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In one of the weirdest turn of events in gaming, Don Mattrick left Microsoft today to head Zynga as its new CEO. Strange he just up and left after completely reversing the Xbox One policies not two weeks ago. Who knew Zynga still had money to throw around?

Other than that (on this fine first day of July), PSN is having amazing summer deals and keeping the PlayStation Plus train rolling, Final Fantasy XIV hit 1 million beta registrations, The Walking Dead: 400 Days suddenly has a release date set for this week, and many more awesome things happened on 7/1/2013.

Community:
Community blogs of 7/1
Forum thread of the day:  Half-Life 3

Contests:
Grab an exclusive Neverwinter item from Destructoid! 

Reviews:
Review: Fist Puncher 

Previews:
Trippy cyberpunk comedy spy thriller Jazzpunk is my jam 

News:
A Mega Man Legends 3 8-bit fan game? Sure! 
Server bugs make Darkspore unplayable, still up on Origin 
EA: Re-establishing Origin, making EA games better 
Defense Grid is July’s amazing free Xbox Live game  
Final Fantasy XIV beta registrations hit 1 million mark 
Xbox One may run Windows 8 apps 
PSN Summer Blast sale features scorching deals 
Microsoft boss Don Mattrick leaving to head up Zynga 
Pitchford encourages Aliens: Colonial Marines PR tactics 
Proteus coming to PS3/Vita, will be cross buy 
Call of Duty: Ghosts to feature dynamic map conditions 
‘I think we killed a genre’ with WoW, says Red 5 CEO 
Hotline Miami: From Super Carnage to indie success story 
New releases: It’s Oh So Quiet  
Special edition Xbox 360 gold controller coming in August 
Today’s great time-wasting puzzle game is Ending 
Green Man Gaming unleashes its devilish summer sale 
PlayStation Plus gets Battlefield 3 for free 
Here’s when and where to get The Walking Dead: 400 Days 
Satellite Reign looks like the true Syndicate sequel 
Find out about the BioShock Infinite DLC later this month 
The end of typing out codes: Xbox One can scan via Kinect
New thatgamecompany title will relate to a wider audience 

Offbeat:
Beautiful infographic charts all of Valve’s voice actors 
Max for Netflix on PS3 gives you someone to talk to  
MoMA adds retro pioneers, Minecraft to its art collection 
Jimquisition: Launch Splooge  

Media:
Slice up life in the explorative, block-building Bokida 
Another huge pile of Killer Is Dead screens 
Drakengard 3 gets debut trailer with gameplay  
Have a giant clump of Dynasty Warriors 8 screenshots 
Vote for One Finger Death Punch on Greenlight! 
Europa Universalis IV: Give Me That Old-Time Religion 


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