You Cannot Get Rid of the PS2. It Will Continue to Go on in Sales

The Sega Dreamcast, the Nintendo Gamecube, that gaming console Apple released but no one bought, they all have gone the way of the dodo bird. No one is buying them except for video game collectors from second hand stores or booths at flea markets. However, one console is still being sold today and at a healthy number as well. Sony's Playstation 2 is still being sold well around the world. And while its numbers aren't as strong as its earlier days, it's enough to bring notice to everyone.

According

Activision Buys the Rights to BlackOps2.com

Just recently, according to this article on Joystiq, Activision, has bought BlackOps2.com via the use of a proxy. Fusible (a technological news website) did some detective work on the acquisition of the site's URL. Now early last year, Activision bought up Black Ops domains last year from Black Ops 1 through Black Ops 6 through a brand protection company called MarkMonitor. Black Ops 2 however, was already secured.

While this doesn't guarantees

Victor Reznov's Voice Actor Appears on Conan and Talks about Call of Duty

Gary Oldman. You may know him as Commissioner Gordon in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and in this summer's Dark Knight Rises or maybe you know him as Sirius Black in Harry Potter. However, many gamers know him as the voice of Victor Reznov in the Call of Duty series. Well known for his voice acting work in Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Well thanks to this article and video on Joystiq, it seems there are a lot of gamers on Conan O'Brien's

Battle Duty: Modern Field 3 Trolls Everyone While Bordering Copyright Infringement

At first, I thought this was a joke, but according to Joystiq, it is not. A company named Imba Entertainment made a satirical shooter that is basically trolling both Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3. Battle Duty: Modern Field 3 is an actual game available right now on the App Store for your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (if its iOS 3.2 or higher).

Since it claims that it's a satirical game, it can get away using real content from both games. The content includes

The Ministry of Defense for the UK Wants BF3 and MW3-like Simulators for their Military

It's no secret that today's soldiers train on video game style simulators. Both the Secret Service and British servicemen use Virtual Battlepace 2 as part of their training regiment. The VBS2 is a product of Bohemia Interactive, who also made the first Operation Flashpoint games. However these simulators need an update from it's 2007 model. And in the video game world, that's about the equivalency of being ancient. With recruits already having experienced the better graphics and gameplay of titles like Battlefield 3 and Modern

South Korea Has Some Issues with Diablo III's Auction Mechanics

In South Korea, Blizzard games are huge. And when I mean huge, I mean it's their national sport. In other countries, soccer or baseball is broadcast over the airwaves. In South Korea, it's Starcraft. While Starcraft has its following in the country, Diablo has its own in Korea and throughout the world.

However, the country's governmental Game Rating Board could delay Diablo III's launch. According to The Korea Times, the reason is because of Diablo III's in-game virtual auction and how sensitive the government

An Illinois Family Creates a Guinness World Record with Pokemon

The Arnold family of Frankfort, Illinois is a five-person dominate force when it comes to Pokemon battling power. This family managed to form a championship winning team and has managed to land themselves in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2012 as the Largest Competitive Pokemon Video Game Family. Yep, that's a real title as according to this Kotaku article.

They

EA Brings Out a Remake of Hard Hitting NFL Blitz

So if you haven't heard the news, EA sports decided to remake another popular sports series (and personally one of my favorites), NFL Blitz. Yes sir, the sports arcade title that was responsible for my love of football and hard-hitting tackles is back and remade into a high-definition arcade downloadable game.

While there are a few new modes to the game like online Blitz Battles and an Elite league where you can create dream teams via collecting cards, the main mode everyone is looking forward to is Blitz Gauntlet, where you

Nintendo Releases the Official Zelda Timeline to Stop all the Debating of the Timeline

Kotaku got their hands on the newest art book for the Legend of Zelda and to everyone's surprise, it contained a Japanese layout of the series ever-so confusing timeline. The book has been out now for sometime, giving plenty of time for proofreads and translations. And now, finally, Nintendo can end all of the internet debates on exactly how the timeline of Zelda is really played out.

And while there are some doubters out there about the entire timeline, it should

Fenix Rising DLC Adding Prestige Style Rewards to Gear of War 3

Forgot about Gears of War 3? Been hunkered down by Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3? We understand. But now it's time to brush off that Gears of War 3 disc because here comes some huge DLC that urges you to get in and show everyone online the wrong side of a retro lancer. With new maps, skins, and other goodies, how can you resist? Dropping on January 17, the third update to Epic Games' best-selling shooter will not only bring some visual goods to the game but also a mechanic that is very familiar to COD players.

The new DLC (called Fenix Rising) will introduce the