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Next week's JP Wii U eShop games - Castlevania: Dracula X (SF VC, 823 yen), Rockman/Mega Man 5 (FC VC, 514 yen) and Quarth (MSX VC, 823 yen)

— Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) April 16, 2014

Next week on JP 3DS eShop - SLICE IT! (500 yen), Penguin Pet 3D (500), 3D Outrun (823), Typhoon April (100), Final Fantasy III (FC VC, 514)

— Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) April 16, 2014

First-person puzzler Glitchspace is now available through Steam's Early Access service for PC, Mac and Linux. The alpha version of the game from developer Space Budgie is available for $6.99 on Early Access and $6.49 through the game's official site.

Described as a "first-person programming" game, Glitchspace has players navigating a cyberspace-style world to locate a place that is a "by-product of cyberspace and its various glitches" known, appropriately enough, as Glitchspace. Space Budgie focused on emergent mechanics for the game, as players can identify glitches in the game and "exploit them in various different ways." Objects in the game are both programmable and non-programmable thanks to the "Null" programming system in the game created by the developer. Programmable objects include a "canvas" in which players can add functions to affect them, such as forces to move them, scale them, duplicate them and a myriad of other possibilities.

The game includes a sandbox mode for players to toy around with as well as Oculus Rift support for those that want to immerse themselves in the matrix-like world. Space Budgie expects to launch the full version of Glitchspace in Q2 2014. [Image: Space Budgie]

A trio of Giant Bomb compadres compare notes on PAX East 2014, Wrestlemania 2000, tank simulators, Trials Fusion, Snoop Dogg's latest release, Johnny Gat's latest cameo, drinking soda in front of a camera, and more stuff!

I considered myself a pretty good Half-Life player, until now. This speed run video, which reportedly took four years of planning to execute correctly, proves I was completely wrong and should stop thinking so highly of myself. [Image: Valve]

If you're one of those people who insists on being offended by Game of Thrones "spoilers" yet refuses to catch up on books that have been out for over a decade, you might want to take some notes.Read more...

In today's Fix, Dark Souls 2 for PC gets a delay & Shuhei Yoshida reveals he's been banned from Miiverse twice!

PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare takes to the Wild West today with the launch of "Zomboss Down," a free DLC pack that introduces a batch of new multiplayer content on the Xbox One and Xbox 360.

Zomboss Down adds eight new playable characters to Garden Warfare's roster and a new Western-themed map, complete with an Ennio Morricone-inspired soundtrack. Zomboss Down follows up on last month's Garden Variety DLC, which added the "Gnome Bomb" gameplay mode and new character customization options.

[Video: PopCap]

Domino's Pizza doesn't call its strange new creation "Fried Chicken Crust Pizza", but that's pretty much what it is — breaded and fried chicken bites covered with sauce, cheese and toppings. They're rather odd. Read more...

There's no offense like a good defense, particularly when it comes to a game like Dark Souls II. Read more...

Equipped with a Siri-like virtual assistant and a new unified notification system, Windows Phone 8.1 improves Microsoft's mobile OS in all the right ways.

Though Infinity Ward wrote his lines, Snoop Dogg was still able to add his own "snoopisms."

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Respawn plans to improve its "update tempo" for future improvements to Titanfall, upping the frequency of announcements related to updates as well as the patches themselves. Game Director Steve Fukuda broke down the developer's update plans in a recent blog, noting that one part of the game's updates will "tend the garden and keep the weeds out," such as last week's changes to the game's Gooser Challenge.

Fukuda also discussed both convenience and infrastructural features, the former making "life more pleasant" for players in the game. Future convenience feature additions to Titanfall include the ability to rename custom loadouts and set custom loadouts specific to each of the game's mode. Infrastructural additions include items like the private online match mode that arrived last week.

"Whenever possible, we want to get these kinds of features out early in beta form, in order to get your feedback and arrive at the best possible result through multiple iterations," Fukuda wrote of the infrastructural features. He added that "tangible" content for Titanfall is on the way, including new maps, game modes, a new burn card set and "Nose Art" insignias for those that want to customize their titans. [Image: EA Games]

Unity support is quite big on Wii U and Nintendo is discussing the engine for 3DS. Over in Japan, a special mascot for the engine. Unity-Chan is included in Unity software to allow devs to test out their game with her 3D model. Unity also announced that 'Unity Friends' are coming along, which will give Unity-Chan a group of buddies to pal around with.

It's not just the handhelds that are going peach and pink: A new Princess Peach Wii Remote Plus is floating onto retail shelves in North America next week. You can acquire the peachy Motion Plus controller starting April 24, at the suggested retail price of $40. To bask in its full regal splendor, take a peek below the break.

It's a shame the Peach controller didn't make it out in time for Super Mario 3D World, or with a Toad one that Nintendo's not yet dreamed up. Playing that game with Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad controllers is bordering on the problematically geeky, but we'd so do it. [Images: Nintendo]

I never really did care for Family Circus. Something about those strange children, with their gaping maws and their coal-black eyes…Read more...