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Not a video game (Credit: Codemasters)Think $60 is too much for a video game? Then you probably can’t afford the ‘BAC Mono Edition’ of Codemasters' upcoming racer, Grid 2.

The special edition rings in at a tidy £125,000 ($188,700), making it officially the most expensive commercially available video game ever produced. In fact, they only made one of them, presumably because making more than one would be ostentatious.

So what can a couple hundred grand buy you these days? How about a racecar?

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The fate of used games on the Xbox One continues to get murkier.

While Microsoft has confirmed its new console will support used games, the methods behind that process have been somewhat confusing thanks to mixed messages from Microsoft executives. But a new report sheds some light on why there hasn't been a clear answer yet.

The evolution of gaming is about to make a quantum leap. Here's what you need to know.

By Jeff Bakalar, CNET

For the better part of a decade the video game landscape remained mostly unchanged, complacent in a sea of sequels, motion controls, and downloadable content.

It's a generation that has lasted longer than any other before it, albeit for generally good reasons. And perhaps most impressive is that though their PC gaming counterparts have long since passed them by, these aging consoles are still able to render great-looking games.

So while the sun begins to set on what will go down as a pivotal generation for video games, we look ahead to see what owning a console will be like for the foreseeable future.

(Credit: LEGO)There's a difference between being a Star Wars fan and being a Star Wars fanatic. We're pretty sure the folks at LEGO fall into the latter camp.

Tourists who wander into Times Square this week are going to be shocked to see a full-sized X-Wing fighter made entirely of LEGO bricks. A stunning 5.3 million of them, to be precise. That makes it the biggest ever, surpassing a LEGO robot at Minnesota's Mall of America by a good 2 million.

As reported by Gizmodo, the 11-foot-tall, 43-foot-long replica will be instantly familiar to many kids and parents who own the significantly smaller $60 toy. For this work of bricky art, LEGO builders (people employed full time by the company to build elaborate sculptures) decided to really challenge themselves.

By Heidi Kemps, Game|Life

It’s the 80's, or perhaps the 90's. You're a game programmer, working long, hard hours slaving over code for which your corporate overlords will likely not even give you the dignity of a credit. If they do, they’ll make you use some goofy-sounding nickname.

You’re stressed, you’re frustrated, you’ve barely seen your loved ones in weeks. You can’t vent to anyone about the coworkers that are pissing you off, your game is likely to be pirated upon release, but you’ve done amazing feats of code. What do you do to vent your frustrations while leaving your mark on your hard work?

You hide a personal message in the game's code.

Call of Duty: Ghosts (Credit: Activision)The Internet might be a haven for cat lovers, but when it comes to gamers, dogs rule.

Activision has a viral hit on its hands with Call of Duty: Ghosts, but not for the reasons it likely expected. The German Shepherd seen wearing a motion-capture suit in the game’s first official trailers and screenshots has become something of an internet sensation.

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Microsoft came out swinging Tuesday with a highly-anticipated hour-long reveal event for their next-gen home console, the newly minted Xbox One.

Unfortunately, it seems they weren’t connecting.

The event focused on the console’s ability to support live television, its reworked Kinect motion control system, and Microsoft’s deep relationship with massive mainstream brands like EA Sports, Call of Duty and the NFL. Though they touched on a few games as well, the company is holding back the bulk of the software for the E3 trade show coming up in June.

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By Barry Wilner, Associated Press

Imagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline.

Envision Peyton Manning sitting on the bench and dissecting the last series from a variety of camera angles on his hand-held device instead of looking at still photos. Or sitting at home and pulling up real-time highlights on a Sunday afternoon.

It's coming.