Beating down a fighting-game master with Divekick’s two-button gameplay

Former Street Fighter guru/advisor Seth Killian gets his own character in the upcoming Divekick, and I manage to beat the both of them.

Hooked Media turns in an entirely new take on app recommendation — one that Apple can’t kill

App recommendation engines are getting booted from Apple's app store because they suck, according to a new player in the app-finding business. But Hooked Media has come up with an entirely new take on app recommendation that has two unique qualities.

Ceiling Kinect and Call of Duty dogs: The top Xbox One GIFs and memes (so far)

From ceiling Kinects to Seven parodies, GamesBeat gathers the best memes and animated GIFs to come out of the Xbox One reveal (so far).

Activision’s Eric Hirshberg bets that 40M Call of Duty fans will follow him to Xbox One (interview)

The next Call of Duty game will have Kinect voice integration, so says the man at the top of Activision.

Marissa Mayer and Yahoo are on fire, acquiring gaming company PlayerScale

If I can paraphrase a popular Alicia Keys song, this woman is on fire. Marissa Mayer is clearly moving Yahoo back into the center of the Silicon Valley tech conversation.

Microsoft making $1B bet on Xbox One games, says bigwig Phil Harrison

Gamers are upset that Microsoft emphasized non-game entertainment in the Xbox One reveal. But Harrison argues games are still front and center.

Xbox One: A disappointing introduction to next-generation gaming

Microsoft gave gamers a lackluster reveal with the Xbox One. Is the console destined for fortune or failure?

Warner’s Dying Light will make you a zombie hunter by day, a terrified victim by night (preview)

During the day, you've got the upper hand on zombies in Techland's latest game. But at night, you'll be scared out of your wits.