If the post-Xbox One announcement bliss has faded, you might want to resume your regular gaming routine at some point today. If game buying is part of your plan, give Gamefly’s newest sale a look. Among the highlights are Darksiders II for $13, Gears of War 3 for $10, Modern Warfare 3 for $15, Assassin’s Creed [...]

If you’d like to partake in some free gaming this weekend, and don’t feel like some gratuitous space battles, maybe some Blacks Ops 2 would scratch that itch. From now until Sunday, you can play the game for free or take advantage of a discount that drops the regular edition’s price down to $40 and [...]

Welcome to This Week in Gaming, where we take a look back at some of the most newsworthy events in gaming history from last year to even decades ago that happened this very week. Take a gander at some of the highlights and see which spark nostalgia and which may still be news to you. [...]

Welcome to the very first edition of This Week in Gaming, Hardcore Gamer’s newest feature! We’ll be taking a look back at some of the most news worthy events in gaming history from last year to even decades ago that happened this very week. Take a gander at some of the highlights and see which [...]

There’s no real surprise here as, after Microsoft stated that they made over $220 million on the first day with Halo 4, Activsion has come back this week in saying they made over double that with Black Ops II. In Activision’s investor’s press release, the company has announced that they made over $500 million in [...]

The annual franchise that’s sending Activision to the bank upon every release is back once again, but instead of creating a modern epic, Treyarch has decided to chop the campaign up in telling two interconnected storylines during two time periods. It’s a series that hasn’t gone through many changes in its lifetime, but there’s certainly something to be [...]

Activision has no shortage of funding when it comes to marketing their biggest franchise to date: Call of Duty. Last year, Jonah Hill and Sam Worthington graced the live action commercial, so to top it this year, Robert Downey Jr. and FPS Russia make their debut in the “Surprise” commercial that’s directed by Guy Ritchie [...]

OK, this is becoming silly; launch trailers are meant for when the game is actually on store shelves. While not properly scheduled, releasing a launch trailer a week or so early is still acceptable. Activision, however, has said screw it and unleashed a launch trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Granted, this is [...]

Remember when you were playing Call of Duty with your buddies, just having a good time, when a high-pitched voice suddenly blares through the headset going on about how many kills they have?  Maybe they’re even trash talking and telling you how badly you suck. Right in the middle of a match you hear them [...]

With the Wii U launch  less then two months away, Nintendo has announced all upcoming titles available during the launch window of the system. Suffice to say, this is Nintendo’s largest lineup in history, as well as the longest list of launch titles behind the PS2. If you’ve been on the fence about getting some [...]