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An additional slice of Potter magic is on its way to the Xbox 360. Designed for use with the console's Kinect sensor, players of Harry Potter for Kinect will be able to scan their face, cast spells with their bodies, and call out spell names.

An apparent trailer for the unannounced WWE '13 has leaked, fronted by WWE star CM Punk and advertising a November 1 release date.

Diablo III has become the fastest-selling computer game in history, says developer Blizzard Entertainment, with 3.5 million copies shifted during the well-anticipated title's first 24 hours of availability.

Nintendo's June 5 presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo will be streamed online and broadcast on US TV, with updates posted to Nintendo's Facebook, YouTube and Twitter feeds.

The new trailer for Lego Batman 2 features a host of heroes, a bunch of baddies, a variety of vehicles and a ton of bricks waiting for players inside Gotham City.

Acting as sequel to Alien 3, the oft-delayed video game Aliens: Colonial Marines has been dated for launch on February 12, 2013.

In anticipation of the blockbuster releases this summer with a cinematic hit each week, Yahoo will launch Movieland, an interactive online game including 35 of the upcoming films.

Mario dons his tennis shorts, elite soldiers move in for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and mythical medieval adventures beckon in Dragon's Dogma.

Call of Duty may have used the same game engine since 2007's Modern Warfare, but that doesn't mean this year's Black Ops II will be dated, explained studio boss Mark Lamia in a recent podcast.

Minecraft's Xbox 360 version has tallied over 1 million sales in less than a week, as compared to 5.9m on Mac and PC over a two-year period. The May 9 release had already managed over 400,000 downloads during its first 24 hours.

Thirty-two mysterious pieces of a picture-puzzle were assembled by Halo fans in order to recreate Halo 4's cover art.

Agent 47 returns to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on November 20.

This week Game of Thrones prepares to invade consoles and PC, Max Payne 3 strides in guns ablaze, the long-awaited Diablo III entrances Mac and PC adventurers. Check out the upcoming video game releases.

Tracking both the struggles of mixed-race assassin Connor Kenway and an emerging American nation, the first gameplay trailer Assassin's Creed III shows the familiar and new in a novel setting.