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We all should know by now how massive the Skyanders franchise has become since its debut in 2011, but this info graphic released by Activision is still a little bit of a shocker.

This past week, GR talked up (what else) the new direction for Sonic the Hedgehog with Sonic Boom, ran down the full ins and outs of the new Smash Bros game from Nintendo and published a little something about a topic called video game linearity.

Taking place in New York City, the Tribeca Film Festival has fast become one of the biggest events on the city’s calendar every year. Now Games for Change, the gaming-centric charitable organization, will be adding their own show behind the event for more exposure than they’ve ever had before.

Remember the charity ‘pick three’ promo on GOG.com from not all that long ago? Well it was pretty successful.

Nintendo are performing below their expectations.

Not a game in itself, Star Swarm is a realtime demo cooked up by the folks at Oxide Games to show off their new RTS leaning game engine- and it’s nothing short of amazing. Update: Now with even more amazing!

The charitable group wants 2014 to be the biggest and best year yet with a target of $1 million. One million dollars might be a big goal, but Operation Supply Drop has been making serious strides since it’s inception in 2010. According to a letter issued by founder Captain Steven …

Gunnar expands on the already existing (and quite popular) Intercept model of eyesight-saving goggles with some colors to spice up your play sessions.

Vizio has just announced their new Reference Series of televisions at CES 2014. If you’re wondering what that means, they basically include everything they  could think of putting into a TV. Oh, and maximum screen size for the line? 120″.

As expected, Lucasfilm owner Disney has pulled the rights to the Star Wars franchise from longtime  publisher Dark Horse Comics and handed it off to their own Marvel.

The official superhero of Times Square (and unofficial superhero of NYC) will be in the crossroads of the world for the big ball drop to help usher in 2014 tonight.

Hard rockers Avenged Sevenfold bring their discography to life with a brand new dungeon crawler for mobile platforms.

The charitable group saw to it that $10k worth of gaming gear got to hospital-bound soldiers, along with a serious dose of Holiday cheer.

Dark Horse Comics’ compendium of all things The Legend of Zelda finishes out 2013 in style with a number six posting on Amazon.com’s best-sellers list for the year.

Well you kind of had to see this one coming, the PS Vita has finally started to show some serious life with the launch of the Remote Play-compatible PlayStation 4.

The impressive little micro-console is now available at retailers; just in time for Christmas.