Yep, it is a bit of a phenomenon that nobody really predicted.  Skylanders is the latest craze combining collectable figurines that come to life in the linked video game of the same name.  Here are the bio’s on the next  set of characters due this month.

Synnex Australia have this morning announced that they’ve signed a new agreement which will see the company distribute Activision Blizzard games across Australia.

Publisher Activision has announced the arrival date for the next Modern Warfare.  One of its biggest franchises, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will hit shelves this coming November.

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The biggest entertainment event ever!   Call of Duty: Black Ops smashes the 5 day sales record for anything that has come before it.  Racking up US$650 million in sales surpasses the previous king, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by over US$100 million.

The king is dead, long live the king.  The latest blockbusting video-game in the Call Of Duty franchise, Black Ops is now sales king.  In the first 24 hrs of being available, Black Ops has disposed the former champ, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by 16 percent.

Jeep has answered the Call of Duty for the midnight launch of the next in the video-game franchise’s series, Black Ops.  The special Call of Duty: Black Ops Jeep Wrangler came to Sydney with its own military advisor.

Another couple of months and another Guitar Hero game, this time a more rock biased set list, special abilities for the on-screen rockers and a storyline confronts players of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Let’s start with the bottom line, yes, Blur is Mario Kart dressed in more adult clothing, but this fact makes it no less enjoyable.  Blur is a guilt-free joy-ride full of real-world cars, in real-world environments racing in surreal events.

Opening to the tones of “What a Wonderful World” Steve Jobs unveiled the all new iOS4 and showed off iPhone 4.0, updated iBooks with the ability to show PDFs as well as taking the wraps off the all new iAds service. Somehow, he managed to take a product that had been leaked weeks ago by Gizmodo and turn it into an event.