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Activision Blizzard will post strong fourth-quarter profit on big sales of "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" and "Skylanders: Giants."

Logitech is discontinuing its console peripheral division after its $195 million third-quarter loss, CEO Bracken P. Darrell said.

CES is arguably the biggest tech event of the year, and here's a look at what the show floor had to offer for the video-game community.

Matthew Good, a married man in his 30s, has been identified as the previously unnamed winner of last month's Powerball sweepstakes in Arizona.

As the world gets caught up in baby fever with the announcement that Kate Middleton is pregnant, one online sportsbook is giving odds on the gender, name, hair color and weight of the royal child of Kate and Prince William.

Brits and Irish are already taking bets on the name of the royal child.

Nolan Daniels, in a picture later revealed to be a prank, depicted himself with a ticket holding the winning powerball numbers and said he’d give $1 million to a random Facebook user who shared the picture with his or her friends.

Struggling game developer and publisher THQ (Nasdaq: THQI) has released several of its top titles through the popular pay-what-you-want Humble Indie Bundle service.

Wed. night's winning numbers are 5, 23, 16, 22, 29 and 6. Winning tickets in Arizona and Missouri will split $550 million.

The more money poor people waste on the lottery, the poorer they become.

Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA) is officially switching its flagship MMO "Starwars: The Old Republic" to a free-to-play distribution model next week on November 15.

Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is expected to post strong profit in the third quarter thanks to a resurgence in the "World of Warcraft" user base and strong expectations for its "Skylanders" and "Call of Duty" franchises.

The release date for "Halo 4" is quickly approaching, and here is a recap of what to expect from the story, which new enemies will appear in the game and more.

Free-to-play (FTP) video games, are now worth £216 million ($348 million) in the U.K. alone, according to new market research.

A California man suspected in a $1.6 million theft of casino chips from the Venetian Casino was arrested by Las Vegas police.

Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA) subsidiary PopCap Games has partnered with the game streaming service Antix Labs to allow for cross-platform play of its games.

Las Vegas police are looking for a 31-year-old Southern California man they believe sneaked into a restricted area of the Venetian resort earlier this month and stole $1.6 million in high-denomination casino chips.

Video game hardware and general gadget accessory developer PowerA has developed an innovative new way to let Android users play more robust games than "Temple Run" and "Words With Friends" on their smartphones with its new gaming device the MOGA.

Asian stock markets mostly declined Friday as the disappointing quarterly earnings from the U.S. blue chips and an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims weighed on the sentiment.

The Sensus smart case for the iPhone 5, 4s and 4 will add touch sensitivity to the phone's back.

Hungary will now ban slot machines in an effort to protect the poor from fiscal self-destruction via gambling.