It has been announced Black Ops 2 has made $500 million in the first 24 hours of it's release. This makes it the most profitable launch of the year and Halo 4 not to far behind considering it's not a multiplatform game.

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Activision has announced that its Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has earned the company more than $500 million worldwide in the first 24 hours the game was made available. According to the company, that makes it the biggest entertainment launch of the year.

"With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row," said Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard's CEO. "Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars," the two most successful movie franchises of all time. Given the challenged macro-economic environment, we remain cautious about the balance of 2012 and 2013."

The game was released on November 13, and there's no doubt that it will continue to sell like mad during the holiday season. That's great news for multiplayer fans, who won't have to wait long to find other players eager to take them on.

Halo 4 was released a week earlier, and it sold through more than $220 million in its first 24 hours. Considering it's only available on the Xbox 360, as opposed to Call of Duty's multiplatform approach, that's not too shabby either.

It has just been revealed that Sony has sold over 70 million PS3 consoles since its release six years ago and also reveals other impressive sales.

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Another landmark for Sony and it’s six year old console. The PlayStation 3 has just reached 70 million consoles sold as November 4, 2012. This is less than six years after the console was launched. The PlayStation Move motion controller has also surpassed 15 million units. That’s about 1 in every 4th PS3 owner has a Move.

In September 2012, Sony launched the slimmer version of the PlayStation 3, which apparently has been received well by the consumers according to the press release we got a few moments back. Cumulative number of software titles for PS3 has now reached 3,590 with more than 595 million units sold worldwide.

The PlayStation 3 was first launched on November 2011, 2006 with two SKUs priced at a heft $499 and $599. Some analysts believed that it won’t even sell a million. But now we are, six years later, Sony must be pretty pleased with how things have unfolded for them. Their 10 year plan seems to be track and I won’t be surprised if they managed to sell a 100 million units by the end of that period.

Splinter cell first came out 11 years ago and has been considered a classic by some in the modern era of video gaming. Now the franchise takes it's next leap onto the big screen.

Actor Tom Hardy will take the lead role of one of the most well known secret agents in the modern gaming world, Sam Fisher. The Movie will soon be underway and things are look promising as Ubisoft are currently hold talks with some movie studio's

Eric Singer will write the screenplay for the adaptation, whose previous work includes The International. Ubisoft is currently in talks with several studios including Warner Bros. and Paramount.

The news follows

Speaking to

"His involvement in the 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell' movie is exciting news for movie and video game fans alike.

"Meanwhile, Eric Singer is one of the most talented writers of the moment, and ... we're confident he'll bring a fresh approach and create a thrilling story."

A new

This years Video game awards begins Friday December 7th where a list of certain video games will be nominated to be the game of the year. Some of you may find it surprising at some of the titles that are up for nomination, or the titles that aren't up for nomination.

Here is the list of the nominees.

Assassin's Creed III

Dishonored

Journey

Mass Effect 3

The Walking Dead: The Game

Head over to spike.com to vote.

While you're there you can also vote for the best social game, best shooter, game studio of the year and many more. So if your game is not on the list for game of the year you can still help it achieve it's glory within it's genre.

As Xbox live celebrates it's 10 year anniversary microsoft has said that they will reward customers with an Xbox 360 who have been with the service for 10 years.

Heres a little more infomation on this giveaway provided by

The details aren't clear quite yet, but long-time Xbox Live members, those who have been on the service for 10 years, are getting a surprise from Microsoft.

Microsoft's Larry Hryb confirmed a report from Kotaku this morning saying "some" Xbox Live members are getting a commemorative console to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Xbox Live. Hryb said he'll be able to share more details about this later in the week.

Additional photos of consoles showing up on people's doorsteps can be seen

Xbox Live is 10 years old today, it all started on this day in 2002 when gamers all around the world were able to connect to each other and play together. Live gaming has changed the way we play video games forever and has spawned a new style and generation of entertainment. Post below the first game ever you played online if you can remember.

In the meantime here is a video by IGN taking us through 10 years of different games that created an amazing online experience for Xbox Live.

Microsoft increasing USB drive space for Xbox 360 storage.

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In March 2010, Microsoft

"The more our customers use their profile and download digital content, the larger the file size necessary to store that content and move it between consoles gets," a Microsoft spokesperson said. "Therefore we increased the size of the memory to enable our customers to take more of their Xbox profile with them on the go."

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The first batch of GTAV details

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Following the unveiling of Game Informer's

Here's the first bunch of details from GI, via

Rockstar promises:

A recent article from kotaku.com reveals that Bungie's next game will be like Halo which is planned to come out fall 2013.

The game will be released for XBOX Play Station and possibly for PC as well.

A particular quote from the article states the game will be like Halo.

"He also gathers that the general consensus from others is that Destiny is "still quite like Halo" and "there is a lot of work still to be done". And he concludes with a confirmation of an old rumour that the project previous condemned "Tiger" is now referred to as "Destiny" "

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EA has announced a release date for Battlefield 3: Aftermath DLC

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EA has announced release dates for

As with all

Separately, EA announced today that in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Battlefield and the milestone of

Bethesda has announced the next

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It will launch first on Xbox 360 on December 4, priced at 1600 Microsoft Points (£13.71).

Here's the first Dragonborn trailer:

Those of you who pre-order Crysis 3 will receive a free downloadable copy of Crysis for free.

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Pre-ordering the new shooter will get you a code which you can use to redeem the 2007 original as a digital download via PSN for PS3, Xbox Live for Xbox or Origin for PC.

The press release says the offer will only be open "while supplies last at participating retailers", but doesn't detail which retailers are participating. Expect the usual big players to be taking part.

EA has confirmed a

Grand Theft Auto V is confirmed for Spring launch in 2013.

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Let the speculation end! Grand Theft Auto V has finally been confirmed for a spring 2013 launch, with Rockstar actually nailing down the release window with some new artwork of a blonde bikini babe on the beach taking a picture of herself on her smartphone.

Set in a re-imagined, modern day version of South California, GTA V will take you to places like Los Santos and way beyond "from the tops of the mountains to the depths of the ocean." Furthermore, Rockstar is promising new information on November 5th, when you'll be able to pre-order the game everywhere.

Grand Theft Auto V will be coming in spring 2013. Does that mean a May release? Probably. We wait with bated breath for Rockstar to narrow down that launch date a bit more. For now, here's the confirmed release window artwork above, Enjoy.

Treyarch have released a live action trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and a behind the scenes of the soundtrack.

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Activision has released a double injection of Call of Duty: Black Ops II trailers, with one going behind-the-scenes on the game's soundtrack with composer Jack Wall at Abbey Road, while the other is a live-action short directed by Guy Ritchie, of Lock Stock and ****** fame.

The latter continues with the "There's a Soldier in All of Us" theme from the last commercial for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, with a live-action jaunt through the war torn streets of Downtown LA circa 2025, whereas the former was recorded at Abbey Road studios, and sees Jack Wall taking you behind the score.

You can check out both trailers below, then prepare for combat as Call of Duty: Black Ops II heads into battle on November 13th.

Weapons that are confirmed to be in Bioshock Infinite.

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Like the original BioShock, BioShock Infinite has a variety of different weapons that can be used by

Confirmed Weapons

BROADSIDER

The Broadsider is a pistol referred to in

TRIPLE R (ROLSTON RECIPROCATING REPEATER)

The Rolston Reciprocating Repeater is a powerful machine gun in BioShock Infinite. Known as the Triple R, the weapon is referenced in

PEPPERMILL

The Peppermill is a powerful gatling gun used by Booker in the

The Peppermill is also referred to in

BIRD'S EYE

The Bird's Eye is a sniper rifle first seen in BioShock Infinite's

HUNTSMAN

The Huntsman is a semi-automatic rifle with attached scope seen in the

CHINA BROOM

The China Broom is a powerful shotgun that can fire eight shots before being reloaded. Multiple versions of the shotgun have been shown off, most recently in the

The China Broom is also referenced in

THE BARNSTORMER

The Barnstormer is a long-range rocket-propelled grenade launcher (RPG) seen in the

PADDYWHACKER

The Paddywhacker is a revolver seen in the

THE PIG

The Pig is a limited-range grenade launcher referenced in

SKY-HOOK

While primarily used to travel across

The Sky-Hook is also referenced in

Bethesda has announced what is ahead for Dishonored, with three DLC packs. Arkane studios will be getting three DLC bundles, the first two which come out in December.

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Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials delivers 10 challenges, including races, special assassinations, and an arena battle. It'll set you back 400 Microsoft Points ($4.99). The rest of the post-release content will be arriving in 2013, and Bethesda says they'll be story-based missions. In the second, players can take on the role of Daud, another supernatural assassin, who has his own set of weapons and powers. Details on the third DLC are coming later.

Minecraft's Halloween skin map pack will go to charity.

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The proceeds of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition’s latest skins pack will go to charity.

Launching on October 26th, the Halloween Pack adds 55 skins to the game, all of which come with a spooky twist and some of which are games-related.

Amongst the pack are skins submitted by the likes of Tequila Works, Army of Trolls, Climax, Rare, The Behemoth, Toylogic and Twisted Pixel.

Every penny (or MSP) spent on the packs will go to charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Child’s Play, SANDS Lothians and Block by Block.

Classy and

Above is the released Art of Grand Theft Auto V.

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"Rockstar Games released the first piece of artwork of Grand Theft Auto V. The art is called "Pest Control," and that's the only piece of info we know about it. Expect lots of information in the coming months,

Ubisoft has released a interactive trailer of how you will assassinate a British marine Major Pitcairn.

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It lets you choose which paths to take and weapons to wield as you battle through Bunker Hill on a mission to assassinate British Marine Major Pitcairn.

You can watch a sneak peek at the interactive trailer below and

The publisher has confirmed an

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Bioshock Infinite 'Beast of America' Trailer.

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Bioshock Infinite has been operating under the radar lately, politely allowing the big holiday games to take their spotlights. This trailer reminds us, however, that February 26 is painfully far away.

At the end of the trailer, we are reminded that it was made entirely using in-engine footage. It also has a nice little call-out to the beginning of the original Bioshock. Unsurprisingly, it looks like the two games may share similar introductions.

Bioshock Infinite releases February 26 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, which is approximately 3,027 more hours away than I would like it to be.

"Check out this all-new BioShock Infinite gameplay voted for by the Irrational Facebook community! See more of the streets (and skies) of Columbia, new ways to use your Sky-Hook and how Elizabeth can be your wingman in combat.

BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter currently in development at Irrational Games, the studio behind the original BioShock (which sold over 4 million units worldwide). Set in 1912, BioShock Infinite introduces an entirely new narrative and gameplay experience that lifts players out of the familiar confines of Rapture and rockets them to Columbia, an immense city in the sky."

Developer: Irrational Games

Release: 2/26/2013

Genre: FPS

Platform: PS3/X360/PC

Publisher: 2K Games

Website: www.whatisicarus.com