GameStop is very, very pleased about Microsoft’s decision to open the Xbox One to used games – and so are its shareholders.

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DICE producer Daniel Matros presents almost 15 minutes of alpha footage of Battlefield 4′s Spectator mode, which brings an eSports (and machinima) friendly viewing mode to the shooter series.

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Bas news, Solatorobo fans – Namco Bandai’s teaser is probably for Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers rather than a new CyberConnect2 game.

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Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 writer Drew Karpyshyn has detailed the vague plans he had for the ending of Mass Effect 3 before exiting the project. Some Mass Effect trilogy spoilers follow.

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Microsoft’s eyebrow-raising reversal of its Xbox One DRM policies has been in the works for some time, corporate vice president of Xbox Marc Whitten has said, but Microsoft wanted to tell the “complete story” before it made such a dramatic public reversal.

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Nippon Ichi has released some devastatingly colourful artwork as well as the first screenshots for its new side-scrolling RPG, Princess of Arcadias. We don’t know very much about the PlayStation 3 exclusive just yet except that it stars a crowned girl – presumably the titular princess – kicking all kinds of arse with a variety of enormous weapons. Visit AllGamesBeta to check out the gallery.

The latest free content update for War of the Roses adds the world’s first portable firearm to the mix – handgonnes.

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Microsoft has confirmed “certain polices” pertaining to its DRM control with Xbox One have been changed, such as 24-hour check-ins, “no limitations” to using and sharing disc-based games, and more. Full report below.

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Nintendo has sent word it has prevailed in getting the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to uphold the firm’s victory in a patent-infringement case brought against it by IA Labs CA, LLC. The Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that Nintendo did not infringe IA Labs’ patent, and it upheld the ruling that IA Labs must pay Nintendo more than $236,000 in attorneys’ fees. “We are very pleased with the court’s decision,” said Richard Medway, NoAs deputy general counsel. “Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others. We also vigorously defend patent lawsuits, like the IA Labs lawsuit, when we firmly believe that we have not infringed another party’s patent.”

The Witcher 2 is being updated considerably with a new patch. Among the large list of changed, additions and the like, you will see balances to combat, new animations and and a myriad of other things. The patch was developed by The Witcher 3 developer Andrzej Kwiatkowski, in his spare time, and should be ready in a coupe of weeks. You can view the awesome wall of patch notes over on PCgamesN.

DICE’s Patrick Bach is of the opinion that competition for Battlefield 4 is good for the industry, and the developer is working hard to ensure the franchise doesn’t get diluted.

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Fallout 4, as we figured, wasn’t shown during E3 by Bethesda last week. According to a statement given to Kotaku on the matter: “We showed three games at E3 – Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Elder Scrolls Online and The Evil Within. We did not show any of our games behind closed doors,” said a company representative. Hopefully, you didn’t overdose on the salt over the weekend.

Kabam’s Fast & Furious 6 game, a free-to-play title for smartphones and tablets has been installed over 17 million times since its May 16 launch. The game topped the iOS charts in over 100 countries, and is monetized with in-game gold users can purchase for upgrades and customization. Thanks GI International.

Splinter Cell: Blacklist is getting an iOS game which will star the Spider-Bots which are in the game, running around gathering intelligence. The app is now available free on the App Store, and is a 2D puzzler where you control your spider-bot as it gathers intel and try avoiding other robotic spies, guards, and turrets. Planned future updates include “Stealth-Bot” and “Strike-Bot” modes, and special content for Blacklist. Thanks: Shack, Touch Arcade. Splinter Cell: Blacklist is out August 20 on PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360.

Xbox One’s Kinect may violate a new bill representatives from Massachusetts and North Carolina have submitted to the House.

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Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda has said he’s “always up to the idea” of creating another No More Heroes game. Speaking with Joystiq, Suda 51 said: “Travis [Touchdown] is one of the characters I’m really fond of, that means a lot to me. So if there was the opportunity to create another sequel then yeah, I’m always up to the idea.” Until then, fans can appease themselves with Killer is Dead on PS3 and Xbox 360 in August.

GDC Next organizers have announced its Los Angeles event will host talks from Google regarding the first six months of its Play service; thatgamecompany will discuss design philosophy; Adam Orth on exploring toxic online behavior in “Mob Rules: The Destructive Power of Opinion and Online Community,” and finally, Disney on heme park design lessons for game developers, GDC Next takes place November 5-7 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Thanks, Gamasutra.

Yesterday, it was reported that some Gmestop locations had taken Xbox One out of the store database, as one Twitter user noted. Today, Polygon has learned “retail locations around the country” have reached launch-day allocations.

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A 15 minute video of Supergiant Games’s Transistor is posted below. The game is due in 2014 and will be released on PS4 and Steam. Thanks, EdNorton.

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Spartacus Legends, the free-to-play brawler from Ubisoft, has a new trailer available below. The XBLA versions of the game released on June 26 with the PSN release “coming soon.”

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