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We’ll admit it–we were surprised when Activision took the stage at Nintendo’s Wii U event today to reveal Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (opens in new tab) as a “launch window” game for the new console. For years, Call of Duty has danced around Nintendo platforms, and to see …

Developer Robomodo said recently that their latest release, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD (an HD remake of some of the content from the first two Tony Hawk games) has sold a very respectable 120,000 copies in the weeks since its release. They also said that sales are steady even post-launch. …

Here’s why it’s important to keep an eye on science: this month, a top-ranking Columbia University chemist suggested that space could well be full of murderous dinosaurs (opens in new tab). “We would be better off not meeting [the killer space-reptiles],” concludes Prof. Ronald Breslow’s paper (opens in new tab), …

PlayStation 3-owning Call of Duty fans get their first two payoffs for joining the franchise’s Elite platform today, with the release of the platform’s first two Content Drops. The Liberation and Piazza maps offer a long-range sniper’s playground in the militarized Central Park, and the claustrophobic corridors of an Italian …

Activision and Radical Entertainment have been quiet on the progress of Prototype 2, but now that the hype surrounding Spike’s VGAs and the dearth of holiday releases has started to level off, they’ve returned with a new developer diary highlighting the thrill of the game’s hunt. See how Sgt. James …

Bobby Kotick has told Reuters he doubts that Star Wars: The Old Republic will benefit Electronic Arts, saying the licensing costs mean that “Lucas [Arts] is going to be the principal beneficiary” of any Star Wars product. Bobby Kotick is the guy you put in a movie when you want …