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The evergreen Call of Duty IP has lead Activision to a stronger than expected quarter, with both sales and revenue up year-on-year. Sales climbed from $1.3bn to $1.4bn for the period and profits shot from $381m to $503m. Digital was the star performer, with sales climbing 30 per cent year-on-year. …

Activision has confirmed that its 2011 Call of Duty game will be revealed in full within weeks. But one detail has been announced – COD 2011 will be the most online-enabled Call of Duty title ever. It will use a range of dedicated online technologies and social networking features that …

Develop discusses animation, LA Noire tech, Steam data and the power of Source

Newell, Backman, Wolpaw, Walker, Johnson, Holtman, Weier, Lombardi, Mitchell and Lundeen; Develop interviews star talent at the world's most important core game studio

The astoundingly popular digital platform has revolutionised the PC industry, but how? And what next?

Nintendo of America has announced the appointment of Scott Moffit as its new executive VP of sales and marketing. That’s the former job of current NoA president Reggia Fils-Aime. It was vacated last October following the departure of Cammie Dunaway. Moffit joins from Henkei Consumer Goods where he served as …

Activision will release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on November 8th worldwide. That’s according to Eurogamer, which claims to have have word from a leaked Tesco database. The date is certainly in line with previous Call of Duty releases. Although the game is understood to be Modern Warfare 3, …

Niklas Zennstrom's personal worth put at £320 million

Having told MCV that the process of rebuilding the PES franchise is a long one, Konami’s Pete Stone has also claimed that some of the series’ recent improvements have gone largely unnoticed. Konami believes the media has yet to catch up with the game’s actual improvements and that it is …

Konami has a bank of brands that many publishers would envy. At the top of the pile is its famous five: Metal Gear Solid, Pro Evolution Soccer, Silent Hill, Castlevania and Yu-Gi-Oh. The constant challenge for the publisher is to maximise the return on the gilt-edged portfolio – whilst also …