Electronic Arts has unveiled the music behind EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13. The soundtrack features a mix of genre-spanning music from 50 Gold/Platinum superstars and breakthrough artists representing 12 countries from around the globe. The game maker hopes this music reflects the passion and intensity of FIFA Soccer gameplay while defining the sound of the upcoming season for sports fans worldwide.

NBA 2K13 isn't just going to have some great virtual basketball action, it's also going to have some great hip-hop beats to accompany your on-court hops. 2K Sports announced today a partnership with hip-hop impresario and part Brooklyn Nets-owner Jay-Z who will serve as Executive Producer for the 2013 version of the best-selling NBA 2K13 basketball game. The entertainment mogul and 14-time Grammy Award winner, whose real name is Shawn Carter, will focus his talents on the experience, from the overall look and feel of the game, to the hand-picked soundtrack, interactive in-game menus and even the crowd reactions.

Limbo is highly regarded as one of the best games on Xbox Live Arcade. It was first released in July 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade, but things could have been different. Sony Computer Entertainment executive producer Pete Smith recently said they lost out on the gem because they wanted the Limbo property. The game eventually made its way to PlayStation Network, but the publisher missed out on a big opportunity.

In June of 1981 director Steven Spielberg and executive producer George Lucas introduced the world to Indiana Jones when the unforgettable Raiders of the Lost Ark debuted in theaters. Exploding to instant acclaim, the film has now been carefully restored, alongside remastered versions of the archaeologist’s other thrilling adventures—Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Prepare for excitement, adventure and snakes—why did it have to be snakes?—all with pristine picture and sound when INDIANA JONES: The Complete Adventures debuts on Blu-ray September 18, 2012 from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Media Distribution.

Hammer Creative, a videogame creative agency specializing in all aspects of AV, has conceived, produced, edited and provided postproduction for a four-trailer marketing campaign promoting THQ’s new Darksiders II video game.

It’d be interesting to talk to the executive who green-lit a big $200 million budgeted film “loosely” based on the Hasbro board game Battleship…especially considering it’s bombing something fierce this weekend against the mighty Avengers movie.  (We’re not that surprised – it sucks horribly.)  For that matter, we’re trying to figure out why Activision, of all people, would jump at the chance to make a game based on the movie based on the board game.  No matter – like most movie-licensed fare, it doesn’t really get anywhere.

REYKJAVIK -- Thousands of EVE Online fans have converged on the island nation of Iceland located 65 degrees North of the equator and they were in for a treat as CCP Games revealed a lot more about their upcoming console MMOFPS DUST 514. During the DUST 514 keynote speech, CCP developers showed off a "Shock and Awe" style coordinated orbital bombardment of a DUST battlefield by an EVE player in realtime. CCP also showed off the orbital command center and surface command centers which enable communication between the two games as well as the orbital artillery that lets DUST players retaliate against EVE players in orbit. It was an amazing first look at what CCP is envisioning in its innovative EVE and DUST 514 hybrid gameplay. We talked to DUST 514 Executive Producer Brandon Laurino to get more insight and details about DUST 514 in this exclusive video interview.

The Battlefield army is over 12 million strong and growing every day as Battlefield 3 and its first expansion, Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand, continue to recruit gamers around the world with its sandbox gameplay and state-of-the-art technology. DICE, an Electronic Arts studio, will keep the action coming throughout the year with three new themed digital expansion packs that will introduce new modes, unique environments and more ways to wage all-out-war. Powered by the Frostbite 2 engine, the next expansion packs are: Battlefield 3: Close Quarters in June, Battlefield 3: Armored Kill in the fall, and Battlefield 3: End Game in the winter.

Players of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Rift, set the world record for the most in-game marriages in a 24-hour period. Officially recorded for the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition, 21,879 marriages were confirmed between 9am PST, Feb. 14 and 9am PST, Feb. 15. Trion Worlds now adds this record to its record-setting online fantasy game, which has already earned over $100 million for the publisher.

LAS VEGAS -- Executives from business, government, entertainment, automotive, consumer electronics and every major industry converged on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) to experience new ways of doing business at the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow. Games were everywhere as Sony showcased PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, Nintendo had its Wii U playable, Microsoft showed Kinect for Xbox 360 and PC, and game publishers had titles across all platforms, including tablets and smartphones. Owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), CES 2013 will return to Las Vegas January 8-11 2013.

LAS VEGAS – Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer did talk about games during his final keynote of the Consumer Electronics Show. The Xbox 360 has sold over 66 million pieces of hardware since it first launched in 2006, including 10 million in Q4 2011. Microsoft’s motion-sensor Kinect device has continued to sell well with an installed base of 18 million gamers. And Microsoft now has a robust community of over 40 million Xbox Live users.