerine at MAGFest, but for now, enjoy the corgis. This weekend, we had some lovely updates from MAGFest, Josh Derocher reviewedThe Sims 3: Seasons(not exactly a winter wonderland, but spawned somewonderful commentsnonetheless),Sterling Lyons reviewedForge, which is a videogame, Jonathan Holmes talked to more developers about videogames, some Steam Box news dropped, and more!...

Animations also revamped The next time you playCounter-Strike: Global Offensive, it’s going to look and feel a little different. In a patch released this week, Valve added new animations for character movement, weapons, ladder climbing, and bomb defusing (shown on the left) as well as more accurate hitboxes (shown on the right). Bonus: players and guns should no longer poke through walls. They finally did it! Here’s aside-by-side lookat the old and new hitboxes:...

That looks like a zoning nightmare The designer of mobile puzzle sensationThrees(obligatory entrancing .gif here) has spoken about his next game, a real-time strategy title calledClose Castles, on the PlayStation Blog. In it, players will expand their kingdoms while also trying to take down everyone else’s. This is a genre that has long struggled on consoles — traditional RTS games don’t feel quite right with a gamepad compared to a mouse and keyboard — but Asher Vollmer is going for it....

Splendid The launch of the PlayStation 4 has greatly influenced PlayStation Vita sales, according to Sony. After the PS4 launched, PS Vita sales saw a 68 percent increase, followed by a 65 percent increase the very next week. Ben Law, Sony’s senior product manager, revealed that, “PS Vita sales wise we are continuing to see strong week-on-week growth since our latest campaign kicked in.” The campaign Law is referring to was launched around the same time as the release of the PS4, and focuses heavily on the Vita’s cross-functionality features (such as Remote Play)....

A fewmonths after announcing the open beta, Mythic Entertainment has revealed the release date for the Macintosh version ofWarhammer: Age of Reckoning. This special version of the MMO hits this October 28th as a digital download. New people with Macintosh in their heart will be able to buy the title viaGameTreefor 20 bones. Existing users — with existing accounts — will be able to download the client for free and use it as much as they see fit....

So you’re saying there’s a chance Thefirst handful ofWarcraftmovie reviewswere not positive and as more opinions are weighted, the reviews have actually gotten worse. The movie still isn’t out until June 10 (though there’s an IMAX showing here in San Francisco tomorrow night), but movie review aggregate RottenTomatoes has considered 50 reviews as of today, only 18% of which are positive. That’s down from when we last checked in when, with a smaller sample size, 38% of reviews were positive....

Snowball fight Tom Clancy’s The Divisionfinds common ground with The BeeGees tomorrow: They’re both all about (ah ah ah ah) stayin’ alive. The second add-on forThe Divisionmakes its way to two-thirds of available platforms on November 22. Ubisoft has announced thatSurvivalwill be ready to play on PC and Xbox One tomorrow. PS4 users have to wait until December 20, because of timed exclusivity rights with Microsoft’s platform. This DLC has a player versus environment component along with the usual player versus player aspect....