3rd Dec, 2007
The industry is still shaking from the earthquake announcement of Vivendi and Activision's merger today, but gamers themselves are going to have a lot of questions too. Both companies hold their fair share of much-loved franchises, several of which have extremely radid fanbases, so worry is going to be high as to what the deal is really going to mean.
It seems accepted human 'wisdom' that any change is a change for the worse, and in gaming any alteration in the corporate status
Think you've got the skills to school GamesRadar? Want a chance to hand us our asses online? Well now's your chance. Starting this Thursday (27 March) we're launching PlayRadar, a new fortnightly event that gives you the chance to show us your mettle in a multiplayer showdown.Every other Thursday at 4pm (GMT) two members of the GR team will take on all-comers in a series of online matches. All you have to do is send us a friend request from

After spending a good six weeks teasing ‘Annihilation,’ the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, Treyarch is finally ready to let players check out the mad collection of new maps for themselves. The pack's four new maps – together with one new Zombies arena – continue Treyarch's theme of injecting '60s weirdness into CoD via Black Ops, with sci-fi paranoia and Cuban mini-golfing joining previous DLC episodes' zombie-themed offerings...
Nothing says "OWNED" like a pair of exploding testicles. Includes several wince-worthy replays...

Call of Duty: Black Ops viral site GKNOVA6 has updated. Not with cryptic codes that require deciphering and taxing brain work, but with video footage of zombies shambling about in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Everything you never wanted to know about Call of Duty: Black Ops, the best new franchises of this console generation, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, and the Transformers drop by to celebrate BRETT'S BIRTHDAY! WARNING: TDar 127 is long, angry, and drunk, yet it's the perfect background noise for a weekend of wall-to-wall CoD; BlOpping...

Call of Duty: Black Ops has passed Wii Play to become the best-selling game in US history. This is according to the retail number crunchers at NPD who reported that the hugely popular FPS had once again taken top spot in February, carving itself a notch in videogame history in the process...

Okay, so this video isn't actually that bleak. In fact it's pretty damn funny. It is though, a rather heavy ironic indictment of the prevalence of online shooters and me-too game design in the modern era. That's what I'm interpreting it as anyway. Animator freddiew might just have made it for shits and giggles. But you know, I'm highbrow like that 'n' stuff.
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According to some internet leakage: Yes! Click on in for everything we know so far...

Above: Does gaming ruin relationships? According to a recent survey, one out of ten gamers say they've cancelled plans for a date in order to keep playing. Monsters!
If you’re in a relationship, you might want to ease off on the all-night gaming marathons. A recent survey of 1,500 gamers and their partners conducted by OnePoll suggests that gaming can ruin relationships…