Don 
Mattrick, the leader of Microsoft’s Xbox team since 2007, is reportedly leaving the company.
All Things D reports Mattrick is close to taking the CEO position at struggling social game maker Zynga. An announcement may come as early as the end of the day.
Even 
in the aftermath of a post-apocalyptic plague, porn finds a way to survive.
The developers behind Sony’s critical and commercial hit The Last of Us are scrambling to scrub a pair of phone numbers from the game that, if dialed in the real world, connects players to a functioning phone sex line.
Second 
time’s the charm, right? Sony certainly hopes so.
The company issued a new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 on Thursday. Normally this wouldn’t be particularly noteworthy, but this one’s meant to fix all of the consoles that were rendered useless by the last update.
Malicious 
tomfoolery is afoot in Azeroth.
Blizzard Entertainment has issued a warning to World of Warcraft players, noting that the number of unauthorized logins has been on the rise recently, a sign that hackers are targeting player accounts and stealing their in-game gold.
Ouya, 
the little console that could, may have taken an unusual path to the retail world, but it made it. The $99 Android-based gaming system that was a Kickstarter sensation has exited its beta phase and, as of Tuesday, is available for purchase at online retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and Target.
But how does the system stand up to criticism? When Ouya sent out early versions of the hardware to those Kickstarter backers, it was eviscerated in reviews. The company protested, saying what was sent wasn’t final hardware.
Unfortunately, the first looks at the retail system aren’t much more complimentary.
If 
you’ve played Sony’s critically-acclaimed PS3 game The Last of Us and noticed that Ellie, the 14-year-old girl you have to escort across a dangerous land, bears a strong resemblance to actress Ellen Page, you’re not alone.
Page has noticed it, too — and she’s not too happy about it.
Planning 
a kid’s birthday party is a stressful experience for a parent. For one Florida father, however, it was an opportunity to raise the bar.
Travis Schwend wasn’t content to simply throw a shindig at the local Chuck E. Cheese or skating rink. Instead, he arranged something special for his son Jonah’s 13th birthday: a gaming experience like no other.
The 
Xbox team has got to feel a little like a punching bag these days.
Even after an unprecedented policy reversal in which Microsoft shockingly changed its stance on used games and mandatory Internet connectivity on the Xbox One, the company is still facing criticism — this time from gamers who argue that Microsoft should have stuck by its guns.
After 
riding so high last week at E3, Sony was bound to stumble eventually.
That happened Tuesday night, when some gamers who installed the latest firmware update (version 4.45) for their PlayStation 3s got a nasty surprise — a bricked system.
Privacy 
concerns surrounding Microsoft’s Xbox One have reached Capitol Hill.
The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced legislation that could force the console to visibly alert users that they are being monitored.
Chris Morris: Journalist 