
Atari has shown they're ready to aggressively protect their IP, as they've had a game bearing similarity to the classic 1980 arcade title Battlezone pulled from the iOS App Store.

Sony announced today on
the Playstion blog that Gran Turismo 5 will be getting a slightly upgraded re-release later this month.

Sega announced today that the third and fourth entries in the popular light gun shooter franchise will see a digital rerelease exclusively on the Playstation Network this year.

The game-focused charity announced yesterday that they raised just over $3.5 million in 2011, a new record and huge increase over 2010.

As if the massive drop from the first week's sales to the second week's sales weren't enough, the Playstation Vita saw sales drop about 30,000 more in its third week on the market.

The opposition to SOPA gets more and more intense as time passes. Major League Gaming, in protest of the internet domain registrar GoDaddy's support of the bill, has moved all of their domains to another company.

GameFly aggregated the GameQ data for their subscribers to create Top 10 of 2011 lists for each platform and, well, the results aren't all that surprising.

Zen Studios has announced that the 3D version of their popular pinball game will be available on the eShop on January 12 for $6.99.

While "gun-like avatar props" are on the outs, Microsoft is bringing in something new, in the form of Avatar tattoos. Choices include shoulder, forearm, and sleeve tattoos.

Paradox Interactive will be streaming gameplay from the prologue campaign of King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame this afternoon.

A couple of gameplay videos have come out of the recent Nintendo Direct conference. We get to see what some of the online multiplayer of Kid Icarus: Uprising looks like, as well as get another glimpse of Fire Emblem 3DS and Dynasty Warriors Vs.

Microsoft continues the "Countdown to 2012" sale with 60% discounts on several Sonic the Hedgehog titles.

After a strong first week in which the new handheld sold about 321,000 units, sales dropped under 100,000 in its second week on the market.

Earlier today, at the Akihbara Denkigai Festival event in Japan, Nippon Ichi CEO Sohei Shinkawa revealed a few new titles in the works, as well as the company's hopes to release an original Vita title sometime this year.

For the three of you who both have an Xbox Live connection and don't have Halo: Reach, the digital version, along with its map packs and some accessories are discounted today in the Countdown to 2012 promo.