NEW YORK CITY – Kevin Love has had plenty of time to play games of late. The NBA All-Star was knocked out of the NBA Playoffs with an injury. But the Minnesota Timberwolves star has been keeping busy with games. After serving as a member of Team Ghost with Ubisoft for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Love showed off the gaming capabilities of the new Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone at a press event in New York City. Love talks about his love of games in the exclusive video interview below.

The world converged in Orlando digitally. NBA Digital delivered a record-breaking performance during NBA All-Star 2012 (Feb. 24-27) with traffic to NBA.com, total votes for the Sprite Slam Dunk and video streams on NBA Mobile Web. NBA.com received a record of more than 114 million video streams and 209 million page views, an increase of more than 40 percent and nearly 30 percent respectively, from last year’s All-Star record. Connected NBA All-Stars and gamers like LeBron James (see video below) are connecting with fans in new ways.

Miami Heat 2012 NBA All-Star LeBron James has been having a career year during the strike-shortened season. With 66 games crammed into a short schedule, James hasn’t been able to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as much as he’d like. The King talks videogames in this exclusive interview from Orlando.

After all of the negative stories surrounding the lack of big names in the Slam Dunk Contest and how horrible the NBA has been with its packed schedule post-lockout, fans tuned in to watch the festivities in Orlando. Not even the Academy Awards could keep hoops fans from seeing Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in action at the Amway Center. In an exciting conclusion to Sunday’s coverage, the West All-Stars, led by Oklahoma City Thunder forward and All-Star MVP Kevin Durant edged the East, 152-149. During one of the busiest and most-watched nights on television, TNT’s exclusive coverage of the 2012 NBA All-Star Game delivered an overall 5.4 US household rating in metered market overnights. The metered market rating is the second highest-rated overnight since 2005 (5.9 metered market rating). Houston Rockets All-Star Chase Budinger talks gaming in this exclusive video interview below.

NBA All-Star Kevin Durant will go down in history as a cover athlete without a game. The Oklahoma City Thunder star was featured in promotional photos on the cover of NBA Elite, an EA Sports game that was shelved and never hit stores. After a few years of no hoops, EA Sports is coming back with NBA Live 13 next season. And Durant is still open to being on the cover. He talks about the situation in this exclusive video interview below from Orlando.

Linsanity has swept the world just in time for NBA All-Star 2012 in Orlando. With Jeremy Lin in town, along with big NBA stars like Los Angeles Clippers Chris Paul, the 61st NBA All-Star Game at Amway Center is one for the record books. TNT  will  televise  the All-Star Game for a 10th consecutive year, marking Turner Sports' 27th season of All-Star coverage.  Fans in 215 countries and territories  and  in  44  languages  will experience a weeklong celebration  of the game through an array of TV, Internet, film and digital technologies offered by NBA Digital, TNT and ESPN.

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is the very definition of a rising star. Linsanity took over not only the Big Apple, but the entire world over the month of February. And along the way the Knicks went on a win streak. The success of Lin on the court resulted in an unprecedented two player upgrades from 2K Sports and developer Visual Concepts. Lin catapulted from a 56 to a 75 in the matter of a week in NBA 2K12. Lin talks about the upgrades in this exclusive video interview from the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando.

This is the first NBA All-Star Game in Orlando since 1992, marking the 20th Anniversary of Magic Johnson’s Historic All-Star MVP. This year also celebrates Kobe Bryant’s record tying 14th consecutive All-Star selection. Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin, who wowed the world at last year’s Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, is back for the festivities (but not the dunk contest). Griffin talks about his love of videogames and 3D in this exclusive video interview below.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has gone 3D. THQ has unleashed WWE All Stars for Nintendo 3DS. The new game comes packed with a roster of WWE Legends and prominent current-day WWE Superstars, including 13 WWE playable characters offered as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles earlier this year.  Cory Ledesma lays the smackdown on the jump to the third dimension in the video interview below.