Shares of GameStop closed down 8.8 percent today (from $35.20 to $32.11) and 17.2 percent since the beginning of the week (where it began at $38.76) in the wake of the Xbox One reveal. For comparison, GameStop shares closed at $25.50 on Tuesday, Feb. 19 (markets were closed on Feb. 19 for President's Day, the day before Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4). On the Friday following Sony's PlayStation 4 announcement, Feb. 22, shares closed at $24.82, a decrease of 2.7 percent. Nintendo revealed the Wii U on June 5, 2012, during E3. On that Monday, June 4, GameStop stock closed at $19.20. On Friday, June 8, it closed at $19.03, a decrease of 0.9 percent. A possible reason for this week's disproportionate decrease in GameStop's share price could be the still-uncertain future of used games on...

One of the stars of Call of Duty: Ghosts is the player character's canine companion, and Zach Volker of developer Infinity Ward told Eurogamer that one of the studio's biggest challenges was figuring out how to motion-capture dogs for the game. The Call of Duty Dog, Colin, stole the show during Ghosts' unveiling at the Xbox One reveal event this week, and was quickly immortalized on the web with a (non-official) Twitter account, a GIF featuring some of Infinity Ward's detailed work on him and some fan-made ideas for doggie DLC. "We'd never mo-capped a dog before! Working with two-legged characters is hard enough. The session was crazy," said Volker, lead animator on Ghosts. Infinity Ward initially tried the typical mo-cap outfit, a spandex suit with markers glued onto it, but the...

Marvelous Entertainment and GungHo Online Entertainment are bringing Ragnarok Odyssey Ace to North America and Europe, respectively, for the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Vita this winter. The new title will feature Ragnarok Odyssey's dungeons, enemies, bosses and weapons, and cross-platform play capabilities. The game is set after the events Ragnarok Odyssey and includes a new set of story episodes, weapon customizations, a new battle system and a set of unique Ace abilities for the six classes: Sword Warrior, Mage, Assassin, Hunter, Cleric and powerful Hammersmith. According to GungHo's executive producer Kazuki Morishita, Ragnarok Odyssey Ace is both a sequel and an expansion of Ragnarok Odyssey, which launched in the U.S. in October last year. The Game Arts-developed title...

Valve is introducing a community regulated scheme called the Overwatch into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, giving experienced community members the power to review and decide on disruptive behavior reports, according the official Counter-Strike blog. Via the Overwatch button, Investigators will able to view reports of disruptive behavior and give a verdict accordingly. Verdicts are Postpone; Majorly Disruptive, which is applied to cheaters; griefing falls under Minorly Disruptive; and Insufficient Evidence. A ban will be issued if investigators collectively agree that the offending player is guilty; however, a high-scoring investigator's decision has more weight than a lower-scoring investigator. Ban durations range given the "severity of the offense and the suspect's history of...