The 8 Biggest Video Game Releases Ever (ATVI)
Call of Duty: Black Ops developed by Treyarch and published by Activision made a record $360 million in sales on the first day of its release. The game released for Windows, Xbox 360, PS3 Nintendo DS...
View ArticleWith A Big Screen "Angry Birds" On The Way, Here's How 10 Movies Based On...
Rovio Entertainment isn't about to let its prize property "Angry Birds" max out on a cell phone screen. They're thinking much bigger -- cineplex bigger. With former Marvel execs on their side and a...
View ArticleActually The Entertainment Industry Had An Amazing Decade (NWS)
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch frequently tweets about how web pirates are destroying the entertainment business by stealing its content and preventing studios from making a profit. But a report by...
View ArticleHow Electronic Arts Destroyed San Francisco In Its Live-Action Ad For 'Mass...
To promote the launch of Mass Effect 3, in which gamers must (again) save Earth from alien attackers, Electronic Arts hired ad agency DraftFCB to make a live-action trailer for the launch. The ad...
View ArticleWEIRD: Video Game Characters Are Now Modeling Prada
The characters from Final Fantasy XIII-2 are taking on a new look when they serve as models for Prada's Spring/Summer 2012 men's collection in British fashion mag Arena Homme+'s 12-page fashion...
View ArticleHow This Little Kid Became The Hottest Entrepreneur In America
A year ago, Caine Monroy was just a pint-sized arcade fanatic whiling away his summer vacation at his dad's auto parts shop. Then he decided to build his own version of the games he loved to play –...
View ArticleTwo Batmobiles May Be Heading To Your Town—Here's Today's Buzz
Can't wait to see "The Dark Knight Rises"? Two of Batman's vehicles, the Bat-Pod and Tumbler are cruising across the country ahead of the film from May 12 to July 7. See if they're coming to your...
View ArticleHere's What You Need To Know From This Year's E3 Gaming Conference
Today wraps up the final day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012, most commonly known as E3. Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the three-day conference is an annual trade fair where...
View ArticleHere Are The 10 Highest Grossing Video Games Ever*
*Correction: An earlier version of this story failed to cite Digital Battle, a gaming website that worked hard to compile this data, which we used in this post. We apologize to Digital Battle for our...
View ArticleHere Are The Most Anticipated Video Games Being Released Later This Year
With the E3 conference fresh in our minds, it's impossible not to be excited about the future of video games. We were so excited by the presentations, panels, videos, and announcements last week that...
View ArticleEvery Time This Video Game Gets Pirated, God Kills A Kitten
New PC role-playing game (RPG) Krater has a pretty interesting opening screen discussing "Pirate Bays" and kitten killing. If you're not familiar with Krater, the RPG is set in a post-apocalyptic...
View ArticleThese 19 Hollywood Actors Have Also Voiced Characters In Video Games
It was recently announced on Gamespot that "Spiderman" villain Willem Dafoe will star alongside "Inception" actress Ellen Page in Quantic Dream's latest PS3 game, "Beyond: Two Souls." While Page will...
View ArticleNintendo's Latest Console 'Wii U' Launches This Holiday Season
In the latest attempt to boost sales and slash their yearly losses (between April and December of 2011, Nintendo had a $624 million operating loss), Nintendo's latest Wii U is rumored to hit stores by...
View ArticleThese Apps Should Be Turned Into Game Shows
Last week, CBS announced a Ryan Seacrest-produced game show based on the hit app "Draw Something" is in the works, which, surprisingly, might not be the worst idea in the world. Zynga's guessing game...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Video Game-To-Movie Adaptions
Sony Pictures recently announced the studio signed on to produce "Shadow of the Colossus," an action-adventured video game designed for PlayStation. Josh Trank, the mastermind behind the $13 million...
View ArticleNintendo's 3DS XL Is Hitting Stores This Summer–Here's This Week's Gaming News
Nintendo's new 3DS XL will go on sale starting August 19. This upgraded version of the 3DS will have a much larger screen–almost twice as large, in fact–and offers 3D imagery. This upgrade is...
View ArticleWho Are The Most Eligible Bachelors and Bachelorettes In The Video Game...
The Wire is looking for the most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes in the video game industry. We can't do this alone. We need your nominations. We're not just seeking for the best-looking gamers,...
View ArticleATTENTION SKYRIM FANS: The 'DawnGuard' Expansion Pack Is Out Today And It's...
The highly anticipated expansion pack for Bethesda Game Studio's "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" was released today for Xbox 360. As the first official expansion pack, "DawnGuard" provides an additional...
View ArticleWARNING: Video Games Are Breaking Limbs
In a recent Gamespot post it was announced that professional StarCraft II player Lim "BoxeR" Yo Hwan–arguably one of the best SC II players in the world–would be sidelined from the gaming world...
View ArticleWHOA: 'Infinity Blade II' For iPad & iPhone Is Raking In The Cash
As a follow up to an earlier story posted on smaller budget video games crushing the big-time competition, we came across "Infinity Blade II," Epic Games' sequel to the highly successful "Infinity...
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