Andrew Yoon

Aiden Pearce is not a good guy. In the opening moments of Watch Dogs, you'll see him do some pretty terrible stuff--all in the name of vengeance. We spoke with lead writer Kevin Shortt and asked him: are you supposed to like the "hero" of the game?

Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa has acquired From Software, developer of games like Dark Souls, Armored Core, and Otogi.

With two million registered accounts, Final Fantasy XIV is one of the most successful comeback stories in all of videogaming. Square Enix's revived MMO has been doing so well that it plans on having Fan Festivals around the world, with the first to hit Las Vegas later this year.

While it's entirely possible that these series could be included as part of an Xbox Live Gold subscription, Xbox Entertainment head Nancy Tellem told us that the company is "exploring the stages of whether or not it will be behind a paywall."

Microsoft has a rather extensive lineup planned for its "Xbox Originals" program, including new comedies from Seth Green, Sarah Silverman, and Michael Cera, a soccer documentary series, and an exclusive livestream of the Bonnaroo music festival. At a preview event, Shacknews had a chance to see more of Microsoft's plans.

Start your mornings right with a Shack Snack, a brief recap of three big stories--all digestible in less than two minutes. We think even Jamie Lee Curtis would approve. Let us know what you think and don't forget to subscribe to us on YouTube!

What happens when you put PS4 designer Mark Cerny with Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida? They talk. A lot. The two joined for a conversation on Yoshida's career earlier this month as part of the "Game Changers" series at the Computer History Museum in California.

Before the PS4 version of The Last of Us renders your PS3 obsolete, Naughty Dog has one more DLC pack on the way.

Sportsfriends, a compilation of four local multiplayer games, will be available on PS3 and PS4 for $14.99. Included in the bundle are Johann Sebastian Joust, Hokra, Super Pole Riders, and BaraBariBall.

Admitting that Bandai Namco offers gamers "a good PC port," Thoman criticizes a few aspects of the game, calling them "significant shortcomings." For example, HBAO+ is of "terrific quality," but is buggy and can only be used on NVIDIA cards. SGSAA takes too much of a performance hit, and SweetFX negatively affects the HUD and UI. "We can do better than that," he says.