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Activision boss Bobby Kotick says Black Ops dev was instrumental to multiplayer build

Treyarch, which has for a long time been seen as the underdog to Call of Duty series’ creator Infinity Ward, does not get the credit it deserves for the role it has played in the series according to Activision boss Bobby Kotick. When a Joystiq interviewer referred to Treyarch as …

Despite widespread reports over the weekend, the price of the PSPgo has not been cut for the second time in a month, MCV can reveal. A number of websites have reported that the machine has been cut by a further 30 to 129.99, as is stated in this listing on …

Xbox 360 Kinect will not use any of the information it gathers about players or their environments to create targeted advertising, the platform holder has stated. The rebuttal came after Xbox COO and CFO Dennis Durkin talked up the potential commercial benefits to investors at the BMO Capital Markets conference. …

Activision and Hasbro are working on a sequel to Transformers: War for Cybertron. The game was announced during Hasbro’s Investors Day and is currently due for release in 2012. It will follow on from the original High Moon Studios title that was released for PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii and …

Last week was the biggest-grossing week ever for the UK games market – with 113.8m made in seven days. And the extra effect of this market boom? There are more gamers over here than ever before. According to UKIE, now one in three people in the UK is a gamer. …

A record-breaking performance from Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen it rocket to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. However, the new COD wasn’t the only new release on the market this week – there was the little matter of Microsoft’s Kinect …

Sales of 2m units in its first five days on release has seen Call of Duty: Black Ops shatter UK sales records and effortlessly claim the position of UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats No.1. The numbers represent an estimated revenue of 81.9m. The numbers are 13 per cent better than …

The jury is divided on how the fortunes of both PS3 and Xbox 360 will pan out over the course of the next 12 to 24 months. Some believe that Kinect will prove the catalyst for Xbox 360 to reduce PS3’s charge and extend Microsoft’s sales lead over its predecessor. …

What a joke! I’m not talking tax breaks. Just hours before his talk, one of Vaizey’s bosses – y’know, the Prime Minister – unveiled plans to invest in an East London ‘UK Silicon Valley’. But the focus was on attracting big foreign companies like Google and Intel to invest in …