Call of Duty: Black Ops Most Pirated Game of the Year

Two weeks ago, I took a look at piracy in video games by platform. Now, the same source of TorrentFreak gave their annual report of the most pirated single games of the year. This year, it is Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops taking the honors. Black Ops is estimated to have been downloaded 4.27 million times on PC, with another 930,000 copies on Xbox 360. This would be the second year in a row that the Call of Duty franchise took the...

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Kinect for PC Confirmed

anuary 4th, Microsoft denied the notion of Kinect straying away from the Xbox 360 by saying: 'there are no plans to take it anywhere beyond the Xbox 360 platform'. Today, less than a week later, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer made the confirmation that they are working on the development of a PC version for the Kinect. Speaking with BBC, Ballmer explained that they do intend to support the PC with Kinect, and once they are ready, they will be making...

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Microsoft Attempting the Episodic Gaming Once Again

In 2009, Microsoft released the mob trivia game everyone grew to love known as 1 vs. 100. The game ran on a regular season, with a live audience and contestants, though was eventually cancelled in the middle of 2010. Though this coming Spring Microsoft is attempting something similar. This time instead of trivia, it's gambling. In Full House Poker, playing will compete against up to 30 other poker players in tournament style play. There will...

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Marathon Gamers: Gaming for a Cause

With the marathon closing in, the people behind the scenes of Marathon Gamers have been working hard to bring 2.0 to the audience. With a public equipment test being broadcasted tonight, we will be one step to bringing everything to the public. Though we are still taking suggestions on games to play, donation challenges, and we are still looking for a way to give back to the donators in the way of prizes and doing crazy things! There will be...

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Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software co-developing Modern Warfare 3; Reportedly.

You all remember the hubbub about Infinity Ward's heads Vince Zampella and Jason West leaving the company last year. Thoughts that the great games of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 would not get their much deserved 3rd title. A report on the LA Times' Company Town blog, says that there won't be a worry of that anymore -- according to the piece (read here), says both Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software have been tasked...

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Duke Nukem Forever Release Date Revealed

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Nintendo 3DS Features

Details on the Nintendo 3DS are starting to get around the Internet, with the March 27th North America release date looming. First, the 3DS will have a Home button like the Nintendo Wii - taking you to the Home menu, even when in the middle of a game. What's new about the 3DS is that you may open a new app without having to quit your game. One inclusion is an app called Game Notes. You have the opportunity to hop out of a game, and write...

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