Activision has had some amazing successes - the COD franchise, Guitar Hero, StarCraft II and Tony Hawk's games. Wait, we have to scratch that last one off because of the epic fail that was Tony Hawk RIDE. Remember that one from last Christmas? It came with the skateboard controller you had to use or you could play the game? Right, it cost over $100, that's the one. What a dumb decision it was to force gamers to buy and use the skateboard - that basically killed the game. Good thing Activision is smart and won't make that mistake again...

But they are.

Read more: Activision Announces Next Epic Tony Hawk Failure Featuring that Skateboard Thing Again

Good news, BioShock 3 has been officially announced! Bad news, BioShock 3 won't be coming out until 2012. Talk about building suspense early!

Here's the official line on BioShock Infinite (which sounds a bit like when StarGate turned into StarGate Infinity):

Set in 1912, BioShock Infinite introduces an entirely new narrative experience that lifts players out of the familiar confines of Rapture and rockets them to Columbia, an immense city in the sky.

Originally conceived as a floating symbol of American ideals at a time when the United States was emerging as a world power, Columbia is dispatched to distant shores with great fanfare by a captivated public. What begins as a brand new endeavor of hope turns drastically wrong as the city soon disappears into the clouds to whereabouts unknown.

The player assumes the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the lost city to rescue Elizabeth, a young woman imprisoned there since childhood. He develops a relationship with Elizabeth, augmenting his abilities with hers so the pair may escape from a city that is literally falling from the sky. DeWitt must learn to fight foes in high-speed Sky-Line battles, engage in combat both indoors and amongst the clouds, and harness the power of dozens of new weapons and abilities.

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Activision just revealed the two special edition of COD Black Ops today and they continue the outrageous extras started by MW2 (remember the night vision goggles?) There are going to be three Black Ops versions, the standard with just the game, the Prestige Edition ($150) and the Hardened Edition ($80).

The Prestige Edition is where the crazy lives with a remote controlled surveillance vehicle inspired by the RC-XD from Black Ops Multiplayer. With a range of up to 200 feet, the RC-XD Surveillance Vehicle has a fully-functioning remote camera that transmits both TFT color video and audio to its operator. That's pretty sweet and I'm sure there are going to be plenty of angry pets and parents out there (eww, mommy and daddy are wrestling again...)

Read more: Black Ops Continuing Call of Duty Crazy Prestige Edition Extras

Bethesda released the list of voice actors for the upcoming Game of the Year runner-up (come on, we all know that Red Dead Redemption will win because it was good and there are no other westerns making it unique) Fallout: New Vegas.

Once again Ron Perlman is coming back, he did the story narration in Fallout 3, along with some other heavy hitters like Wayne Newton and Felicia Day. The Friends guy and Chuck guy are in here too but I'd like to highlight three standouts - Felicia Day because she's a hot geek, Michael Dorn because Officer Taylor was my favorite CHiPs character and Renne Auberjonois because he was Odo. Oh yeah, Dorn was in Star Trek too so double props for that Worf!

Read more: Fallout: New Vegas Cast Features Aliens, Geeks & Tough Guys

Here's the first footage of Codemaster's upcoming DiRT 3 rally racing game. Game looks great and if they tweaked the engine more than DiRT 2 then this is going to be wicked fun to play. No date on release yet but I'm sure we'll know something soon.

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