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Activision Blizzard released its 2012 calendar year financials today, and defied the slumping game market with impressive sales numbers. CEO Bobby Kotick said, “We are very pleased to report that Activision Blizzard delivered the best performance in its history. With better-than-expected net revenues... More

The NPD group is reporting that last year $14.8 billion was spent on video games. That includes new, rentals, and used games, as well as digital content. According to the report, $7.09 billion were spent on new physical video and PC game, $1.79 billion on used and rental games, and $5.92 billion on digital... More

The Xbox Live Arcade is going strong with revenues estimated to have doubled 2011's according to fadellc.com . That probably has a lot to do with the game that was the best selling XBLA game in 2012. And I am going to predict that it might just be the best selling game in 2013 again when that list... More

Last year was huge for the crowd-funding website. Explore some of the numbers and success stories the website had last year. Kickstarter has emerged as something of a cultural phenomenon, offering a new way for creative voices to bring their projects into being, without the need for traditional investors... More

This year the Star Wars franchise was sold, Nintendo released a new console, and gamers got to kill a zombie President. Does that make it a good year? You tell me. Check out this video, from the author of the webcomics Domics, which looks back at 2012 in gaming, with a little tongue-in-cheek humor. More

YouTube user Malcolm Klock took it upon himself to go through some of the games that came out this year, edit them together, and create the video you see below. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll say, “I totally forgot that game came out this year,” when you watch 2012 In... More

The respected business news organization has published its list of the worst CEOs of 2012, and Zynga's Marc Pincus makes the cut. This year has been a tough one for Cityville publisher Zynga, which has suffered plummeting stock prices, layoffs and cancellations of games, and accusations of insider... More

Is this actually how we pick our President now? I haven't been paying attention to politics for a while. You may have seen some of Slate's Political Kombat videos floating around already, but this is the matchup everyone wants to see. President Obama faces off against his mortal enemy Mitt Romney... More

If you're like us you're probably wondering why the Presidential debates have gotten so political. Check out Political Kombat '12, which envisions a simpler time when debates were settled with fists and whip-like combovers. Watch President Obama and Donald Trump duke it out in this live broadcast... More

Today is technically the first day that E3 is open, which means that a horde of gamers is crowding the LA Convention Center and playing the hottest new games. Here you can find today's highlights from the show floor. Nintendo's Big Show The last of the major press conferences took place this... More

It’s too bad that Skyrim can’t actually feature this many characters on screen at once, because this epic battle would have made a sweet addition to the game’s main story. YouTube user Tyrannicon modded the game and put together this epic machinima battle of 500 Draugr, 200 skeletons... More

What might Bethesda’s epic RPG look like if it were set in the year 2012? Let’s find out. A few months ago, GroBroPros posted a video where they dreamt of what the world of Skyrim would look like in the year 2012: Now the saga continues: [Source: Dorkly ] More

While not ruling out the possibility that a new Xbox console could be revealed at E3, a French Microsoft executive stated that the company will not release new hardware in 2012. When asked to respond to rumors that a new Microsoft console was going to be unveiled at E3, Microsoft France marketing director... More

In an interview with a French website, a Sony executive suggested that the company is in no hurry to announce the next PlayStation. When asked about the company's next-gen plans in an interview with Le Point, Sony France's Philippe Cardon commented, "It's true that there are a lot of... More

2011 is mere hours from being a distant memory as 2012 overtakes the previous year in what will undoubtedly be a violent altercation. The new year means resolutions, and while I have some not so important throw-away ones like eat healthier and learn how to do a back flip, I also have some important video... More

When the first Assassin's Creed released in 2007, Desmond's struggle with Abstergo was set in the near-future: the year 2012. Pretty soon, that'll be the present, and Ubisoft aims to conclude Desmond's tale before the end of next year. Why is that date significant? If you've been... More

During a GDC Online session today, Blizzard's Battle.net project director Greg Canessa may have made a revealing slip of the tongue. During a Q&A session, Canessa fielded a question about future Battle.net feature updates like trading replays, broadcasting replays, and upgrading profiles. During... More

If you've pieced together "The Truth" in Assassin's Creed II, you probably have more questions than answers about what's really going on with Desmond and his ancestors. Game Informer's executive editor Andrew Reiner shared his theories, and according to Assassin's Creed... More