If you are one of the millions (?) of poor souls (Diablo III players) wondering "why can't I log on to my local Battle.net server?" or "what the f**k is an 'error 37' or 'error 3003'?" then you need only look to Battle.net's various pages designed to keep you from losing your mind. First there's the server status page which tells you if the server in your region is up, down, or downright lost in the ether. Read more

In November of last year a Marine Archaeological company that has been working in the waters around Africa and Asia for the last 17 years decided that they wanted to bring their experience in deep sea treasure hunting to life as a video game, so they began working with Estoril, Portugal-based developer Arqueonautas to build a strategy game called AQ Quest. In the game, players take on the task of creating the perfect atmosphere for treasure hunting - from building the perfect team of specialists, and investing research, to buying the right equipment and stocking up supplies.

Last week FortressCraft creator Adam Sawkins had some colorful words for Minecraft creator Notch and his community after a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on his game's website took it offline. It also happened to be the day that Minecraft launched on Xbox Live Arcade. Hmmm. He called the police too. 

A new update for Mario Kart 7 finally kills off a shortcut exploit found in three tracks for the game. The exploits that were being taken advantage of in multiplayer were in the Wuhu Island Loop, Wuhu Mountain Loop and GBA Bowser Castle 1 courses. Users that want to be able to play online multiplayer will need to get the latest 3DS system update, and then download the update for Mario Kart 7.

As Computer and Video Games points out, you can still play local multiplayer and single player without updating the game, but to play online you will have to install the fix.

A lawsuit with record label EMI may very well kill 4mm Games, the company that, along with Terminal Reality, brought the popular DEF Jam Rapstar game to life in late 2010. But the lawsuit with EMI filed earlier this year against both companies may end up bankrupting the studio long before it ever gets to the point of a resolution in the case.

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is probably not having a good week. The studio he founded, 38 Studios, is having serious financial trouble according to several news reports coming out of Rhode Island, and the state is doing what it can to protect the estimated $75 million in investments it spent to lure the studio away from Massachusetts.

A post from Capcom's Senior VP Christian Svensson on the Capcom Unity Blog reveals that Capcom has listened to the fans and is reconsidering the practice of including DLC on its retail discs. In his post Svensson emphasizes that Capcom has listened to fans who do not like the practice, and that changes may be on the way, though he says some upcoming releases will still contain on-disc DLC because they were already deep into the development cycle when the policy "re-evaluation" was made. One of those titles is the upcoming Dragon's Dogma. Read more