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Now that Disney has acquired Disney and shut down LucasArts, they wasted little time in licensing out the exclusive rights to Star Wars games to EA in a multi-year publishing and licensing deal.

EA first announced titles are being developed by Visceral Games, best known for Deadspace, DICE, best known for Battlefield, and BioWare, best known for Star Wars the Old Republic. Hey, wait! Does this mean we can FINALLY get the Star Wars the Old Republic SINGLE PLAYER RPG we wanted all along?

Frank Gibeau, President of EA Labels, had this to say:

You can download Episode 0.9 of Parents Press Play here.

In today's episode we begin with Daniel and Kaleb talking about what we have been playing and watching since our last episode.

After Nintendo revealed that they will not host an E3 Press Conference at E3 2013, 2K Games has sent word out that they will not be having a booth at E3 2013. Instead, the company will have meeting rooms.

Ronnie Singh, Digital Marketing Director, had this to say:
"While 2K will not have a booth on the show floor at this year’s E3 conference, we will have a lot of great news coming your way this spring. Stay tuned for our live gameplay and event broadcasts to see the latest gameplay from our upcoming titles."

Rockstar has revealed the box cover for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V.

As true with past titles, in the franchise, the box art continues with the style that Rockstar has always used with the GTA series. 

GTA V feature three main characters: Franklin, who is holding the handgun, Michael, in the water, and Treavor holding the larger weapon.

Grand Theft Auto V releases on September 17, 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Capcom has released the next incarnation of the Monster Hunter series on the Wii U and 3DS today--both at retail and digital downloads through the Nintendo eShop. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate allows players to once again embark on a journey to slay oversized monsters as they participate in hundreds of quests. 

Are you prepared for the Alien Invasion on your Mac? Get ready because later this Spring XCOM: Enemy Unknown is coming to OS X! Originally released last year on the PC, the Mac version will include all previously released add-on content. This includes the Second Wave, Elite Soldier, and Slingshot.

There are currently no plans for the Mac version to come to Steam. So if you were hoping for a cross-play version, you are out of luck. Pricing hasn't been confirmed yet. But hey, at least the Mac platform is getting one of the best Strategy Games in years, right?

Razer has shown off an intern playing Crysis 3, sitting on a beanbag, and running it on the Razer Edge Gaming Tablet. While it is hard to see just how well it is running, the fact that the upcoming tablet can run games like Crysis 3 is an amazing accomplishment for the power of the platform.

DmC Devil May Cry players have another reason to keep playing as Capcom has revealed a pair of DLC for the rebooted franchise. Vergil's Downfall will be coming to PlayStation network, Xbox Live, and PC platforms on March 5, 2013, for 720 Microsoft Points or $8.99 on PSN and PC platforms. Vergil’s Downfall features the opportunity to play as Vergil with hours of new gameplay, four difficulty levels and an all new storyline, weapons, combos, enemies and locations.