Diablo III (Activision-Blizzard)For Activision-Blizzard, hell on earth meant a cash bonanza in May. For every other video game publisher, it was just hell.

The PC/Mac blockbuster Diablo III was the month's top selling video game — even without taking in the title's (presumably substantial) digital sales. But demand for the long-in-development action role-playing game couldn't prop up the industry's sales charts.

By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo! Buzzlog

Ever wonder what your life would be like if the technology from Portal 2 were readily available? Wonder no more. A group of the game's superfans constructed a video to answer that question.

(Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET)An Oklahoma teen imagines a new iPhone with a transparent Retina Display, laser-projected keyboard, and more that'll make you drool.

By Eric Mack, CNET

A faux iPhone 5 commercial apparently created by a 17-year-old from Oklahoma with some serious video production chops sets a pretty high bar for the much-anticipated next-generation smartphone.

It's safe to say E3 2012 wasn't exactly a home run. No news about a next-gen Xbox or PlayStation, a restrained showing from Nintendo, and a dearth of groundbreaking goodies muffled the show's typically noisy presence.

But forget for a minute what wasn't at E3 and consider what was: lots and lots of very cool games coming our way. We braved the LA Convention Center for three days of digital madness, losing our hearing, health, and general sanity in the name of checking out what the future has in store. And truth be told, the future looks pretty awesome.

The obituaries started for the PlayStation Vita before the device even went on sale in the U.S. Some critics called it "overly expensive." Others noted the odds of a dedicated game system succeeding in a smartphone world were formidable.

Three and a half months down the road, those critics haven't let up -- even as Vita sales have topped 1.8 million. And it's not hard to see why.

Max Payne 3 (Rockstar Games)Cheaters might be an unavoidable reality in multiplayer gaming, but they still stink.

Rockstar Games, though, has an interesting way of dealing with the problem: isolate the troublemakers and force them to play against each other.

"We're aware that a small minority of players are spoiling the Max Payne 3 multiplayer experience for honest players with cheats and hacks, and while certain issues will be dealt with in forthcoming title updates, today we'd like to make it clear that anyone using these nefarious methods will be dealt with," the company said in a corporate blog post.

Peter MolyneuxFor better or worse, game designer Peter Molyneux knows how to get people talking about his work.

The creator of legendary franchises like Populous, Black & White and Fable has a knack for making big, crazy promises that pique gamer interest and turn his games into significant events. And while the final product often comes up a bit short of his dreams, it's always fun watching him aim for the stars.

For his next trick, however, he's aiming for your wallet by releasing a piece of downloadable code that costs a cool £50,000 -- or roughly $77,000.

(Credit: Reddit user Lycerius)Think you spend too much time playing the same video game?

Try playing it for a decade.

In an impressive display of dedication, Reddit user 'Lycerius' claims he has been playing a single game of Sid Meier's classic world-ruling strategy game Civilization II for nearly 10 years now. But sadly, the future world he's dealing with is "a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation."