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07 Jun
Industry
Will Vivendi Sell Activision Blizzard?

Bloomberg reports Vivendi is weighing a sale of all or part of its 61% stake in Activision Blizzard after a 28% stock slide.

07 Jun
New Release
[E3 2012] Skylanders Giants Trailer and Screenshots

Skylanders Giants, the sequel to the toys-to-life hit, gets an E3 trailer and screenshots, adding new figures, a new story and deeper cross-platform play.

07 Jun
New Release PlayStation Vita
[E3 2012] New Little King’s Story for PS Vita

New Little King's Story brings the cult action-adventure RPG to PS Vita for the first time, with a new trailer and screenshots from E3.

07 Jun
New Release
[E3 2012] Beyond: Two Souls E3 Trailer

The E3 trailer for Quantic Dream's Beyond: Two Souls shows off the cinematic interactive thriller that was one of the show's standouts.

07 Jun
Industry
38 Studios Files for Bankruptcy

38 Studios, the company behind Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, owing creditors roughly $150 million.

06 Jun
Industry
[E3 2012] New Square Enix Tech Demo: Agni’s Philosophy

Square Enix shows Agni's Philosophy, a fully real-time tech demo for its new engine at E3, fuelling speculation about a next-gen Final Fantasy.

05 Jun
New Release Wii U
[E3 2012] Wii U: LEGO City Undercover

LEGO City: Undercover was a standout at Nintendo's Wii U showcase, an open-world LEGO detective adventure shaping up as a killer launch title.

05 Jun
New Release PlayStation 3 Tabletop Xbox 360
[E3 2012] The Dark Eye: Demonicon Teaser

Kalypso Media teases its action-RPG The Dark Eye: Demonicon, set in the popular Dark Eye fantasy universe, due early next year on 360, PS3 and PC.

05 Jun
New Release
[E3 2012] Rise of the Guardians

Torus Games dates the movie tie-in Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game for November 20th, 2012, letting players take on the childhood-legend heroes.