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Reviews aggregation site Metacritic has named Take-Two as the most critically successful publisher of 2010. The company emerged with a review score average of 77.1 per cent, thanks mainly to the strong reception given to Red Dead Redemption (95 per cent) and Sid Meier’s Civilization V (90 per cent). The …

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UK developer said to be exploring options amid mass staff cull

We’ve known that a dedicated premium online version of Call of Duty has been in the works for some time now, but Activision’s confirmation that a brand new studio is working on the title certainly came as a surprise. But details of both the game itself and the people behind …

Indies under greater pressure as scores of high-profile games get price cut

While Activision may be dropping the likes of Guitar Hero and True Crime, the publisher still has a few new tricks up its sleeve. The company’s latest financial report reveals it is working on an innovative new universe with broad appeal that will be revealed at Toy Fair later this …

I’ve been a gamer for effectively as long as I remember. My first memories stray back as far as the early ’80s when my parents purchased an Atari 2600. I remember watching them take turns at Pac-Man, and can picture quite clearly the look of irritation on my dad’s face …

True Crime: Hong Kong developer United Front Games has apologised to consumers after Activision canned the game. The Vancouver studio had been working on the upcoming True Crime multiformat action game which was officially announced in December 2009. A statement on the developer’s website said: We are sorry we did …

Famed for its multi-million selling success in the East, Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warriors series celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. But the hard work is not over yet. The publisher is still trying to grow the franchise’s UK audience and it believes helping gamers to better understand the series’ appeal …

The Activision empire is pulling back on risk, but one major gamble remains