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Wednesday, Nov 4
Activision Launches Ratings Awareness Campaign
Activision has launched a ratings awareness programme designed to educate parents about the Entertainment Software Rating Board's classification system. For the initiative, dubbed Ratings Are Not A Game, the publisher has partnered with Dr. Cheryl Olson, co-director for the Centre...
Monday, Oct 26
Analyst: DJ Hero Pre-Order Activity Weak
Officially announced in May and due for release alongside a turntable controller at the end of this month, the game represents an attempt by publisher Activision to spin-off and expand the Guitar Hero franchise into new areas.
Friday, Oct 9
Activision Confirms Shaba Games Closure
All 61 staff from Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows developer affected by latest round in Activision cutbacks. A statement from the publisher stated, “Activision continually evaluates the resources at our studio properties to ensure that they are properly matched to our product slate and ov...
Thursday, Oct 8
Activision Closes Shaba Games - Report
Activision has reportedly closed Shaba Games, the developer behind last year’s PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows. Founded in September 1997, the San Francisco-based studio has also worked on a series of multiplatform Tony Hawk’s ports and Shrek titles for the publ...
Monday, Oct 5
Trevor Williams Leaves Codemasters
Coming less than a week after the announcement that Gavin Raeburn, executive producer of games including Dirt and Race Driver: Grid, was also leaving, Williams' exit is said to be amicable. He hopes to pursue new opportunities in the game industry, and leaves exactly one year after Sword...
Thursday, Sep 24
Microsoft, Sony Reveal Motion Control Support
“Among the elite publishers actively working on games for Project Natal" are Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Konami, MTV Games, Namco Bandai, Sega, Square Enix, THQ and Ubisoft, said Microsoft.
Friday, Sep 18
Activision: Guitar Hero 5 Sales Unaffected By Beatles: Rock Band
Activision has said that sales of its recently released Guitar Hero 5 haven't been impacted by MTV Games’ rival music offering The Beatles: Rock Band. Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division, said that the release of The Beatles: Rock Band “did not affect our sales”. read more
Activision: Guitar Hero Comfortably Outselling Rock Band
Dan Rosensweig, head of the Guitar Hero division, said that the release of The Beatles: Rock Band “did not affect our sales”, with Activision’s title outselling MTV’s by four to one in the US and nine to one in other markets during launch week.
