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The Best Selling Video Games of This Generation

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While the Halo series might be one of the biggest names in the gaming universe, the Master Chief falls a bit short when it comes to his peers. Microsoft’s biggest franchise is nowhere to be found in the ranking of the industry’s best selling games, as ranked by life-to-date sales.

The list, calculated by the NPD Group, uses data that reaches back to 1995 is not inflation adjusted. (It looks at gross sales.) But it still shines some light on the biggest individual titles the industry. CNBC.com looks at the 10 biggest.

Read more at CNBC.com

Call of Duty, Guitar Hero Top All-Time Best Selling List

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Activision-Blizzard has come a long way in the past few years.

It wasn’t that long ago that the company was an also-ran in video game industry, making some strong franchises, but never really dominating the sales charts. These days, though, the company is responsible for five of the 10 highest grossing games of all time.

Read more at CNBC.com

5 ways video games are good for you

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It’s not hard to find stories that blame video games for all of society’s problems. From ill-attentive children to violent, anti-social behavior, they’re often the first place politicians and self-appointed morality guides point as they search for something to blame.

What makes the evening news much less frequently, though, are scientific studies that show the benefits of electronic entertainment. As gaming becomes a larger force in the pop-culture world, more and more academics are taking the time to study the effects of gameplay on the people holding the controllers.

Read more at Yahoo! Games

Nintendo’s Dunaway heads for KidZania

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On Friday, Nintendo said goodbye to its executive vice president of sales & marketing with a Princess Peach-adorned cake and the entire staff wearing masks with her Mii’s visage on it. On Monday, Cammie Dunaway starts her new job as U.S. President and Global Chief Marketing Officer for KidZania. 

If you haven’t heard of the company before, don’t worry. You’re not alone. While KidZania has eight ocations around the world (including Mexico, Japan and Dubai), it hasn’t hit U.S. shores yet. That’s something Dunaway’s going to change.

Read more at Variety’s Technotainment blog