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We knew esports was getting bigger and bigger, but Riot’s grand championship shows just how huge LoL has gotten…  . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Take a look at the reveal trailer for Call of Duty Back Ops 2 complete with a release date that places it on store shelves by the end of the year… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Two new games drop in the PSN Store today, and there’s a bunch of new stuff available for PlayStation Plus subscribers as well… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Steam versions of Bastion are now available with Steamplay, allowing players to install on either Windows PCs or Macs. There’s a few other goodies on sale too. . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

With the release of Diablo 3 fast approaching, Blizzard fed its fans some new details about two key features: the real money auction house and global multiplayer… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Bethesda is taking its sweet time waiting to announce the details of its upcoming DLC pack. We now know that the pack will be called “Dawnguard,” and it’s got a saucy Dovahkiin promotional image to go along with it… . ...

Take a look at this video to get a peak at some of the maddening abilities Specialists will use to drive you insane in Ghost Recon Online. . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Rockstar sent out a press release today detailing all of their downloadable content plans for their upcoming noir-epic Max Payne 3 which extends almost to the end of 2012… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Want to go to Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego, CA for free AND go to a Walking Dead party? Here’s how you could win… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

“What’s that you say? You only need $80K to finish a World-of-WarCraft-standard multiplayer RPG with the graphics of Skyrim? And it doesn’t matter that you can’t actually spell, because you have Pixar on board? TAKE MY MONEY! I can afford...

Activision’s official Black Ops 2 site reveals first official details of shooter sequel ahead of Activision’s big Call of Duty world reveal… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

What’s that you say? You have a magic tappable screen device in your pocket that you play a lot of games on, but you have a nightmare of a time wading through the mire of crap to find the decent...

One of the most popular games in the recent surge of old-school Kickstarter success stories, Shadowrun Returns boasted a huge sum as the countdown ended today… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Right now you can get Dungeon Siege 3 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution for wonderfully low prices when you download off Amazon… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

An accidental pre-order posting reveals the unannounced release date for Dishonored, and it’s the exact same date as another triple-AAA fall game… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

EA and PopCap have announced a slew of new Plants vs Zombies merchandise with more PopCap franchises coming next year. Check out the goods in our gallery… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Two of the best Xbox Live Arcade games from the past two years are getting a price drop, making them even more compelling purchases… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

It may not be a feature film, but Microsoft is reportedly still readying Halo for the live-action treatment. Coming this fall, Halo will be getting a 115-minute web series to tie-in with the release of Halo 4… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Have you ever stopped to think how many steps to the right you’ve taken in the course of your videogaming history? Odds are it’s a great deal. Unless you started playing in the 3D era, in which case – look,...

None Sure, we’ve already told you about Portal 2’s upcoming map editor, the Perpetual Testing Initiative. But if JK Simmons’ Cave Johnson wants to tell you about it too, we’ll just roll back the clock and let him take it from...

Who’s going to have the first “cold planet hosts horrible things; man freaks out and shoot them” game in late ‘12/early ‘13? At this rate, it’s looking like the title will go to the reigning champ of cold-and-eldritch, Capcom’s Lost...

Let’s get the last of our confusion-feigning out of the way now, before Activision announces Black Ops 2 for certain. Could this possibly be a flier revealing the next CoD game’s title and release date? (Yes)… . Read the rest...

Crytek has bad news for TimeSplitters fans and unemployed motion capture monkeys. Today, the UK developer confirmed it is not working on TimeSplitters 4… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Google has coded a cool little surprise into its browser for StarCraft fans today. Go ahead and enter the secret code, but be warned: The Zerg Rush will take over your day… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Mario who? Legend of what? If this leaked trailer for Rayman Legends is anything to go by, it could be Ubisoft’s limbless platformer who becomes Wii U’s premier mascot… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Instead of waiting for E3, Nintendo just released a ton of new details about their plans for both home consoles and handhelds. And that includes what they won’t be revealing at E3… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

None Battlefield 3’s next expansion doesn’t drop until June, but DICE is ready to show off another of the game’s new environments – which, judging from this destructive clip, is constructed of intricately-molded papier-mâché and bags of flour… . Read the...

Team Meat’s tribute to 8-bit dungeon-crawling and Apocalyptic ephemera will be getting even creepier next month, when the game’s plus-sized DLC expansion goes live… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

While you wait for Torchlight 2, you may as well play something else. Otherwise you might end up accidentally – shudder – reading or something. Would you prefer a free copy of the game’s predecessor, or the beta key for...

None Team Ninja’s revealed the return of Christie and Bayman to Dead or Alive 5. See what changes are in store for the familiar assassins in today’s new fight trailer and screenshots… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

None Hitman: Absolution’s cast includes a number of intriguing characters, both real and fake. Meet two of Square Enix’s behind-the-scenes voices and one of Agent 47’s possible targets in the two new Hitman videos… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Square Enix is attempting to lure players back to Final Fantasy XIV with the release of a new update and rewards for loyal subscribers and Eorzea deserters… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

ME3’s N7 Bounty events are back, and this weekend BioWare is tasking Alliance forces with sticking it to those wily Cerberus Phantoms in Operation Exorcist… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Australia’s strict classification laws for video games have once again stopped a game coming Down Under, only this time the publishers didn’t even bother going through the classification process. . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Barring some sort of extraordinary intercession, this will be the last time we bring you the news that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is not going to come out. However, the game’s creators are already hard at work on an ambitious new title...

None It’s not long to wait until the release of Dragon’s Dogma, one of the largest-scale and most ambitious titles in Capcom’s history. In this clip, the game’s developers reveal that the fantasy epic aims high… . Read the rest at...

One of the most beloved point-and-click classics, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father, may get a remake. But several things need to happen first… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Those leak-happy Gauls at Amazon France are at it again, this time announcing a Resistance triple-pack before Sony’s had the chance to tease the bundle. Apparently in Europe, games retail is the new games media… . Read the rest at...

In games that thrive on things going just the right amount of hellishly wrong, there’s not much room for developer error. So Konami’s announced upcoming patches for new Silent Hills in which things have been getting just a little bit...

The Wii-enhanced version of Pikmin 2 is set to wash up on North American shores in 2012, a mere three years after launching overseas. Must have been a rough trip… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Shinji Mikami, the father of Resident Evil, revealed he will be returning to the survival horror genre for “Zwei”, the first major title set to crawl out from Tango Gameworks… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

The latest 3DS firmware update has gone live, giving players a way to sort their content and Nintendo the means to patch games post release… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Forza Motorsport 4 is receiving a shipment of a new rides this May in a Top Gear Car Pack that will include micro cars, super wagons, and a most excellent tribute to Wayne’s World… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Pitch heartthrob Christiano Ronaldo headlines this debut clip for PES 2013, Konami’s back-to-basics rebuild for what’s become many soccer fans’ series of choice… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Crysis 3’s a ways off from release yet, but Crytek’s already drawing some lines on where the game will and won’t appear. Will the game see a Wii U release? “Fat chance…” . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

It’s a few months yet until Darksiders II shows its skeletal face at retail, but you can let people know you’re actively interested in Death with these XBLA avatar bits and pieces – including a freebie on Facebook… . Read...

The latest DLC fashions have arrived for Soulcalibur V, offering fighters an opportunity to go toe-to-toe in Tekken inspired costumes. Take a look at the Namco’s new duds in today’s promo pics… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

None As promised, Crytek’s followed up on last week’s Crysis 3 teaser video will the release of a full-blown (and slightly charred) announcement trailer… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Infinity Ward alumnus Robert Bowling is jumping back in the game with the creation of a new development studio dubbed Robotoki… . Read the rest at gamesradar.com. ...

Two of gaming’s trendiest characters are suiting up for their LittleBigPlanet 2 cameos this week. Without giving anything away, we’ll just say a Laarg PS Vita mascot is about to take a Journey. Yeah … so …we pretty much gave it away… . Read...