Summertime used to be a dead season for video games but not anymore. Here are some news stories you might have missed this week. I know for a fact that some of you are here just for the pretty pictures, so enjoy the show!

Square Enix filed a lawsuit against gamers that distributed an unauthorized demo of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Investigators believe the perpetrators are from Italy.

Sony confirmed the "PSN Pass," a one-time code that will grant users full access to first-party games' online features.

According to a Taiwanese component maker, production of the PlayStation 4 will begin at the end of this year and launch sometime in 2012.

There's a Pokémon app for iOS and Android devices, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo is interested in the smartphone market.

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series, praised Team Bondi’s Motion Scan facial animation technology by saying it is “absolutely fantastic.” A Snatcher sequel would certainly benefit from this.