Activision Blizzard Unveils First Quarter Sales Results

Activision Blizzard today unveiled its 2012 first quarter sales results, demonstrating the impressive retail success of some of its biggest franchises, including Call of Duty, Skylanders and Diablo; while at the same time reminding many outside the company, including myself, just how little money they truly have.

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Pokémon Conquest Details

Nintendo recently announced the unlikely crossover of the Nobunaga’s Ambition series with the GameFreak’s own monster-snatching phenomenon, Pokémon. The unlikely crossover announcement was accompanied by screenshots that looked even more unlikely. Feudal Japanese Warlords tossing about Pokéballs and riding bikes through all grass seems just a little too silly to believe; so imagine everyone’s surprise when it started shaping up to look like a decent game. The revealed Pokémon Conquest has some pretty interesting features, and will be releasing on June 18th on a North American DS near you.

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed announced by Sega, tons of details revealed

Sega has officially announced a follow up to the well-received karting game, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, which is called Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. The game has been slated for a release this Fall for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, 3DS and PC (Only available via digital download). The game has logically swapped platforms from DS to 3DS but a Wii version has been ruled out, however, the idea of a WiiU launch release is still possible.

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Nintendo Will Be Distributing Heroes of Ruin in Europe

According to a recent press release the upcoming dungeon crawler Heroes of Ruin will be marketed and distributed by Nintendo in Europe and nearby territories on June 15th. This is a great move by Nintendo and their third party support, and could lead to other such deals in the future. While Square Enix remains the publisher in a technical sense, Nintendo will take over all other duties including marketing and distribution

Details, release dates and prices for Kingdom Hearts, Black Ops 2, Batman, Mario and more

With E3 just round the corner, some companies are taking the initiative of announcing some of their new and upcoming titles, along with their release dates in advance. This may have been happening so that hype can start building for the games, or so that the information isn’t lost in the inevitable wave of news once June hits. Either way, we have tons of new details of some highly anticipated games, including New Super Mario Bros. 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Kingdom Hears 3D.

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New Super Mario Bros. 2 Announced For 3DS

Nintendo just announced via the Nintendo of America official Twitter account that New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be coming to a 3DS near you this August. Nintendo Direct has been dropping some big news lately, and this is big news indeed for 3DS gamers waiting on the next big first party title from the Big N. All that was released was a short tweet announcing the game accompanied by a screenshot of Mario with what appears to be a Super Mario Bros. 3 style meter at the bottom of the screen.

New Nintendo game rumours of F-Zero Wii U, Super Mario 4 and the release of Pandora’s Tower

With the Christmas rush of games over, the 3DS’ release calendar is beginning to slow down. The highly anticipated Kid Icarus: Uprising saw it’s release and the next few months only sees a few sparse games like Mario Tennis Open and Kingdom Hearts 3D. After hints of a new 2D Mario game by Iwata in January, it may have been revealed as Super Mario 4. Miyamoto also opens up about some possible Wii U games that missed series instalments on the Wii, mostly a new F-Zero. Also, Pandora’s Tower has been released in Europe and Australia.

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A Brave New World: My first trip to PAX

For gamers like myself, annual conventions like PAX East are what major events like the Superbowl and World Series are to sports fans: must-see spectacles filled with excitement, energy, and a whole lot of people. Earlier years saw PAX East being held in smaller venues around the greater Boston area, sometimes causing it to be sold out days before it even started. This year however, PAX East managed to relocate to the spacious Boston Conventions and Exhibitions Center (or BCEC) and I managed to snag a pass for the convention’s third and final day.