In a teaser at the end of a new Pokémon Black/White 2 trailer aired in Japan, Game Freak revealed that there would be Pokémon related news released on January 8th, 2012.  What this may be is in rife speculation, but the possibilities are as exciting as they are worrying. While a hardcore Pokémon fan with a 3DS may be excited for news of a new traditional Pokémon title releasing for Ninten... more.

Early Thursday morning, 4J Studios, the developers of the Xbox version of Minecraft revealed that on New Years Eve, their version surpassed five million copies sold.  This is another huge milestone for the massive world-building sandbox game created by Markus "Notch" Persson and the Mojang team.  Early adopters of the PC alpha should be proud to have gotten in on the ground floor of this grassr... more.

EA Sports is still working on rounds of fan voting to pick the cover team for the 2014 version of NCAA Football.  Fans of NCAA football schools can go to the EA Sports NCAA Football Facebook page to vote for their favorite school.  Voting  has been going on for a while, so there are only five days left to get out the vote in this round. Currently leading the charge is Notre Dame.  There... more.

According to MCV, the UK games market lost a combined 17.4 percent, falling to £1.598 billion from £1.934 billion.  This even accounts for the steady growth of digital game sales, up 7.7 percent over 2012.  This means that boxed titles saw a 26 percent decline in sales.  This can be attributed to any number of things, from a weaker game market (which saw big titles release, but not until late... more.

According to a post on reddit, the next Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC, titled Revolution, may have a release date of January 29.  The release date and some features can be gleaned from a picture of a poster.  This has yet to be confirmed by Activision, but the picture appears to have been taken in a GameStop. Here are the pictures: If the poster is true to all of the features, the DLC ... more.

  Year 2012 was an exciting year for games, with such titles as FTL: Faster Than Light, Borderlands 2, Far Cry 3, and Journey to name some of the more acclaimed titles, but 2013 promises to bring some more titles to the scene, including some great new indie properties.  This is my list, counting down my top seven most anticipated titles for 2013. 7. Caribbean! Developer: Snowbird Game ... more.

  Many people have been attributing their fears for the future of the new SimCity title (which is exclusively online) to this simple fact: servers can't be supported forever.  This is even more evident as EA moves forward with ending support for the following list of titles moving forward. FIFA Manager 11 (January 3) FIFA Soccer 11 and Ultimate Team (January 11) Madden 11 and U... more.

  Since its release in September, Runic Games' Torchlight 2 has sold over one million copies, despite unintentionally launching in the same year as a similar AAA title by Blizzard Entertainment, Diablo III.  Its groundswell popularity can be pointed to for this accomplishment, as well as its word of mouth appeal and its relatively low price point.  Normally retailing for $20, the game is... more.

  In a recent interview with Rockstar's producer, Leslie Benzies, about Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's tenth anniversary, Digital Trends managed to get a juicy snippet of information regarding possible future Grand Theft Auto titles. When asked whether or not we would see Vice City again in future iterations of Grand Theft Auto, Benzies had this to say: It is always a possibility. There... more.

On December 12, @CallOfDuty tweeted that a double XP weekend will be running this weekend for Call of Duty: Black Ops II.  It started Friday, and will last through Monday at 10AM PST. Source: Joystiq... more.