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As the boss of a huge publishing empire, Bobby Kotick simply doesn’t have the time to play games – that’s according to an official statement made by Activision in light of the quite savage attack made against CEO Bobby Kotick by cult games developer Tim Schafer yesterday. Tim Schafer’s comment …
Read More »Develop Awards: The round up
All the Develop Awards stories in one place
Read More »Develop Awards: Two for Quantic Dream
Heavy Rain creator takes home a pair of prizes
Read More »Schafer: Kotick not good for games industry
Acclaimed developer Tim Schafer has in an interview with Eurogamer criticised Activision boss Bobby Kotick for acting like a total prick”. Schafer has previous with Activision after the two fell out over 2009 console release Brutal Legend. The game was developed by his studio Double Fine and eventually published by …
Read More »Hirshberg: Activision should be loved
Clearly not afraid of setting himself some heady expectations on day one, the new CEO of Activision publishing Eric Hirshberg has stated that one of his main objectives is to address the negative impression many online games enthusiasts have of Activision. I only have my perceptions as a outsider to …
Read More »Jagex to launch new MMO Stellar Dawn
Could it be that this is the game that MechScape never was?
Read More »Xbox 360 S Arcade gets 4GB of storage
Having previously confirmed that it will launch a cut-price ‘Arcade’ version of its redesigned Xbox 360 S for $199 this autumn, online retailer Amazon has gone live with the first details concerning the machine. Specifically, it reckons that the console will include just 4GB of storage – presumably either internally …
Read More »Activision names new publishing CEO
Eric Hirshberg has been appointed CEO for Activision Publishing. Hirshberg takes over from Mike Griffith who resigned from the role in April to become vice chairman of Activision Blizzard. He starts from September 7th, 2010, and will report to COO Thomas Tippl. Hirshberg joins from marketing agency Deutsch LA where …
Read More »MS to make $1bn from Kinect in year one
Though opinion on the likely success or otherwise of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect camera remains divided, Caris & Co analyst Sandeep Aggarwal believes the camera could make as much as $1bn for the company in its first year on the market. Kinect could generate $2bn in incremental consumer spending on …
Read More »The future of Alan Wake
Having yet to deliver on the high hopes placed upon it by publisher Microsoft, the future of Remedy’s Alan Wake IP remains very much in the balance. NPD’s sales data for North America last month revealed that the game sold 145k units in May – not a terrible performance but …
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