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Activision Blizzard enjoyed a strong start to its 2013 fiscal year, thanks to Skylanders Giants, Black Ops 2, and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The largest publisher in the U.S. gave investors (and weirdos like us) a look at its performance from January to the end of March in …

Dramatic reenactment: “Eighth game in as many years?” “Yep.” Offer pre-orders for the season pass?” “Already printing the posters.” “Change zombies mode?” “We added a bus.” “Damn. What else could we do to make gamers irrationally angry?” “Well, there’s one thing we’ve yet to try…” Call of Duty: Black Ops …

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is the latest game service to debut built-in Twitch steaming support, meaning players will no longer need to leave their games to broadcast them online. Twitch announced the livestreaming integration hit Xbox 360 today with PC and PlayStation 3 support coming soon, though no …

The new mode being added to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the next DLC pack, Chaos Mode, earns every bit of its title in the new trailer released today. Chaos Mode is essentially long-awaited catharsis for Call of Duty players. Instead of stalking the map, working hard for …

Blizzard finally announced today the answer to the question that every World of Warcraft player on the planet(and every competitor in the MMO genre)has been asking since the launch of Cataclysm: when is Mists of Pandaria coming? Today blizzard revealed that Pandaria (opens in new tab) will be going live …

For a game about secret men secretly doing secret things in secrecy, Call of Duty: Black Ops is pretty bad at keeping its own business hush-hush. First Activision registers blackops2.com, likely continuing Treyarch’s (opens in new tab) review of 1970s face-shooting realpolitik; and now a retail flier surfaces (opens in …

Modern Warfare 3’s year, or “season,” of downloadable content continues with tomorrow’s release of an extra map and, more excitingly, two extra Spec Ops missions. Wondering whether they’re worth your time? We’ve played all three – continue reading for our hands-on impressions. What is it? Starting tomorrow, Call of Duty …

Tony Hawk: Ride and Shred were big enough bombs to help virtually kill the plastic peripheral craze. But despite all seeming lost for Tony Hawk and his long-running series, it’s getting another shot at life with the tried and true remake. Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD was announced this weekend …