Friday, Nov 6
In [calendar year] 2010, Activision Publishing is expected to release strong, innovative new titles," Activision Publishing president Mike Griffith told analysts. "The diversified lineup will include titles based on the best selling franchises including Call of Duty, Guitar Hero...
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We're of course watching this very carefully and paying attention to it, but we're not overly concerned about it," Activision believes the new direction they're going with multiplayer on PC will give a better overall experience and if dedicated servers won't be supported due to that, t...
“It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don’t think we will have dedicated servers,”Carmack also said he's happy that Infinity Ward decided to not support dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2 as that way id Software won't have to do any pioneering on that part:
Thursday, Nov 5
With all the commotion recently surrounding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (multiplayer, USA being under attack, blablabla...), Activision - Blizzard didn't want to pass by another opportunity to keep Infinity Ward's latest in the news so a launch trailer is a good way of doing that.
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Tuesday, Nov 3
Also Activision Blizzard can feel the consequences of this inhibition. Mike Hickey, analyst for Janco Partners, says these circumstances can mean the group would lose $0.05 of its earnings per share. To place that in context: Activision Blizzard is expected to make $0.65 earnings per shar...
Thursday, Oct 29
After the crippled multi, the 18+ stamp and the shocking terrorist video, it now seems that the renowned publisher is a bit fed up with the content of what comes in the news though. While many would say 'bad publicity is still publicity', Activision - Blizzard does not share that philosophy...
Wednesday, Oct 28
It's clear that the last words haven't been written about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. After the controverse surrounding the dropping of support for dedicated servers on PC and the rather dubious decision to implement an optional third person view, Infinity Ward now seems to not be afr...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Activision has released a new trailer for Bizarre Creations' upcoming racer BLUR which is supposed to show off the splitscreen mode as well as some powerups. Not too much splitscreen footage in reality but the graphics do look nice: Next year people...
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The newest chapter in the legendary "Wolfenstein" series will deliver players deep behind the enemy lines of a war-torn Germany, where Nazi experiments with technology and the supernatural threaten to turn the tide of World War II. Utilizing a revolutionary new graphics technology ta...
Wednesday, Oct 7
We had to fight for everything," chimed in CoD project lead, Jason West. "They wanted it to be World War 2. Again."It's a good thing Infinity Ward did what they wanted to do as it has paid off for Activision - Blizzard. But how stupid is Activision - Blizzard if they don't see the potential? It isn'...
in the upcoming “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/Infamy” one thing stands out: the gallant mansion reduced to rubble doesn’t belong to some crazed separatist dictator hellbent on all kinds of nefarious acts. Instead, it’s the White House. The scenes of post-apocalyptic scenes of carnage...
Tuesday, Oct 6
It seems Activision - Blizzard is really looking to expanding its realm beyond games and move into the movie business, and not only with World of Warcraft. Guess we'll might see some Call of Duty on the big screen soon. Whether it would be any good is another question of course.
Monday, Oct 5
Activision - Blizzard has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which shows off just over two minutes of CGI and (some) gameplay footage. In short: this games looks... goooooooood! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled for release November 10th on PC, X360 and PS3
Thursday, Oct 1
Tony Hawk Ride, or "how do I break my legs, vazes and fingers in the living room" has gotten a confirmed release date. Activision has announced that the PS3, Wii and Xbox360 versions will arrive on December 4th, just in time for Santa Claus.
Friday, Sep 18
Activision announced that their new music game has easily taken the lead over The latest Rock Band of MTV Games, which focused solely on The Beatles. Everyone is happy it seems, even you gamers. Except for our wallets of course, you have to pay around 70 euros for Guitar Hero 5 here in Belgium :...
Tuesday, Sep 15
Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick is never afraid to make some bold statements and he did it again. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."
Saturday, Sep 12
Activision is preparing the release of Vicarious Visions' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 and one of the final steps for that is of course releasing the launch trailer. Something that has now been done as you can check it out below: In stores next week!
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Thursday, Sep 10
Courtney Love, the drug encylopedia and widow of Grunge founder Kurt Cobain, is furious at Activision by the appearance of her deceased husband in Guitar Hero 5. She even threatens to pursue legal action against the publisher. For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a B...
Tuesday, Sep 8
Activision has released a new development diary for its upcoming racer & Need for Speed competitor, BLUR (by Bizarre Creations) which shows off some of the power-ups that will be available in the game. You can check out the trailer below: BLUR is set for release November 3rd
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Wednesday, Sep 2
Activision - Blizzard and Infinity Ward have released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which shows off the Flag Runner during a game of multiplayer. Looks pretty awesome if you ask me! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is set for release in November.
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Tuesday, Aug 18
Activision - Blizzard is so grateful of the work the guys behind the multiplayer part of Wolfenstein have done that they've sacked several of them. Along with Raven Soft, UK based Endrant Studios was working on Wolfenstein and has had to let several people go once development on the game wa...
Saturday, Aug 15
Activision - Blizzard has released yet another trailer showing off one of the characters for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, with this time Ms. Marvel kicking serious ass. Who said women are weak? Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 will be released September 15th
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Tuesday, Aug 11
Fuck it! Activision might be sucking out every last euro from my wallet with their DLC and spin-offs, but if they are going to bring out their next game with music from Johnny Cash, then my decision has already been made! Guitar Hero 5: you are now on my 'to buy'-list.
Saturday, Aug 8
It's something we've wanted to do for a while now. They are separate licenses, so we need to go back and re-license previous content. So, songs from World Tour, songs from the download space, songs from Smash Hits that will technically work in Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero had to be renegotiated....
Thursday, Aug 6
To celebrate the launch of Map Pack 3 for Call of Duty: World at War, Activision has released a special "launch" trailer that shows off almost one and a half minute of gameplay footage. Lots of shooting and zombies await you below:
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During an investor call regarding the company's earnings, Wolfenstein CEO Bobby Kotick stated he would raise the price for games if he could. During the call, an analyst asked a question regarding the price points of games on which both Mike Griffith from Activision and CEO Bobby Kotick a...
The multiplayer part of Wolfenstein has recently been leaked on the internet and Activision - Blizzard is all but happy with it. On the official Wolfenstein boards a message has appeared from Peter Sokal of id Software making it pretty clear you better not leech it:
Activision's Mike Griffith has announced the publisher will be releasing a new Bond game next year, along with new Tony Hawk and Spider-Man titles. Nothing more is known at this time but we'll make sure to let you know if and when something new is said.
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4. Call of Duty 2 (Activision) 10. Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios) 23. Viva Pinata (Microsoft Game Studios) 3. Call of Duty 2 (Activision) 7. Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios) 12. Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios) 20. Viva Pinata (Microsoft Game Studios)
Monday, Aug 3
Activision announced today that the Nintendo DS is getting its very own Call of Duty game. With the name Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilised it will try and persuade people to go and buy it on November, 10.
Friday, Jul 31
Neversoft let us know that in Guitar Hero 5 you'll be able to play with your Xbox Avatar. Think "Mii in Wii Sports", but a little bit cooler. The movie below should make it clear enough: Maybe Activision will put enough new stuff in this latest GH game to justify its price :)
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Thursday, Jul 30
The pas few weeks parts of the tracklist for Guitar Hero 5 were showing up. Activision has now finally released the full list of tracks. By the end of this year guitar skills will be practised all over the world with the following 85 songs:3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite" Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
Tuesday, Jul 28
Activision - Blizzard has released a new trailer for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, showing 1:23 of footage where we follow AC130 shooting at just about anything that moves.
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Friday, Jul 24
Activision - Blizzard has released two new trailers for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 showing off Gambit and Jean Grey. Check out 40 seconds of Jean Grey here: And here's 56 seconds of Gambit kicking ass: Visit us at Fragland.net (English) | Fragland.be (Dutch) | Sci-Fi Belgium (Dutch)
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Wednesday, Jul 22
Visceral Games general manager Glen Schofield and COO Michael Condrey have both left EA in order to join competing games publisher Activision. Both were key people for the development of Dead Space (Schofield's pet project) as well as the upcoming title Dante's Inferno.
Monday, Jul 20
Activision has announced that the third map pack for Call of Duty: World at War will be available in August on Live and PSN. As usual the pack consists of three new battlefields and a new zombie arena.
Thursday, Jul 16
Guitar Hero 5 will be available early September giving us, among other things, the possibility to play along while the song is playing or to stop but without stopping the song. New: Attack! Attack! UK - "You And Me" Darker My Love - "Blue Day" Face To Face - "Disconnected"
This summer Activision will be bringing us new downloadable content for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on both PS3 and Xbox 360.
Wednesday, Jul 15
If anyone has so much as a doubt about the fact that Activision likes their money, you only need to have a quick look at Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits, Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero and now Modern Warfare 2. All of these games have certain plastic hardware which easily costs you somewhere around €100.
It's just a matter of timing. With Tony Hawk: Ride finishing up [we have to think about] the sequel to the game and where that fits into our schedules. It's a lot of juggling at this point.An Activision game getting a sequel is no surprise at all, but we do wonder how many people will be paying this...
After several online retailers like GameStop pushed back the release date for Wolfenstein from August 4 to August 18, Shacknews contacted publisher Activision - Blizzard which confirmed the delay."In order to facilitate a simultaneous global release window for id Software's Wolfen...
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Friday, Jul 3
Whenever I discuss this with Sony reps I always ask them: 'Please cut the price', but I don't have a clear view on Sony's situation,"So we've got Activision-Blizzard's CEO, Tecmo-Koei's CEO, and the rest of the world already. What will it take?
Wednesday, Jun 24
When Modern Warfare 2, successor to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was announced everyone assumed the game would be the sixth installment in the Call of Duty series. But Activision dropped the name Call of Duty, and will be releasing it as Modern Warfare 2 pur sang.
Friday, Jun 19
That Kotick is currently playing some bluff game is clear though. Also at E3 he tried to make a similar move but the critical gamer can just as easily say that Activision is asking too much for the Guitar Hero games and the pieces of plastic you need to be able to play them. Also the many new episod...
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