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Winner of over 300 awards. Recipient of over 200 perfect scores. A universe that has expanded beyond games to comics, novels, apparel, collectibles, action figures and more. The Mass Effect franchise has become one of the most heralded series in video game history. BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts unveiled the Mass Effect …

Nintendo is unleashing the largest launch-day video game lineup in its history for its new Wii U home console. When Wii U launches in the Americas on Nov. 18, 23 games from Nintendo and its third-party publishing partners will be ready to play as well. These include Nintendo-published games like Nintendo Land, New Super …

Saban Brands, owner of the Power Rangers franchise,  has acquired the Digimon franchise, adding the long-running Japanese anime property to its growing portfolio of entertainment assets. The acquisition, which encompasses rights to the property outside of Asia, continues Saban Brands’ dramatic growth since reacquiring the Power Rangers property and purchasing lifestyle brand …

Kabam and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have partnered to co-publish games for mobile devices and the Web inspired by Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM). Under the deal, Kabam will develop and operate two multiplayer strategy games, The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth for mobile devices …

Get ready to brush up your web-shooting skills as The Amazing Spider-Man video game from Activision and Marvel Entertainment, is available digitally today in North America, and will be available in Europe on September 26 th.  As the official epilogue story to this summer’s feature film and marking Spidey’s return to a free-roaming Manhattan, The Amazing Spider-Man video game is …

A new era of discovery and conquest has dawned on Azeroth! Blizzard Entertainment announced that World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandari, the highly anticipated fourth expansion to the world’s most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is now live. Starting today, gamers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, …

THQ and Volition announced Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package will be available for purchase in North America on November 6, 2012, and internationally on November 9, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Network and Windows PC for the suggested retail price of $49.99. The premiere …

Runic Games announced that its second game, TORCHLIGHT II, has been launched and is now available. Gamers can pick up their copy of Torchlight II as a digital download from Steam, Runic Games, Perfect World GamersGate, GameFly, and GameStop, now. President and Project Lead Travis Baldree said, “I’ve never been more proud of …

THQ announced a number of pre-order incentives as well as a Digital Collector’s Edition for its upcoming strategy game Company of Heroes 2, sequel to the highest rated strategy game of all-time. Customers who pre-order the game from participating retailers will receive a global pre-order bonus consisting of two vehicle skins …

2K Games and Gearbox Software announced the much anticipated Borderlands 2 is now available in North America and will be available internationally on September 21, 2012 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. The four-player cooperative shooter-looter already has critics raving, with …